Intro to Yearly Themes

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  • čas přidán 30. 12. 2019
  • Grey has a brand new Yearly Theme, Myke has been thinking of one for months, and they both discuss why Yearly Themes are better than Resolutions.
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Komentáře • 239

  • @aadhithyakota6066
    @aadhithyakota6066 Před 4 lety +1929

    A hippie dippie lovey dovey hugiie duggie fuzzy wuzzy robot brought me here.

  • @coinconclusive
    @coinconclusive Před 4 lety +310

    podcasts created seconds before disaster

  • @jacksoniansonex9235
    @jacksoniansonex9235 Před 4 lety +158

    2020, the year of PAIN

    • @tvz_luigi3233
      @tvz_luigi3233 Před 4 lety +8

      2020 year of not dieing

    • @katethegreat4918
      @katethegreat4918 Před 3 lety +2

      @Ayah Awad Mmmm. Not sure. If Corona doesn’t kill you, lockdown will.

    • @taxevasion8946
      @taxevasion8946 Před 3 lety

      @Ayah Awad it is

    • @johannes4518
      @johannes4518 Před 3 lety

      @@tvz_luigi3233 it was the perfect theme. Either a complete succsess, or you're not left to care about it.

    • @newuser689
      @newuser689 Před 3 lety

      @Ayah Awad Shit sucked for me bruh

  • @AeroGold1
    @AeroGold1 Před 4 lety +158

    Re: Grey's story about switching to the slightly closer, non-uphill walk gym. He says he feels like moron to have trick himself to exercise by switching gyms. In my opinion, if something feels "stupid" but it works, then it's not really stupid.
    Convincing yourself do something uncomfortable is already hard.
    Any psychological "tricks" you have to use are smart if they have desired effect - getting you to do the uncomfortable thing.

    • @messman10
      @messman10 Před 4 lety +3

      Or you could find a more pleasant alternative, and adapt it a little to point you closer in the direction of your goals.
      Like, exercise is unpleasant, but games are fun. Can you find a game that involves you moving your body? Optional attach weights. DDR, Saber Beats, and Just Dance are all examples.
      Doesn't work for everything, but for the things you can apply it, it works really well!

    • @CreatrixTiara
      @CreatrixTiara Před 4 lety +4

      Yeah agreed. The thing that got me to take up driving lessons again (at age 34 with major driving anxiety) was to learn on an automatic. I tried to learn on a manual because I was told "it'll give you more choices" but I just couldn't process all of the steps and got intimidated. Driving still scares me a little bit, but I've gotten way further than I ever have. (I just started learning how to reverse parallel park!)

    • @vykx88
      @vykx88 Před 4 lety +1

      @@CreatrixTiara omg. I swear your post was mine. I'm in the exact same situation as you...same age everything! I've been avoiding driving for so many years and since moving to a new city, decided to finally get it done. I'm happy so say that I'm progressing along well and next month will take my driving test and get my licence once and for all! So I wish you all the best in getting yours!

    • @liamgriffin218
      @liamgriffin218 Před 3 lety

      AeroGold1 I always say “If it work, it isn’t stupid.”

  • @DestructorEFX
    @DestructorEFX Před 4 lety +54

    It has been 1 year that ai started doing gym 5x times a week. It's just life changing, I feel way better about myself and my confidence is over the roof.

    • @DJT183
      @DJT183 Před 3 lety +3

      How's that working out for you months later?

  • @CreatrixTiara
    @CreatrixTiara Před 4 lety +67

    I made 2018 my Year of Magic. I had an idea for a stage magic project going in, but at the time I just thought it'd be a small project while I reconnect with a lost childhood love. It SNOWBALLED - to a full show with two seasons and am upcoming international tour. If I went into the year thinking "this year I'll make a full Melbourne Fringe show" I'd be frustrated and disappointed. But the theme concept allowed for some space.

    • @misteryA555
      @misteryA555 Před 3 lety +1

      Woah congrats!

    • @haroldinho9930
      @haroldinho9930 Před 2 lety +1

      Wow. Very cool!

    • @jpaugh64
      @jpaugh64 Před 2 lety +1

      That's important! The vague theme allows you do more than you planned, not just less.

  • @runo4155
    @runo4155 Před 3 lety +37

    Although I'm 10 months late, my 2021 theme is Year of Art. I want to hone my art skills and draw consistently. Not just at school or in other places. Learn something new every week, sketch every day during the week and occasionally work on one big piece using things I've learned.

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones Před 3 lety +1

      This is 5 months late, but you could also try seasons of x. More bytesized (bitesized?) and not as daunting.

    • @maxbets3487
      @maxbets3487 Před 2 lety

      Keep up the good work!!!

  • @BILLYLTD1408
    @BILLYLTD1408 Před 4 lety +109

    My yearly theme is eggs, and the woven containers I carry them in

    • @pineycolada3075
      @pineycolada3075 Před 3 lety +5

      The female container you hold em in

    • @groundbird4904
      @groundbird4904 Před 3 lety

      Cool

    • @runo4155
      @runo4155 Před 3 lety +1

      Fantastic eggs and where to contain them

    • @Dougiewoof
      @Dougiewoof Před 3 lety +1

      @@runo4155 wondrous ovum and where you should define their location in space and maintain it.

