Your life was already decided 

Just want to say: I used 90 days as an example of a manageable amount of time to make a change. But there is nothing magical about 90 days specifically, and I actually don’t like that type of thinking, which I’ll talk about in the next video ;)

One of the greatest pieces of advice I have ever gotten is "5 years will pass regardless so if you keep saying you want to learn something just learn it now, in 5 years down the road you'll either have learned the skill or learned you didn't want to learn that skill"

90 days ago I was depressed, falling back into smoking weed and drinking alcohol after being sober for so long, now I'm happy, sober, hopeful for the future, consistently working out, eating healthy, spending a lot of time working on my self improvement RU-vid channel, stepping out of my comfort zone, and going to be enrolling for college soon, if you're down right now, keep moving, it will get better as long as you don't give up

I live in a part of the country that gets constant rain and little sunshine this time of the year. There’s tons of fog and clouds as if I turned my render distance on Minecraft down to 1. I generally find it difficult to get out which makes this time of the year challenging for me because I love exploring and being outside. To hear you speak these powerful messages inspires me and makes me want to work every day to be a better man and help those around me. You’re changing peoples lives bro 🔥

wow seeing that life chart and seeing a visual representation of a person's finite time on earth was kinda terrifying. definitely got a lot out of watching this video thank you

"We all make choices, but in the end, our choices make us" - Andrew Ryan.

Starting has always been a struggle for me. Distractions, excuses, unexpected changes... I know I can create better habits for myself but it's just hard. I'm trying my best to be less self doubting and I hope I can change myself for the better long term.

Few things that helped me understand what needs to be done to actually achieve what I truly desire: Stop believing in motivation, depression, boredom, days off (not counting the gym, muscle needs rest) Understand that you need to be present as much as possible, like handsome bald guy said, time really doesn’t care, it will still go by very quickly. It’s up to you to figure out if doing average things, therefore having an average life, is something that you can be satisfied with. With everyone so asleep in social media, this fake reality, not a lot of people will understand you, including your friends. So don’t second guess if cutting them off is the right thing to do. I don’t know you or your situation but it most likely very much is. Don’t waste your very limited time and energy on nothing and no one that’s not deserving it. Do 100%, 100% of the time. If you can follow these steps, you aren’t even gonna find this so hard to do. Since it would be way harder for you to settle with entropic ‘lifestyle’.

I’ve been working towards switching careers for years but finally got into school three weeks ago. I am 31 and I was studying algebra and writing essays all summer, it sucked but it worked out. My last day is tomorrow, I’m FINALLY leaving the career I’ve loathed for years. Never give up on what you want, life is way too short for that

I remember how I was feeling exactly 90 days ago, it was a very difficult time for me and all I wanted was for time to stop. Nowadays, I feel some peace towards the situation I was in, but I haven't really done much to make my life better either. 90 days from now, I will have celebrated my 26th birthday and I refuse to be stuck in this same spot!!! Thank you for waking me the fuck up yet again Joey. I'm holding myself accountable publicly commenting this and I hope to have updates worth sharing from here on out 🙏

"And I have a role to play to shape the next 90 days" This is so true!! Often we try to jump to new goals without looking at what we're currently dealing with and acknowledging our current 'momentum'. This is why transition is so powerful; we need to allow ourselves time to 'get there' and it starts with recognizing who you are today 🖤

Another astonishing video at the right momento in the right time. Thanks for the 90-days visualization. Keep it up the good work, loved your minimalistic, beneficial and self-help content. Saludos desde Mexico.

Dude, your cinematography skills are some of the best on YT, period. The shots of you alone on the road perfectly convey the feeling of "okay, I've come all this way, and here's where I've ended up," and they're always so fkn clean and crisp 👌. Top-notch stuff, man - love every video more than your last, for real. Thanks for caring about this channel so much - it definitely shows in your work, and YT needs more positive, male "self-improvement" guys. Too many of them have this "Andrew Tate Lite" vibe that makes me worry about teen guys, and what effect that'll end up having on them, y'know? So just thanks for being so good at this YT thing that they can't ignore you, and putting out healthy takes on self-improvement and stuff - you're a real one, man 👊

This guy has inspired me, very down to earth lad.

