New Year Resolutions - Week 35 Achievements & Failures #TheLifesWay

Hi Friends, 

Week 35 - Sat 27 Aug 2022 - Fri 02 Sep 2022

Week 35 will complete the month of August 2022 which has seen a lot of new smartphones and so many new gadgets getting launched in South Africa. I am so grateful for this week as I came across various new stuff which made its way into my life unexpectedly. You never know what randomness in your life can bring you the results you always desired for yourself. Keep your curiosity levels high always and keep exploring friends!!!

1. Entertainment - I watched the Season 2 of Maharani and fell in love again with the acting of Huma Qureshi and started watching Season 3 of Criminal Justice: Adhura Sach which now is coming as a weekly episode and it's really irritating but watching is only due to Pankaj Tripathi. I don't like to wait for the same so thought that The House of Dragons I will watch only in a single go. I will keep watching Criminal Justice and The Rings of Power every Friday along with She-Hulk on Disney+ to make it a fun weekend. I also watched the HIT: The First Case movie and found it to be a total waste of time as I have already seen the original South Indian movie in the Telugu language on Amazon Prime Video. 

2. Walking - I completed 678.5 kilometres against the target of 700 kilometres. There is a gap of 21.5 kilometres and I am starting to get tired in my target but with Ensure Vanilla flavoured drink, I plan to get the energy levels high again to complete my target of 1000 kilometres by 31 Dec 2022. This week I did my first 10 kilometres at the SA motoring festival and my heart rate reached 200 after which I had to take a whole day of rest and sleep. Keep your heart rate measured and take proper rest to not let it reach those dangerous points. 

3. Launch Events - I went to attend the iStore Meets at the GIBS campus and took a sunset photograph which they loved and sent me their campus hoodie along with a selfie light. Many thanks to them. Also, I attended the Nikon South Africa event where I got the Refuse camera shoulder bag for the daily carry of my Canon M50 camera with Rode VideoMic and Joby Gorillapod 3k Kit for all my video needs. I also attended the YouTube Shorts Coffee meet where they announced the closure of #GivemeYourBestShort trend and also told me that they are going to send some personalized goodies our way. I am eagerly waiting for my second YouTube package to arrive. Check out the other videos below and enjoy! 

4. Thank You - I completed the 100k mark this month twice so doubly grateful that I could do that. I need to buy more counters from China Mall as I keep losing them or sometimes they stop working if fallen on the ground. I took the counter again to 12000 and then back to zero and again to 2600 to close the week. If I get time I will calculate if I have crossed the 1Million ThankYou mark I set to do in this year. 

5. YouTube Earnings - I completed a complete month of YouTube monetisation this month and still the same videos are contributing towards the daily cents that are coming my way. In total, I earned USD 34.75 in the month of August-2022. I still am in search of a video which has to go viral to take my subscriber base into 5 figures and maybe then I can earn more than 100 dollars a month. 

Other than that I have several pending actions which are only written in the Bullet Journal but never got completed pending LIC premium payment, booking/checking Honda Civic service and all the pending video reviews of several gadgets I own. Getting into focus and staying there is the only superpower you should aim for. It should be like that you can switch it On in a pinch or clap. I am definitely aiming for this superpower in my life. 

Cheers!!!

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New Year Resolutions - Week 33 Achievements & Failures #TheLifesWay

Hi Friends,

I think I am telling more about the achievement and less about failures but there is always an internal struggle that keeps happening with something or the other part of your life for which you are not happy. I am never happy about the fact that despite working hard on The Life's Way - this has not gotten the recognition it wanted and still I am struggling to make it all work. Definitely, there is something not done right from my end and I want you guys to tell me what I am not doing correctly? Give me your comments on any platforms you are following me on or else send me an email from the bottom of the page.

Week 33 - Sat 13 Aug 2022 - Fri 19 Aug 2022

1. Thank You - There was a complete halt of this habit in the month of August, especially during the previous week and I could only do 6000 for the whole week. I think I left the counter someplace and couldn't find the same also for many days. Anyways, I am sure I will meet the yearly goal of 1 Million for sure. It's always great to look at the big picture you are working towards and the small problems build your confidence to move forward for sure. This week I completed the 100k from the counter of 74000 and took it to 42000 again at the end of 19-Aug-22. 