    • @bonzo319
      @bonzo319 Před 3 lety

      @@Dougiewoof r/increasinglyverbose

  • @LiveWire937
    @LiveWire937 Před 4 lety +23

    You guys caught me on my way to the precipice. Very happy to now be on a garden path.
    Today begins the Year of Revival.

    • @jpaugh64
      @jpaugh64 Před 2 lety +1

      How did the year go? 😊

    • @LiveWire937
      @LiveWire937 Před 2 lety +2

      ​@@jpaugh64 oh man... it's been a year lol.
      Overall, I'd have to say it's been one of the best years of my life. Now, that feels really weird to say, of course; we are still talking about a year in which political turmoil, widespread disease, and ever-renewing logistical nightmares all became entirely too commonplace. It's also the year my 3rd attempt at starting a business failed, the year I had to move back home because I couldn't pay rent, the year my parents decided to get a divorce, and the year I lost a good friend...
      But... none of that stuff was related to my theme, nor were they things I had much control over. My focus this year has been inward from the outset, and as it turned out, most of the downfalls it provided meant that I had *a lot* more free and idle time in which to mull things over. While I'll admit I've kinda neglected my themes for the past ~6 months, my first two seasonal themes (Forgiveness and Candor-the first reffering primarily to forgiving *myself* for my past failures and wrongdoings, and the second being as much about introspective honesty as it is about being truthful to others) have played huge roles in shaping the way I now think about myself, the way I approach problems, and how I interact with people on a daily basis.
      I rediscovered a love for drawing that I've been neglecting since college. I dug deep, found, and began to uproot several deeply ingrained prejudices, misunderstandings, and self-destructive tendancies that I didn't even realize I had. For the first time in my life, I feel like I've got a real solid handle on just exactly who I am, what I want out of life, and how to get it. I feel more than revived; I feel reborn.

    • @jpaugh64
      @jpaugh64 Před 2 lety +1

      @@LiveWire937 That's awesome! Especially considering that you thought you were pointing downward at the start of the year! I hear echos of things I've spent the last several years learning. In particular, I'm happy to hear that you got such great results from Forgiveness and Candor.
      I can say, those two have been heavy hitters for me as well. I noticed that I spent so much time lying to others in order to avoid confronting the truth myself! And, then I lied and just told myself I'm an honest person. I found out that my own lies were the source of many of my anxieties. I'd share more, but one of my themes is listening more carefully.
      Regarding your business, I bet failing at that taught you a lot. Do you think you'll have another go at a biz this coming year?
      Actually, if there are things you can share publicly, Who are you? What is it that you want?

    • @LiveWire937
      @LiveWire937 Před 2 lety +1

      @jpaugh64 yes, exactly! So good to talk to someone who's had a similar experience. I found personally that I'd always considered myself to be very honest, whilst deluding myself day and night-most often, in pursuit of shallow goals that just... Didn't really matter to me anymore. They were mostly just things a younger version of myself had been *taught* to want, set goals around, work hard towards, etc... And, even though I'd since outgrown the elitist, materialistic mindset that had created those goals in the first place, I was still pouring *all of my productive energy* into chasing them for... What exactly? Approval? Some sense of continuity? Preservation of an identity and self image that I had worked so hard to build, yet felt no meaningful connection to?
      That's kinda why I haven't immediately run right back out there in search of yet another dream to sell. I'm still determined to create and own my means of income someday, but the way I was going about it before was all about "what's the most profit I can make with the least risk?"... Which is just all wrong *for me.* I don't care about getting rich, I just want to feel engaged and interested in my work! I want my work to speak to people, and make a positive impact on their lives, and most importantly, I want to be free to enjoy my life as it is, however it is, without measuring it against anyone else's expectations.
      So, I'm definitely not done trying to run a business, but I don't know if I'll be ready to start again this year or not. I'm still kinda looking for the right word/phrase, but my theme for 2022 is going to be all about building the skills, work habits, and mindset I need to start trying to get by as an artist. I want most of all to make animated films-it's been my biggest dream since I was a young child, but it was never encouraged.
      Now, I'm determined to write and storyboard at least one feature length film in my lifetime, even if I have to do it all myself with no budget and never get to see anything made of it. In the meantime, though, I plan to start making some kind of edutainment animations here on CZcams in the next couple years. That'll be on a new channel, however, which I have yet to pick a name for :/

    • @bannaboy5800
      @bannaboy5800 Před 2 lety

      @@LiveWire937 how about considering the year of freedom?

  • @tylerkatzenberger6194
    @tylerkatzenberger6194 Před 3 lety +6

    This video is one of the rare few that actually changed my life- thanks Grey for sending me here

  • @_-KR-_
    @_-KR-_ Před 4 lety +48

    17:10 CGP Grey: Destroyer of Entropy

  • @haroldhayes4824
    @haroldhayes4824 Před 4 lety +77

    I see your yearly theme and raise you my alliteration: Decade of Decisiveness.
    (In addition to year of positivity)

    • @DestructorEFX
      @DestructorEFX Před 4 lety

      Year of Gratitude

    • @funnyberries4017
      @funnyberries4017 Před 4 lety +6

      In 2010 my decade goal was to work on major movies. Last year I got to work on Star Wars 9. Decade long goals are where it’s at!

