THE LEARNING HUB: I am 32 and I have achieved nothing in my life, what should I do to turn it around?

You need five years to turn around your life.

You have around 8–9 five-year boxes of magic in your hand.

I am sorry, it can't happen in a day. Don't expect it to be.

The next five-year gap is till thirty-seven.

Change your routine, change your direction, change your life.

From now, yes, this moment, it's night here, still a lot can be done, biggest of plans can be made.

Erase everything, it's past and dead, make a fresh vision, and prepare a new route for this journey. It only has what you want the most as a priority and some other crucial aspects as secondary goals.

Be it a certain career, hobby, passion, social service, or a dream to change the world. It needs a tiny start, one step, one decision, and one commitment.

You have the luxury to consider any point as the starting point.

You need to start today and give three hours to it, do anything but only related to it, make notes, use the internet, call people, and go outside.

Fit it into your routine, first smoothly, and then later when you have covered ten per cent path, fit it ruthlessly, eliminate unwanted stuff like an arrogant businessman. (Not close relations)

When I started writing and creating videos, I was working 10 hours including travelling, I gave 6 hours to my passion from 8 pm to 2 am each day. I loved what I did so nothing stopped me, I got less sleep for some time till I made adjustments, but that sleep was peaceful. Each morning, I felt like a winner. That's enough motivation.

You have to take that pain for the next two years and then the transition phase would be relatively smoother. Relatively.

Other aspects of your life are great health so that you can pursue your dream all your life. Mindfulness, deep breathing, brisk walking, exercising and yoga, one hour each day, throughout life, no excuse, no compromise. Without a healthy body, nothing good can be done.

The second asset is a healthy and free mind. Stress, and tension, are its destroyers, it needs to be free, carefree, realise its abilities, realise that nothing is worth suppressing your mind for and everything is temporary, the free and lighter is your mind, bigger goals you can achieve. Spend me time, take breaks, fulfil wishes, dive into spirituality, and spend good time with family. Strengthen your identity above world and matter.

Celebrate the smallest of successes, each step was worth it.

Make a vision for your 37th birthday, not of great success but of great efforts throughout, of consistency, and commitment, of self-pride.

Everything is possible.

Anubhav Jain