2. Goodies - YouTube Creator 360 event goodies finally reached my home address and I was extremely happy to receive something with my channel name on the jacket they sent. It's in YouTube colours and you can check out the video here. I also worked on creating YouTube thumbnails for already posted videos and then sharing the tweets. YouTube thumbnail creation is an added task in itself and there should be a dedicated day for the same. I am using the Canva platform to create the same. 

3. Skillshare - I bought an annual subscription to Skillshare for USD 24 based on the notion class of Ali Abdaal and I am now spending a lot of money on books and courses to extend my knowledge further. Since YouTube monetization is enabled I am spending a lot of money on things that I always wanted even without a single cent coming into reality towards me. YouTube I am sure sends money at a certain interval or threshold and I have not reached the same yet and am still pending some address verification from my side as well. 

4. Walking - I am constantly losing out on the weekly targets against the 660 kilometres, I could only reach 645 kilometres. There is a gap of 15 kilometres which I can now take into consideration as 1 week's leave and can reset the same too but let's carry on and see if the gap broadens then we can do the same. This is because I have a target of 1000 kilometres in 52 weeks so we have 2 weeks of furloughs available. I am using the Huawei Watch GT 2e for tracking purposes. 

5. Launch Events - I was invited to the biggest launch in terms of new products at Xperience Huawei 2022 launch event that happened at Sandton Convention Centre and the goodies received were a luxurious backpack which you can watch here. I still have to share the goodies received at the Samsung launch event and I will do so soon in the upcoming videos. I am doing all these videos for you so that you guys what goes into these events and what do you get out of it in case you are interested in becoming a blogger or YouTuber in the future? Your experience might be different in case you are top of the class but general category admissions will be like what I am showcasing to you. 

6. Books and Audiobooks - I completed one book by Sandeep Krishnan called Mind of a Consultant and picked up his other book named Making of a CEO. The mind of a consultant is a definite read for all management graduates and those who are not. This brings back all the knowledge that was acquired during the long hours in the MBA school I attended and that you also wish to attend. You shall definitely listen to the same on Audible or buy a book. 

The struggle is always there but these books and audiobooks help you gain perspective and things your mind has put on hold and your memory is also not serving you. Books are the only way you can gain back your confidence to speak and putting those skills learned from books can help you grow in any area you want. My focus is on the Growth Mindset and Execution for the rest of the year. 

Cheers!!!

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New Year Resolutions - Week 30 Achievements & Failures #TheLifesWay

Hi Friends,

Week 30 was a week where I completed a lot of stuff which have been pending on me from submitting the documents to the school for Grade 8 to various other things too. Mom and Dad too left for the United States and I also visited the Radhey Shyam Temple in Marlboro after a long gap of time. 

Week 30 - Sat 23 Jul 2022 - Fri 29 Jul 2022

1. Walking - I completed the 20 kilometres for the week which took the total kilometres to 592 by the end of 29th July 2022. This has been the longest I have ever achieved in a single year. Consistency is the key guys to achieving feats that you don't think you can earlier. 

2. Entertainment - I received the Disney+ annual membership plan from the Disney Africa team. I immediately login and created some profiles for the family. I am loving the new content which I was not watching earlier. I immediately started watching the first season of Da Vinci's Demons and finished it in a single sitting despite it running at 1x speed. My son is loving the Spiderman content which includes some new shorts, all movies and other cartoons on the platform. Thanks, Disney Africa! I only find that there should be a playback speed which needs to be added so that the content can be played at a faster speed of 1.25, 1.5,1.75 and 2. 

3. Books/Audiobooks - I completed The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime! by M. J. DeMarco which took me a lot of time as this is one of the best ones if you want to change your money and growth mindset. You can check it on Audible by Amazon. I started listening to another interesting one called The Mind of a Consultant by Sandeep K. Krishnan which is also available on Audible here. It definitely reminded me of all the MBA days when I used to live those principles sincerely to imbibe them in myself. Over the years, I have gained experience but the edge was getting blunt instead of keeping it sharp. I got the feeling that all these books on Kindle and audiobooks from Audible are taking me to the best of my ability. 

4. Thank You - I moved the counter to zero and took it towards 30500 by the end of the week. I took a break from this activity in the previous weeks and still need to find my love for doing the same. I am not feeling complete as if I am looking for something and not happy much despite doing everything I want to do in my life. Feeling content should be the main priority in our life. 