    • @CristianMartinez-gk6oh
      @CristianMartinez-gk6oh Před 3 lety

      @@funnyberries4017 dude that's awesome!

    • @Pluto-og5nh
      @Pluto-og5nh Před 3 lety

      @@funnyberries4017 Every fiber of my being wanted to throw your personal success back in your face just to Trash Talk the Star Wars movies. I feel shame

  • @diamonds9120
    @diamonds9120 Před 4 lety +21

    Grey: "Either watch the video or don't!"
    Callin me out here man... :(

  • @SylvieMacNeil
    @SylvieMacNeil Před 2 lety +3

    the "Your Theme" video had a huge impact for me. I found my job relocating across Canada, during a pandemic, having not seen my family for almost a year... and I decided to adopt "Year of Adventure". I tried to keep that as a guiding light and the most stressful thing I've done in my life became aligned with my theme and felt like growth. it is extremely rewarding. in 2022 I'm moving to Seasonal themes, because this just frigging works!!!!

  • @Crunchy166
    @Crunchy166 Před 4 lety +6

    For the workout thing: I made it a nightly task that I MUST finish my workout before having my shower and making my dinner. I have conditioned myself to be very ashamed of myself if I ever have to cut my workout short because it’s getting too late. I’ve lots many hours of sleep because I wasted so much time procrastinating doing my sets, but now, I feel restless if I haven’t worked out before dinner.

    • @ivanthaboi
      @ivanthaboi Před 3 lety

      I basically do the same thing. Every night i force myself to work out for at least 5-10 mins before i go to bed.

  • @pepenero6168
    @pepenero6168 Před 4 lety +141

    Cortex is my favorite big brain podcast

  • @warrenlehmkuhleii8472
    @warrenlehmkuhleii8472 Před 4 lety +36

    My 2016 New Years Resolution was to have no more New Years Resolutions.
    So far I am doing great.

  • @aryanpandey9823
    @aryanpandey9823 Před 3 lety +7

    I'm here to hear an hour and a half of foiled plans

  • @amehak1922
    @amehak1922 Před 3 lety +3

    I've been following your cgp grey channel for 4 years now, this is my first grey podcast.
    My theme was to write and I wrote 40 pages of my book.

  • @majormushu
    @majormushu Před 4 lety +14

    I had never thought about themes before but this has inspired me to try something new. 2020 will be "The Year of Betterment" I want to come out of 2020 feeling better about myself than I do now. There are many small aspects to this but it boils down to the fact that I've gotten into a lot of small bad habits that add up and by the end of 2020 I want to have at least a few less bad habits or maybe offset them with some good habits, whatever it takes to feel a little better about myself at the end of 2020 than I do now.

    • @benjaminjohannessanchez3310
      @benjaminjohannessanchez3310 Před 3 lety +2

      It's charming to read this on this day... wonderful and charming.

    • @liamgriffin218
      @liamgriffin218 Před 3 lety +1

      MajorMushu yikes, this makes me realize how unpredictable 2020 has truly been.

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones Před 3 lety

      Believe in you, I do.

  • @queeny5613
    @queeny5613 Před 3 lety +2

    My thems is winter of simplicity

  • @leeartlee915
    @leeartlee915 Před 4 lety +32

    I didn’t even know this existed.

    • @jasmeetk0
      @jasmeetk0 Před 4 lety +2

      Same. So glad I found it though

    • @jonraymond
      @jonraymond Před 4 lety +5

      @@jasmeetk0 enjoy the back catalogue. Once your caught up the wait seems so long. And if you're hear for Grey, then he also has another Podcast called Hello Internet which is just as good as this one!

    • @jasmeetk0
      @jasmeetk0 Před 4 lety +1

      @@jonraymond yeah, it seems like I won't have to go through the tortuous wait for quite a while then, doesn't it? But I bet I'll find a way to like the relevance of the new content better anyway...

  • @christinakottmann
    @christinakottmann Před 4 lety +8

    My 2020 will be the Year of Communication. Including practicing Portuguese, prioritizing colleague & client communication types, and emphasizing positive talk to myself (in response to mental, physical, and emotional cues).

    • @013DaBoss
      @013DaBoss Před 3 lety +2

      That's brilliant. I was trying to figure out a way to make a theme that involves learning Spanish but didn't want to call it the year of Spanish. Communication sounds great!!

    • @ixalaz4536
      @ixalaz4536 Před 3 lety +1

      That didn't age so well...

    • @BrunoSouza-du3cw
      @BrunoSouza-du3cw Před 3 lety +2

      Eai aprendeu português?

    • @christinakottmann
      @christinakottmann Před 3 lety +1

      Actually I disagree, the past year was still about communication for me. Especially getting used to communicating with students over Zoom instead of in a classroom, and communicating with friends locally through other means than having dinner/coffee meet-ups. A lot of phone calls and video chats. Once I set a goal, I'm usually able to stick to it, even if the parameters change. I hope your year was okay.

    • @christinakottmann
      @christinakottmann Před 3 lety +1

      Sim, ainda sou uma gringa, mas tenho praticado todas as semanas e continuo melhorando. Abraços da Índia.

