The Happiness Ritual

1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,120 So the big question is this, how do young men like us who didn't listen to society, 2 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:11,760 who are on our own, how do we grow and improve ourselves so that we can live a 3 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:18,000 better tomorrow? That is the question in this show will give you the answers. 4 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:25,920 My name is James Radzinski and welcome to the Ascend Momentum Show. 5 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:40,080 Welcome back everyone. So this morning I told my parents about my trip to Florida. 6 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:50,720 Now I promised my mom that I wouldn't speak about them on the podcast so I 7 00:00:50,720 --> 00:01:00,080 just want to say that things are going forward. Things are moving forward and 8 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:09,160 this today I feel is a turning point. Two things can come out of it. Either 9 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:17,920 either I go down a bad route and I don't achieve my goals or I keep moving 10 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:26,960 forward and I do achieve my goals. And this quote popped up in my mind from 11 00:01:26,960 --> 00:01:32,840 Reality Transurfing today and it's that nobody can stop you except for yourself 12 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:38,800 from achieving your goals. Now I may have butchered that quote but that's the gist. 13 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:43,280 You're the only one who can prevent yourself from achieving your goals. 14 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:53,440 No one else can prevent you. So if I interpret today as good then I can move 15 00:01:53,440 --> 00:02:00,560 towards my goals but if I interpret it as bad then that will be how it plays out. 16 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:11,160 So I went to the gym and then got a good lift in and went on the sun deck and 17 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:18,360 started tanning which I don't normally do at the gym but I just needed the 18 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:25,000 extra meditation time the extra sun time and it was a very nice day outside so I 19 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:31,720 just sat in the sun and bathed for a while and that definitely helped clear 20 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:39,840 my mind. And then I saw one of my friends who graduated last year who I 21 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:46,320 didn't think I would see ever again and who I probably won't see ever again and 22 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:53,240 it just reminded me that it just reminded me to be happy because that was a 23 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:58,880 very nice interaction that I had with one of my friends today. Let me get some 24 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:01,240 water. 25 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:16,200 So I made an executive decision today and I've been talking over the past couple 26 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:21,000 weeks about how I'm studying two books at the same time. Now today I realized 27 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,760 that I am not going to be studying two books at the same time. I'm cutting out 28 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:30,400 expert secrets and solely focusing on reality transfer because I feel like I'm 29 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:36,560 not getting the most out of each book. I'm kind of just dividing my attention 30 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:44,800 and dividing my focus or memory amongst the two different books and it's just 31 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:51,200 worse off for overall. So I'm only focusing on trans surfing right now and 32 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:58,720 then once I'm done with that I will focus on expert. And the reason why I chose 33 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:04,840 trans surfing over expert secrets is because trans surfing is more of a 34 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:13,520 holistic success route. Expert secrets is how to have success through becoming 35 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:20,360 an expert online and marketing and storytelling. But trans surfing is more 36 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:29,240 of a general life. It's a worldview. And I would just if I had to choose one book 37 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:40,120 to be a master of I would choose reality trans surfing. So yesterday once I was 38 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:47,200 done recording that podcast I listened back and I realized that my speaking 39 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:57,720 sounds very anxious. And I gasp a lot like I and I and I talk and then I and 40 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:03,520 then I like breathe in a lot. So I'm trying to stay conscious of that because 41 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:11,160 it kind of is really annoying to listen to and it hinders your viewing 42 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:17,880 experience your listening experience. So that's what I'm trying to be conscious of. 43 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:27,400 I'm not really sure if I should breathe through my nose or breathe away from the 44 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:33,520 mic. I'm not sure. I'll figure it out while I go. But back to trans surfing. I 45 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:39,320 there's one thing that my friend talked about. He's reading one of Vadim 46 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:50,000 Zellin's other books about trans surfing. And he said that if you can be 47 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:56,680 present for 20 minutes it'll change your life. That's what my friend said Vadim 48 00:05:56,680 --> 00:06:04,400 Zellin said. And I believe that because there's a lot of times where you're not 49 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:10,520 present and you're not awake and you make mistakes and you do things that you 50 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:14,240 regret and you do things you shouldn't have done or wouldn't have done if you 51 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:21,080 were sober in the mind. And so that's that's what I'm really focusing on lately. 52 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:27,760 And I just realized that I haven't asked myself is this real in a while. 