Instagram - @brquse  Goal 1 - 100 followers on IG. 10:42pm February 16th, 2024, Bedroom, UT Day 19 of Phase 2 of Live Hard. What a tough one. These types of days really put me to the test. It’s hard sometimes to want to get the shit done you know needs to get done. It’s mentally taxing and it adds up really quickly if you don’t manage it well. There’s only so much you can do. But like I've said in the past, bad plays can still score points. And in the context of today, today was a poorly drawn out play. But we still made it happen and still got everything done. And we move on.  I cannot fail if I do not quit.

Instagram - @brquse  Goal 1 - 100 followers on IG. 2:47pm & 8:??pm, February 15th, 2024, Work & Outdoor Workout, UT Great guy. Very helpful. Odd way to do it. I need the ability to exercise creativity in the workplace and to experiment with new ways of doing things. Regardless if I fail, mess up, or find out that the way it’s been done is in fact the best way. Curiosity killed the cat but satisfaction brought it back. I am looking forward to running my very own-something and running it my way with my thinking behind it. It’ll be fun to get in the game and learn the game.  It is so difficult for me to tolerate people who cant expand their thinking past what they’ve always done. There is always a better way. I wanna find those and share them with others to make their lives easier.   BTS: Tired as shit, eating a homemade high fiber pork and rice burrito, fresh out the shower, dozing off as I type this, not wanting to do it, but doing it anyway. Feels good to get shit done especially when I dont want to. And to think I am still on time for bed right now. Insane. Let’s go baby.

Instagram - @brquse // Let’s get the social media ball rolling a bit. Goal 1 - 100 followers on IG. ?:??pm, February 14th, 2024, Outdoor Workout, UT Not doing something with the excuse being “I’m too busy” means that in order for you to do the thing, you need to be in a phase of life where you are not busy. Chances are, life is going to happen to you every week. You’re always going to have something going on. Do you want to meal prep, hit the gym, read regularly, or work on your business for the rest of your life? Yes. Do you think you’re never going to be busy ever again after this next project of yours is done? No. Therefore, start now. Because putting it off any longer is hindering the long term results. If you can do things when they are most inopportune, hard, or inconvenient, you sure as shit will be able to do them when you don’t have anything going on, which is what you assume needs to be the circumstances in order for you to do the thing you’re putting off. You’re not too busy. Your priorities are fucked and so is your ability to effectively manage your time. If you want the non-butchered version of this invaluable perspective, go check out Alex Hormozi's page. He said it best.

2:48pm, February 14th, 2024, Clinton, UT, Car To someone who doesn’t have any desire to improve in life in minuscule ways, this may sound obsessive and crazy.  “I missed the part where that’s my problem.” — Peter Parker  I have this form that I’ve made for myself to answer every night. For no other reason than to track my productivity, mood, behavior, efficiency, and find patterns. I want to see the data of my life and analyze it. I want to find the common denominator in my successful, productive, and smooth days so I can recreate them as much as I can.  The best part of it all… it’s free and takes me less than 180 seconds per day to complete.  Weigh that investment of time with the result it brings. Statistical analysis of my everyday behavior and results? Free? 3 minutes? Easy.  Obsessive, crazy, weirdo, sign me up. I want to get better.    BTS: I’m getting my oil changed. I’m sitting in the auto shop lobby typing all this. Feels good getting shit done when I could easily be sitting here scrolling social.

7:12pm, February 13th, 2024, West Haven, UT, Outdoor Workout  A day full of stress: good or bad? It depends on the light that it is viewed in. I’m gonna keep this one short and sweet. There was a lot of problems today. There were many situations where I was extremely irritable and annoyed. There were many moments where I would’ve quit in the past. I had a mountain of inconveniences (in the context of the day) that I had to tend to.  Rather than seeing all this as frustrating and quitting, I swapped my thought process into growth mode and accepted these situations as tests for me to either pass or fail. By gamifying the whole day, I was able to handle each issue with a new goal in mind: grow and develop. And so I did. And I’m proud of that.