  • @lilaxeree3621
    @lilaxeree3621 Před 4 lety +30

    I'm thinking of doing monthly themes

    • @dayglobetty
      @dayglobetty Před 4 lety +2

      Yes same here!

    • @kathychiley5893
      @kathychiley5893 Před 4 lety +8

      I've been doing that for the past six months or so, and it's working out really well. I finally kicked my worst bad habit.

    • @kagsly6621
      @kagsly6621 Před 4 lety +3

      @@kathychiley5893 What was that if you don't mind me asking?

    • @taxevasion8946
      @taxevasion8946 Před 3 lety

      Bad idea

    • @taxevasion8946
      @taxevasion8946 Před 3 lety

      @Xavier Toll Hernando agreed

  • @bobus5681
    @bobus5681 Před 4 lety +3

    I was so angry earlier but when I listened to this I became so calm

    • @jpaugh64
      @jpaugh64 Před 2 lety

      It's always nice when you feel like you can do something to make things better. 👍

  • @paperheartzz
    @paperheartzz Před 2 lety

    “i picked a terrible year”, just a classic line in 2021. Thanks for everything, this felt like a good expansion on the Theme idea.

  • @jeremyleyland1047
    @jeremyleyland1047 Před 4 lety +14

    Ring Fit on the switch has sold me.

    • @gfrewqpoiu
      @gfrewqpoiu Před 4 lety

      Same, it is brilliant and it is so rewarding to do exercise with that game.

  • @vichamenyeah2766
    @vichamenyeah2766 Před 3 lety +4

    Bruh last december (way before covud was a woring thing in my country) i decided 2020 will be a year of outside activity.... Really couldnt have picked any thing easier

  • @gafanhotogamer5993
    @gafanhotogamer5993 Před 4 lety +2

    Since I've started the new year already, I've decided to do this theme, but with my age. I have a long-term goal, and every year should have its own theme to help me accomplish this.

  • @Yesica1993
    @Yesica1993 Před 4 lety +76

    Unemployment is the key to 'year(s) of less:
    Less money
    Less food
    Less buying stuff
    Less going out
    Less hope
    Less sanity
    You get the picture.

    • @TheDocbach
      @TheDocbach Před 4 lety +1

      Unemployment and minimalism are 2 different things.
      Minimalism is a choice. You are choosing to let go of unnecessary clutter and distractions.
      Unemployment might be a choice. But I have not heard too many people complain about having too much money.

    • @angelaguayo6072
      @angelaguayo6072 Před 3 lety +2

      Boy were you wrong 😂😂

    • @volodyadykun6490
      @volodyadykun6490 Před 3 lety

      Less of aliveness

    • @cerving20
      @cerving20 Před 3 lety

      @@angelaguayo6072 now its more money lol

  • @LordDrCruel
    @LordDrCruel Před 4 lety +1

    I love how the Cortex crew are trying to become our shepherds of the mind

  • @messman10
    @messman10 Před 4 lety +6

    One alternative to getting a person to do a task isn't necessarily to trick yourself, but instead find a more pleasant alternative.
    Example, exercise. Instead of focusing on regular weightlifting, set a goal to regular play a game with wrist and ankle weights. Like, DDR, and or Saber Beats and or Just Dance. Game is fun, so hard to skip. Time spent weightlifting is more effective then playing a game with light weights: but you're far more likely to actually play a game daily then go travel to a gym.
    Example: instead of focusing solely on cutting carbs, find a more pleasant thing that you enjoy but will point you in the direction. So, maybe focus on new ways to cook non-starchy veggies and eat more veggies with every meal. Positive, instead of negative (easier for our minds), and it's phrased and done as something pleasant.

    • @jpaugh64
      @jpaugh64 Před 2 lety

      Hmm... I would have to trick myself into believing that it was important enough to do, compared to all the more effective workouts AND compared to all the funner things I could be doing.

  • @youniqesparklez
    @youniqesparklez Před 4 měsíci

    Back to this video because as ive found better ways to process my thoughts in therapy and absolve myself of perfectionism mindset its this type of goal tackling that helps me set up the foundarion for change

  • @thelunaticcultist5157
    @thelunaticcultist5157 Před 4 lety

    Thanks! So much!
    You. Are. AWESOME!

  • @pineycolada3075
    @pineycolada3075 Před 3 lety

    I never did resolutions for the reasons you pointed out, but this is a good alternative cuz I had failable goals just randomly dotted around

  • @AjarTadpole7202
    @AjarTadpole7202 Před 3 lety +5

    My theme: Don't Die

  • @NextFuckingLevel
    @NextFuckingLevel Před 3 lety +1

    I watch this, so cgp grey could survive the bots

  • @emmadawngarofalo
    @emmadawngarofalo Před 4 lety

    THANK YOU

  • @thinhnonyt
    @thinhnonyt Před 4 lety +8

    I’m doing year of curiosity, learn random things, whether from TV, Wikipedia tunneling, etc...

    • @bastard-took-the-name-I-had
      @bastard-took-the-name-I-had Před 3 lety +1

      Diving into history it is

    • @liamgriffin218
      @liamgriffin218 Před 3 lety

      Thinh__ I am making 2021 (and the rest of 2020) into my “Year of Learning” where I want to learn new weird things that I’d otherwise not learn in conventional schooling.