It makes my brain hurt, how little I've accomplished the last 90 days, and what a tremendous shift my life took. I went through travel, crazy amounts of anger, fighting, but also forming relationships. I damn changed the entire stream of my life by deciding to apply for a different major, in a different country, because of these very experiences. What has kept me from accomplishing as much as I would have liked, in these past 90 days, largely has to do with the fact that I let my overwhelming expectations and anxiety, dictate and micromanage my every decision. Time pressure from school to study and turn in projects, as well as my parents acting like I'm a disappointment at every turn. I watched an old friend of mine who took off when I fell into a deep state of anxiety for months, take off and get into a really good uni, and right now, I even think I'm better off. 90 days ago, I'd think the "me" of today is crazy. My friend got into a top 50 school in the US and she's gonna be paying 80k a year on tuition, while I'm applying (and will probably get in) to a top 6 school in the world, and not even pay half that, just because I decided to abandon the mindset we both had. Evidently, the last 7 months of crippling anxiety are probably the best thing that could happen to me. 90 days ago, I was studying for a math test (procrastinating actually, but let's stick to the story here). Had I not done as well on that test, I wouldn't have gotten a top grade, and wouldn't change my future major from CS to Mathematics. Admittedly, despite my anxiety, had I managed my time and psyche better, I could be a lot further in many aspects of my life than I am now. I'm setting a reminder. I'll be back in 90 days

I like the message which is “the life you live was already decided for you by you”. It’s probably the basic way of thinking to get to know who you are.

90 days ago, I was at the beginning of the police academy, full of dread, anxiety, and facing a complete culture shock and having to adjust to it. Spending most nights wondering if I can continue. And 90 days before that, I was in the selection process and spending every day and night wondering if I was going to be selected and getting ready for the academy. And 90 days before that, I was applying for that department, thinking "there is no way I'm getting selected, but what if they do?" So I did and now I'm actually at the beginning of the career I have always wanted. It's insane, I could've never seen myself here. A year ago I was devastated, depressed, severely overweight, had no ambition, was heartbroken, and would spend every day doing nothing. So, for anyone out there struggling, know you can change your life around if you want to. Take a risk and continue to always keep going forward.

After watching so many of these types of videos, I really do think this might be the only one that actually sat right with me and gave me a completely different way of thinking about my life and what I want from it. Thank you for this.

Thank you for another year of brilliant content! The B-roll footage in this video was so cinematic and impactful. Goes very nicely with your helpful words. All the best for 2023!

90 days ago I was living through one of the worst periods of my life, constant drug use, couldn't get a job because I didn't have an ID or birth certificate. I was wandering through life without any plans whatsoever. Then I was forced to change, I was getting evicted and I had to move. Luckily my cousin has let me stay with her in this past 90 days. In this past 90 days I've gotten my ID and Birth certificate again, gotten my grades up, a girlfriend who loves me, I've enlisted in the Marines and I'm to ship out in August. This video helped put my last couple months in a picture, if that makes sense. I hope to make the next 90 days all the better.

This has been something on my mind for so long now, and now you’re making a video on it, I love hearing your takes on things like this, they’re always very interesting and thought-provoking.

90 days ago I was in a much worse state then today , so I agree that 90 days you can make a lot of change.

90 days ago I was on track. Today my mood has tanked, has been declining over the last 3 weeks. I've got my gym bag packed today and told myself "Just do it, even if you don't want to. Do it for future Jess". Your timing is perfection. Thank you ❤️

This video reminded me of a quote that I like from Hamza which I will paraphrase "Regardless of the discomfort, time will move anyways, so shouldn't you spend it on doing the habits that will make you proud of yourself?". This video is a lesson on making the most of the time that we are given and I appreciate your wisdom Joey.

I’ve been watching you for a while now dude and I’ve actually never commented from what I remember. Being that it’s about to be a new year may contribute to me being able to relate to this video so much, but thank you. This hit so close to home I had to make sure my doors were locked. 🙏

Always keeping it on that fine line of professional and “I’m just some guy makin videos”, love you brotha.

Exactly 365 today I was infected with covid and have been ill since then. But as I look over the past 12 months I can see the ups and downs and really down times...breaking this up by 90 days or a month at a time actually helps me to see the progression. I am visualizing being even healthier 90 days from today. Thank you 🙏

My main problem is, that I do not form habits, or rather, I form them too easily. It is basically equal. Because once I build a habit, I have it, until I build a habit that un-does the previous habit. And while in many cases, the period of time I did something might have been too short to build the habit, I have many examples in which the period of time was enough. Like Being vegan for 9 months, before slowly drifting away from it for no reason. Or not playing PC games for 6 months, and slowly drifting back into it. Or losing 60 pounds over a period of 7 months, only to get all the weight back. Or finding time for active hobbies like sailing, hiking and riding horses, only to drift away from it for no reason... The struggle never ends, there is no 90th day at which I can savor the results... not meaning savor results as in seeking mindless pleasure, but just from the acquisition of a new, better habit. Because the habit is never safe. There is no "result". Every day is the first day and no day is the 90th day... at least for me.

