Too Many Interests? How to get REAL results in them. The Best Approach.

youtube.com/@vaughngenemusic?si=SXw4YTez-jL-FC1S This is my music channel incase more people ask. I have no organization there and my mixing sucks Lol, but I’ll upload more there one day. Including some music I make for this.

i'm lucky enough to have had a childhood before social media took off. and so the way i entertained myself as a child was by doing hobbies(drawing). a part of me feel like hobbies and learning a knew skill these days is rare on mass so i'm happy to watch people like you promote this stuff. creating more than consuming should be the standard.

My problem is I wasted 20 years due to bad mental health and spending all my time on the computer so I have a lot of wasted time to make up for. I also feel like time goes so fast and that I won't have enough to learn and enjoy them all. I think yours is the realist productivity channel out here, thank you.

The worst thing is that I have so much interest that it's hard to keep track of most of them. Waking up everyday and having different goals occupying my mind is not good for mental health. This is the problem of the modern internet, everyone wants your attention which makes you more ambitious, but more bloated with ideas, unoriginal ideas mostly. Looking back, it really is a matter of focus and discipline. Being consistent with one thing and setting aside other things for other days, making peace with them day by day per se.

My current daily routine is an hour each : -piano -finger drumming -DJing - learning how to make music - blender ( it’s for work ) - graphic design ( for work ) - learning Chinese -reading -YouTube So far I have gotten all of them down and have really good results ! On days I feel like I can’t do much I just say do 10-30 mins ; my favourite out of all this is playing the piano

I recently found you channel and I feel very relieved seeing that there are people out there that actually BELIEVE that it's possible to be good at several things, many people around me tell me that I exaggerate, that it's too much for me, that I'm not going to get anywhere if I keep on doing a lot of things. But, everyone can choose what to do with their OWN LIFE. Thanks for your words, Vaughn. Saludos desde México 🇲🇽👋

Bro I heavy mess with your channel, this is my only comment on this website, its just ive been thinking about this kind of stuff for the longest time. i resonate a ton with your message and your content. APPRECIATE THE VIDEOS!! keep at it brother

I also noticed this when I started self learning in the pandemic, now remember the school system, they force feed you 10 subjects at once

I'm 17 years old and currently studying music theory on my own, seeing that someone is doing the same and getting great results is very inspiring! You are such an amazing individual! (im sorry, english is not my native language '-')

Bro I relate on so many things. - I play Guitar and Piano - I did martial arts when I was a teen (taekwondo) - Im a software engineer (my 9-5) - I'm learning Japanese right now - I play video games I grew up knowing that im good at many things and always looked at being jack of all trades as a good thing until I started my YT channel where so many gurus would say "niche down" and then I started looking at myself as a "Master of none" and after 6 years or so, Im ok with me being a Jack of all trades again because I realized I might be master of none but its better than being master of one. To me its all about calendar blocks and set a time for each one of my interests. Great Video!

Your videos are a mix of freedom, calm/serenity + simplicity and intelligence 😉👍🏻

It's so relieving there are people who actually pursue multiple interests without saying that it's impossible and we better stick to one thing for our lifetime. Thanks for the video!

Your voice is very soothing and listening to you gives me hope that there are still good people left in this world. Thanks for sharing 😊

Dude this is beyond relatable. My hobbies are guitar, coding, and martial arts (muay thai) as well, and I've also wanted to learn Japanese! This topic is something I've struggled with. Thanks for making this vid

GREAT video, really good points on a kind and respectful way. No polarizing things, no course, just pure and honest advice from another human

this video is so real. thank u feel like I needed this as I’m struggling to juggle everything as a renaissance soul

This reminds me of the way my self perception shifted after my final semester of undergraduate school work. Lots of philosophical work , lots of writing, but also a challenging schedule . Really helpful for challenging my beliefs about what I can do. Basically I learned that I can teach myself new things because I already have the basic skills of how to organize a lesson plan. The more complex the subject, just break the steps down into smaller, actionable bits. One step at a time, over and over. Stumble? Recover, and just keep going. Not a race, just an enjoyable series of interesting steps.

The point about the valley and unlocking creativity was a really good one. It's easy to get lost in the process and forget why you wanted to do the thing in the first place. Now that I've put the time into software engineering, I struggled with coming up with ideas for projects- now I think of too many haha. Also the video game one, I spend so much time on them and ignore the hobbies I really want to do because I trick myself into thinking im too tired to actually learn them. But as you said, showing up is key. I guess thats why I'm good at certain video games, because I play them even though im tired lmao. Great video man

Love your vids bro. Quit smoking and am struggling to find things to fill my time and these videos are a blessing.

I love your videos Vaughn. I currently live in Japan and I am trying to self-study for the Japanese proficiency test. I also have a lot of similar interests such as bass, web development, and creating art. I just started a Youtube channel to hopefully keep me accountable. It is very hard for me to focus. Watching your videos have been helpful. I had set small goals to help me continue learning my interests. Your previous advice on continuing to stick with one set of videos / mastering one video was very helpful too. I have come to this conclusion that I should stick with one type of material for learning Japanese before moving onto the next type of material. I keep adding so much that it paralysed me sometimes. I can not wait to see more from you!