How to Completely Transform Your Life in 6 Months (the butterfly effect 🦋) 

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Fled from a stalking ex, saved myself from an abusive boss who harassed me, cut off toxic people from my life, got diagnosed with ADHD, learned about my strengths and what makes me special, took 6 month sabbatical to get my life back together, applied for a great job and now I'm watching this video.

I think my key stone habit is going to the gym (weight lifting + calisthenics) because it forces me to eat healthier & more protein, drink more water & generally structure my days in a way so I have energy and time to go to the gym. The gym is the place where I push myself mentally & aim each time to increase my weights. It builds resilience Which also trickles down to the other areas of my life, especially uni & my other projects. It’s not a “simple” habit really but still keeps me going.

2 key takeaways : 1. Set a keystone habit 2. Include people in your habit

I love the idea of a keystone habit! Morning yoga is definitely mine. I started doing yoga sporadically at the beginning of the pandemic, then just kept coming back to it again and again because I felt better when I did. It got to the point that it was so noticeable, when I had a bad day my partner would ask, "you didn't do your yoga today, did you?" Now, my craving is so strong I do yoga every day, even if I'm sick or sad and can only do a few minutes, and I'm now at 315 days straight of yoga every day! It really does set up my day right and make me feel healthy and accomplished and motivated for more.

I am officially at a MUCH, MUCH lower of “fucked-upness!” I hit a year sober last week 🎉but haven’t really given myself the amount of props and credit I deserve.

I once heard the saying "How you do one thing is how you do everything", and it's change my outlook, because on one hand everything I do down to washing the dishes becomes worthy of paying attention to and doing to the best of my ability, but on the other hand, I can make massive improvements towards my goals just by adjusting small behaviors. This video helped me revise my daily routine of tasks and I think it'll really help because I think I'd been missing on having rewards built-in, which led me to overwork myself with no feedback, and then over-indulge. Here's to being the master of my own time, labor, and destiny in the new year!

I play the same 3 affirmation videos every morning and afternoon on my commute. I didn’t know it was a keystone habit til this very moment. It’s part of my routine and helps me have patience and a better attitude. If I decide to listen to a podcast or music instead, it’s ok but slowly, everything starts falling apart. I’m more tired and easily irritated and have worst days. So every time I get in my car that’s my cue. Reward is my mood shifting. And then I wanna have a good day so it repeats!

"Level of fuckedupness" 🤦🏾‍♂😂 i love the words you use to express points. it just hits the nail on the head.

I actually stumbled upon my “keystone” habit by just focusing on a habit I could (1) perform daily (2) would be a positive improvement in my life and (3) is relatively easy (from my POV) to implement. I was in a pretty dark place and decided to implement a morning routine since I did not have one anymore. I found that just focusing on my morning routine (and being kind to myself when I wasn’t able to do it) has been really beneficial. I’ve even gotten to the point where I now do it every day and am currently focused on building other habits now, which I added in one at a time.

my keystone habit: 5:30 AM CrossFit classes. I wanted to get fitter and stronger and joined CrossFit about a year ago. I was struggling to get to classes after work and would often be "too tired" or have a meeting or a social invite, so I'd skip. Fast forward to October 2022, and I decided to give the 5:30 AM class a try. Once I started this, I realized the class vibe was so positive, filled with others dedicated to getting a pre-work workout. My energy levels changed significantly and I started making other positive changes. I cut back on the drinking (and eventually stopped, 80 days sober now), making my bed, meditating, and journaling all before work and after my workout. I am eating cleaner, going to bed earlier, and sleeping so much better. In the past few weeks, I even began creating art again regularly. The one regular habit I have dedicated to has influenced so many other things in my life. 🙏

This is brilliant and I think an immediate reward is so necessary for the craving part. My friend goes on runs every day. And usually it takes like 2 weeks to get to the point where just running is fun. Before then, it sucks, it makes you more tired and sore, so you’re less likely to stick with it. To combat this, she started to listen to her favorite podcast only while she ran. So that became the reward and the craving. Now she gets really excited to run because she can listen to her podcast.

