Netflix, Dave Chang, & Ice Cream Date / Missing my Bro with ABACAB / Quote from John Lewis

morning babble / Monday 01-17-22

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Sometimes the best laid out plans just need to be trashed and you have the ice cream date with your wife and watch Netflix. It was a David Chang show. So, I was all in.

This morning – I ran and enjoyed the Dave Chang Podcast. I do plan on doing a video on his book, which I thoroughly enjoyed and gave away last year to Cecil & Marco. I’ll be doing giveaways for each of my GOATs, but I’ll do a specialty video for each as well.

349 days until EXIT PLAN

A lot of you have off to day for MLK day – enjoy it. Some of us have to keep at it and I’m with you. Dig in and get it done. I am home today for a paperwork day, but I do have an alarm set to remind me to shut it down. Otherwise, I could keep it going and that’s not good. I’ve got other stuff to be doing.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.” – by John Lewis

Fast over/ New Music Friday: Kane Brown, Korn, Jack White & Whiskey Sour tale/ Candice Millard quote

morning babble / Friday 01-14-22

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Fridays are like Christmas with all this new music.

Let’s discuss a couple quick things:

  1. 3 Day Fast – what broke the fast? A beer – double IPA. What did I eat? Tomato soup and grill cheese sandwiches. I love dipping that sandwich into the soup. Chips. Brownie.
  2. 352 days until EXIT PLAN

New Music Friday:

  • Kane Brown has new music for 2022 – he teased it a little last year in December, but today we get the new song “Whiskey Sour.” Traditional sounding country song – a ballad. It’s nice. It grabbed my attention with “Whiskey Sour.” That’s what my Pop-pop would always order back in the day. He’d order 2. One for him and one for my Nana, but they were both for him. He would always down one and swap his empty glass with Nana’s full one. At the end of the 2nd one, he’d slide that empty one to her side as well. This would always confuse the waiter. My Pop-pop would then ask for a beer because “she doesn’t like beer and won’t steal it.” All of that last part . . . nothing to do with Kane Brown.
  • Avril Lavigne has dropped her first track of the new year – ‘Love It When You Hate Me’ -it’s a collaboration with blackbear, but it will be off of her new album Love Sux which will be released on February 25th. Also on that album, “Bite Me, Bite Me” which was last year’s released single where she was joined by Blink-182’s Travis Barker. Other artists to feature on Love Sux include fellow Blink-182 member Mark Hoppus and the recently engaged Machine Gun Kelly. Yup – engaged. To Megan Fox after less than two years of dating. As long as you hit all 4 seasons and all the holidays – that’s good.
  • Korn’s latest single, “Forgotten” is now out. This song is also the lead-off cut from the band’s new album, Requiem, due out on February 4th. Prior to Christmas 2021 in the UK, a new book that details every song Korn have ever written was released: Korn: Every Album, Every Song by British author Matt Karpe. We can get it in the US on January 28th. The book is a deep-dive into the lyrics, song compositions and stories behind each and every track ever written by Korn – we’re talking B-sides, standalone singles, unreleased material, and songs that were only ever previously featured on film and gaming soundtracks. For the book, click here to preorder on Amazon.
  • Jack White has released ‘Love Is Selfish’. This is the first single to be taken from his second album of 2022, Entering Heaven Alive – that one comes out July 22nd. His 1st album release is coming April 8th with Fear of the Dawn – I actually just preordered the vinyl to that. Special blue record as well as other shtuff. I had Visa gift card from Christmas.
  • There’s other new stuff: Donna Missal, Bright Eyes, Spoon, Lumineers, Chris Brown.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Compete with yourself and root for everybody else.” – by Candice Millard via the Instagram of “the morning shakeout” a podcast from Mario Fraioli

Pulled vs. Pushed – the resistance battle / Day 3 of the 3 Day Fast – I can eat soon! / Ryan Holiday quote

morning babble / Thursday 01-13-22

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Tapping into my old faithfuls (music, books) to help pull me out of whatever I was feeling last night and then finally push me along. To me, there’s a difference between those two – pulling and pushing.

Pulled – you’re resisting / holding back the momentum

Pushed – merely means that you stopped or you slowed down some

the War of Art by Steven Pressfield – great book to deal with Resistance

353 days until EXIT PLAN

Not only is it Friday Eve, it’s also Day 3 of the 3 Day Fast I can eat again at . . . 6:49PM

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Forget about outcomes. Focus on making a little progress every day.” – by Ryan Holiday

Can’t focus on NOT getting to the Exit Plan today, because it’s not going to happen today. Just a little progress every day – that’s what’s going to get me there. Pushing along.

Be sure to get your “me” time / Day 2 of the 3 Day Fast / Michelle Obama quote

morning babble / Wednesday 01-12-22

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So yesterday, I was comparing last week and this week – I’m missing the creative time that I had set aside in the morning, but that was without the run. So today – I didn’t run.

I took care of ME. Be sure to take care of your ME.

354 days until EXIT PLAN

Day 2 of the 3 Day Fast

I did say yesterday that anyone can do this fast. HOWEVER – I must say that I am not a doctor and it’s always good to do a “double check” there. Otherwise, if there’s a doctor’s thumb’s up, you can do this fast. I’m not anything special.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own to-do list.” – by Michelle Obama

3 Day Fast has begun / Exercise before Java Time / Elliot Roberts quote

morning babble / Tuesday 01-11-22

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I ran again on the mill and – Wow – does it feel good again. I really enjoy getting the body going prior to my first coffee of the day.