53 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:40,680 Yes I am awake right now. But that's that's the thing. I was asleep just then 54 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:51,080 while I was speaking. Now I'm awake. And it just the cycle repeats. I'm not sure 55 00:06:51,080 --> 00:07:03,440 how long I can stay awake for. But it's definitely not 20 minutes. And I'm just 56 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:07,160 that's just what I'm practicing. I'm just practicing trying to stay awake more 57 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:11,640 often. And I'm not even sure if there's a technique or a practice method to do it. 58 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:15,680 I'm kind of just brute forcing it and just reminding myself to stay awake 59 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:33,360 every single time I catch myself when I'm asleep. So tomorrow is Monday and I have 60 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:39,520 school tomorrow. And in my gym class we are in a kayaking unit. So we're basically 61 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:46,880 kayaking in the pool. Which is very fun. A lot of people don't like that unit but 62 00:07:46,880 --> 00:08:01,840 I like it's my favorite. And honestly just moving forward today has been today 63 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:09,040 was a tough day. And I'm not really sure. It's just one of those days where it's 64 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:18,320 a turning point. And I need to today is the day where I need to really focus on 65 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:25,840 transfer. If you and hone in on my presence stay awake. Because today is a 66 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:31,000 turning point for sure. I can either go down to a negative lifeline or go up. And 67 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:37,040 it's really my choice. No one else can choose for me. You get what you choose in 68 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:48,480 life. So I'm working towards I'm choosing. It's tough because you are supposed to 69 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:56,800 just choose. But when you're in it it's a lot harder than it seems when you're out 70 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:03,320 of it. Right now I'm in the heat of it. The heat of the day the heat of the 71 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:10,080 moment. In a turning point. And it's a lot harder to choose my destiny than it 72 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:21,680 was yesterday or this morning. And I just have to look for the positive. I just 73 00:09:21,680 --> 00:09:26,400 remembered look for the positive. So what's a positive thing right now. Well 74 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:33,200 a positive thing is I got a lot of sun today. So I got more tan. I probably got 75 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:44,440 like four hours of sun at least today. And then another thing is I have a brand 76 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:49,440 new microphone which sounds amazing for my podcasting. So I'm very grateful for 77 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:54,160 that. My dad gave it to me for absolutely free to borrow indefinitely until 78 00:09:54,160 --> 00:10:00,920 someone needs it. Another thing is that I have a water bottle that keeps the water 79 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:06,360 cold right next to me. And speaking of which I'm gonna drink some of it. 80 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:18,320 Already just by describing three things that I'm happy about I already feel a lot 81 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:23,840 better. So I'm gonna keep it going. Well it's really hot out today. It's probably 82 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:29,360 like 90 degrees out. And I was sweating on the bike ride home. And then I got in 83 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:34,320 in the house and it was nice and cool. So the AC is on. I'm very happy about that 84 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:44,120 too. That's very... Let's go. That's a that's a nice thing. Another thing. What 85 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:51,480 else am I grateful for? I'm grateful that I have nice clothes. My mom buys nice 86 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:58,040 clothes for me. And I'm very grateful for my parents because they're providing for 87 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:04,600 me. I promised my mom I wouldn't talk about her but I'm sure she won't mind 88 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:10,720 this. I'm very grateful for everything my parents do for me. 89 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:21,800 They are really just looking out for the best of me. And they're just trying to 90 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:28,760 get me... They're just looking out for the best of me. That's very comforting to 91 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:37,520 think about. It's very comforting to lie on. So that exercise actually worked a lot. 92 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:42,200 I actually feel a lot better now. I think I'm gonna write that down right now 93 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:51,280 because every time I'm mad or in a bad mood, remember which of this exercise be. 94 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:57,640 I don't want to say like gratefulness because I used to do gratefulness 95 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:03,520 exercises and they never really worked. But for some reason today's worked 96 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:17,080 because I just looked for objects that I was happy about. The happiness. The 97 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:25,360 happiness technique. The happiness practice. Which I call it. The happiness ritual. 98 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:34,360 I like that. The happiness ritual. I'm gonna write that down and put it on my desk. 99 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:57,120 So I always remember it just in case I am down. The happiness ritual. 100 00:12:57,120 --> 00:13:11,120 Alright, I wrote that down. I want to keep doing that. That was nice. So I'm happy that I was 101 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:16,760 still hot even though I got into that air-conditioned house and I took off my 102 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:23,560 shirt to make it even cooler. And now I feel cool. I feel perfect temperature 103 00:13:23,560 --> 00:13:31,920 right now. So that makes me feel good. Another thing I'm happy about is I'm on 104 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:42,040 episode 32 on my podcast and I'm very proud but pride is not great. I'm very 105 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:48,600 happy with what I've done so far. I'm very happy with my progress and how I've 106 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:59,160 gotten through 32 episodes on my podcast. That is a very nice feeling. I'm happy 107 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:07,960 that things are moving forward and I'm in a lot better position than I was a 108 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:14,520 month ago and I'm a lot better positioned now than I was a year ago. And 109 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:19,200 things are just getting better every single day. I'm very grateful for that. 110 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:25,640 I'm very grateful that I'm on... I'm learning about reality 111 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:29,800 transurfing and the more and more I practice the techniques, the more and 112 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:36,840 more I learn about it, just the better life gets. And that's... I'm so grateful 113 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:45,920 that I discovered that book. And the way I discovered it was actually... it's 114 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:53,640 surprising. So when I was first getting into reading, I was still watching YouTube 115 00:14:53,640 --> 00:15:01,760 shorts, which is basically TikTok but just on YouTube. And I was trying to... I 116 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:06,800 don't remember what I was doing that day, but I was on the hunt and the look 117 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:13,480 out for new books to read. I was always looking for new books to read. And I was 118 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:19,560 just watching YouTube shorts one day and there's this guy named Iman Gatzi who 119 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:30,160 popped up who I'd seen his videos before but not too much. And then he suggested... 