This is so inspiring thanks for sharing your story. I started my path to reinventing myself a year ago, I'm now living healthier, confident, stronger, making 6 figures, having leisure to enjoy family &friends. I feel happier and living my life for myself. This is to encourage someone "you can start anytime to have a reset it's worth it! I'm striving to continue growing cus it's a journey❤💗💓

You are one of the young people I am learning so much from, at age 70! Thank you, Tina!

Love your videos! As a psychologist specialized in behavior change I would like to add that strengthening self control is likely only one (probably the smaller) of two relevant parts to sustainable behaviour change : I like to refer to this 2011 paper which highlights the importance of setting up all the ways to minimize impulse behaviours requiring less self control! On taming horses and strengthening riders: Recent developments in research on interventions to improve self-control in health behaviors Friese, Hofmann, Wiers Hope it helps ☺

Damnnnn!! This is so so amazing because I've actually been thinking about this concept on my own when i figured that everything falls into place for me when i get up early so i probably just need to focus on that. Now watching that concept as a keystone habit in your video with so much evidence and all, it made me so happy and believe this thing even more. Thank you! I'll just stick to making this waking up early morning habit!

Crazy as it sounds for me it’s weighing myself first thing in the morning. I recently fell in a slump w my exercise but as soon as I started tracking again I became motivated to work out again and that in turn gets me to make all sorts of healthy choices.

I'm so happy to be seeing videos from you again! In a couple of them, you mentioned this part of your life has been chaotic and painful, but here's a bright side: when you figure out how to get past this (you will!), you can make videos about it and help so many other people going through painful and chaotic times.

I love this video because I have actually developed a keystone habit without knowing that's what I was doing and this just like affirmed that I'm on the right track. I love this for me! Thank you for this video!👏🏾🥰

I started writing this huge comment, but instead just want to say Thank You, Tina. I found you at the perfect time in my life. You have a new subscriber and intent follower. Keep doing what you’re doing and know that you are affecting lives for good. 🙏🏼💗🦋

Happy new year Tina!! I hope you get to your keystone habit schedule soon . Haven't found mine but will work on it now that the video helped me!

This honestly is not a new concept, but your storytelling is good so I don’t get bored and stay until the video finished. Thanks!

your videos are goldmines! your pacing is also perfect. thank you for what you do! 😊

My keystone habit is making healthy drinks for my husband and myself in the morning. I start by making 32 oz of water with lemon for each of us then I sip it while I make cucumber or celery juice to drink next and finally I make a large portion of green juice from kale, lemons, apples, ginger and celery to drink throughout the day. I don't like washing my juicer so I get all the juice made at once and dole it out as needed. We stay well hydrated, get our leafy greens in and feel more energy.

Super interesting video! I am experiencing this personally in my life at the moment. I've had a vice the past few years that I cut out because it was disruptive. I noticed that by cleaning up this one thing, I'm finding other habits much easier to address as well. It's definitely feels accurate for me to call it a 'ripple effect'. Thanks for making this!

