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morning babble / Wednesday 12-15-21

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!

So recently, I haven’t been listening to my Morning Babble Wake-up playlist. Instead, I’m working on my Morning Babble Ho Ho Holiday Playlist. Spotify put together a playlist of the 100 Greatest Christmas Songs Ever – that’s 5 hours and 32 minutes of music. I’ll “release” it on Friday. Eliminate some of these “I’m Gonnas.” Video of the quote board and village coming.

Village is soothing / Looking for holiday music that I can play behind it.

How’s everyone doing? Hitting those year-end goals? Still looking for change?

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Eventually you realize ‘This isn’t what I want to keep going through.’ and you just stop.” – by someone

morning babble / Tuesday 12-14-21

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 ran #348 in a row! A lot of people do ask me how do I get motivated to go do my run every day. For one, I’m being held accountable by this vloggin’ video. But – I also truly look forward to the various podcasts that I listen to. In fact, yesterday, I saw that the new Dave Chang Podcast dropped. I didn’t listen right away, but instead saved it for this morning’s run. I wasn’t even thinking about the run this morning. I just wanted to get on the mill in order to enjoy my podcast.

New coffee was purchased this weekend. Family visited Brew Haha in Greenville. AND – they had eggnog latte. I was so happy and it was so good. Also, picked up a dark roast bean from a local roaster – the Brandywine Coffee Roasters. It’s Brazil Lengender.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” – by Plato

morning babble / Monday 12-13-21

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 ran – #347

Podcast Learning via Ryan Holiday: Catherine Baab-Muguira, the author of Poe for Your Problems: Uncommon Advice from History’s Least Likely Self-Help Guru

Really enjoyed their chat – how life was back then / how it was stressed that not all geniuses go crazy, just like how all the crazies aren’t geniuses / Holiday pointed out how Marcus Aurelius had 11 children and lost 8 of them. Baltimore Ravens . . . to some – obviously names after a poet’s famous poem. Not too many know that though.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Happiness is not to be found in knowledge, but in the acquisition of knowledge” – by Edgar Allan Poe

morning babble / Sunday 12-12-21

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!

The problem that I have is I feel that I need to have a certain amount of my business work completed in order to free my mind and get creative.  I can’t break away from that.  I’m trying – carried around my Duck idea journal and the short I want to update & post.  Did I do anything with them? Nope. Meditation might be the answer to help me control my mind better.

I ran – #346 of the 5K runs for the year

Listening to Dave Chang Podcast and Hot Pot – I think I need to revisit them.

Books on a Sunday!

• The Last Lion Volume 1 and 2 by William Manchester

• Total F*cking Godhead by Corbin Reiff

• Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey (listening to this one)

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.” – by Marcus Aurelius

morning babble / Saturday 12-11-21

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!

Yesterday sadly, we lost a Monkee – Michael Nesmith – he was 78. Lost Davy Jones back in 2012 and Peter Tork a couple years ago in 2019. Only 1 Monkee left – Micky Dolenz – he is 76. Rest in Peace, Michael Nesmith.

Fun stuff – got Dunkin’ today. We got my favorite peanut butter in. Skippy Reduced Fat – don’t know why but I love the taste of the reduced fat. Got a Jelly Donut and lathered it in peanut butter.

I ran #345.

AMA Saturday:

• Question #1 – Didn’t you do the Reindeer Run?

• Question #2 – Did getting those headshots get you anywhere?

Christian Slater – send me your current address here: morningbabble@brentevans.net

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Music is life. That’s why our hearts have beats.” – by Michael Nesmith

morning babble / Friday 12-10-21

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 used my videos to see what I wore last to these clients today. Didn’t want to do a repeat.

I ran #344 / Countdown to Three Sixty-Six continues!

3 Day Fast ended last night. That was a long day. I don’t ever want to end a fast at 7:11 at night. Tacos and Margaritas were the villains of the fast. I did have some of those holiday mint M&Ms. AND – I did something that I’ve been doing lately – got me a box of Butterscotch Krimpets.

Lots of countdowns coming up / Not too much new music

Pitchfork put out their Top 100 Songs. #1 was Caroline Polachek: “Bunny Is a Rider” / I did see Olivia Rodrigo at #10 with “Deja Vu” / Snail Mail at #8 with “Valentine” / and at #6 Tyler, the Creator: “Lumberjack”

Tour announcements – Oliva Rodrigo / Tame Impala / Foo Fighters / Eddie Vedder / Adele hanging out in Vegas for several months

New Music Friday:

• Tame Impala announced their tour for next year and then dropped a single off of their upcoming The Slow Rush deluxe box set (Feb. 18th). The new song is “No Choice” which was a previously unreleased track. More of those coming on the deluxe box set.