?:??pm, February 12th, 2024, West Haven, UT, Outdoor Workout  Came across a video on social where a dude is breaking a thick layer of ice with a sledgehammer. It’s his outdoor ice bath, and it happens to be 33°.  My first impression was “that’s so bad ass. This guy is a legend. This is real ass discipline.”  Let’s be real here. If you take away every benefits from the ice bath, every single one, you’re left with freezing water and that’s it. To get yourself into that water for no other reason than to exercise discipline; that takes a large amount of willpower. And that’s what it’s about. Peep the comments and you’ll see every other mother fucker talking about how it’s so unhealthy, how it’s so bad for you, how it must suck to be this guys neighbor. Making jokes about how he’s doing it for attention or likes.  Not one comment was anything close to “Damn, I don’t have the discipline for this. This is nuts!” Or “I’m not brave enough to get into water that cold.” Or “wow this guy is tough! I could never!” Or anything to that extent. At all. The comments were all the aforementioned shit saying how it’s so bad for you. Chances are, none of these people making these comments have done jack shit to improve their mental game. Or, maybe they have. But they haven’t come across the ice bath routine. So they bash it immediately. To be honest I have no idea where I’m going with this caption. So I’ll stop here lol. #documenteverything

115. 5:01pm, February 11th, 2024, West Haven, UT, Outdoor Workout Mid superbowl, we gettin’ it done. Flexing hard for the haters on one (just kidding, I do not care). Go patriots. I read last night; it was the very last task for my day. It was brutal. I was so exhausted that reading a mere 10 pages became the hardest thing I’ve ever done. It took every ounce of my soul to not fall asleep while reading.  A thought crossed my mind, and what was, “imagine if I – in the middle of reading – stopped and went to bed because it was ‘too hard’ for me to finish the pages.” If, in the exact moment I decided to quit and actually did, it probably would have been euphoric. It probably would have felt relieving. I could now go to bed. I could finally shut my eyes and go to sleep. The hard was over with. I could finally end the day and lay in my warm, comfortable bed.  But what about tomorrow morning when I wake up and am confronted with the fact that I failed. I bitched out. I did not keep my word I made with myself. I got lazy. I took the easy road; the road that everyone else takes. I forfeited growth, discipline, resilience, perseverance. I quit. What about the days ahead when I look back and think “I really quit over not wanting to read 5 and half more pages…? Am I that weak that I couldn’t muster up the discipline to read 5 lousy pages of a book? Wow.”  What about when people come across my page and see that I’m all about working hard, exercising willpower, and building resilience? I’ll be a fraud… I can’t even read 10 pages? Within seconds of this thought, I snapped out of the tired frenzy, corrected my posture, focused on every word, and got it done.  And while this may be so microscopic in the grand scheme of things, my momentum lives on and keeps building. Another test passed and another lesson learned. If you’re going to lose a battle, make sure it’s something truly out of your control. If you have control over the outcome, anything less than a win is a conscious decision you made to be less than what you could’ve been. P.S. Made a nightly intake form to track my progress every day. It takes less than 50 seconds to complete and tracks 20+ details of my life so I can reflect and see patterns and predict outcomes. Google forms baby. It’s free. I’ll let ya know how it goes.

5:55pm, February 10th, 2024, West Haven, UT, Grass Field I have had this feeling of “falling off the train” ever since Ep. 106. I feel like I am not as disciplined as I once was. As I talk about in this episode, I think it is actually due to the fact that I’ve been doing this for half a year now very consistently. It is molding into an entirely new lifestyle for me. I draw comparisons back to Colorado & Arizona a lot, but all of them are true. My schedule was loosely 7am-4pm deliver 300 packages. 4:30-midnight play runescape/minecraft/cod. That’s really it. Going from that to now, (when not on Live Hard) I’m: working out, following a nutritional plan, eating 225g+ protein, taking a 39º ice bath for 5 minutes, reading 10 full pages of a self development book (sometimes 30+ because the pages are halfsies), drinking a gallon of plain water, recording a podcast, uploading a podcast, and developing the core of a business I am working on. And when I am on Live Hard, throw in a second workout in the mix that’s outdoors. That’s my life now, and yet I still feel like I am being a lazy bum. Objectively, I am fully aware that I am not and that I am getting a lot of things done. But subjectively, I’m not doing shit. It is hard to even remind myself of the reality of the situation because the feeling of being a bum still lingers. All in all, I guess I need to add more to the mix and get more done, especially since I have extra time in the day I’m not doing shit with.