Great job. Clear, concise, and visually appealing explanation of a great concept.

Joey! Been watching for years man and I always make sure I carve time out of the day to sit, watch, and reflect whenever you drop something new. Appreciate all the guidance -

This is a great way to think about every action that you do in life, thanks a lot for the advice!

Just found your channel and I HONESTLY appreciate you do much.

Everytime I struggle the most and my life is about to change drastically, you put out the right video for me. Thank you for being out there!

This is SO USEFUL. I'll be using the idea that "Time is gonna spit me out at the otther end of things, regardless of what I do' to keep me on track in 2023. Thank you. Blessings.

Thanks for this. I’ve been delaying going to the gym for over a year now because of fear. But going into the new year I want to change that. 90 days is a realistic goal and I’m starting bullet journaling to track this habit too. Also in 90 days I will almost finish my dissertation, so this video came at a perfect time.

1:34 smooth transition. Thank you for making this, again. Happy Holidays to you from Russia. Cheers

90 days ago l was in a relationship with a man who l though he will be my future husband, now he getting married his ex next month ... That makes me think how much things can be changing in a very short time .. How much our life jumping a very big steps in a tiny period .. I spend the last years without any serious relationships, when l decided to enter in one in less than 6 months that's what happened !!. I will move on in the next 3 months and also gets the one who i really deserves, believing in that 🌷

This is one of your best videos. Thanks Joey! I really needed this right now.

90 days. It's strange to say that I think I've massively improved. I've finally fixed my sleep, I've been at the gym and pushing my limits, I fixed my diet fully, and I'm breaking free of my burnout.

I find your videos to be relatable and very encouraging rather than watching some other guy with millions telling you to change you life all together right now

The moment I saw “eating takeout “, I immediately got off my couch and made dinner! Thanks Joey - you motivate us in a different way!!!

I’ve decided a new life for myself already. So excited for this journey on RU-vid!

I really enjoy Joey's videos, not only inspiring, but also so cinematic, really apreciatte your work bro, much love :3

This perspective is brilliant! Thanks!

I’ve been journaling 10 pages a day for the past 10 days, and I said to myself that I’ll do it until the end of the year, to enter the new year with a clean sheet, a clear mind. It’s working wonders thus far, I feel much better and actually start doing things that were impossible for me before. (I even thought this journaling thing would be impossible, lol) So I leave this message here for future Ray to see - in 90 days you have to have completed everything you wrote down you would. I’ll come back to this comment at the end of March, and reply with what I was supposed to, and what I actually ended up doing

Those shio ramens though, definitely was part of time's decision ;)

To the ones reading this: you're actually 88 years old but you have returned to your current age to take away all the regrets. So...life was not already decided for you. You can still make that change now, and enjoy your 80's without any regrets.

Comfort and discomfort are temporary, but the results are permanent.

Incredible video once again, both film and content wise - thank you Joey, you're a true inspiration 🙏

Thank you so much for the encouraging message. Your thoughts totally resonate with me. I’m ten days into building better habits and I’ll use your clip as a reminder if I have to 😊

This was an amazing video and much needed! I really had not thought about it that way. I have been meaning to get my own channel, this channel started, and I kept putting it off, for various reasons, and then justifying it. The choices I was making, led me to now, thank you Joey!

Fear and anxiety is holding me from EVERYTHING

Love this. Great b roll and representation on this topic. Easily digestable and to the point for those with shorter attention spans. Well done. Love the catchy titles too, inspiring for the upcoming channel. ps. Also shocked you're only 26.. is it the bald head? Not sure, but I was sure you're closer to mid 30 my man. eitherway knowing we're the same age, you've come far. Love the content once again.

90 days ago I was focused on finishing school and getting through the next 90 days. Today, I’m a college graduate who’s very excited to see what the next 90 days hold!

Linking a 'better you' to a (doable) time frame is very helpful to me. Otherwise, the effort required to reap a benefit just seems so difficult to maintain.

Top tier info as always. Thanks for the insight Joey! Love this! 🙏

Thanks Joey and happy new year

i rlly like how you cut your videos its really enjoying and helpfull af

You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think. -Marcus Aurelius It's a powerful thing to remember that our time in this world is limited so we have to do things that we think will be good for us. Thank you for this Joey. I love your film making style. ❤️

Thanks buddy you really have a way with words. Been struggling with alcohol lately and I was almost a year sober and then relapsed but now is the time to stop this is definitely gonna help 😊

90 days from now will be March 29th. Thinking of it that way and it being the beginning of spring definitely helped to put things in perspective. I think mentally viewing things in terms of X amount of days even if it's only 30 can sometimes be too abstract but thinking of it as a set date helps. I've been dragging lately so I decided to make a goal list to work through over the next 90 days. Definitely some things I would like to have different by spring time.