  • @jaybonn5973
    @jaybonn5973 Před 4 lety

    OHHHHHH THATS WHY THE THEMES VIDEO

  • @messman10
    @messman10 Před 4 lety +3

    "5S." Maybe you should pick one day a month, and that day you pick one corner, discuss issues with it, then try 5S-ing the area in a never ending cycle.
    Then after the 5S, do a quick Plan-Do-Check-Act for that little corner.
    Call it "Mega Office Lean Algorithm."

    • @MusantoSus
      @MusantoSus Před 4 lety

      can you explain? I don't quite understand.

    • @messman10
      @messman10 Před 4 lety

      @@MusantoSus "5S" is a name given to a systematic approach to cleaning and organizing that's a part of "Lean Manufacturing"/"The Toyota Production System."
      Do a quick CZcams search for "5S Lean" and a bunch of tutorials pop up.
      Does that help answer your question?

  • @parikhmeet
    @parikhmeet Před 4 lety +17

    I think I got my 2020 Yearly Theme: Year Of Improvement
    - Improve Health: Lose Weight and Body Fat
    - Improve Financial Status: Pay Down Debt
    - Improve Career Prospects: Apply to Grad School or Obtain IT Certifications
    - Improve Relationships: Reach out and interact socially with more family and friends.

    • @JananiSmithaNagaraj
      @JananiSmithaNagaraj Před 4 lety

      \O/ Tryna light all 4 light bulbs are we? czcams.com/video/DtSXlTTGFrQ/video.html ;) Good luck with all my heart!

    • @Adomas_B
      @Adomas_B Před 4 lety

      I don't have to worry for any of these things (except health maybe a little)

  • @ZachBrannigan
    @ZachBrannigan Před 5 měsíci

    2024: Year of Reconstruction
    My time at university is coming to an end, and that is going to fundamentally change both the availability of my time and the freedom I have to choose what comes with it. It could be called *Year of Structure*, but I feel like that fails to define the change that I'm looking to make. Among some changes, I've been openly considering changing my keyboard layout from QWERTY to Dvorak or Colemak. It takes more than simply timing things out, but recognizes the necessity of changing the way things presently are.

  • @LegendaryMarvin
    @LegendaryMarvin Před 4 lety +7

    Buy a shop, build your office in it.
    I have actually seen this happen, where you had offices in what clearly used to be a shopfront.

    • @MTKFR900
      @MTKFR900 Před 4 lety

      Dieser Moment, wenn man Marvin in den Tiefen der Kommentarspalten eines x-beliebigen Videos trifft. :)
      Schöne Grüße nach Bayern!

    • @messman10
      @messman10 Před 4 lety

      Yeah, but that's pricey and likely to be distracting.

    • @LegendaryMarvin
      @LegendaryMarvin Před 4 lety

      When they are empty, people have problems finding buyers so it might be cheaper than other real estate to buy. For the distracting: If you want an office in there, you definetely don't want to keep the storefront as it is, but there are cheap ways to negate that problem.

    • @LegendaryMarvin
      @LegendaryMarvin Před 4 lety +1

      Es geschehen noch Zeichen und Wunder (;

    • @CreatrixTiara
      @CreatrixTiara Před 4 lety

      Yeah I was going to say, we have no shortage of shops-turned-offices in my area.

  • @frankbassoff
    @frankbassoff Před 4 lety +15

    😢😢☹
    No one ever let me know that my boi GCP Grey made a podcast!

    • @luna_belle5029
      @luna_belle5029 Před 4 lety +4

      He does more than one.
      Look up Hello internet 👍

    • @violetnhz
      @violetnhz Před 4 lety +1

      Welcome to the side of more regular CGP grey haha

    • @frankbassoff
      @frankbassoff Před 4 lety

      @@violetnhz Thanks! His videos seemed far and few between, I'd often think he abruptly stopped.

    • @KusukusuMonster
      @KusukusuMonster Před 4 lety +1

      He did in the video about CZcams. He was talking about how long of human attention his videos have taken up and then said his podcasts have taken more when combined.

  • @ixalaz4536
    @ixalaz4536 Před 3 lety +1

    Idea (haven't watched the full video yet):
    Have a meta-theme, a broader theme to base your themes on: for example you could have 2021-2030 be the decade of decisiveness or intentionality and then 2021 be the year of clarity (so as to make better decisions) [edit: or better yet being grounded, considering I spent all of quarantine in my thoughts and on the internet] and winter be the season of journaling (so as to have more clarity).

    • @ixalaz4536
      @ixalaz4536 Před 3 lety +1

      change of plans: let's make winter the season of watching less content or at least paying attention to the content I watch - this is probably the most important thing I can do to change my life

  • @emmaexist8502
    @emmaexist8502 Před 2 lety

    i wanna have my yearly theme this year be year of interesting, doing and seeing interesting things.

  • @darbon8840
    @darbon8840 Před 4 lety +6

    Hey! I accidentally decided to do something similar before I saw your video, and I’m currently doing a year of growth :D
    I might make it a decade of growth instead, but we’ll see by next year :)

    • @haroldinho9930
      @haroldinho9930 Před 2 lety

      What do you mean year of growth. What’s the goal.