120 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:38,560 he kind of just said casually, oh yeah, I read that book when I was 17 and I don't 121 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:44,080 even remember like how that video went, but he pretty much just said he read that 122 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:50,920 book when he was 17. And so I was like, oh, I'll try it out. I'll pick it up. And I 123 00:15:50,920 --> 00:16:00,280 remember thinking that he just suggested that book, but not really. He just casually 124 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:05,840 said it in a conversation and I saw the picture and I was like, oh, I'll go check 125 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:10,120 it out on Amazon because I need another book soon. And I remember typing in 126 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:16,960 Reality Transurfing into the search bar on Amazon and I remember seeing the price 127 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:24,760 tag and it was $50. And I was shocked because I was kind of like there's no way 128 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:33,200 I'm buying this. There's no way I'm paying $50 for a book. But then 129 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:38,840 something kind of just clicked in my head and I just bought it anyways. And 130 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:48,120 then it came and I saw there was like 750 pages. I was like, oh my gosh, this is a 131 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:53,960 big book. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. So I read it. I read 132 00:16:53,960 --> 00:17:00,440 maybe the first 200 pages and then I got distracted. I got bored. I didn't see the 133 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:07,080 gold that I was reading. So I looked for a new books to read and I went back on 134 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:12,800 Iman Gazi because the benefits that I got from the first 200 pages of the book 135 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:20,600 were a lot and I was a lot better off that I read that. But I kind of 136 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:26,160 just dismissed the rest of the book and I was like, oh, I already got the gist. And 137 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:34,760 then I went back to Iman Gazi and I saw another short video that he posted. 138 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:47,560 And it was three books that he recommends and it was Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, 139 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:57,160 The Way of the Superior Man by David Ida and Atomic Habits by James Clear, I think. 140 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:03,400 I didn't read Atomic Habits. But I bought The Way of the Superior Man and 141 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:09,640 Meditations and then I started reading those very good books. I didn't finish 142 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:15,240 Meditations all the way through. It was just kind of my brain wasn't smart 143 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:21,880 enough to interpret all that stuff. So I kind of just got to book four and then 144 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:27,600 stopped reading because I just didn't get value out of it at that time. I got more 145 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:36,800 value out of people telling me what to do and what to think. And so then after 146 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:42,600 that I was, I just kind of stopped. I was planning on going back to Transurfing 147 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:47,240 right after but then I went on to a different book. And then my friend, I 148 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:51,960 just met my friend Franklin, like for real because we had known each other 149 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:56,480 before but we didn't know that each other were on self-improvement. And so I just 150 00:18:56,480 --> 00:19:05,480 met him basically and we both found out that we were on self-improvement and he 151 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:11,480 was wondering what the next book that he should read. And so he looked at my 152 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:16,880 reading list and I showed him and then he was like, oh, Reality Transurfing? That's 153 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:21,760 interesting. I've never heard of that. And I was like oh yeah it's, it's alright. And 154 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:26,280 he was like would you recommend that to be the next book? And I was like mmm I'm 155 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:31,840 not sure. And then I said basically, I basically said no. So then we both went on 156 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:37,160 with our days and then the next day I was thinking about that. And then I went 157 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:41,760 back to Transurfing and I realized how beneficial that was and how that is 158 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:46,960 literally the next, that is the most important book ever. And so I was like, I 159 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:52,280 told him yeah definitely get Reality Transurfing. And so he was hesitant on the 160 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:56,640 price as well. But he ended up buying it. He bought the hardcover so he spent like 161 00:19:56,640 --> 00:20:04,200 $30 more than I did. And then when I told him to read it, it inspired me to go 162 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:08,880 back and reread, just finish reading it. So I went, at the end of every chapter 163 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:14,280 there's chapter summaries. So I reread all the chapter summaries of the pages 164 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:23,000 that I already read. And then I got to the, got back to where I was and then 165 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:28,520 just finished the book from there. And mind you, we were both reading it very 166 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:32,280 fast. So we both wanted to get through that book quick so we could get to the 167 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:39,040 next book. And we were doing like 50 pages a day, which is a crazy amount. It's a 168 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:46,840 lot. Especially on that book, especially because when the pages are big, words are 169 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:55,200 small. And you, you have to think a lot when you're reading that stuff. So we were 170 00:20:55,200 --> 00:21:01,680 reading 50 pages a day and when you do something like that, pretty much all of 171 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:10,080 the information just goes right through your head and you forget about it. But we 172 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:17,840 got some vague concepts out of it. And then we both finished reading it and we 173 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:23,640 were just, we just went on to the next book. And then after a little bit of this, 174 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:28,640 maybe a month, we realized that Transurfing is the most important book. We 175 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:34,720 realized again that Transurfing was the most important book. And so then we went 176 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:38,760 back to it. We started rereading it. And then this time, instead of reading 50 177 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:43,520 pages a day, we started studying it and not caring about the amount of page 178 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:49,760 numbers. And that was a big game changer for us. We actually started 179 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:54,600 understanding it and linking it to things. And we started conjecturing our 180 00:21:54,600 --> 00:22:01,920 own hypothesises. And we just made a lot of connections and progress in our 181 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:10,680 Transurfing journey. And we're only on page maybe 200 now. I'm on, he just started 182 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:17,280 intention and I just finished intention, which is maybe chapter seven, I want to 183 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:24,280 say. It's not out of like 15 chapters. I think it's chapter four or five. I don't 184 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:30,520 know. It doesn't matter. We're pretty much in the first third of the book still. 