How I'm Learning To Think Clearly

Recent years i’ve Been listening to music all the time and came to a conclusion that it makes me not being able to process my toughts

"Society is full of people who have a very surface level understanding of often times very strong opinions" Facts

I spent a good portion of the introduction just saying “Yeap, that’s me. Yes, yes yes, me too”. It’s soo comforting to know I am not alone in the struggle to collect my scattered thoughts together and communicate my ideas. Whenever I reflect on conversations afterwards, I become increasingly anxious that I came off dumb-witted, naive, and unknowledgeable. Effective communication is truly a sort of alchemy that transforms chaos into words. I want to perfect this skill and feel more confident when speaking. Thank you for sharing your personal hurdles and how you overcame them.

seeing you also practicing coherency and fluency by speaking slowly and choosing each following word carefully, makes your content very relatable!

0:00 The frustration. 2:53 What Contributes to the Problem 1 - Short form media 5:00 Contribution 2 - Getting The End Results 6:23 Contribution 3 - Adopting Opinions instead of Evaluating Them 8:15 Part of the Solution 1 - Asking yourself pushbacks 9:51 Contribution 4 - The Relation between your Inputs and Outputs 11:31 Forms of output 12:21 Solution 2 - What forms of processing do you do? 13:50 Solution 3 - How to output 14:24 Solution 4 - Mock presentation in front of fake audiences 15:25 Solution 5 - Writing, its benefits and revisiting writing 16:25 Engaging with full texts and the structure of what happens when you reason 17:25 Solution 6 - Rehearsing information from books orally 19:26 Solution 7 - Reducing Short form content consumption. 21:02 Solution 8 - Diet and daily eating structure (food log) I found both more problems that you said and more solutions / exercises than you listed.

In college I heard about communication majors I thought that was stupid. Everyone can talk 30 years later I’ve realized that communication really is a skill And now I practice I drive and talk out loud, work out in a loud gym and repeat phrases I hear through my ear phones, walk and talk to myself. Man, I’m glad I’m not the only one who has to practice speaking

It's comforting knowing that a lot of people are going through the same dilemma I'm dealing with. When I'd be trying to pay attention to a lecture in school, I could recognize my brain wandering. I made it a goal for myself to be able to go to class without trying to scroll through the internet in the middle of it, or excuse myself to go to the washroom. I've always tried to learn by attempting to concentrate when I'm reading or listening in class. It turns out a major thing I lack is an outlet to output that information. I still haven't been able to achieve that goal, but after watching this, I feel like I'm at least able to understand more clearly why I can't focus and what I can do to fix it.

It's been almost 2.5 years since I stopped using Instagram and other social media platforms to interact with others. I still use social media for entertainment, but I've come to realize it's not good for my brain. It distracts me and makes it hard to concentrate. So, I believe it's time to quit social media, regain my focus, and delve into meaningful activities rather than aimlessly scrolling. I need to take control of my life to achieve my unfinished goals.

One thing I noticed that helps a lot in removing brain fog is sleep, regular and full sleep at night. It also seems trivial and overstated but it really is a big factor of brain clogging.

This is huge. I've always wondered why I cannot seem to think through things that I encounter everyday nor articulate the thoughts in my mind with clarity so I can truly relate with you sir. Thank you for this insightful video.

How is your channel so underrated is beyond me

7:02 I respect how much he has worked on his control with filler words. He allowed for pause without the proverbial “ah, Um, you know” etc. great job

I just bought a journal at age 63! I really hope it helps organize my brain 🧠 Great episode, thank you!

I got diagnosed with ADHD in my mid twenties. I somehow thought that I would magically become more articulated afterward being put on medication. Even though the medication helped me focus my thoughts more. I still couldn’t find the precise words to convey my thoughts effectively. It’s so frustrating because when I tell others that I struggle with articulation, they always brush me off and sometimes even tell me that I’m already too articulate. The feedback meant that I spoke too much and failed to get the point across effectively. Thank you so much for your videos. I hate sounding dumb and struggling to speak properly. I hope to become as good as speaking as you someday

this is a phenomenon that i have not been able to articulate for years. Thank you for this. Listening is a breath of fresh air as if i’m folding some of the mental laundry you mentioned.

I’ve never felt more heard and like I was being spoken to directly than in your introduction. I related to this so much and it’s so comforting to know that other people struggle with the same thing. Thank you for this video

I'm thrilled to have found your channel! All my life ( I'm 65 ) I have had a fervent love for learning and a thirst for knowledge. Books were my main source in obtaining knowledge, ideas and information before the advent of the internet. It's easy and enjoyable to feast on the "Reader's Digest" version of the whole book in content on you tube and other platforms that I've gotten lazy and found myself in the shallow understanding predicament you described. This has been so helpful. Thank you!

Personally, you're my most relatable YouTuber. I've subscribed, hit the notification button, I'm currently binge watching your videos, and I'm sharing them to all my friends that could benefit a thing or two. Sharing your videos alone has set in motion conversations in my DMs I never I could bring to the table. Thank you!

1. we hastily adopt opinions instead of evaluating them 2. to bring clarity: meaningful form of output - conversation, journaling, writing, video, audio, teaching 3. what chances are u giving yourself to process the different levels of input you're engaging with? 4. mock presentation in front of a fake audience 5. after each capter of a book, rehearse the info your read (voice memo u can listen to later) 6. find people you want to think like and listen to them 7. reduce the amount of short term content you cnsume (have a few ideas that u rly understand in high res) 8. dont eat carbs until early afternoon ☆ be watchful of what u input into ur brain and bodies ☆ engage in some sort of output

I've been struggling with brain fog and unclear thoughts for a few years now, and I relate a lot to what you say. I was a very smart kid, 2 years in advance at schools, and never had trouble with thinking, speaking or learning. It all changed 2 and half years ago when I had an intership in a foreign country. I've never know what happened exactly at this time, but in a very short amount of time it felt like I had just become brain dead. I was very depressed, was eating a lot of sugars, not doing any kind of sports, and my memory and ability to express went down dramatically. When I came back from my 3 months internship, I couldn't watch an anime because I would forget what had happened in the previous episode. I then came back to class, and for the first month there, I would lose focus 5 seconds after the teacher started speaking. It's taken a lot of time to build back gradually to a normal level of processing information and thinking. One thing that did help me a lot is creatine (sports supplement known to improve depression symptoms and brain energy). I thought thorougly about it, and came to the same conclusion as you do: I don't output nearly as much as when I was younger. I used to have a lot of projets, read books, have debates with everyone I could, and it felt so great to use my brain for difficult stuff. I also took a look at my diet and realised that carbs give me a lot of brain fog. I journaled to try to remember what happened during the day. I'm glad we came to a lot of similar conclusions. Thanks a lot for this vid, it's good to feel like I'm not crazy for struggling with this. Wish you the best.