  • @thomaspeters9953
    @thomaspeters9953 Před 3 lety +2

    I love hearing the innocent talking about the future that 2020 holds for them. If I could tell someone which theme to take I would say “work on making crappy things less crap, because your really gonna need it” Oh 2020, you suck.

  • @abandonedaccount5
    @abandonedaccount5 Před 3 lety +1

    I watched the whole thing.

  • @frankbassoff
    @frankbassoff Před 4 lety +1

    It's a mission statement

  • @m1-
    @m1- Před 2 lety

    gold

  • @TheDocbach
    @TheDocbach Před 4 lety

    This concept has always been in my mind. The only thing is I worded it differently. I replaced the word theme with the word purpose. Most people just live their lives with no real purpose besides making enough money to pay the bills for the month. When survival is your only drive in life, you will get dissatisfied very quickly and you will start looking for other things to enhance it. Hence the new years resolution/theme/purpose stuff.

  • @Muskar2
    @Muskar2 Před 4 lety +4

    43:00 In 2018 I changed my diet to a WFPB-diet because it promised effortless normal-weight, with a transition without cravings, without calorie counting and with the side-benefit of optimal for prevention of lifestyle diseases. And to me, it completely changed my view on diet in the span of a few months (mostly due to feeling scientifically skeptical of just how awesome it felt), making me frustrated with how much my past self, and people around me, struggle so hard with dieting, when it's SUPER simple if you have the right knowledge. And when I hear about people like Myke who are persistent enough to actually suffer through a low-carb diet for an entire year, for a slight weight loss, and have it be a permanent change, I feel tremendous respect because I could never do that.

    • @jpaugh64
      @jpaugh64 Před 2 lety

      From what I've heard, some diets are _very_ helpful to some people, but not others. Our body chemistry varies; but also our tolerances. One thing most diets have in common is, they require me to either like my cooking, or buy $$$ fancy smancy groceries.

    • @Muskar2
      @Muskar2 Před 2 lety

      @@jpaugh64 There's individual variances of course, but no study would be able to find any statistical significance if we weren't much alike as well. Naturally, your clinical dietitian or doctor will have the opportunity to give you better personal advice. But I don't agree that you need to be a good cook or buy expensive things for WFPB specifically. Unless of course you live in an area where they don't provide healthy fast foods. I confess that there's not much of that where I currently live so I do have to cook myself a lot, but I just cook big enough portions for 5-7 meals and that works for me. But if money is a concern, I've seen guides where people make great meals with outrageously small budgets - at least in the US. If you really want it, you can make it work.
      My personal experience with diets is that they were similar to snake oils, i.e. changing all the time, shortsighted and not really very healthy if done in the long-term. Plus many things were advocated by people who had limited medical education at best.

  • @playertherapper
    @playertherapper Před 4 lety +7

    I pick 2020: Year of Enlightenment.
    More of that in my life. Everyday. Every moment. Now.

  • @bimbalas78
    @bimbalas78 Před 4 lety

    thanks

  • @juliuschen5652
    @juliuschen5652 Před 3 lety

    the conversation between you two also shows that change not only makes yourself, but also those around you uncomfortable, making it even more difficult to try and change yourself. Not saying that you have to though.

  • @paulmeyer8989
    @paulmeyer8989 Před 4 lety +2

    Listening to them talk about how they don't eat as much pizza and sugar is making me want to eat pizza and sugar rn

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones Před 3 lety

      Funny thing is that both are _fine_, really. You can make pizzas less greasy and the killer is refined sugar, not sugar itself.

  • @fickogames9612
    @fickogames9612 Před 2 lety

    2:20 you just can feel techno gray shouting inside "It dosent need to beeeeeee!!"

  • @iiopas9739
    @iiopas9739 Před 4 lety +12

    My New Year's Theme:
    Year of Prosperity
    Objective: Become God

  • @toxicara
    @toxicara Před 4 lety

    We need a new comic now about Mysterious guy and the FANCY-MAN. Make it happen somebody please

  • @chaokidd4096
    @chaokidd4096 Před 4 lety +2

    Year of baskets

  • @ahomestucker
    @ahomestucker Před rokem

    i want to have a theme for next season, but the solstice fast approaches, and im still not sure bout one...
    how do you come up with your themes?

  • @WeekzGod
    @WeekzGod Před 4 lety +3

    I now do Yearly Themes thanks to this shower.

  • @Hawking1969
    @Hawking1969 Před 4 lety +12

    Going backward from 2020, my annual themes have been: Truth, focus, self, learn, all, and, lead, health, primacy, holes, balance, nin, work, and gambatte.

  • @DestructorEFX
    @DestructorEFX Před 4 lety +4

    Why do you want to know about wine if you don't care about wine?

  • @BusAlexey
    @BusAlexey Před 4 lety +18

    ayyy, hello from premiere

  • @tagaway6173
    @tagaway6173 Před 4 lety +2

    With Myke's theme, I remember a time I wanted to learn about Whiskey.
    I don't like hard licor
    But I wanted to understand it, at least the basics because some people I follow on CZcams mention their favorite Whiskey and stuff.
    So yeah, I will never really fully understand everything as I did not do "tasting of whiskey" but I can understand now when people talk about it. The vocabulary and history.