185 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:39,240 Maybe we're just getting into the second third. And so we're not even that far in. 186 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:45,880 We just are reading the beginning so far and it's already changed so much. It's 187 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:53,200 changed the game for us. And I also wanted to read expert secrets as well. So I 188 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:56,600 decided instead of rushing through Transurfing, I would just read them both 189 00:22:56,600 --> 00:23:03,400 at the same time. Transurfing in the morning, expert at night. And then after 190 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:09,040 maybe one or two weeks of that, it was not good. It was just, I realized that it's 191 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:14,640 not efficient. I think I actually did it for more than two weeks. I did it for 19 192 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:20,520 days actually. And it's just not as efficient. So I'm solely focusing on 193 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:26,360 Transurfing. And every single time I get impatient, I just have to remind myself to 194 00:23:26,360 --> 00:23:54,440 focus on Transurfing. Transurfing is the key. I'm gonna get some water. So last 195 00:23:54,440 --> 00:24:04,240 push day, my last push day, around three days ago, maybe four days ago, I didn't 196 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:09,480 push my chest. I didn't lift my chest that much. And now I'm getting antsy 197 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:16,360 because tomorrow is my next push day. And I'm lifting my chest hard tomorrow. Do you 198 00:24:16,360 --> 00:24:20,560 guys ever get like that where you kind of slack off one week and then the next 199 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:27,400 week you can't stop thinking about it. So then you go hard the next week. Because 200 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:35,400 that's what I'm doing right now. I kind of feel my energies, my energy levels 201 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:42,920 drop again. And it reminds me of, well, I should be, I was gonna originally do the 202 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:50,680 happiness ritual again right now. But I just thought of something. And I remember 203 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:57,160 reading, I've read two books on breathing, the oxygen advantage and breath, the new 204 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:05,600 science of a lost art. And I know that my breathing is not optimal. And I was, I 205 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:18,320 saw a email from this company called herbal, some, some herb company, I forgot, I 206 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:25,400 forgot what they're called. But I bought pine pollen from them. And then I gave them 207 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:29,120 my email. So they've been emailing me. And I keep reading the emails because 208 00:25:29,120 --> 00:25:40,080 they're very good at email marketing. So it's good material to study. And they sent 209 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:48,200 an email today that I assume someone paid to send that email, because it's not 210 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:56,720 their usual content. So they sent an email about breathing. And it reminded me of, 211 00:25:56,720 --> 00:26:02,600 they basically told us to take a test, which they didn't call it this, but I 212 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:10,960 remember reading about it in the oxygen advantage, which is called the bolt test 213 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:18,920 to test your bolt score. And it's basically where you breathe normal in and 214 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:23,160 then breathe out normally. And just how you normally breathe. And then on the 215 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:28,160 exhale, you hold your breath. So you don't, you don't breathe back in. And then you 216 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:33,520 count how long it takes for your body to want to breathe again for your next 217 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:38,520 desire to breathe. And you shouldn't be holding it so long that you're 218 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:46,560 convulsing, you should hold it until you need your next breath. So what that means 219 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:51,760 is, let's say you do it in out and then hold. And then by the time you need your 220 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:55,360 next breath, you should be able to breathe back in at the same rate that you 221 00:26:55,360 --> 00:27:03,360 were breathing normally. If that makes sense. And pretty much what that test 222 00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:09,800 does is it checks to see how healthy your breathing is, how optimal or 223 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:17,120 efficient your breathing is. Now, when I took that test the first time, when I was 224 00:27:17,120 --> 00:27:20,800 reading the oxygen advantage and mind you, the oxygen advantage was my first 225 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:28,160 book that I've ever read that was self improvement. And the first time I got it, 226 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:37,400 I think my score was five, like a five seconds. And reading the bolt score, he 227 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:45,880 said that he said that the healthy what the healthy person should be at was way 228 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:50,080 higher than five. And I'll tell you the time in a second, I just want to say 229 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:57,040 something real quick. And so I started doing exercises to increase my score. And 230 00:27:57,040 --> 00:28:07,760 and then I kind of just stopped. And then yesterday, I got an email from that herbal 231 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:15,200 empire or herbal medicine, I don't even know some that company I was talking about 232 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:25,440 that I bought my pine pollen from. And it was basically a guy promoting his 233 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:33,400 webinar that was teaching how to breathe properly. So I signed up for the webinar. 234 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:41,840 And it's on Thursday at like 430. So who knows if I'll get on it. If I do, I'll 235 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:49,320 watch some of it, but not till 730 when it ends. Or no, I think it ends at seven. 