Project Rae of Sunshine

Since childhood, my life has been marked with the dark cloud of depression hanging over every aspect of my existence, going on to impact every corner of my life but I'm determined to see how far I can go to change all of this and create a better and brighter future for myself. I've decided to set this transformation over a period of 90 days in order to challenge myself to see just how far I can push myself to change things for the better. Over the 90 days of this challenge, I aim to work towards significant growth and transformation in the following 8 key areas of my life:

1. Psychospiritual wellbeing
2. Physical wellbeing
3. Entrepreneurship 
4. Academic goals
5. Appearance & style
6. Hobbies
7. Lifestyle
8. Finances

Psychospiritual wellbeing

This is at the very core of the entire project as it lies at the heart of my ability to endure the challenges that I'll inevitably face along the way entirely hinges on the strength and state of my mind. Attending to my psychospiritual wellbeing must therefore be my primary priority throughout the duration of the project. The actions I will take to this end are non-negotiables that must be completed on a daily (or weekly in the case of therapy) basis.

• Be in bed at 10pm every night
• No devices in bed (aside from sleep hypnosis videos)
• Be out of bed at 5am every morning
• 20 mins of Yoga upon waking up
• 40 mins meditation
• 1 hour of Journaling
• Weekly therapy session
• Weekly sangha study group/meetup

 

Physical wellbeing 

In a close second to psychospiritual, my physical wellbeing is also foundational to my ability to successfully complete the 90 days of the project. The goals in this category are:

1. No smoking or alcohol
2. No junk food takeaways
3. No refined sugar or highly processed food
4. Eat plant based whole food diet
5. Reach 54kg (20% body fat)
6. Consume 1500 calories per day
7. plan & prep meals each week
8. Cycle sync diet and exercise plan

Career & finance 

With the two foundational aspects laid out, the next most important area I want to transform is my career and finances:

• Launch TNs, PW, RBR & AM channels Dec 2024
• Register SGM in Estonia 
• New videos on TN at midday Mon-Fri (60 videos)
• New PW videos twice per week (24 videos)
• New RBR videos once every 2 weeks (6 videos)
• New AM videos every month (3 total)
• Post 7.725 videos every week
• Post 96 videos in total across all 4 youtube channels in 90 days
• Make 100k in revenue from ads & sponsorships

Academic & language goals

• Complete beginners Thai reading, writing & speaking course
• Classical economics
• Keynesianism 
• Marxist & Engels
• Simone Weil
• Nietzsche
• Apply for Msc in Philosophy

Lifestyle goals

• Keep a clean and cosy home
• Finish decorating and setting up my flat
• Manage personal finances
• Make weekly food shop plans
• Daily cleaning

Hobbies

• Learn basics of drawing
• Fix camera
• Finish a roll of film each month
• Buy a keyboard and complete beginner piano course
• Make vlogs/short films
• Write poetry/short stories

Things to plan:

• Diet, exercise & cycle planner
• Philosophy study plan 
• Thai study plan
• Business plan 
• Work schedule
• Build new Notion board
• Build daily schedule 
• Household chores schedule
• Hobby planner
• Financial planner
• Sangha & retreat planning