This is a great perspective. Thank you for sharing it. Keep evolving and helping others do the same.

90 days ago i was very familiar with self improvement and everything surrounding it but it was near the beginning of my personal journey. 90 days ago i broke my addiction to vaping and weed. i broke my addiction to instant gratification. i broke my addiction to porn. i broke my addiction to everything negative in my life. I have been vaping since i was in 7th grade and i am now a senior in high school (don’t say it…i know… trust me… i know lol) and i have been smoking week since i was a freshman. i convinced myself that i smoked weed due to my severe anxiety but i was lying to myself to make myself feel less guilty. i was heavily addicted to porn and i would also heavily addicted to social media and youtube specifically. i would waste everyday watching youtube and tell myself i’m learning about stuff so that i would feel like i was being productive. anyways this past summer, something clicked, im not sure what it was but something clicked. i just knew i couldn’t keep living how i was and expect myself to be happy and successful. I changed everything in my life all at once which likely will not work for many people and i don’t know how it worked for me but it did lol. after bullying myself for a 1 week, i noticed all of my addictions were slowly dissolving and after a month, they were completely gone. I had an vicious desire to change my life and live the best way i can. and i was doing to so good. but one day, my desire began to fade. i never got back on nicotine, weed, or porn but i stopped working out, i stopped reading, i started watching youtube for hours and hours a day, and was just all around falling back to the lifestyle i knew i didn’t want to live. then out of nowhere, my desire came back. back to reading, back to dopamine detox, pushups everyday, going on a walk every morning, eating better, everything but again, my desire began to fade. it is extremely discouraging when this happens because even when i’m am in these “ruts” i still look at myself and criticize what i’m doing. i know i shouldn’t be eating chips and watching youtube for 8 hours a day but i just couldn’t seem to not do that. a lot of people say that those “ruts” just happen and just let it pass but i don’t want those ruts to happen. i am happy when i am productive, i am sad when i am not. so why do these ruts just happen if they make me sad? it seems like my mind should naturally avoid these periods and just simply continue and the productive path because obviously i would like to keep myself happy but it doesn’t do that. is there something i’m missing? is there a way to control this? it just seems like even though i don’t want to be self destructive, i still do it even though i have a choice and that just doesn’t make sense to me. i wrote a lot more than i thought i was going to so thank you so much if you actually read all that lol

So, what was the point he was making? To be uncomfortable and put ourselves through pain because we won’t remember all of the pain and discomfort anyways??? I guess I need these take aways broken down and made very clear or they really won’t motivate me. I kind of wish he would give a very clear break down at the end. I still don’t know what his point was about comforting ourselves when we are feeling bad. Is it to not do it, because we won’t remember feeling bad or being comforted anyways? This is confusing and I’m not getting if he’s saying to avoid this for 90 days and just let yourself be in pain like a stoic 90 day challenge. I guess I like the idea of it but seems like he needs to flesh out the concept more, especially for people who have anxiety and spend extra time to comfort or console themselves just to be able to function. The idea of not doing that and just letting yourself be in pain and anxiety and do everything you’re scared of seems exciting, like a transformative challenge, but I wonder if it’s realistic. If anyone is doing this, please tell me more.

The only thing I disagree with is saying 90 days looks a tiny blip of life compared to 90 years in weeks….it’s actually quite a scary amount of time when you see it like that. 3 months seems like nothing but these 3 months add up. Before you know it your best years will have come and gone and you will be left wondering what have you done with all those 90 days and whether you made the most of the near limitless options you once had.

dude this guy has changed my views on life. thank you

Thanks for the inspiration and new ways of looking at things. Hope you have a great new year. 👍🏻

Enjoy the present moment , no matter what you do the essence of time goes by , so make that change.

Actually such a good video.. have been lots of things going on lately but this helps me realise that although its uncomfortable to overcome these challenges it will be worth it

In 90 Days I want to be in a millionaire

Thanks for this moment of clarity. It's exactly what I needed to hear at this moment in time.

Thanks Joey! The Life calender is a nice tool for the mind monkey to see that our time is finite. Keep that bold head shard and shiny (like I do ;)) and see you in the next video :D

This kind of reminds me of the “End of History Illusion” which is a phenomenon where people *feel* like their life won’t change much from now into the future, even though they know it’s changed a ton in the past. It’s a very well documented psychological experience, and I find it very inspiring. If I ever feel like I’m in a rut and that I’ll just be stuck in it forever, I remember the End of History Illusion is what’s causing it. In a short amount of time my life will change, I’ll be given new opportunities, and things will be different.