236 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:57,200 I don't even know. But it reminded me that when I read that email, they were telling 237 00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:02,120 you to do the bolt score. So I did it again. And today my or yesterday, my bolt score 238 00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:11,080 was seven seconds. So two seconds improvement. After a whole year. And you know what they 239 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:16,640 said the what your healthy time should be for the average healthy person should be 240 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:24,960 at least 40 seconds. So I got seven seconds. And it should be at least 40 241 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:31,760 seconds. Now I'm pretty sure I read in the pretty sure I read a similar thing in 242 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:39,800 the oxygen advantage. It was either 40 seconds or 60 seconds. So it just reminded 243 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:46,120 me that my breathing is not good. And today I was thinking about it a lot. A lot 244 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:52,920 throughout the day. It was popping in my head. And breathing oxygen oxygen is our 245 00:29:52,920 --> 00:30:02,400 most used elements or yeah, oxygen is our most consumed element. We need to breathe. 246 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:07,880 We can't go like one minute without or we can't go like 10 minutes without 247 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:17,240 oxygen. And I'm focusing on food and sleep and water a lot. But I'm neglecting 248 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:25,360 oxygen water we can go like a week without water. Oxygen we can't even go. We 249 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:30,080 can't even go 15 minutes without oxygen. Most people I'm talking about most 250 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:40,280 people. And food we can go like two weeks without food. So that just goes to show 251 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:52,280 how how much if oxygen is our most used element it should be our most efficient 252 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:57,320 and it should be our priority for figuring out how to make optimal because 253 00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:02,560 I'm spent I'm spending a lot of time making my water intake optimal making my 254 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:08,840 food intake optimal. But I'm neglecting oxygen which is the number one most of 255 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:16,120 valuable or the most consumed element. Consumed nutrient. I don't even know if 256 00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:20,880 it's nutrient. But do you guys get what I'm saying? I'm saying that we're breathing 257 00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:26,400 24-7 but we're only drinking water like eight times a day nine times a day. We're 258 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:35,240 only eating like three four times a day. But we're breathing 24-7 constantly 259 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:48,320 non-stop. And so I'm kind of on the edge of whether I should figure out how to 260 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:57,200 breathe properly and focus on it or not. And I the pros and cons I was thinking I 261 00:31:57,200 --> 00:32:02,720 need to focus on business. But then I realized that this will actually help me 262 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:08,320 if I can figure out how to breathe properly and then always just every time 263 00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:14,520 I am conscious breathe that way. Then that will actually help me move towards 264 00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:26,960 my goals because the more conscious you are the more what's the word. Basically 265 00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:32,160 the more purpose you have and more optimal the more efficiently you're 266 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:41,520 living I guess. Being present is required for the transurfing practice. 267 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:51,520 And so if I simply just spent maybe an hour watching that video and getting 268 00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:56,680 figuring out how you are supposed to breathe normally just throughout the day 269 00:32:56,680 --> 00:33:03,760 and then I just focus on breathing like that every single time I'm conscious. Then 270 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:08,840 it'll be killing two birds with one stone. I'll be getting conscious more but 271 00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:24,600 I'll also be fixing my breath. And I really can't see a downside to this but I'll 272 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:32,280 decide. I want to talk to you guys about the neck exercise. So there's this neck 273 00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:38,000 exercise that my friend who's a bodybuilder 30 years old he told me in 274 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:42,960 Franklin about. I've talked about it on this episode before. It's basically where 275 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:49,200 you do like curls with your neck. If you guys ever done the bridge it's a stretch 276 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:55,520 kind of thing. It's where you hold yourself up with your hands and your 277 00:33:55,520 --> 00:34:00,160 leg and your feet and you bend your back and then you just bridge make a bridge 278 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:04,320 with your body. It's kind of like a gymnastics move. I used to do it all the 279 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:13,040 time in gymnastics when I did it when I was really young. But you're 280 00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:17,560 supposed to with this neck exercise basically you do the bridge but you 281 00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:21,080 don't hold yourself up with your hands you hold yourself up with your neck. And 282 00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:28,920 then you like move your neck up and then down and that's like one rep. 283 00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:41,400 And so I'm able to do 10 reps maybe. Yeah around 10 reps. And that guy Alex 284 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:47,400 he's been doing it for quite some time and he's able to do 53 sets of 50 reps 285 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:56,840 holding a 10 pound medicine ball. So he is definitely quite ahead of us. And he 286 00:34:56,840 --> 00:35:05,880 said we should be able to get to 30 reps before we add a variation to the neck 287 00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:11,600 exercise. So basically the variation is instead of moving your head up and down 288 00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:19,080 you move it side to side. And I tried to do that this morning but my neck was too 289 00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:24,040 weak and I kinked my neck and it like cracked. But I stretched it immediately 290 00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:30,040 and it was fine throughout the day. It's a little sore but it's okay for the most 291 00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:40,200 part. So if you want a a progressional events for that neck exercise do the 292 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:47,400 static hold until you're strong enough to do reps. And then do reps. And in the 293 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:53,000 beginning I had to do a static hold but I also had to hold myself up with my arms. 294 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:57,800 So I had to use less weight than my full body weight because I was helping 295 00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:03,000 myself with the arms. And then I was able to do a static without my arms and then 296 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:08,200 I was able to do reps. And that's where I'm at right now. I'm able