I love the way you talk. I found myself completely immersed. Thank you

I've decided to do this. my keystone habit is drinking water. Let's face it, I've been chronically dehydrated my entire life. This comment is to mark my journey and hold me accountable to updates. It's been about 3 days and so far I've noticed more bowel movements and a slight desire to drink water (none before) maybe this is tied to the reward of feeling accomplished. Let's go 04/03/23: my health is improving, skin, my eyes look more alert, no more dry eyes or lips, lips actually got bigger, better sleep and dream recall. I feel more energetic. Eating more consistently at mealtimes. Feeling more confident. 04/30/23: One month in. What a difference. My life is flowing! Drinking warm water in the morning with lemon, cucumber, or lime really helps me drink when I wake up and don't want cold water hitting my system. My skin keeps getting better and better. I can feel the internal hydration. Long term tension in my body is dissolving and relaxing. Sleep is feeling more and more rejuvenating. This sense of accomplishment and empowerment is building.. 11/27/23: Wow, I forgot about this comment. I got into the habit of tracking my goals elsewhere. So, 8 months in! And this video pops up in my recommended at the perfect time. I have successfully incorporated drinking water into my lifestyle! It's been difficult. My entire life, I don't really have a thirst cue unless i work out extremely hard. Apparently my Kenyan grandmother is the same way. So I'm really proud of all the hard work I've put in to reach this level of consistency. I alone know how much of a struggle it's been. Note to self: Celebrate dear! You're amazing. I'm so proud of you. Keep it up. You got this! That being said, Winter is here. And with the colder temperatures here now, I noticed I'm starting to drink less water so this is the perfect opportunity to level up. Time to adapt and overcome. I'm going to start warming up a kettle of water in the mornings for the day. Maybe I'll keep a thermos. Ok, so for the million dollar question, has my life completely changed from this habit? Hmm.. I haven't reflected on this until right this moment.. My God, it really has. Strange. I didn't think of it coming from drinking water, that kinda faded to the background. But I am vastly different from my former self just 8 months back. Was it really the water? I'm not depressed anymore or anxious. I'm energetically making my goals happen. I no longer see myself as chronically fatigued. My sleep is better. I've done a lot of work on myself this year. The biggest change came with integrating my shadow self and accepting my worthiness. I did it. I'm realizing I really did it. I set forth a goal to create a keystone habit of drinking water and leverage it into changing my life. And I did it. Epic. So glad this video popped back up. Hope this inspires someone to take their journey. Feel free to ask me any questions. Merry Christmas.

As always great video Tina and happy new year! Love how you integrate findings from research papers in the video essay :)

Very informative. New subscriber here. I 100% agree with involving friends and family to help you improve or change your habits. The social aspect is so important, in so many ways. Peer pressure, in a positive way, group gratification is another. Good video Tina.

Thank you @Tina Huang ... I got to set my keystone stronger 💪... Happy 2023...

Now I know why my day goes as a complete mess and unstructured if I don't exercise. Because it can be my keystone habbit. I stated it 1 year back. I was never consistent. It was always an on - off kind of habbit, but every day I would exercise my rest of the things would automatically fall back on its place. I need to utilize this realization. Thank you so much.

yeah it's wild what getting small discipline wins in one area can do for other areas. I started out at the start of the year just doing intermittent fasting 12-8 and trying to study more, then later added a morning routine I do every day at 6. Those 3 changes have made me feel like a completely different person in just 3 weeks, can't wait to see where they'll lead me in months or years. Society romanticizes monumental leaps of improvement and drastic changes, but turns out just changing a few small things is the best place to start.

Another awesome video! I need to focus on my keystone habits this year. I'm trying to make them quite prominent in my journal I've just set up for the year!

Best way to increase self-control: Exercise consistently and build physical muscle and self-control muscle

Thank you so much for sharing the impact of falling off of your keystone habit. This made me realize why I’m in such a funk lately!

Absolutely loved this video! The butterfly effect analogy is such a powerful way to illustrate how small, consistent changes can lead to significant transformations in our lives. The actionable tips and insights shared here make it feel attainable and motivating.

I definitely want to improve my habits and would like to get to a place where my mornings actually feel good and I can maintain energy and momentum. I still need to find my key habits. My days tend to revolve around my kiddo and chores since I am a SAHM but trying to get into doing something for myself. I've been teaching myself web dev, about to start a boot camp, and want to eventually enroll into a software engineering degree program. Life can feel chaotic and exhausting, with not enough time or energy in the day. And I also feel that lonely aspect too.

thank you , it is inspiring and in fact, i noticed when i do some self discipline about One habit, i feel empowered and then it ripples in fact :) thank you for sharing your advices ! it is helping to self aware of it, thank you

It's wonderful you get into an environment like this

This video was just what I needed. I’ve been trying to implement new routines and habits into my life but I’ve been having a lot of trouble with actually starting/sticking to them. I will definitely try adopting this method. I’ll let you know how it goes in three months time.