?:??pm, February 9th, 2024, Clinton, UT I struggle personally with trying to deviate from a set schedule of tasks that need to get done. I need to clean my ice bath out, and that’s no short task given the circumstances I have. I also would like to sit down and revisit my goals, my why, and what I’m doing. I’d like to get back in line with those. I tend to overcomplicate things in my head. Something I need to work on getting better at. Working backward in goal setting is an easy way to figure out your next move. Figure out what the goal is, then what is required just before that, and then just before that, and so and and so forth until you arrive at present time

7:47pm, February 8th, 2024, West Haven, UT, Church Parking Lot, Outdoor Workout After that first podcast earlier today, it got me thinking about something else. Despite being back with friends and family here in UT (after moving around for 3 years), I still feel lonely in regards to the path I’m on. I would love to find like-minded individuals, but they are so rare in the realm of personal development and challenging ones self to become better. People would rather go out, spend loads of money on food and drinks, party with friends, watch multiple series Netflix, stay out of shape, stay broke, stay in their 9-5 jobs. Not a lot of people desire growth in their lives, for either them or their families, and it is evident by their priorities.  Nothing wrong with any of this, but I'm trying to find the people who want bigger, better, more. Who have giant ambition and are acting on it relentlessly everyday. This is why I am so embarrassed to talk about any of this to people in casual conversation. To the average guy, the dynamic of this conversation might be that I think I'm better, holier than thou, superior, or extremely arrogant. I just don't want to be a fat, mediocre, depressed, sad sack of shit. I want to own super cars, run companies, and change lives. I want to challenge myself, overcome hardships, and seek my personal limits. I don't want to scroll social media all day, watch porn, drink every weekend, watch TV all the time, or waste my life away not being fulfilled.  But fuck me right? Arrogant prick. It sucks. But it’s the path I chose.

7:10pm, February 8th, 2024 (Kobe & Gigi Day 02/08/24), West Haven, UT, Church Parking Lot, Outdoor Workout Well, looks like business won’t be happening for a lot longer than anticipated. There are many options I have, and it truly boils down to how much patience I am willing to exert in this chapter of my life. The more I openly talked about the issue the more clarity it brought to me. It brought me answers that I didn’t want, but that provide a viable way out of the wait-time. Either way, I can’t give up. I have to reframe and keep moving. I’ll figure it out as I go. You’ll hear about it here 1 episode at a time. Distracted af in this one.

4:07pm, February 7th, 2024, Gym Parking Lot, UT, Car This is a piggyback off of episode 106. My baseline tasks in my life – that I do every day – are to hit my caloric intake requirements and 225g+ protein, drink 1 gallon of plain water, exercise, read 10 pages of a self development book, no alcohol or cheats, take an ice bath, and record a podcast. While on Live Hard you can throw in an additional workout. But that’s the baseline. When I execute properly, I have 2-3 hours left in my day for whatever else I desire. Which lately has been dedicated to developing products and a business.  It makes me think that this is the all-so-value key to success that is overlooked. I am doing all of these things daily, and yet I still feel I am not doing enough. Just 7 months ago, I was just working my 9-5 at FedEx and coming home to play games all day. That was it. I didn’t feel any sort of resentment or regret in those days for being a lazy fat fuck. But now that I have a clear vision, I am really disappointed in myself when that is all I do in the day.  But maybe that’s it. Maybe that’s the key to it all. My personal baseline is sending me on the right trajectory for ultimate success. It just seems like nothing is happening because there hasn’t been enough compounding going on. I’m 6 or 7 months into this journey. I have not given up. What will the magnification of my daily tasks be for the future of my results if I continue this rate of execution for the next 5 years?  It’s a comforting thought to know all I have to do is not throw in the towel. That’s it. I cannot fail if I do not quit.