• Big album release today is Alicia Keys and her double album Keys. The album is split into two parts: the Originals half featuring self-produced songs with “laidback piano vibes” and the Unlocked half with some of the same tracks with “upbeat, drums and level up” songs. An hour and a half of tunage from Miss Alicia Keys.

• Eve 6 released “Androgyne Friend” – enjoying their sound. They had an EP release – Grim Value – back in June. But – this is new. They are fun to follow on Twitter by the way. Poke fun everywhere including themselves. It’s good fun.

• Our Lady Peace released a single “Holes” from their upcoming new album Spiritual Machines 2 (first one was back in 2000). Full album release is January 28th. BUT – I missed something with those one. It was already released as an NFT – 10,000 of them back in October. I have to dig into it.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Dear Music – thanks for always clearing my head, healing my heart, and lifting my spirit” – by someone

morning babble / Thursday 12-09-21

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!

Heavy legs today on the treadmill, but I pushed through it #343 – for some reason, I always think of Don Mattingly with that number. He won the batting title back in 1984 with that batting average. Not a Yankees fan, but I did really enjoy Donnie Baseball aka Don Mattingly.

Countdown to Three Sixty-Six continues – getting closer!

Listening to Chase Jarvis’ podcast today and he had Dr. Amishi Jha on who was talking about meditation. She just came out with a new book Peak Mind – states that all you need are 12 minutes in the day. We do that already in the bathroom watching videos on our phone. Her simplified routine = Focus, Notice, Redirect / Repeat. FYI – if you don’t have it already, go get the Chase Jarvis book: Creative Calling.

Also, listened to the original Tim Ferriss talk at SXSW conference . . . this was like months before his 4 Hour Workweek book came out.

He was taking questions at the end and someone asked: How do I create extra time?

3x a day – Ask yourself

1. Am I being productive? OR
2. Am I being busy?

Think that’s it. Oh yeah. 3 Day Fast – ends tonight! See – you break past the 48 hour mark and you feel good. Brain Fog lifts! I still can’t wait for dinner. Gameplan as of right this instant – Tacos and Beer. And Mint M&Ms for dessert – holiday kind – can’t wait!

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Tomorrow becomes never. no matter how small the task, take the first step now” – by Tim Ferriss

morning babble / Wednesday 12-08-21

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!

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NFTs – listening to a podcast with Gary Vee / Read an article on Avenged Sevenfold / The problem is the FOMO

Funny thing – hear about the videos of people weighing themselves on their phone.

Day 2 of the 3 Day Fast

I ran #342 of the 5Ks this year. Countdown to Three Sixty-Six continues.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The two most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day you figure out why.” – by Mark Twain via the Twitter account of Joseph Gordon-Levitt / 2nd time I went to him. Back on 8/28, “Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe.” 

morning babble / Tuesday 12-07-21

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!

Who’s feeling it? Raise my hand. I have to admit though – it was worse last night. Amazing what sleep can do for misery. Makes it all go away. I’m still trying to not complain so much.

1st Day of the 3 Day Fast – it’s going to be a late one – 7:11pm on Thursday.

Enjoyed those M&Ms as the final close to my eating.

Working on a Holiday playlist on Spotify. I used to do that every year for the 2nd Christmas at my parent’s house. I think that ended the year I had Lady Gaga on the playlist with “Christmas Tree” – it’s a good one.

I ran! Imagine that. #341 of 5K runs. This morning. I felt achy coming out. I sit on the steps to put on my running shoes and it felt so good to sit . . . first thing in the morning. So close to the end here, don’t fail me now body. It’s like when you really have to go to the bathroom and then after that rush hour drive home . . . you’re only 10 feet away from the relief.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“In the short term, you are as good as your intensity. In the long term, you are only as good as your consistency.” – by Shane Parrish via his Twitter

morning babble / Monday 12-06-21

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 at one of those cliche moments – where did the weekend go? Like seriously. Once again, I had a lot shtuff that I wanted to get done. Like emails – I’m over 400 emails in the inbox again. Gotta organize that thing. Different tier emails. The ones that I just don’t want to skip because I always find good nuggets of something within them.

I ran. #340 of the 5K runs for the year. Countdown to Three Sixty-Six (366) is on!

Talk about not breaking the chain – I talked about this on Day 2. Jerry Seinfeld.

Fasting tonight – again the 12th one of the year, which was one of the goals that I put out there for myself at the beginning of the year – monthly 3 Day Fasts.

Let’s not eat food together.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – by Winston Churchill via Peter Crone’s Instagram