I have set a goal to try something new every year and I’ve stuck to it for a few years. But this year I’ve really gone out of my comfort zone by picking up new hobbits and got new groups of friends…and it’s just so transformative! While I do love my close friends, I’ve also realised that most of the times they’re all like “all men are shit/ I can’t be bothered to make new friends or meet new people/ I had a bad relationship, now I hate human” which has a negative impact on me because I’d be forced to stay in that negativity and felt that I couldn’t do something else. By this point it’s not even just about trying to meet someone, trying out these things just make you feel better in general!
2024 started off tough for me but I turned it round and I feel optimistic for a good 2025. Sometimes you have to just keep on keeping on until you come out the other side. I am emerging from a dark hole. I hope the same for others who have been struggling. Don't stop. It's ok to rest sometimes we need it but we need to keep on going until the work we put in starts to show results. Consume new content: yep! Got this! Moved on from learning about orchids to fungi. And I've been going out for walks to find fungi to take photographs of.
Ironically had my first "micro mission" last night. Broke up recently and last night there was energy to just go out into town on my own. I started off with a drink with a friend and then left to go for a drink elsewhere. I didn't pluck up the courage to try, but I'd never have even gone out prior to do that sort of thing, to just be around the social spaces. It's a small step, but it's a step. Update - 3 months later: Met another woman, a brilliant woman who lit up everything. Out regularly, uni is going fantastically, work is great. The whole perspective and personality shifted. This worked out for me, for this reading, I hope it does for you.
The only video I watched with complete focus today. Anyway, I did this in 2023 when I moved to a new city, went to an event, met a girl who invited me to a party and in this party I met a guy… I thought I had won the lottery, but it turn out that I had met a player and a womanizer…. I ended up shutting my self again, and not going out. I am in a small town and didn’t want to run into him again nor anyone in his circles, so I am scared of doing it again, but as he said I need to learn how to identify the right people. When we start to meet new people we are going encounter all sorts of people and we need to identify the right ones for us… Thank you Mathew, that was a great video!
MH, I’m going through a divorce, been separated for 6 months and your videos are helping me stay centered while I put myself back out there! Thank you for your life changing advice!
1- Make Micro Missions 2- Say Yes - You can always go home 3- consume new content 4- Do a different version of something you already do 5- Each year do something completely new 6- have a regular social routine 7- social stacking (ie.,combine hiking with friend)
I said something mean one time in your comments, I wanted to say I’m sorry. I was going thru a very bad break up but that’s not an excuse, you deserve better. I’ve listened since 2015
I struggle with 4. because there's NOTHING for singletons where I live so I take my laptop to a different town (cafe/library/pub) and set myself up there. For retirees/people not working - all the guys/girls you're eager to meet are at work during the week so do your chores then so your Saturdays are free to experience a new venue. I've passed a wine bar virtually every week for years and always wondered what the food's like there so my mission (which I choose to accept!) is to take myself and laptop there and find out for myself. Thanks, Matthew.
Watching this made me realize how much I’ve been holding myself back. Synfla’s book taught me the secrets to creating deep emotional connections and building confidence in my relationships. This book already helped a bunch for my dates! ❤
I'm a little bit excited. I've already completed my first micro-mission for 2025. I haven't had a holiday in over 15 yrs. A body-boarder, I'd long wanted to holiday at a good surf beach. As a pensioner, I could only afford a weekend camping trip. A window opened up for me last weekend, so Friday night I just started packing the car. Stayed 3 nights. Basically just took breakfast food so not as cheap as I'd've liked, but knew if I spent too much time preparing reheatable meals, I'd never go. Had an amazing time; surf was brilliant. Met interesting people from all over the world, too, in the camp kitchen, travelling on a shoestring!
I stumbled across this book, The Shadow Game of Attraction By Atruve, and I was not sure what to expect at first. But as I kept reading, I realized just how much we are not told about attraction, influence, and power. It is not the typical advice you hear everywhere. It actually exposes the hidden dynamics behind why some people seem to have an almost unfair advantage. Once you see it, you cannot unsee it. I do not usually recommend books online, but this one is different. If you have ever wondered why some people effortlessly draw others in while others struggle, this book explains it in a way that just clicks. Worth a look.
2024 ended with me literally telling someone I felt we are misaligned and it was time to part ways. Best decision ever for my mental health. 2025 has an abundance of opportunities to say YES to things that push me out of my comfort zone. Such as taking an ASL class later this month. Choosing to move cross country this summer. Adopting a chill and friendly Pitbull. (Dog parks are a fun way to meet people.) Not looking for love. Looking to continually enrich my life and grow as a person. 1% changes are changes nonetheless.
Id seen this video before but had forgotten the promises to myself! Great reminder ❤
2024 was a year filled with both blessings and challenges for me. One of the best things I did was take a writing class and out of that, I've gone to an author event with my classmate and we've all kept in touch through regular in-person/virtual meetings. One small step can open up a whole new world for you.
The background with bookshelves is just lovely.❤
Thank you 🙏 You’re one of the reasons I’ve grown and transformed. My next relationship will be fulfilling and long lasting.
For me its never the time that's the problem, its the lack of people and lack of consistency from people.
I’ve been snowbound for a week and I really needed to HEAR this.❤
Fellow introvert here :P For me 2024 started a pretty rough with the end of a toxic relationship,(blessed it ended tho!!) and spent the year trying to heal and have defenately been more inside my comfort-zone lately. But one of my goal for this year.. To get out more, do more stuff, and you just reminded me that I´ve been wanting to go to a yoga/mindfullness-retreat for like, a long time now and I just booked it :) I will go alone, so, out of my comfort-zone but Im sure I will meet nice and like-minded people! Anyway, thanks for the encouragement :)
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