7:20pm, February 6th, 2024, West Haven, UT, Neighborhood, Outdoor Ruck I’m so sick of dogs not being on their leash, man. I love dogs. I’m a dog person. I want a big dog. But holy shit dude. It’s pitch black outside, it’s raining, and bam a black dog appears from the shadows. This might be the 15th time in the last 6 months. It’s ridiculous. Anyway, here’s some growth. I don’t care about the lack of “love” on my stuff anymore it seems. I hit 100 downloads today. And while that’s very cool, I’m seemingly unphased. Whether it was still 0 or if it was 10,000, I’d still be stoked to get another episode recorded. I guess that’s what falling in love with the process actually is then huh? I like doing it. I’m already on 110. I blinked and here I am. Weird. I think doing this with the rule of “no one can know” forced me to produce with the goal to produce, not with the goal to get likes, comments, and shares. It makes me wonder if I apply this rule to other areas of my life, how could I change the goal associated with that activity. Now that I think about it, that is where my success for 75 hard came about as well. No one knew I was doing it except my immediate family. I was doing it for me. Interesting reflection. Keep going. Do it for the younger you.

9:23pm, February 5th, 2024, West Haven, UT, In Bed Day 8 in the books. Almost forgot to record a show, but got it done anyway whilst laying in bed, moments away from sleeping.  I’m getting my own place once again here in the next 4-5 months and I am stoked about that. Big moves in my life and I couldn’t be more thankful.  Discipline is simply about getting what needs to get done every day. Poorly designed plays can still score points. Remember that. 

7:27pm, February 4th, 2024, West Haven, UT, Desk The new podcast is on its way. The real, professional, value packed, sit down, high quality one. Before embarking on this much more professional journey, I dedicated about 30-40 minutes to brainstorming a name for the show based on the information I’ll be talking about.  Spoiler alert, we came up with  - Your New Norm - The Pursuit of Personal Excellence We’ll see if it sticks. So far so good. I like this one.  P.S. need to go to bed in 18 minutes and still need 50g protein, 500 calories, and drink a quart of water. Because tomorrow I WILL do my outdoor ruck at 2:50am, followed by an ice bath.   (I'm embarrassed to share that I did not keep my word to myself on waking up at 2:30am. It makes me feel like a bitch. Not that I didn't do this or that, but because I didn't keep my word)

10:10pm, February 3rd, 2024, West Haven, UT, Bedroom I started listening to the shows I record now to critique myself and get better. I have not listened to any episodes of this show below 105. So, hearing 105 to this one has opened my eyes a bit to the things I’d like to improve on.  Phase 2 Day 6 is complete, which means tomorrow will be the end of the first week. It’s been a smooth run so far and I’m proud of my execution. I have been focusing on intent of all things and have been loving the challenge it presents in each area. Intent is the key. For further context and a painted picture, I put my phone down on my bed, near my thick blanket and a pillow, and hit “record” on my voice memos app. I’m kneeling on the floor, elbows dug into my mattress, and my phone placed between the blanket and pillow. The quality is much better and it requires zero setup. Badda bing. Proof you don’t need an elaborate setup for great audio quality. Just start.

6:19pm, February 2nd, 2024, Hill AFB, UT, Car Yes, this is episode 106 and a half. I have so many thoughts I want to capture. Going Off 106; I am doing my thing. I am spending my day how I want. I am doing so while also being proactive toward my goals. I’m doing a lot of what my younger self always wanted. Which was to have freedom of choice to do as I wished. Go play ball, hit the gym, go read, go watch a show if I want, listen to music, enjoy some time with myself, drive around, enjoy life. I’m feeling grateful for these opportunities more and more the more I reflect. Specific memories that come to mind are when I would shoot hoops with my buddies at the Ogden Athletic Club. I'd see the older guys (I was 15, so older guys were 25) coming in with their gear and just ball up. I'd always wonder what it was really like to have the freedom to go wherever, whenever, and do whatever with whoever. I thought that freedom must've been awesome and so empowering. Turns out it is. But as the great Uncle Ben once said...