Thank you for this video!!! Happy New Year! 🎆🎆🎆

The value of having self-control & teaching it to your children from a very young age is so under rated. My kiddos fought me as I was teaching them, they thank me, now. I made the times that I taught them, a lot of fun so that they would like it. This can stick with a child or sometimes it doesn't or in varying degrees. I had my kiddos with me when I did banking or did grocery shopping or cleaned the car, etc They took turns with a pocket calculator, in the grocery store, adding up for the total. They knew the budget. They also knew that if there was money left over in the budget, it would go into our vacation fund, so we could do fun things. Another way was that every time there was a carnival near where we lived, if we didn't spend money at the carnival we would have enough to have a really good time at Disney World. I was especially proud of my youngest. She worked very hard to get her engineering degree. Degrees in engineering are very expensive. She graduated at the top of her graduating class ~ no student loan debt.

Your video was recommended to me today. NEW subscriber! I'm loving your ideas 🙏🦋💙

It's how I've learnt so much from your videos I never even knew about.

I loved the video, thanks for sharing. Really useful for me at this moment

Happy New Year Tina!

I was thinking about this thing since few days and now it got cleared... Thank you for the confirmation and let me understand that i was right about my keystone habit which was helping me to stay productive but i wasn't feeling product anymore because i stopped doing my keystone habit.. Anyway as I'm aware now about my keystone habit so I'll start doing it from again 😊❤️

I also am one to feel better after live stream in the morning. otherwise if I don;t my day is plagued with all the things I should have said. As I watched your video You discussed may things that I was already familiar with. I love how you took your introsept to understand what works for you. You definitely inspired me to keep up my routine. I hope you keep up yours.

Thank you! I really needed this 😊

Very helpful. Makes perfect sense.. In one ear and out the other. Imma watch another 50 videos how do I improve my life. Then then do the same thing the next 10 years.

This happened to me when I started being more consistent in the gym, my nutrition started changing, my work habits slowly started changing, and other factors started changing by proxy. It's pretty cool!

this is exactly what i needed to hear.. thank you young lady

THIS WAS SO HELPFUL ❤ THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS !

I think my keystone habit is journalling, I feel bad when I can't check the box when I missed any habits that I set for myself. I finally found that it's the one who keeps me going.

Amazing! Thank you, Tina! 🦋

Happy new year Tina 💗

I connected more with this video when you mentioned you're a morning person. It made me realise I am a morning person too, how I start morning really affect my productivity and mood throughout the day!~ its a new year, I hope to see new changes in myself in 6 months hehe.

Found out I had a severe genetic disorder and even though I was very happy - good student, already a successful career, many dreams that I am great at initiating and in others also- the doctor gave me pamphlets for support groups. I went. It had consumed my life and even my health. I now see exactly why, started with FIVE PEOPLE. Thank you so much. I now know my pathway out! I subscribed, excited to see what else you have up your sleeve… ❤

I really like your videos. You're smart and very enjoyable to watch. Thanks for doing the work to create these.

I've just discovered your channel by this video. I subscribed after listening for five minutes.

Thank you for this first video I’ve seen on your channel. I’ve thought over the criteria (feel-good and rewarding for me and I WANT to do) and decided to try meditating for 5-10 mins every afternoon (precise time TBC). I’ve set a goal of doing it for two weeks and I’ll be back to tell you how it goes.

Two great books keep the suggestions coming!

Love the tempo and sound of your voice great content thank you so much

Awesome channel with really varied and very informative subject matter! Thanks!

Happy new year Tina , when i come to china I hope taking you drinking cup of coffee and taking pucture with you because you made me love data science and productivity😁

Didn't the study later point to ? - the kids who didn't have self-control were the same ones who grew up in a poor environment, in which current promises did not correlate with future availability of promised rewards? Why wait for 2 cookies at the cost of your current cookie, if you've previously learned that the current cookie will actually disappear? - by contrast, the kids who grew up in better socio-economic environments did not possess that conditioning, because from their perspective: current self-control correlates with future rewards. It's a trap, because that is not always the case, however finding the environments in which the above isn't the case is the actual challenge.

Damn girl, back to back to back videos. You r on fire!

This is super helpful thank you! ❤

Interesting. It has given me some things to think about. Thank you for posting.

