Obviously can't share more screenshots but these guys did so good. I love the monochrome but most of all the UI is sooo slick and actually up to date and useful. Ethiopians are definitely going to love it, specially Amharic speakers.

Great Job!! Can't wait for launch!

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Might attend this if I got some free time
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May 16th to 18th

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Have you noticed how useless most of the content is? I get it he's trying to get more watch time but honestly that's kind of being careless about our time.

Every once in a few months, a few of my YouTube team members advise me to optimize my content for clickbait and ADHD.

We can turn the thumbnails and titles to be so clockbaity, we can start our episodes by a small recap to steal your attention, our shorts could be so fast paced and keep u endlessly scrolling, and as most Ethiopians like it - we can focus on the negative sides, by raising and interviewing pessimistic people and issues.

BUT, no. It goes so against what I believe in. I personally am so picky with the videos I watch. So while being so careful for myself, but exposing you to that kind of content is such hypocrisy.

Our content will remain healthy, our shorts normal paced, our thumbnail lovely to look at. Your attention and time is so valuable that we aren't trying to steal it, you have to actively choose to watch each episode instead of being manipulated to do so.

Does that come at a price for me? Yes, I'll lose money on it. But I like saying I have a very healthy content recommendable for anyone. And God is on my side so I know He'll support.

Hope you love our show. 💚

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Today I'll tell you how my break in April went. I'll dive into some new habits I started, some tools I've been using and insights overall.

Rest for me is more a spiritual thing than a physical thing. I genuinely don't believe people feel rested even if they sleep and eat well, as long as they don't connect with God.

This's a fact for me. I don't doubt that true rest is found when someone is spiritually well. Even a physically unrested person could feel rejuvenated when in the presence of God.

So for someone to say I'm resting or taking a vacation but not involve God in anyway, is merely being idle and isn't doing proper resting.

Now back to me, what I considered rest involved a bit of the body, a bit of the mind and a bit of the spirit.

Spiritually I wanted to bible study and connect more with God.

Physically I wanted to do some cardio every morning, avoid sugar completely, sleep well and care for my eyes. I also didn't want to attend any event.

Mentally I wanted to learn more, be smarter; so that involved reading books and writing about a few topics. I wanted my mind cleared of useless content like the news and endless feeds. I also wanted that digital FOMO out of my system. Another is to spend as little time digitally as possible and spend more time offline and in natural scenes.

So simply I wanted to avoid the internet as much as I can, read books instead, be physically active, avoid sugar and bible study.

Spiritual Rest

I have this problem that whenever I read any bible book, I would turn full on research mode. With commentaries, translations and notes and stuff. Which is completely fine and is great.

So despite that being so great I found myself tired just at the thought of bible studying because of all the things I'd have to go through. I didn't like that at all, so I decided that for some books I will dive deeper into and others I'd just sit back and just read.

So that's what I did. Chose the book of Isaiah and sat back and read a chapter or two everyday. My God, isn't it so wonderful. I would read a chapter and then lose myself in tears, or be lost in the words I've read. I honestly can't describe it enough other than saying it was the Word of God and it healed so much, changed so much and made me rest well. So yes, I do recommend reading Isaiah.

I also recommend Genesis. It is so easy to forget that we're made out of dust. I had forgotten that. It's always a "Whoa" reaction for me whenever I visit back the creation process. So genesis really brings perspective into the universe and the nature of our reality.

Another deep and important thing is to have a therapy session with God. This is far greater than counciling and/or journaling. This is the moment where you would just sit and confess everything running through your mind to God. To actually cry out to Him about what's worrying or scaring you. I rarely do it but all the moments I've done it, I've became a healthier person, more confident and powerful. So this was one of the first things I've done and I highly recommend it.

Physical Rest

The biggest physical issues I've noticed on my self were that I consumed so much sugar, didn't move much and my sleep schedule wasn't healthy.

Another was I abused my eyes by blasting them with light from devices and would often find my eyes reddish when I'm about to sleep.

So basically I would wake up and then do a few pushups, jog, jump around and get my blood flowing right in the morning. It feels very good throughout the day.

For my eyes what I did was avoid devices alot and not use them in the dark. Also washing my face right before sleep helped a lot.

For sleep, I started noticing that I need to get a bit colder to fall asleep faster and I need to be in a well ventilated room. So I started opening my door a bit for air to flow in and get slightly colder and that was veryy good.

Sleep is essential, it's much more essential than what we make it to be. Far too often I would wake up thinking I had finished my sleep when infact I haven't. But on the days that I actually sleep well and fully I could feel the hormones and mood balancing throughout my day.

So with the cut of my digital time, being cold at night, and having cleaner air to breath, I was becoming a morning person for most of April. Which was so delightful.

Sugar

I am the kind of guy who puts 3/4 spoons of sugar in my tea, twice a day. Then eat 2/3 pieces of chocolate or something sweet every single day. I don't normally drink soft drinks but when I go out with friends I do eat sweet desserts. So you can imagine how messed up my sugar and caffein intake was.

So with that I'm soooo happy to say that I was 30 days free of Sugar and Caffeine. 🎉

Avoiding sugar was literally one of the toughest things I did. It was sooo tempting. Friends would buy you stuff, family would get something sweet, everywhere you go there's something sweet to drool over. And then there was tea, that I used to stay up and for energy. That was also very difficult.

The biggest realization I had was that too many things that you wouldn't expect would have too much sugar in them. Infact I used to chug up flavored yogurt lots thinking it was healthy, but it wasn't it has a ton of sugar.

But once you quickly understand that there's sugar everywhere you start being on the lookout and saying no becomes an easier thing to do.

You'll also feel more comfort in your body, bladder, mood, energy and overall condition. I can't quiet explain it but there is an actual clarity that comes with avoiding sugar.

So now after all that 1 spoon of sugar in my tea is wayy too delicious. A piece of chocolate feels like a billion gallons of sugar and I can't stop being nauseated by the site of all of the sweet stuff I see while walking down the supermarket isle.

This was a huge accomplishment for me and I'm so happy about it. Cause I finally made it a habit now. I don't even think about it, I am actually disgusted by lots of sugar so I make the right decision unconsciously.

Mental Rest

I'd say the most complicated kind of rest is for your mind. It's harder to teach your mind to follow a new principle than your body or spirit. Simply because your body can be conditioned and your spirit has the holy spirit. The mind tho is very tough.

The best thing I wanted to do for my mind was to protect it from so much irrelevant and unintentional information and to protect it's attention. That started by avoiding the news.

The news was something I first started avoiding. I deleted all the news channels. Every single one and yet I lacked nothing for the whole month. Infact the most important news were the ones I couldn't avoid and they made their way to me. So even now I'm not part of any news channel.

It's when you actually avoid the news you'll understand than it's a cycle that repeats itself every single day. The same issues taking form in different things and the media abusing it completely. Filled with assumptions and lies, manipulation and judgement.

So I avoided it. Simple as that. And it felt sooooo good. Nothing is as useless as modern day news. I'd rather sit and count rice than actually read through the news.