4:25pm, February 2nd, 2024, West Haven, UT, Bedroom I feel lazy when I do the bare minimum of my tasks now. And as a result, it affects my mental game. I have to remind myself where I was at just 6 short months ago. It is no exaggeration when I say I would go to work, come home, and sit in my room all day and play RuneScape, COD, and Minecraft. I didn’t socialize, work on myself, or hit the gym more than twice a month. I wasn’t doing any form of self development. The ONLY thing I was doing was listening to Dr. Huberman and taking 8 second cold showers. Which might be the start of it all… But now, my new baseline is 1 gallon of water, 1 workout, reading 10 pages, following a bulking diet with 225g+ protein per day, working on building a business, podcasting every day, and all the small things, all while working 2 jobs (and also busting my ass at those, too). So now… for me, when I am doing JUST those things, I feel down and upset with my lack of execution.  So I have to remind myself, “Yo, you’re doing just fine. What you’re doing now is going to get you where you want to go. The catch is you can’t ever give up. This is your life.” And I feel better again. And for all of those listening or reading, thinking I might be saying all this to flex… I am being 100% transparent with my thoughts and feelings regarding my early, early, early days of all of this. It is to document every detail. Someone in 3 years from now is going to see my then-success and find comfort and value in listening to this. This is who I’m recording for (aside from myself).

4:11PM, February 1st, 2024, Hill AFB, UT, Gym Parking Lot   In life, there will be thousands of moments where you are faced with a test of integrity. You can either choose to do the harder option or the easier option — whatever those may be. No one will know what the outcome of these decisions will be except you.    You will know, and you will always know.    For me, I want to know that I held the standard I set for myself. I want to know that I did the right thing even when I could’ve gotten away with the alternative. I want to know that I am exactly who I say I am, and I never want to doubt that even for a millisecond.    If you can’t nail the small stuff, how will you ever nail the big ones?    Take pride in remaining on the path to success even though you may walk it alone with wolves snarling at you at every corner. They’ll only bite if you let them.    Work hard, do the right thing, and be proud of yourself for doing so.   We are now caught up. Every episode from here on out is within a day of recording. Sick.

Nothing like a deep breath intro for 2 straight minutes from a grown ass man eh?  In this show, I record while in the cold plunge, catch a win LIVE on the show, and touch on current conditions with Phase 2. Today is day 3. So far so good.  Day 69 of taking a 39º ice bath for 5 minutes. Gunning for another 100 milestone!

Early mornings suck. I have never been a morning person. I have always been a night owl by default. but I have trained myself to be a morning person. There for a while I was waking at 1:45am to run a mile, take an ice bath, read, journal, stretch, pack a lunch, shower, prep for work, and leave by 4:30am to get to work by 5am.  That shit sucks. I'd rather not do it if I don't have to. I am looking forward to the day when my hard work pays off and I earn myself the freedom of my schedule to do such as I please. Until then, we keep moving forward. As a reminder to anyone, shitty progress is always better than zero progress. Day 2 of Phase 2. 

In this episode, I talk about starting phase 2 of live hard, hurting my foot, creating a new intensity technique for my workouts, and having one of the best workouts I’ve had in quite some time due to proper intent and focus. I touch on a little bit of my diet, my workout, and the entire purpose and focus of phase 2 of live hard. I’m quickly realizing that getting an episode that documents the day in under three minutes or so is very difficult. So it might take a lot longer for somebody to catch up if they choose to. Live and learn, keep on growing, keep on progressing.   (this was all typed up by voice chat. I made zero edits to this. I didn't proof read it either. It doesn't have to be perfect. I am simply documenting every move, good or bad)

And we keep moving. I am proud of myself for keeping my word. No one knew I was doing this. No one listened. Yet I remained consistent.    Someone, anyone, who may be reading this. Please, just start. You'll figure it out along the way. You will. But you can't throw in the towel when things get hard. You have to keep moving. Let this serve as proof that imperfect action beats perfect procrastination.