Ninety days or a season, yeah that's how I am starting to live and will next year. It's beautiful in its simplicity and elegance. A cycle four times a year. You can try again and again and again. I plan to get much fitter, to travel finally and to make more: music, a novel, painting, a book of poetry. And practice appreciation daily, be grateful for all the good but also learn from the 'bad'. Thankyou for uploading.

Needed this right before my workout. Cheers brother!

150 years from now you will have nothing to show for your life. Time to just relax and let go. Why all this striving against our nature to get something that You Tube tells you that you need. Just live. Desire is the origin of suffering. Just be happy. Stop comparing.

"Our life here on this earth is finite" is such a scary and helpful way for to get out of my comfort zone.

Wow, how far we are but how similar! I live in India. Preparing for an exam for college. Just a week back I got the same realization I thought that whatever deeds I am doing in the present is my past like sacrificing stuff and my present is where I wanna go the college. So logically I am already there, I have decided my future (present)

I love the quiet but barely noticeable it’s just a burning memory playing at 5:19 as the life calendar disappears

Fun Fact, from the age of 20-70 you can only think of ''90 days from now'' 200 times. so every time you think of 90 days you should see it as 0,5 percentage of your lifespan. goodluck

This video slapped me in the face. I needed that. You always *wake* me up with your videos.

I may not be the target audience here, but I've been willing the universe to send me a hint on how to live well with some of the chronic pain I've been experiencing and I think this is something like that. I want to look back and say I made the most of X amount of time whether or not I was in pain (so I can emotionally crumble under it or try to thrive despite it). The idea that the pain won't matter, but I will still have yielded certain results based on daily actions, is inspiring.

God bless you, bro. You make good content and with good intentions. Keep up the good work!

Do you feel grateful for the decisions you made 90 days ago? Are you proud of what you've made in the last 90 days? I want to come back here 90 days from now and thank myself for what I've done in the next 90 days. Haha bald guy from a far away land making me feel weird and kinda inspired again.

Thank God this channel exists. Always on point with videos. Much appreciated.

The rich stays rich by spending like the poor and investing without stopping then the poor stays poor by spending like the rich yet not investing like the rich

This is probably my favorite video you've made, I come back to it every 90 days to rewatch it.

I sat here at 3am feeling not so great with myself when I found this, and it seems I was meant to see it. In 90 days from now I will be obtaining something quite important to me. Having an end date for my "reward" and having just watch your video, I will be using that date as the finish line to try and improve myself by the end. Thanks for the words of encouragement!

This video was very helpful! My birthday is coming up in a few months and I started thinking about what I would be like on that day. I have made some good changes in my life recently but there are a couple of more things that I think could make a huge difference. I decided to focus each day on a picture of how I could be on my birthday. That is such a clear picture in my mind and I think it will be very motivating. Thanks!

He has a lovely smile is not usual to see it on his videos ❤

0:52 you made the hairs on my neck tingle as you described me so completely.

Whenever I'm going through a difficult time I like to think that this moment, as bad as it is, could still be the best memory I have in the future. It gives you perspective. Thank you for the video =)

You make myself and others so hopeful for our futures by putting forward thought-provoking, convincing, BETTER ideas every video. Genuinely so thankful for your content and in awe of their effect on me. Happy new year! 🥳

Time is such a strange beast, we perceive it to move both fast and slow. It does, as you say, tick onward with or without us, and what we do and do not do, although it does have an impact, doesn't dictate all that much; not really. To LET GO is powerful, but very difficult to do. All we can do is do our best to be intentional with our decisions and enjoy the ride along the way. Do this each day, and it stacks up rather nice.

Well done man! Thank you

Honestly, this is the most inspiring video I have ever watched in my life. Thank you.

0:51 HE LITERALLY CALLED ME OUT SO HARD!!! I gave up ow2 but that was exactly what I did 😭

This man speaks what my soul desperately wants. Sir you're amazing and I wait for your videos as soon as notification pops up no matter what I'm doing and where I'm, I just plug in my earphones and listen to your words

This was such great, no nonsense motivation, thank you ❤️

Kinda feel like some outward force sent this video my way because I needed it desperately. My greatest fault in my fat loss and the general unfucking up of my body is that feeling you mentioned of extreme unease and anxiety. I've been doing good and my weight has gone down but I was hitting that wall again