  • @benjaminatwood
    @benjaminatwood Před 4 lety +2

    Bummer, i was half-listening to part of this. lol

  • @AtherosEndees
    @AtherosEndees Před 4 lety +2

    What's going on, Grey? I thought Cortexmas meant less content, not a veritable avalanche!

  • @LaLaLauradio
    @LaLaLauradio Před 4 lety

    2020 year of practice

  • @danielmanriquez7646
    @danielmanriquez7646 Před 3 lety +2

    This has aged well

    • @liamgriffin218
      @liamgriffin218 Před 3 lety

      r/agedlikemilk

    • @volodyadykun6490
      @volodyadykun6490 Před rokem

      @@liamgriffin218 there is a subreddit for people referencing subreddits outside of reddit

  • @ayoungdev1793
    @ayoungdev1793 Před 3 lety

    Fitbod is a really good tool

  • @jakeoae7508
    @jakeoae7508 Před 4 lety +2

    Almost 2020

  • @Necthar_
    @Necthar_ Před rokem

    Did he ever say the name of the fitness app?

  • @masonm600
    @masonm600 Před 4 lety +7

    So y'all aren't fans of SMART goals? Which I suddenly realize are better for [micro]managers than humans.

    • @honeyjars
      @honeyjars Před 4 lety +1

      Mason M I always learned to use these also and they’ve been helpful for me. Might give both a shot though.

    • @LyricalDJ
      @LyricalDJ Před 4 lety +6

      I imagine SMART goals are better for specific tasks and challenges that need to be trackable and accounted for. That doesn't have to be the case with lifegoals which we want to insert into your way of life, especially when we often try things without actually knowing if that is what we need or even if we do whether now is the time for us to go for that goal.
      But that's what I think and what I need (i.e. try to slowly incorporate certain things into my lifestyle).

    • @enby-ralsei
      @enby-ralsei Před 4 lety +6

      The SMART goals are better for the short-term than the long-term. The goal may be relevant to the New Year You, but not to You In March. If it is measurable, then if you don't make the weight or number, you fail, and brains hate the failure. Make a SMART goal for at most a month, make themes for seasons to years.

    • @jpaugh64
      @jpaugh64 Před 2 lety

      SMART is better for when you need to defend and modify your ideas together with another co-workers. I don't think they're all bad; but you also can't choose something risky, cutting edge or undefined as a smart goal. (I guess that does limit it to short term.)

  • @TheBenenene10
    @TheBenenene10 Před 4 lety +4

    So how do you spell that app? Can't find it on android

    • @shalahuddinsuryobaskoro9790
      @shalahuddinsuryobaskoro9790 Před 4 lety +3

      I think its fitbod. But you can only find it on apple

    • @scruffy85
      @scruffy85 Před 4 lety

      Damn I was also looking up the app and couldn‘t find it. Sad that they don‘t have an android version. :(

    • @bluecheetah001
      @bluecheetah001 Před 4 lety

      @@scruffy85 it looks like the android version is in development and you can sign up to be a beta tester when it releases

    • @martinhenriksson8617
      @martinhenriksson8617 Před 4 lety

      I'm also interested in the android app!

    • @windfuryloquacious
      @windfuryloquacious Před 3 lety

      Fitbod. They also have it on Google Play now.

  • @crazycat1052
    @crazycat1052 Před 3 lety

    is it wierd that i really like his voice

    • @jpaugh64
      @jpaugh64 Před 2 lety

      No. It's only weird if you talk about it! 😉 😂

  • @veryhairylarry1036
    @veryhairylarry1036 Před 3 lety

    nice..

  • @tagaway6173
    @tagaway6173 Před 4 lety +1

    Excuse my ignorance. ..... is he saying "fit bot" for the app?

    • @sarahdangelo3168
      @sarahdangelo3168 Před 4 lety +1

      Seems to be "Fitbod" - there's a link to a page that has a link to it in the descriptions.

    • @jorvaor
      @jorvaor Před 4 lety

      May be "FitBod", but it is only for Apple.

    • @tagaway6173
      @tagaway6173 Před 4 lety

      @@sarahdangelo3168 ohhhh thanks!!

    • @tagaway6173
      @tagaway6173 Před 4 lety +1

      @@jorvaor oh I see. I will Google it to see how It looks at least cuz he seems so into it, lol.
      Thanks!

  • @deiansalazar140
    @deiansalazar140 Před 4 lety

    My theme is Year of Progress.

  • @TheRibottoStudios
    @TheRibottoStudios Před 4 lety +2

    I was brought here by some robot pupper but I'm not mad at that.

  • @queenofhearts64
    @queenofhearts64 Před 4 lety

    anyone know what happened to the Reddit? I only went to check if the reference 'why don't you go back to gaming videos' was about Jordan Underneath (but I guess there's plenty of other channels that it could be, he's pretty obscure).

    • @jpaugh64
      @jpaugh64 Před 2 lety

      I assume it meant that CGP Grey's first videos were about gaming, before he found his own niche.