I put a lot of thought into what I wanted to talk about for this episode. Yet, I still missed key points I wanted to talk about. I made a somewhat detailed show-note reference that I would go on to follow while recording. I want to share that here with you all so you can see what I had planned before I even began the show.   Are all my show notes this way? No. Not at all. But, this goes to show as proof that 100 was a big deal to me, and putting in the effort to make it a full recap full of value was something I wanted to nail. However, as with all things, there is always room for improvement.    This is episode #100. The first major goal we ever made with podcasting and we nailed it. The ultimate goal now for the bq.Daily show is to reach episode #3653. Which is 10 years straight of recording. Then, episode #7305. Which is 20 years.    Anyway, here are the show notes.   💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯 EPISODE 100 ULTIMATE REVIEW  💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯 Over the last 100 days, I made 100 podcast episodes with some rules. Had to be at least 20 minutes. Had to be solo. Couldn’t tell ANYONE anything about anything to do with the show or that I was recording audio. Had to be some sort of lesson or take away from them. Couldn’t edit anything out or remove/add anything from earlier or later. Its real raw and unedited.Everything that’s in there was exactly how it was said. I did not remove a single world. Had to upload at least 5 per weekMade a goal to have at least 10 listeners by the end of it, and Idk the exact number but I think total we hit maybe 14? Cool beans. I did all this and made this commitment for virtually zero return. No one listened lol. But that’s not why i'm doing it. I did it to get better at speaking. At articulating my thoughts. Confidence builder. Getting in reps. Speaking,. Stopping saying like uhh ummm. I just got started. I did not have a plan other than to document the day to day through live hard and business. I did not care about the cover art. I did not care about the name. I did not have the best setup. Even with the shit I did have it was preferable to use just my phone in my car I did not have any more than 3-5 listeners at a time for a total of maybe 12.And that’s just people who listened to the show for no less than 60 seconds. I did this for 100 days straight. Every single day I recorded a podcast that was a minimum of 20 minutes long. It feels incredible to have kept that promise and commitment to myself. If you say the average length of an episode was 30 minutes long, I spoke for 50 hours.  If I spoke 180 words a minute, that’s 540,000 words.  Thats 100 reps of getting better at podcasting. I’m now 100 episodes ahead of where I would be if I never would have started.  I further proved to myself that you absolutely CAN just start.I even developed the philosophy that waiting to start anything is the biggest excuse we make as humans. Time is real, and time goes on. But the form of measurement is all man made. We grouped 7 rotations of earth into a bundle and called it a week. We wrapped 4 of those into another bundle and called it a month. We then bundled those into a group of 12 and called it a year. We even gave these bundles names. Mon Tues Jan Feb What the fuck? What a load of shit. Just start.  I had no experience, no listeners (still don’t), nothing going on, and no reason to think I could be a successful, influential podcaster. But I did it. And I did it for 100 episodes straight. I now have 100 reps and 50 hours of experience under my belt.  And it only took me 3 months. Thats no time at all.  I did all of this through Phase 1 TWICE. And the second run it wasn’t even part of the program. It’s just something I’ve forced myself to do. My schedule has been crazy. SCHEDULE FROM YEAR 95 EXAMPLE EXAMPLE EXAMPLE.  More stuff More more more…. Future of the show from here on out.Splicing and quick shit episodes. Check out the NEW SHOW “Pursuit of Personal Excellence” where I talk about X Y Z. The real deal. The Steak and tatos. This is just the daily show. Check out the other new show VITYL MUSCLE PODCAST. Where I talk supplements, benefits, etc. XYZ  ?  ?  ? 

As the RuneScapers know, we got 99 Podcasting today. 120 is next. #FirstLove

There was a lot of passion in this episode, and I deem it to be one of the most valuable shows I've done so far in regards to providing value and perspective on the key elements of 75 Hard.   75 hard changed my life forever. More specifically, Phase 1.    I cannot recommend 75 Hard & Live Hard enough to anyone. Just do it. Just start.

I am not sure what I am referencing by Level One Surpassed. But that's what I wrote. I haven't listened to any of my episodes. 

Biggest day in the early ventures of business so far. We have our very first ever sample on hand. And at the time of writing this, 7 other people have tasted it, 2 have given it a try in the gym, and I have taken it maybe 15 times now. It is the real deal and I am so pumped to perfect the flavoring and get this out to the doers and achievers of the world. The best part of it all; no pre-workout shits. No upset stomach. No sickness or nausea. Absolute focus, pump, and energy. No jitters or anxiety. No crash later. I am so proud of this formula so early on. The last 10 years spent in the fitness industry paid off here. I can't wait to get this to you guys. I'm sure you will love it. And if not, as you'll learn in previous episodes, you will not have to go through the ringer to get a refund or return the product. Keep the shit, I'm giving you a full refund + extra, and thank you for giving the brand a try. That's the philosophy. 

