New Year Resolutions - Week 24 Achievements & Failures in 2023 #TheLifesWay

Hi Guys,

Week 24 was the most awaited because the Adipurush movie was getting released and a holiday was also there on 16 June 2023. It was also my mom's birthday as well during this week. Also The Life's Way crossed 4 Million Pageviews on www.thelifesway.com which is a huge achievement considering it's my efforts to post on a consistent basis from the last 10.5 years without any help so it's just my passion that's making me move forward. 

1. Entertainment - I watched the Adipurush movie and didn't like the twists as the storyline is totally different from what we have seen in our childhood. If the story could have not been inspired by the legendary religious texts then they could have a superhero story like any of the Marvel comics movie. The only best part was the song Ram Siya Ram which I can listen to in a loop a hundred times. I also watched the new movie on Netflix Extraction 2 and the action sequences were awesome in the same. The storyline is not that great but the train action sequence took my breath away. 

I also watched Indiana Jones and Crystal Skull on the Disney Plus streaming platform in anticipation of the new Indiana Jones movie getting released soon called Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny that I still have to watch. I love the character and the fast storyline with a lot of mysterious adventure and thrilling climax buildup. 

2. Goodies - I received a surprise gift from Nokia as I got Nokia 105 feature phone that has the Snake game built into it. I also received the payment of R450 for the Humanz app for one of their Twitter campaigns. It's always a great time when you get paid for your social media influence whatever the cash is earned as cash is king. 

3. YouTube - I crossed 2100 subscribers on my YouTube Channel during this week. It's always great to keep moving forward towards your goals and soon we will reach the Silver play button. A strategy is needed to earn the same as we may have to work on trending topics as well. 

4. Thank You - I started from 45000 onwards to reach 69000 counts and then the same got reset. Again after restarting, I reached the 2000 count. 

5. Kainchi Dham Sthapna Diwas - 15th June is the Sthapna Diwas at the Neem Karoli Baba Ashram near Nainital and a lot of people go to the place to get blessed by the Lord Almighty. I also got interested in the same and saw a lot of live videos on YouTube from the lines of people who were capturing every aspect of the festival. This is the same place where Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and many others went with their problems and got sorted to reach the heights they never saw before. I wish the same for myself too in the coming years. 

I thank each and every one of the readers of my blog that helped me reach 4 Million pageviews on the blog. I am really thankful to all the brandses during the course of the last 10.5 years and though I have taken out some 500-600 blog posts from my blog which were not evergreen and  now I have a focused content strategy to only promote those brands who helps me earn a lot of money or are available for trade exchanges. I don't want stuff that I won't use so cash is always a better way of collaborating. All the best to me! 

Aum Namah Shivay!

Till next time...Aashish
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New Year Resolutions - Week 23 Achievements & Failures in 2023 #TheLifesWay

Hi Guys,

Week 23 is now in full swing as there are some of the new smartphone launch events as well as some of the new gadgets to get introduced to. I feel thankful and grateful to the brands which value me but don't like if they don't give me importance like I give them by creating content using their products or about their products. 

1. Launch Event - I was invited to the launch event for Vivo V27 5G and Vivo V27e Smartphones. This time they have chosen some of the influencers who already had the phone available to them. Last year I did a lot of YouTube Shorts for Vivo from their launch event but despite that, I was not the chosen one. I received the phone the same week it was launched for two weeks but was not allowed to take the same to Zambia. It was an opportunity missed by the brand for sure. They also had a creative manager whom I tried contacting and he knew me as well to my surprise but he was not interested so I left the conversation and took the goodies bag and came back home immediately after. Thereafter I even rejected the interview requests as they didn't fetch more than 20-30 views in the whole year since the last year's launch event. 

I also received the Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 which I won during the NDA event for the Galaxy S23 smartphone. It took a while but I felt great to be receiving any gadgets I can make Youtube videos on. I also returned the Samsung Galaxy A54 that I received to review. 

I also had a meeting with the Deli Stationery country manager at their office in Johannesburg CBD. They gave me some of their products that I made videos on my channel but I think they didn't like my content and I have not received any further comms from them to date. 

2. Thank You - I started from 13000 onwards and reached 45000 counts by the end of the week. This is the best exercise I can do on a daily basis. It frees me from all the negativity and thoughts that really are not the best for me. 

3. Entertainment - I watched the Fast X movie and it's a one-time watch. I now have forgotten the story of the same as well. I think the series needs to now take a break but there are so many ensemble cast that they can continue forever till they live or even after that using the AI tools and green screen. 

4. YouTube - I have stopped doing 5 Shorts on a daily basis since the start of June 2023 and the growth has not slowed down for sure. I have reached 2080 subscribers on my channel. I have taken a break as I was getting mentally stressed due to the same. It takes a lot of time to make and work on creating content all the time. 

5. Stationery Videos - I have been posting a lot of stationery items from pens to other fancy products and more are going to be posted in the coming months as well. Let me know if you are interested in watching this type of content. I am really thankful to all the brands that exist and create a lot of videos on the same. I am not creating to get views as I don't do trending videos at all. I don't even get views on these types of videos which is not going to get me even some cents from Youtube adverts but I love creating the passion I have for the stationery items since childhood. I have spent a lot of money all my life on these items which I could have spent enjoying with friends or eating things I wanted to. 

Sometimes I think of quitting all this but then you need to have a thick skin and can't leave a dream because some people are not aligned with your future goals. The Life's Way was not created for someone but it was my dream passion project and despite all the good and the bad times it will continue. I have lived my life with a lot of internal and external struggles and have accepted that this is part of the same coin. You have to continue living the life and my life has been the Life of Pi as I was born on 22/7 i.e. 22nd July and Pi as a number has infinite potential and never ending or fully divisible and so is my life. 

Aum Namah Shivay!

Till next time...Aashish
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