355 days until EXIT PLAN

Day 1 of the 3 Day Fast / Can’t eat until 6:49pm on Thursday

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Aspire to inspire before I expire.” by Elliot Roberts via Meghan Dalton Instagram

1st run & weigh-in of the year / 3 Day Fast begins tonight / Tom Bilyeu quote

morning babble / Monday 01-10-22

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356 days until EXIT PLAN

First weigh in of the year – not so bad

First run of the year – feeling good / Missed my socks and dressing right away

First 3 Day Fast of the year – begins tonight after dinner

David Chang – Eat A Peach / Winners: Cecil & Marco

I’d like to hear from you though. Reach out and let me know what you got going on / working on / your goals.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Never assume you’ve got enough time – you haven’t.” – by Tom Bilyeu

RIP – Bob Saget / Another one gone too soon

Snooze button – don’t do it / New Music Friday – Shaq? / Emerson quote

morning babble / Friday 01-07-22

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes it gets tidied up, but sometimes . . . not so much. When all else fails – go watch the video!

One of the 3 things that I listed I’m grateful for – “Not hitting the snooze”. Simple little thing, but Wow – the time that is wasted away when you keep punching that snooze – don’t do it.

Another day down – all you Dry January people – here comes your first full weekend of 2022 without alcohol – good luck! 359 days until EXIT PLAN. This weekend is the first time in over a year of no Morning Babble. I’ll be coming back on Monday. My first weigh in of the year, my first run of the year, my first 3 Day Fast of the year begins that night.

New Music Friday:

  • The Weeknd has a new album. Dawn FM is out today. Tyler, the Creator, Lil Wayne, Quincy Jones, frequent collaborator Oneohtrix (One O tricks) Point Never, as well as actor Jim Carrey. The title track spotlights Carrey assuring listeners that “we’ll be there to hold your hand and guide you through this painless transition.” Minute and a half and then hits into track 2 “Gasoline”, which so doesn’t sound like Audioslave’s “Gasoline.”
  • Father John Misty’s new single “Funny Girl” (& video) out today – very chill song. It’s off his upcoming album Chloë and The Next 20th Century – full album on April 8th.
  • Ben Rector – one of my favorite artists – released the first three songs to his upcoming album, The Joy of Music. “Living my Best Life” – we need some happy music. By the way, he’s got Snoop Dog on one of these upcoming songs. Full album release is in the Spring.
  • Steve Aoki has teamed up with DJ Diesel for the song “Welcome to the Playhouse” Who’s DJ Diesel? Shaquille O’Neal. Not sure if there will be a full album coming, but Shaq did release four rap albums in the 90s including his debut album “Shaq Diesel” in 1993. It was certified as platinum. He did a collaboration with Michael Jackson. He’s also worked with Jay-Z, Method Man, and The Notorious B.I.G. So, besides the 4 NBA Championships, he’s actually done some musical magic.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions” – by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Dry January and Drinking Less / Happy Friday Eve! / Sylvester McNutt III

morning babble / Thursday 01-06-22

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Happy Friday Eve!

Dry January – who’s doing it? I’m not, but I applaud whoever is. Last April, I skipped alcohol for that month. I called it my April Drought. I mainly did it for 1) To see if I could; 2) to see what happens with weight, and 3) to see if my sleep improves.

CDC – definition of moderate drinking. 7 drinks a week for women / 14 drinks a week for me

Less app – click here to get it.

One thing that I’m trying to do to help limit the alcohol is simply allowing myself a glass of wine during the pasta meal that we typically have weekly, but otherwise, nothing from Sunday to Thursday. Now, Friday & Saturday – let’s have a beverage.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I can respect any person who can put their ego aside and say: I made a mistake, I apologize, and I am correcting the behavior.” – by Sylvester McNutt III

Mailbox – so full / Newsletter ideas and suggestions / F M Alexander

morning babble / Wednesday 01-05-22

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes it gets tidied up, but sometimes . . . not so much. When all else fails – go watch the video!

I’m trying to edit and organize it all down. I have been brutal with my personal emails. Over 800 sitting in the inbox. Many of them just subscriptions to newsletters or what not. FOMO is felt with hitting delete all again.

I plan on doing some sort of newsletter beginning in March, but I don’t want to become one of those 800 emails that sit in someone else’s box. I’ve subscribed to a lot because I’m sort of researching what I think is best. The newsletters from Tim Ferriss, James Clear, and Recomendo.

Since its New Year’s Resolution Season, Robin Sharma provided a suggested list to live like in 2022 – click here to see it on his Instagram account.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures.” – by F.M. Alexander (Australian actor & author)

Creative week is working for me! / Journaling ideas / Martha Graham quote

morning babble / Tuesday 01-04-22

This is the scribble that leads to the babble. Sometimes it gets tidied up, but sometimes . . . not so much. When all else fails – go watch the video!

How’s everyone doing with their New Year’s resolutions? Hanging in? Too much? I have a tendency to do that. Just keep going – that’s the trick. It’s okay to trip or stumble a bit along the way. That’s the growing process of the new routine or habit you’re trying to form and build. Just don’t stop.

Enjoying my creative week with no running on the mill. I think I’m going to do this every so often. Not necessarily monthly but at least every other month? Maybe?

Reading Empire (another short by me) aloud and tweaking it. The goal is to post it this weekend. / In the meantime, go check out my short – DECK THE TOILET – that I read! Click here for the video. OR – go read it for yourself and click here.

Journal ideas / Shorter entries! / No preprinted dates – I can skip! Current daily journal that I’m doing is The Five Minute Journal

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open.” – by Martha Graham