This entire episode was recorded with absolute dog shit quality. But... we keep moving forward. Now, looking back, even 2 weeks later, this is hilarious. Bluetooth in cars is ass.

Forgot to name the show post-recording, so the content of this show shall remain a mystery...

Honestly, I have no idea what I talked about other than the headings of these next 12 shows. I didn't stay on top of it. 

I accidentally skipped over this one when bulk-uploading. Obviously this is #81, comes before 82, and after 80. In case you had no idea what was going on. #sarcasm   Big day today; ordered samples!

Controversial opinion (that goes directly against myself, too). Social media is not poison, it's not "bad", it's not "toxic", it's not anything.   The absolute baseline of all of social media is photos, captions, comments, and people.    Who we choose to follow is all up to us. What we choose to stop and view is up to us. The comments we choose to read, good or bad, is up to us. The comments we leave, positive or negative, is up to us. The people we let follow us, is up to us.   Our experience in these apps is all within 100% of our control. Because at the end of the day, no one is forcing you to download the app. And at that, no one is forcing you to open the app on a daily basis. Even further, no one is forcing you to mindlessly scroll and consume the shit for 8 hours a day.   It's a choice we ALL make on a daily basis.   The fault we find within social media is a direct reflection of our lack of self control, self awareness, and overall discipline. It's a reflection of us.   (I'm talking to myself on this one, too) Social media isn't bad, you just suck ass at managing your time spent on the apps and refraining from engaging in negative content.    Let's start taking ownership here. Then the ball is on our side of the court. When we take responsibility, we take ownership. Which is power.   #thinkingoutloud

The title says it all. I am not proud of this one whatsoever. I actually can't say I'm embarrassed either, which is a win. I'm showing the side that few people are willing to show. Social media is one giant highlight reel. But what is their life like behind the scenes?   We are all people, we all have emotions, desires, road blocks, bad habits. Here's my half-ass, I-forgot-to-record-a-show, not-having-a-topic, mess of a show.   It'll be cool to listen and share this episode in a few years. "See, even though it was shit, I kept on recording, I kept the promise to myself, and now here we are on episode #954."   #vision

Well, we had to reduce the amount of Theacrine in the formula to avoid the absolute ass-bitter taste. Which is unfortunate to say the least. But I'm not going to dwell on it. I'll figure it out as we go on. I am hungry to get in the game and set the standard. Imperfect action beats waiting to start because circumstances are not ideal. Just start.

On one hand, I want to show that I pay attention to the details and make sure they are accounted for (I.e. naming a damn show). On the other hand, I want to document everything...   So... here it is. I have no idea what I talk about in this episode. I didn't write a name for the show post-recording, and I haven't listened to any of my own shows in their entirety. So I have no idea what I've said in which episodes... (this isn't the first time either).

First breakup in a while... and it's with a program lol. Sleep is important, did ya know? Working to get better at it. Very difficult when you have the drive to work work work, but only have a few hours per day to dedicate to the craft. Sleep is essential, and something that I may actually prioritize over a lot of other areas in life. It seems like 7 hours is my sweet spot. 6-6.5, I am hard of focus and alertness. 5-6, mentally foggy and irritable. 7-8, prime time. It's hard for me at the moment to wrap my head around going to bed early AND waking up later (for me). Work in progress.

As someone who has taken such pride in pushing themself to the limits and getting work DONE, it is a hard realization that we all have limits, and none of us are superman.    Life lessons learned. Keep moving forward!

We've reached a low day. It's been a tough stretch. But we keep pushing on because that's what is required.   Also, everyone knows the main character never dies.

Here in episode 77 I talk about how I think about the idea of others viewing or perceiving me, being that guy, and compromise.   Straight up, I don't know if that's a typo for comparison or not, but whatever. It's what I wrote. Part of documenting the journey is ensuring I tackle all the mess ups and errors too. Enjoy the mess.

In this show I unleash some feel-good energy and explain how I am never going to quit. There's just no way. An all-time PR on bench after a multiple year hiatus in the fitness realm, and why I no longer support Amazon or their companies (as much as I can).