Happy New Year Tina

Here's a summary of this video, I hope it helps! 🦋The Butterfly Effect🦋 - It's an idea that a flap of the wings of a distant butterfly can somehow change the formation and course of a tornado thousands of miles away This analogy refers to the idea that a small change can have rippling effects across an entire system Why does it work? - everything you want to do or not want to do depends on your self control - research shows that people with better impulse control and self regulation (self control) are more likely to be successful in life How does it work? - Researchers came up with a hypothesis: self control is like a muscle, you can strengthen and improve it with repeated practice - Researchers have an hypothesis that if you pick up an habit and practise it over and over again, it will be like training your self control muscle and thus, strengthening it over time - WIth better self control, it will radiate throughout your entire life and make you much more disciplined in everything you do - In conclusion, you can train yourself to have self control What behaviour triggers this butterfly effect? - It is called a keystone habit, this name comes from the word keystone which refers to an arc and the centre stone within the arc is called key stone because it holds everything together. If you remove it, everything comes crashing down - A keystone habit refers to a habit in which all the other things are built upon - A keystone habit can be any habit but it is very individualised, e.g. making your bed, studying, waking up at 5 am, journalling etc. - To find your keystone habit, you need to understand yourself and find out what habits benefit you the most by trying out different things and experimenting with them - Ask yourself, ‘what are the things that make you feel good afterwards?’ or ‘what are the things that match my traits?’ e.g. starting the morning right - Once you establish the keystone habit, all the other routines naturally fall into place - To find a good habit, be introspective, find out what time of the day it matters to you the most and make sure it is relatively short which you can do on a daily basis - Habits come in a loop: first there’s a cue, then you have a routine to satisfy that cue and then you end up having a reward which is followed by a craving. This in turn triggers the cue and the cycle continues - The cue could be a certain time of the day, the routine is the act of completing a task, the reward could be the satisfaction of completing the said task and the craving is the need to satisfy the cue again - SECRET INGREDIENT: if you are able to include other people into your habit, you’re much more likely to stick to that habit. Why? because people are important to us since we are inherently social creatures. We are influenced by people so much that we can become a lot like the people we choose to be around. The people we choose can either make or break you. - Some examples of incorporating other people in your habits are: having gym buddies, studying in groups, taking courses with your friends

Interesting video, thank you. FYI, you might want to let your sponsor know that on their main page that copy for module 2 is talking about module 3.

It was a recommendation video and thanks god i watch it. I really needed it i have a really big exam in less than one month and you know its summer i wanna change and I've been struggling with changing and making a better routine for so long.this video actually taught me something and motivates me a lot❤just wanna say thanks

Yeah I didn't know what habit would be best for me, I'm already vegan, but it's definitely not the keystone. So I asked writing AI to recommend some habits for a dreamy, chill, creative person, and I found creative visualisation to be the nr 1, also journaling, but with my mind some things are to long to put on paper. And the last was meditation, which I love, but I usually spend like 30min completely out, so it's more suited for evenings. Really thanks for this video, it was very informative and interesting. Love your channel❤

I so needed to watch this right now!

My keystone habit is definitely bujoting :) the cue is needing make a to do list for the day, the routine is bujoting, the reward a pretty page and plan for the day, and then all over again the next day

Such a perfect video for the new year! Cant wait to see you on the live stream!!!🐢💖

This is so interesting, definitely going to research and find what my keystone habit is 💓

hey!! i've been trying doing and following the morning routine that i made and somehow when i dont follow one of the things that i need to do in that routine i feel like so stressful and it affected my whole day, but i suddenly realise that, that thing might be the keystone for my daily activity, but i didnt know that it related to the butterfly effect, so after watching this now i know, thank u so much for the detailed explanation!!

I believe my keystone habit is my two 50-minute HIIT classes per week. It forces me to get everything else done from day to day - drinking 2000mL of water, taking my vitamins, eating three meals a day. Everything has fallen into place quite nicely.

Loving your content!!

thank you for that video! just wanted to say that I absolutely love your hair!!

A very good video! Thank you 💞

Thank you Tina 🎉

great video! you are so eloquent and love that you are a fast talker haha .