5. YouTube Monetisation - This week I broke my own records of the highest one-day revenue from USD 1.76 to 1.89 to 2.45 to 3.28 dollars on 28-Jul-22. This has been my highest so far even today for a single-day revenue. I didn't do any promotions and any other push, I think this may be because of the good CPM etc on some of the videos. 

Getting YouTube monetised and making the best out of it is my goal these days. I have been focused on trying out various kinds of content to get my first viral video. Once a viral video happens then there will be a good path for the future content and revenue stream too. You can now support me on the Patreon account also - https://www.patreon.com/TheLifesWay Thanks!!!

Week 29

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New Year Resolutions - Week 29 Achievements & Failures #TheLifesWay

Hi Friends,

Week 29 went into checking the amount earned every day each morning on the YouTube studio app and the week didn't have the first week's highest amount of USD 1.76 in a single day. The maximum amount that I earned was USD1.42 and the lowest being USD 0.56 only. Other than that it was my 42nd birthday at the end of the week on Friday - 22 July. I wish to have a belief in myself that I can achieve that and can build some income stream from the YouTube channel using my readers/followers' help and support. 

Week 29 - Sat 16 Jul 2022 - Fri 22 Jul 2022

1. Daily Walking - This week I could only do 9 kilometres as daily going to the office and coming back from around 30 kilometres did take some time to travel and reduced the amount of free time available for walking as well the energy to do so also. I am sure I will pick the idea of completing the 20+ kilometres after a week of rest or so for sure. 

2. Books/Audiobooks - I became a member of the City of Johannesburg Library and got myself registered via an online link I found on the board in front of the Sandton Library. The link is here in case you also want to get registered. This way you will be able to access the audiobooks and ebooks available in the library for the loan term of 15 days. Apply online - https://cojelearning.org.za I have found the ebooks and audiobooks collection to be enough for me to read in the next few years easily without buying anything myself. Thanks, Joburg Library. I kept on reading Lashkar by Mukul Deva as I delved more into the storyline and also came to know about its second part to take the story further. Meanwhile, The Millionaire Fastlane audiobook is still going on and is one of the best books to change your money mindset or at least to give it some powerful ideas after Morgan Housel's The Psychology of Money which is a must-keep and read too. 

3. YouTube Income - I earned around USD 12 in total so far in the last 10 days of being monetized. It's not a big amount but I am grateful for whatever it is. It's better than the free press releases I get from hundreds of brands without getting anything in return. At least here I know that my time and efforts are directly proportional to the income generation though the content topic drives that part. 

4. 42nd Birthday -  I suggested to my wife not to buy any clothes or anything else and the same was followed. I already have a lot of clothes and shoes that I am unable to use also on a daily basis. Only now I am able to use them as I started going to the office. I only got the dad memorabilia from my son that he bought from the Cardies shop. We went to try the food at the Modern Tailors restaurant in Rosebank. The vegetarian menu is very limited there and the taste is not authentic Indian, it's more a South African restaurant with some Indian menu items. I am not so sure about the non-vegetarian items as the restaurant was quite full but I won't go there again for vegetarian dinner or lunch. The snacks are fine but not all are nice. 

5. Thank You - I started the counter again and took it to around 6000 by the end of this week. Other than that the week was only running to the office and coming back and nothing major happened other than the YouTube income started pouring in. Thank You to Lord Bajrang Bali Ji. 

Thanks, Universe for taking me to the 42nd birthday this week and now I am working towards the next few years and hope them to be more productive years. I hope that I will be able to work towards something I always wanted to do and can focus on the necessary steps in the coming days. 

Week 28 

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New Year Resolutions - Week 20 Achievements & Failures #TheLifesWay

Hi Friends,

Week 20 is the last week before my brother arrives from the USA and it's going to be the time to get everything ready for him and his family. I will see his daughter after a gap of 5 years and the younger one I have never met who will turn 2 in August 2022. I saw the princess when she was just 6 months old and now will celebrate her 6th birthday in Aug as well. 

Week 20 - Sat 14 May 2022 - Fri 20 May 2022

1. Walking - I completed 19 kilometres this week and it is still a good effort from the previous week when my leg was paining a lot. The weekly targets in terms of walking and other things are going to be difficult when my brother will be here. 

2. Thank You - Took the same from 82670 to 100k and then again to the 6000 mark during the course of this week. It's a celebration in terms of the completion of another 100k for the month. 