  • @ApexStreet
    @ApexStreet Před 3 lety

    interesting

  • @jello4781
    @jello4781 Před 4 lety +1

    16:50 Myke really missed out on saying "Year of Re-order: Tokyo Drift"

  • @galacticcat3660
    @galacticcat3660 Před 4 lety +2

    To be fair, making changes to your life are six times more likely to succeed if you make them on New Year's, rather than any other time of the year.

    • @crafe2305
      @crafe2305 Před 4 lety +1

      Wheres that stat from?

    • @jpaugh64
      @jpaugh64 Před 2 lety

      I disagree. If I waited until New Year's, I'd lose interest in the idea. I need to move on something as soon as my brain understands the next step to take, and why it's important to me. I rather think, people are far more likely to *track* their goals (which sometimes become successes) if they start in January.

  • @xrueaw5961
    @xrueaw5961 Před 3 lety

    Mine is year of suck

  • @arya6085
    @arya6085 Před 4 lety +2

    Why is this #95 but the start of the playlist?

    • @batbeeps
      @batbeeps Před 4 lety +1

      Cortex is an ongoing podcast. The playlist is specifically for Grey's 2020 theme.
      They often provide updates on their themes and progress throughout the year, so they probably plan to add more episodes to the playlist over time.

    • @henryambrose8607
      @henryambrose8607 Před 4 lety

      It's the 95th episode of the podcast but the first to be added to this specific playlist.

  • @generaldrago
    @generaldrago Před 3 lety

    I feel like a lot of people’s themes were negatively affected by the present issues

  • @emberthewolf1297
    @emberthewolf1297 Před 4 lety

    Why are there only two comments?

    • @welcometonerdland3425
      @welcometonerdland3425 Před 4 lety +1

      Because there are one more than just one comment

    • @emberthewolf1297
      @emberthewolf1297 Před 4 lety

      @@welcometonerdland3425 is more*
      Welcome, I'm a grammar freak. :P
      No offence.

    • @emberthewolf1297
      @emberthewolf1297 Před 4 lety

      @@welcometonerdland3425 But hundreds of thousands of people took the time to see the video, why not comment? It's confusing.

    • @christianroot6287
      @christianroot6287 Před 3 lety

      theres 182 now

  • @iquemedia
    @iquemedia Před 4 lety +2

    what up chat?

  • @ringkite
    @ringkite Před 4 lety +2

    St. Jude runs a vivisection lab. Please pick a charity that is kind to all creatures if you can spare a thought for this comment.

    • @jpaugh64
      @jpaugh64 Před 2 lety

      I would rather dissect 10 live frogs than have one human die of cancer. No charity is perfect; no one is kind to everyone and everything. You have to pick your priorities.

    • @ringkite
      @ringkite Před 2 lety

      @@jpaugh64 did i pull your string?

    • @jpaugh64
      @jpaugh64 Před 2 lety

      @@ringkite I didn't get emotional about it. It's useful to assume everyone on the internet is telling the truth, at least about themselves. But, it isn't useful to get upset about what opinions people hold.

  • @Dreamprism
    @Dreamprism Před 4 lety +3

    I quit this podcast 3 minutes in not because it was bad but because I really do need to cut down on some things in life. And spending another hour and a half listening to this podcast (and especially spending the time to catch up on the 90something other episodes) is not the way I'd really prefer to spend my time. But I'm sure the podcast is great.

    • @jasmeetk0
      @jasmeetk0 Před 4 lety

      Good for you, man. Hope you're making good on that time

  • @TheExecutorr
    @TheExecutorr Před 4 lety

    Fitbot. noted. Gonna try that.

  • @sean631
    @sean631 Před 4 lety +4

    As an avid hello internet consumer (the clearly superior podcast) I am appalled. 3 stars.

    • @henryambrose8607
      @henryambrose8607 Před 4 lety +5

      How dare you insult my tribe! I'll have you know that my tribe is in fact better than your tribe >:(

  • @mahderahman278
    @mahderahman278 Před 4 lety

    LOL

  • @crexis1
    @crexis1 Před 4 lety

    Just two boys adulting

  • @lodevijk
    @lodevijk Před 4 lety +2

    I hate that thing mike does, which is ending a sentence with a high pitch, as if it was a question?

  • @JuraIbis
    @JuraIbis Před 4 lety

    Id love to listen to this regularly but i cant stand your co-host's voice.

    • @Joe-bu6uz
      @Joe-bu6uz Před 4 lety

      Oh come on. Grey's voice isn't that bad.

  • @crackerjack4833
    @crackerjack4833 Před 4 lety

    I'm trying to find out why you uploaded an AUDIO Vlog in VIDEO format with quality at 1080p ???? Umm.... the 1080p is for VIDEO purposes only, and your static screen that plays through this whole near 2 hours ... It DOESN'T NEED near 2 hours of 1080p..
    What the fuck?!?!
    This entire skit in 1080p .. AUDIO ONLY is just 187 Mb.... but if you download this at 1080p MP4, as this video is ........ jesus christ.... its over 4 Gigabytes worth of useless rendering.
    People, you don't need to upload AUDIO vlogs with an image at 1080p... The AUDIO quality is damn near the same between 360p and 1080p. Why do you upload unnecessarily huge data that can be done in the shittiest quality ever, and still sound like it does now on the 1080p rendering.
    Come on man.... Show some actual common sense intelligence.
    smh