to do 10 reps. 297 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:16,160 And I've been doing this for maybe a week. And the next step is to get to 30 reps. 298 00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:24,280 And then once you get to 30 reps add the variation where you go up and then you 299 00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:28,920 do like a side to side. I don't really know exactly how to do it once I get to 300 00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:35,440 30 reps I'll have to ask him in person and figure out how to do it. But and then 301 00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:40,200 once you get to that I'm pretty sure you just focus on that again and then get to 302 00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:47,200 30 reps with that. And then you add a medicine ball somewhere in there. You 303 00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:51,520 like hold on to a weight. It doesn't have to be a medicine ball just like hold on 304 00:36:51,520 --> 00:37:04,360 to a weight 10 pounds. And he does 150 reps so that's great. That's a lot. I 305 00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:09,920 don't think he does it every day. I think he does it every two days maybe. So 306 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:17,000 one day on two days off. But I've been doing it every day because I'm able to 307 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:24,760 recover pretty quick. So I might as well do it every day. I'm gonna do the 308 00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:33,400 happiness ritual again. Now I'm I'm really happy that 309 00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:43,480 I'm happy. This morning on when we went to the park. Me and my friend Franklin went 310 00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:49,800 to the park and then Alex was there as well. And so we were we went on a walk 311 00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:57,640 just around town. And there is this one house that had a peach tree with ripe 312 00:37:57,640 --> 00:38:05,280 peaches. And so we're like oh don't mind if I do. And so we all took a peach. And 313 00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:11,320 that was just a very amazing moment because I'm very grateful that I got to 314 00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:18,400 have a fresh peach. So that was awesome. And then they were also growing grapes on 315 00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:24,640 their fence. So he got some grapes as well. And they were not normal grapes. I 316 00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:28,440 think they were actually normal grapes. And then what we eat is not normal grapes. 317 00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:35,120 But the grapes that they had on the fence had like four seeds in them each. And 318 00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:43,240 they were there was like a jelly texture center. But they were really good. Really 319 00:38:43,240 --> 00:38:52,240 good. And so we went on we kept walking. And then we we got a lot of sun. We were 320 00:38:52,240 --> 00:38:57,080 just walking around town shirtless with bare feet. And so there's just three 321 00:38:57,080 --> 00:39:05,680 jacked dudes walking around town shirtless and barefoot. So then I went to 322 00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:12,600 then we went back and we were almost home. And I remembered seeing earlier in 323 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:17,280 the summer that there was this one house in the alley that was growing grapes in 324 00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:25,520 the alley. But they were not ripe. So I never got to try them. And then I was I 325 00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:30,320 reminded I told them about that. And then we decided to go down into that alley 326 00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:40,160 and try and find the grapes. And we got some. And they were good. So today was a 327 00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:46,280 good day. We got grapes. And we also got peaches. So that's something I'm really 328 00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:51,160 happy about. I'm very grateful for that. Another thing that I'm very grateful for 329 00:39:51,160 --> 00:40:00,560 is I got so much sun today. I'm so grateful that it's still sunny out. Because I 330 00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:05,480 know very soon the sun is just going to disappear for the next seven months. 331 00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:13,600 Because I live in Chicago and that sun just disappears. And I get very pale 332 00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:18,240 during the winter time. And so I'm very grateful that it was just very sunny out 333 00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:22,560 today. And I was shirtless all day. So I don't have a farmer's tan. I was 334 00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:27,160 shirtless pretty much all summer. So I don't have a farmer's tan. Which is 335 00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:35,200 perfect because tomorrow is the first day we kayak. So I'm gonna be shirtless in 336 00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:45,000 school in the pool. So that's nice. Jacked tan. What could go wrong? Absolutely 337 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:51,480 nothing. And plus we're walking across the field house. Shirtless because our 338 00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:56,680 locker room is on the other opposite side of the field house. Which is basically 339 00:40:56,680 --> 00:41:09,920 our gym from the pool. So we're all gonna be walking across. And I'm tan. So that's 340 00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:12,400 exciting. 341 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:21,760 But I'm also very grateful that me and my friend went to the mall yesterday 342 00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:27,440 and took some action and talked to some girls. Because that's also very good. And 343 00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:32,800 it was it was hard still. But it was way easier than the first time. Like 344 00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:40,000 significantly easier. So the next time we do it, it'll be way easier than today. 345 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:46,640 And at that point it'll probably be not as beneficial to do it. So we'll have to 346 00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:52,160 figure out the next thing to expand our comfort zone. Which may be once we get to 347 00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:57,960 Florida walk around like the pool shirtless and talk to some girls in 348 00:41:57,960 --> 00:42:02,520 bikinis or something like that. That might be the next thing. I don't know. 349 00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:10,440 We'll figure it out. But I'm very grateful for that that we went there 350 00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:15,000 yesterday. Because if you remember the other day I was thinking a lot about this 351 00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:20,400 one girl that I saw at school. Just she kept on popping in my head for some 352 00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:27,720 reason. And then once I took action at the mall, she just didn't pop up in my 353 00:42:27,720 --> 00:42:33,560 head. So that's very good. Now I'm more in control of my head. So I think once you 354 00:42:33,560 --> 00:42:40,960 take action, then everything just dissipates and you have control again 355 00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:51,880 of your mind. And once you kind of daydream and fantasize. So I want to 356 00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:58,840 talk about this one thing that I reread in The Way the Spirit