3. Entertainment - It was time to watch Panchayat Season 2 and totally fall in love with the TVF production company again. It made me cry, laugh and curious enough to wait for the next season which will be released in some year's time. I also watch the RRR movie which is a visual extravaganza. I totally loved the whole storyline, action and VFX as showcased in the movie. Totally worth your time. 

4. Launch Events - I was invited to the YouTube Creator Day - Africa Month Celebrating African Voices as a member of the Youtube Shorts community. It was an awesome and grand affair and we learned a lot. The event gave us an awesome goodies bag as well which you can watch here on my Youtube channel. I received my first Google Smart Speaker at the launch event. Another launch event was for HMD Global - Nokia Smartphones which was at a great location named Dreambox which is really Instagram-worthy. I totally fell in love with the same and the goodies received were formed into a video as well. 

5. Hanuman Chalisa - I am now left with only 200x japs of Hanuman Chalisa from the goal of 42x Years of the same. I am really happy that I am progressing fast on the same. 

6. Social Media - I have been not been able to schedule the posts to be shared on Instagram or Facebook during the next few days. I am sure it will have some gap of 3-4 weeks before I start them again as my blogging has reduced on my website. I will get back to the same as I was more focussed on the Youtube channel and creating more and more videos there. 

All the goodies I am unboxing are only for the time when I receive or buy them and after a little, while I give them away to someone visiting me or the person whose birthday is near and sometimes ship them away to my family and friends. All the small goodies are not kept with me if I don't need them and not using them right away. All the snacks are also distributed right away to all the kids around me. 

WEEK 19

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New Year Resolutions - Week 19 Achievements & Failures #TheLifesWay

Hi Friends, 

This has been a consistent effort with a complete focus on achieving something every week in all parts of my life. I am trying to do my best with whatever comes my way but still, I am struggling to get into the wealth mindset. 

Week 19 - Sat 07 May 2022 - Fri 13 May 2022

1. Walking - I only did around 10 kilometres this week, which is half of my target, but sometimes life happens and you have to move on to the next targets. I need to gear up to reach 1000 kilometres in 2022 and let's see and track where the counter currently is. 

2. YOUTUBE crossed the 1000 Subscriber mark- The best thing that happened this week was the Youtube Creators online event and me winning a prize in the same. I am still awaiting delivery of the same but I am sure it's on the way. Also, my Youtube channel - TheLife'sWay crossed the 1000 subscribers mark on 9-May-2022 and it took 283 videos in total to reach this point. It all happened because of the YouTube Shorts Community which I became part of in South Africa. One of my shorts has even crossed 330k views so far but I have not got any money for the same because it was uploaded 4 years back so it may be the first shorts on my channel when YT shorts didn't exist. The online session made me do shorts on my channel on a daily basis and one of them went on to reach 1500+ views in a day. I will also cross 500k views overall on my Youtube Channel soon may be in June 2022. 

3. Entertainment - I won the 3D tickets vouchers from Sterkinekor but when I went to get them converted to the actual tickets, it came to my notice that one of the vouchers has been used by someone else to watch a Spiderman movie in Eastgate mall. The call centre guy told me that they can't do anything as they can't verify if it was me only who booked so 1 ticket got lost. I booked the other one for Dr Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 3D movie which I really loved. I also watched KGF Chapter 2 movie and it was awesome to watch the same too. 

4. Thank You - The count went from 43000 to 82700 this week which is a good number despite not being able to achieve the walking targets. 

5. Books and Audiobooks - I have gone slow on the books part during this week as I focus on other tasks I needed to complete. I am also lagging behind on Gratitude journaling and need to bring discipline into my day-to-day living. 

6. Hanuman Chalisa - The count is constantly reducing towards the 42 Years mark and I am around 250x Hanuman Chalisa left now during this week. I prayed for 4 times during this week and has been inconsistent these days. I need to make new targets or at least some daily prayers once this target is achieved. 

Overall, it was an entertaining week and I had full power to learn and focus to get things done. I totally enjoyed myself chasing up all my tasks. I went to Hospice Wits Charity shop as well and shopped for some stuff there at cheap prices. I have made some videos also on the same if you want to watch it. 

7. Charity Shopping - Hospice Wits Benmore is a shop where you can find old books and other random stuff which people donate. In a way, you are bartering cash by buying their old products for the benefit of the charity as well as yourselves. I generally try to donate all the extra things I don't want there for someone to enjoy the same. 

These are the 3 videos I shot for some of the stuff I bought from the charity shop. 

WEEK 18

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