5 Tiny Life Upgrades That Cost $0

Living a life of quality doesn’t have to cost anything

Marcus Chan
6 min readMay 7, 2021

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5 Tiny Life Upgrades That Cost $0
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#1. YouTube

Don’t quote me on this, but probably 99% of the people use YouTube as a platform for their entertainment. Some use it for knowledge or tutorials on matters they don’t understand. But even fewer use it to benefit themselves.

I’m talking about replacing your gym subscription with Youtube videos.

This trend started during the pandemic. And now, there are so damn many home workout videos on YouTube now that you can’t even finish all of them if you just do one a day. What’s even better is that most of them don’t require you to have any equipment at all. Maybe just a dumbbell and an exercise mat. But that’s it. You can train whenever and from wherever you want.

Callisthenics!

You don’t need sets of iron to be strong or get in shape or reach hypertrophy. Your body is a weight itself. Your muscles are dumb. They can’t tell if it’s iron or your bodyweight. Use that to your advantage. There’s no need to remind you of the benefits of exercising every day. So no more excuses.

#2. Google Keep

The most frequent lie I tell is, “Ah, it’s okay. I don’t have to write it down. I’ll remember it.” And then of…

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Marcus Chan

Writer by title, storyteller at heart. Writing about life, money, and work. Newsletter: https://marcuschan.substack.com/ Ebook: https://bit.ly/3PgV5HH