Man. There was, so 357 00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:05,360 while I was journaling, that girl kept on popping up in my head. And so I was 358 00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:10,120 journaling. I was like, I got to fix this. I got to figure this out. So I went 359 00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:15,760 back and reread a couple chapters of The Way the Spirit Man. And I realized that 360 00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:23,280 I was doing it all wrong. I was, when I saw that girl, I would always just either 361 00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:29,880 fantasize or I would let all that energy go to my genitals. Now this section is 362 00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:36,520 gonna get pretty weird, but hold on with me. And but what you're actually supposed 363 00:43:36,520 --> 00:43:41,360 to do is you're supposed to accept that energy, all that gift. Like you know 364 00:43:41,360 --> 00:43:45,720 that feeling that you get when you see a very beautiful woman. You're supposed to 365 00:43:45,720 --> 00:43:51,680 accept it and then breathe consciously and use your breath to 366 00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:57,600 circulate that energy all throughout your body. So you're supposed to bathe 367 00:43:57,600 --> 00:44:06,200 every single cell in your body with that energy. And that basically increases 368 00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:11,480 your energy. And that's what Spirit Men do. Spirit Men do not let the energy 369 00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:19,000 build up in their heads or their genitals, but they circulate the energy all 370 00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:23,440 throughout their body. And I feel like that's why I kept on thinking and 371 00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:31,640 fantasizing even after the fact. Because I failed at circulating the energy. So 372 00:44:31,640 --> 00:44:39,240 now, in the future, as long as I remember to stay awake and consciously 373 00:44:39,240 --> 00:44:46,760 circulate that energy throughout my body, I predict I won't be like obsessing in 374 00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:55,960 my mind over that girl. So that I'll let you guys know if that theory comes to, if 375 00:44:55,960 --> 00:45:03,760 that theory is true. My prediction is it is true because it just makes sense. I'm 376 00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:04,840 going to get some more water. 377 00:45:15,800 --> 00:45:20,000 So I believe it was yesterday in my podcast where I was talking about staying 378 00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:27,240 awake and in reality, Transurfing with Adam Zellin says, ask yourself, is this 379 00:45:27,240 --> 00:45:34,880 real at least 10 times a day? And that was towards the middle, middle end of 380 00:45:34,880 --> 00:45:44,000 the chapter. And I believe that he was actually saying that to reduce the 381 00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:50,120 number so he didn't scare off the listener, the reader. Because towards the 382 00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:54,640 end of that chapter, he actually said that you should be asking yourself, is 383 00:45:54,640 --> 00:46:02,160 this real every single minute of the day? So you need to be conscious 100% of the 384 00:46:02,160 --> 00:46:06,760 day. And if you're asking yourself, is this real every single minute of the day? 385 00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:15,320 That's over like 10,000 times. I don't even know. Probably not. It's over like 200 386 00:46:15,320 --> 00:46:26,000 times. That's all I know. So it's not 10 times a day. It's 200 times a day. So every 387 00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:31,000 single day, you're not going to really get that 200 or 300, whatever the word is, 388 00:46:31,040 --> 00:46:36,720 or whatever the number is. Here, let's actually do the math. So I'm asleep for 389 00:46:36,720 --> 00:46:48,600 nine hours a day. So that leaves three 15 hours. So 15 times 60. What's 15 times 390 00:46:48,600 --> 00:47:07,400 six 15 times two is 30. So 30 times three, 900. Is that right? No, 90. So I think 391 00:47:07,400 --> 00:47:11,840 there's 900 minutes in the day. So instead of 10 times, you have to ask 392 00:47:11,840 --> 00:47:21,400 yourself, is this real 900 times a day, at least? So I probably ask myself, is 393 00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:26,200 this real maybe 15 to 20 times a day, depending on the day and depending on how 394 00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:33,960 much time I spend with my friend? That's right now. So in one week from now, I 395 00:47:33,960 --> 00:47:40,200 should be at at least 100 times a day. I need to be every single day. Well, I'm 396 00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:44,760 not going to set a time expectation. But every single day I should be asking 397 00:47:44,760 --> 00:47:51,560 myself, is this real more and more and just limiting the amount of time in 398 00:47:51,560 --> 00:47:58,880 between each conscious awareness. So then eventually that time gets so small that 399 00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:06,720 I'm just conscious all day long. That's the goal of Transurfing Practice. And 400 00:48:06,720 --> 00:48:10,880 plus lucid dreaming. I haven't had a lucid dream yet. Yes, it was the first 401 00:48:10,880 --> 00:48:15,600 day that I was consciously focusing on it. It was either yes or the day before 402 00:48:17,040 --> 00:48:22,880 that was consciously focusing on lucid dreaming. And I'm not gonna lie today. I 403 00:48:22,880 --> 00:48:28,720 kind of fell off. I was still asking myself, is this real? But the thing is, 404 00:48:28,720 --> 00:48:33,720 every single time I remember that question, I root, I routinized it. And I 405 00:48:33,720 --> 00:48:43,360 would instantly do the dream test, which is to look at a word and try and change 406 00:48:43,360 --> 00:48:50,600 it to a different word. Try and change the text. And so I never, I always would 407 00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:55,160 just instantly try and change the word to a different word instead of ask 408 00:48:55,160 --> 00:49:01,920 myself, is this real consciously? Which is an issue because I, it needs to be 409 00:49:01,920 --> 00:49:11,360 fully conscious. And in reality, I keep thinking like there's not enough time in 410 00:49:11,360 --> 00:49:16,480 the day to do this. And I'm just gonna be wasting the day. But that's just an 411 00:49:16,480 --> 00:49:22,440 excuse. There is so much time in the day. And plus, you do this while you're 412 00:49:22,440 --> 00:49:29,040 living. This just allows you to live more, just more purposely. So there really 413 00:49:29,040 --> 00:49:37,040 is no excuse to be conscious 24 seven. So all if I invest all my energy towards 414 00:49:37,040 --> 00:49:45,080 this, or at least a big amount of energy, I'll definitely see some, some results 415 00:49:45,080 --> 00:49:49,400 in progress. Because there was also another quote that I just remembered in 416 00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:54,840 the beginning of Transurfing, he said, Remember that every moment you spend 417 00:49:54,840 --> 00:50:05,120 practicing the trans surfing, every moment you spend doing the the 418 00:50:05,120 --> 00:50:13,520 Transurfing practice is a moment spent, or is another moment. Wait, no, sorry, guys, 419 00:50:13,520 --> 00:50:23,760 I'm absolutely screwing this. Every moment spent, every moment spent practicing the 420 00:50:23,760 --> 00:50:29,440 Transurfing technique, you are consciously moving towards your goals. Just think 421 00:50:29,440 --> 00:50:33,400 about that. Every moment spent practicing the Transurfing techniques, you are 422 00:50:33,400 --> 00:50:39,640 consciously moving towards your goals. So every and since being awake, being 423 00:50:39,640 --> 00:50:45,800 conscious is a Transurfing technique, you are consciously moving closer to your 424 00:50:45,800 --> 00:50:50,640 goals. But if you're asleep, you're not necessarily moving closer to your goals. 