How can I make the new year a more positive one?

All right. Uh somebody said Muy soon. It's your birthday. It is. It is. Life goes on. Huh? Yeah. How? Wow. What life moves on. I have to say it's been an interesting year. Um I my thoughts on this year are that you know you know anything in life don't look at it negatively and try to always see the silver lining.

Yeah. It's been good. It's been good. It's been interesting. Different upside down but still good. Why not? Huh? You're on a roller coaster. You know you're all over the place. You're scared. Absolutely. you know, you're frightened to uh but by the end of it, you know, you're like, "Wow, what a thrill." And I I would like to, you know, as a New Year's thing, suggest that as well.

And I mentioned it on my meetup that look try to have a positive outlook on life. And sometimes it is hard. I get that. But um try and try sometimes with words. Okay? So when people ask you never say people will ask you how how are you know the amount of people you speak to sometimes you ask them oh how's things or how you doing and they'll say things like you know not bad you know the amount of people that say stuff like that not bad wait a minute why are you even mentioning negative words

never you know stop that don't ever respond with not bad respond that I'm good. You know, great. Things are chilling. Things are respond positively. See if that starts to to bring a change. That's one thing. Two, and this is as common sense as it is, and it's in the hadith, just try to smile.

[Laughter] Just try. try to smile. You see, there's an there's an indistinguishable relationship between being happy and smiling that the mind sometimes can't fathom. As in it can fathom but it confuses. So if you smile, the mind automatically assumes you're happy and as a consequence can make you happy sometimes.

So just try that and it's in the hadith. What is it that uh I mean not in the hadith but as the poet says that is the the conflict the clash of emotions. [Laughter]

That's the the poet saying that you know if if such a a a a platform of conflicting emotions arises then what will you do that I am upset so it's making you happy what if I smile what will you So try to you know that's my second uh point that you know if I can advise you for the new year that just try it's a very simple one.

Uh the first just try responding with positive words. If you if you are a person that uses negative words remove them stop using them. Stop saying things like m could be better. Uh you know it's not the end of the world it's not bad. Replace them with positive words. things are good. So much to be grateful for. You know, use start using positive words and start smiling whenever you can.

It may be difficult and and what I'd mentioned before, start removing yourself from circles of toxicity and think less about what people care. Honestly, you know, it doesn't matter, you know. You know people people will it doesn't matter what you do or say will always switch it off it doesn't matter it's okay go back to what you were doing and as a fourth tip I would say that try

one thing we can learn from this year is the amount of people who've been innovative who've tried to you know from scratch they've because maybe businesses have collapsed or they've been stuck at home or they've you know first at first there's the frustration but then creativity you know necessity is the mother of invention and people have then started you know people have started their own businesses started online things they've started learning they've started start learning something honestly

trust me when I tell you that even if you don't like it today a year from today you will look back and wish that you began it today if sometimes it might be a little investment invest in something I remember last year this point I told so many of my friends to buy crypto you know that I I it was about exactly this time last year it was early just about into the new year and I messaged a bunch of friends I said buy Bitcoin Um, and it was about £5,000.

And I I bought some as well. And it was I think it was priced at £5,000 300 when I bought it. And I I sent it to so many friends. I said, you know, I said, "Trust me, just just do this." And at the time, I would have got a I would have got a kickback as well if they did buy. Needless to say, these lazy good for nothings did not buy. So I didn't get no kickback. But I would have if they like you'd get 5% or something if if certain people bought it.

But I sent it to so many people said look listen by by trust me trust me. You know the way it's h havinging it has to blah blah blah blah blah. And it's ridicul. It's ridiculously I what is it 20some,000? I think it was £25,000 or something or 20 something. It's wow. So sometimes it might be an investment. Sometimes it doesn't have to be that. It could be a skill, learning something.

It could be whatever. Just just, you know, if you're going to do it, just do it. Okay? Don't think too much about it. That's what I would say. And you know, if you hate doing it, there's a little trick that you can do with your mind. And that's when you got to do something, don't think, I've got to think, oh yes, I get to I get to, you know, I get to do 20 minutes of reading today.

That's what you say to yourself. I get to do it. Not I got to do I get to do it. Ah I get to clean up. I know it doesn't sound exciting but I get to even everything you know like see the silver lining in things. Honestly even something I said cleaning as an example. Even something like cleaning can be so therapeutic. It can.

I you know what? Whenever I do vacuum, I find this is going to sound probably so crazy to people, but I find it so therapeutic. I don't know why, but maybe it's the clean effect afterwards and I can always work better in a very in a more refreshed environment. But cool, that's some advice. Let's move on to some of your questions.

There was the question about um I was asked about All right. Um, somebody said, "Thoughts on Bitcoin?" Yeah, I think it's obviously now it's the price is rocketing. So, obviously buying it right now, I don't know how much higher it's going to go, but yeah, but it was a gem.

You know what? I should have said it on the Monday nights last year. I don't know if I did, but I definitely said it to uh my my friends on WhatsApp. Uh Mui is an actor. Are there any scenes to perform that would be haram? Miy as an actor. I was about to say Mui is an actor. As an actor, would there be any scenes to perform that would be haram?