I’m so happy to come across a name for this habit. A few months ago I realised it only really takes one habit to put your life on a good track. One afternoon I randomly started walking a few steps after a meal. I’m a sadly stationary person and I never walk. So I have myself small goals of 300 steps, then 550 steps and eventually made my way up to 5k a day. It took me a few days to finally touch 10k. But the beautiful part about this little exercise was, firstly it helped me see myself in a favourable light. From being a person who HATED walked to someone who thought it’s all fun and games to do 5k steps a day. And because I was designing my day around this habit, I also had to sleep and eat at better times, write more since I was suddenly so inspired. That month I ended up reading 5 books, averaging 3.3kms a day, joining the gym again to strengthen my body enough to help me increase the step count, and became way more positive in general. So, THANK YOU for this video. It’s so motivating to see it’s a proven study and I can design my life based on life even if things seems hopeless and I don’t know where to start first.

Let me tell you, my life was a mess and clueless before picking up some habits. It's been a year since I started working out on a daily basis. For cardio, I dance. And I'm someone who loves to dance that sometimes I forget about the time. I began to notice that, though working out is a healthy habit, I'm spending more time than necessary and my time to do some other things is stolen by this habit. Actually I had started tracking down my day, like making some simple notes on things that happened in a day and how I felt or reacted to everything that happened. It's been more than 2 months since I started doing it. And it's been almost a month since I improvised that habit into a more productive way as I realised that I should change my working out pattern. I started to make lists of things that I wanted to be done the next day, before going to bed and keep it beside me. Then I go through it after waking up, before starting my routines I've heard people talking about dreams and goals that you should have, that are gonna be achieved in like 5 or 10 years. Yeah you should have those big dreams and goals. But actually the plans and goals for the very next day works better. I mean, when I started this diary writing or journalising habit, my long term goals began to have clarity. And my life is more organized and I'm getting things done! Actually I didn't know about the butterfly effect or the studies and other things that's stated in this video. It just came to my feed when I looked for something else and when I watched it, I was like, oh! okay, this is what I'm doing and yeah it works!

I'm establishing a consistent gym routine, but I'd say my keystone habit is meal prepping for the week ahead every Sunday. Having prepped meals for the week is such a time saver. My goal is to expand Sunday as my comprehensive day of planning (task lists, journaling, editing, personal learning etc)

I love how edge of picture on the backgroung split your haircut directly in half! It totally stole my attention :)

Guys this works! I tried this keystone habit thing because I was like why not? Mine was making my bed as soon as I get up every morning. I forced myself to stick to it and after the first week I didn't notice anything crazy. It was actually nice to look at a made bed in the morning so I was like wth I'm going to continue this anyway. I started doing it impulsively without keeping the butterfly effect in mind. 2 weeks later I have realized that I have massively cut down on my social media addiction. Maybe it's just a coincidence idk. But key stone habits work!

My keystone habit is drinking green tea. It makes me feel fresh and full of energy, but also dosent cause a crash or interfere with my already bad insomnia like coffee does. So i have so much energy that i want to do something productive with it. And it also improved my skin, heart, breathing and weight.

Inspiring! Thanks!

After watching this video , i also want to establish the habit of waking up early , because it makes me feel the peace and organized. but it is hard for me to consist for a long period😭, hopefully , in 2023 i will be more consistant in what i want to do .

Thank you, I really liked this video!

I love watching self improvemet videos, and you look really beautiful! so i just subscribe! :D

amazing video so i compiled your video into a short summary easy enough to read and implement but hard enough so that they just have to watch the full video. 1. Find your goal. 2. Find your Keystone Habit. 3. Stay consistent. 4. Find good people. well that 's it i suppose look into that 365datascience course or whatever. loved your video sis.

love this 🦋⛈️

the motivation,life guidelines or in the field of life changing sectors woman youtubers are hardly comes with it, she doing very nice job by continuing that sector. I appreciate that fully from my heart.

You look pretty in this video! Reading before bed (and other times of day if I can) has become a keystone habit for me. I love learning and new experiences. Getting to sink into a different world in a relaxing time when no one is demanding anything from me has been super refreshing for me. It also goes great with a hot cup of chamomile.

6:22 play the movie in your head .... wonderful tip!