425 00:50:50,640 --> 00:50:57,040 So that's why you want to optimize your day and become awake 24 seven. It's not 426 00:50:57,040 --> 00:51:01,640 going to happen overnight, but it will happen eventually if your intention is 427 00:51:01,640 --> 00:51:31,520 strong. We get some more water. So this is episode 3032. And I haven't been 428 00:51:31,520 --> 00:51:35,800 looking at my analytics in a while. And I'm not planning on looking at my 429 00:51:35,800 --> 00:51:46,440 analytics until next month, at least. I haven't set an exact day. But I'm thinking 430 00:51:46,440 --> 00:51:54,200 maybe September 10. And today is August 20, to put into perspective. So on 431 00:51:54,200 --> 00:51:59,160 September 10, I'll look at my analytics and see. And I'll make a plan from there 432 00:51:59,160 --> 00:52:10,360 because once I turn 18, I'll be able to open a bank account for my business. And 433 00:52:10,360 --> 00:52:17,960 if I start on the 10th, that'll give me seven days to prepare for a bank account. 434 00:52:17,960 --> 00:52:31,920 And that's basically where I'm at in my business right now. And I kind of today 435 00:52:31,920 --> 00:52:44,440 after today, I have to make money soon. But it's also like, I can't expect money 436 00:52:44,440 --> 00:52:50,920 to come. Because it's not it's this whole thing. So I just have to focus on 437 00:52:50,920 --> 00:52:54,880 myself and focus on the transfer fee and not worry about the game. That's 438 00:52:54,880 --> 00:52:58,920 that's really what that's all about. Don't worry about the money. It'll come. 439 00:52:58,920 --> 00:53:03,520 Just focus on getting towards Florida. 440 00:53:03,520 --> 00:53:18,360 So I'm noticing my energy levels are down a little bit more. And back to what I was 441 00:53:18,360 --> 00:53:25,160 saying about the breath in his marketing, the email that I read about 442 00:53:25,160 --> 00:53:33,400 breathing, actually, he said that having more efficient breath and breathing, you 443 00:53:33,400 --> 00:53:40,520 actually get more energy. So that's huge. So I think it's actually worth looking 444 00:53:40,520 --> 00:53:53,400 into. I'll figure it out. But my energy levels are down right now. So I'm I'm 445 00:53:53,400 --> 00:53:58,200 gonna look for things I'm gonna do the happiness ritual again, and try and 446 00:53:58,200 --> 00:54:10,560 figure out what in my surroundings. I'm happy about. Well, I'm okay, I just 447 00:54:10,560 --> 00:54:16,240 thought of this. I record my podcast in my basement. And I'm very grateful that I 448 00:54:16,240 --> 00:54:22,360 have a spot in my house. I'm actually really happy that I have a spot in my 449 00:54:22,360 --> 00:54:27,480 house that I can record and it's relatively quiet. Because I remember in 450 00:54:27,480 --> 00:54:35,400 the beginning, first couple episodes, I was struggling to find a spot. And I 451 00:54:35,400 --> 00:54:42,880 even went outside to the park and recorded in a tree. That was one of my 452 00:54:42,880 --> 00:54:50,320 earlier episodes. So I spent around 15 minutes in a tree barefoot and shirtless 453 00:54:50,320 --> 00:55:00,160 just recording my podcast. So I've come a long way from then. I'm very grateful for 454 00:55:00,160 --> 00:55:04,360 me recording the basement when it's relatively quiet and there's no 455 00:55:04,360 --> 00:55:07,160 distractions. 456 00:55:10,880 --> 00:55:17,000 I'm also very grateful that I got this. My friend gave me a bar of soap that 457 00:55:17,000 --> 00:55:22,880 it's homemade and it's just made from beef tallow. And it's probably one of the 458 00:55:22,880 --> 00:55:29,400 best bars of soap I've ever used. I really like it a lot. And we were talking 459 00:55:29,400 --> 00:55:37,880 about my friend. Notice that I had back acne today while we were walking. And so 460 00:55:37,880 --> 00:55:43,280 Alex recommended that I actually wash my back with my soap and that's something 461 00:55:43,280 --> 00:55:49,120 that I never do. But I think I will do I'll start doing that. See what see what 462 00:55:49,120 --> 00:55:56,040 comes of it. So I'm very grateful that I learned that piece of information and 463 00:55:56,040 --> 00:56:01,800 knowledge and was brought. I was brought to my attention. 464 00:56:01,800 --> 00:56:15,560 I'm very grateful that I get to go to the gym. A very nice gym whenever I want. And 465 00:56:15,560 --> 00:56:21,800 I have my own bike which is very nice. So I can take myself there on my own. Not 466 00:56:21,800 --> 00:56:28,520 have to worry about the car. That's very grateful. I'm grateful that I live like 467 00:56:28,520 --> 00:56:36,320 two miles away from it. So I'm pretty close to like a 10 minute bike ride. I'm 468 00:56:36,320 --> 00:56:41,840 grateful that I'm actually grateful that I'm in school right now because it's 469 00:56:41,840 --> 00:56:46,320 giving me a lot of practice staying awake and staying in different from 470 00:56:46,320 --> 00:57:00,280 pendulums. Today is going to be today is a good day. Today went well and the world 471 00:57:00,280 --> 00:57:04,600 is really taking care of me. I'm looking forward to the future. The future is 472 00:57:04,600 --> 00:57:07,440 looking promising. 473 00:57:07,440 --> 00:57:20,440 I'm actually kind of excited. I'm really grateful that it's it's sunny out but in 474 00:57:20,440 --> 00:57:24,640 the beginning of summer I was dreading the fact that it's gonna change to winter. 475 00:57:24,640 --> 00:57:29,440 But then I quickly realized I gotta stay present and accept the fact that it's 476 00:57:29,440 --> 00:57:35,840 summertime and it's awesome. But I was looking for reasons why winter time is 477 00:57:35,840 --> 00:57:42,800 good and one of the reasons is that it's cold. So you get a lot of cold exposure. 478 00:57:42,800 --> 00:57:48,480 The pipes, the water pipes get colder so the cold showers get colder. So that 479 00:57:48,480 --> 00:57:55,520 means that your discipline gets stronger during the winter time. And plus on my at 480 00:57:55,520 --> 00:58:02,040 my gym there's a balcony, a turf balcony where you can just go out and today I 481 00:58:02,040 --> 00:58:08,920 went out to tan. But I remember last winter there was this dude that was just 482 00:58:08,920 --> 00:58:15,640 meditating out there in the cold. Maybe zero degrees and it was snowy and he 483 00:58:15,640 --> 00:58:23,840 would just meditate out there. And after a little bit I joined in and he told me 484 00:58:23,840 --> 00:58:28,680 that it was the Wim Hof method that he uses. So I looked it up and then I ended 485 00:58:28,680 --> 00:58:34,200 up doing the Wim Hof method. So I do it every morning. I do the meditation every 486 00:58:34,200 --> 00:58:39,760 morning and I do cold showers. And so I'm excited for the winter time because 487 00:58:39,760 --> 00:58:45,320 I'm trying to practice my Wim Hof meditations. 488 00:58:45,320 --> 00:59:00,840 So that's something to look forward to in the future. There was another thing I 489 00:59:00,840 --> 00:59:09,400 read in Transurfing and it's that if you focus on two goals at once you'll 490 00:59:09,400 --> 00:59:14,840 achieve neither. And it's because you're trying to swim in two opposite directions. 491 00:59:14,840 --> 00:59:24,040 In the alternative space basically. And that just won't work. And so I dropped the 492 00:59:24,040 --> 00:59:28,320 Hawaii thing and I'm only focusing on Florida. And then once I achieve Florida 493 00:59:28,320 --> 00:59:35,720 I'll focus on the Hawaii thing. But that's pretty much where I'm at what I'm 494 00:59:35,720 --> 00:59:41,120 looking forward to in the future. And I'm sorry that every five or so or every 495 00:59:41,120 --> 00:59:47,840 seven I don't know how often but every so often I have low energy episodes. I 496 00:59:47,840 --> 00:59:54,120 just want you guys to see that I'm not always super up every single day and 497 00:59:54,120 --> 01:00:03,360 that there are down days and low days. To wrap things up don't forget to download 498 01:00:03,360 --> 01:00:07,520 your favorite episodes and subscribe to the Ascend Momentum show. But before you 499 01:00:07,520 --> 01:00:12,840 guys leave make sure to remember the Eagles.