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Let me talking about talk. There we go.

He said, you live in life as a ringo, where you question where you fit in every time you mingle. They say you do this with not of.

He said, you live in life as a ringo, where you question where you fit in every time you mingle. They say you do this with not of.

This life as a lingo.

This life as a lingo.

Yes, hello, and welcome to an episode of life as a gringo. I am dramas of course, and man, today.

Yes, hello, and welcome to an episode of life as a gringo. I am dramas of course, and man, today.

Today I just want to kind of bullshit with y'all.

Today I just want to kind of bullshit with y'all.

You know, I think, I mean, I know, I did that a lot. I talk about how this is like my personal diary, but I just want to have I want to have a conversation today or just a dialogue, like I.

You know, I think, I mean, I know, I did that a lot. I talk about how this is like my personal diary, but I just want to have I want to have a conversation today or just a dialogue, like I.

Want to kind of do.

Want to kind of do.

This is sort of what I used to do when I would do the just Be Social Club the Mastermind monthly. We would focus in on on one of the sort of goals for that month and and and one of the cornerstones of the philosophy behind conscious living.

This is sort of what I used to do when I would do the just Be Social Club the Mastermind monthly. We would focus in on on one of the sort of goals for that month and and and one of the cornerstones of the philosophy behind conscious living.

But I would kind of just riff on a real world, real.

But I would kind of just riff on a real world, real.

Life example of how to apply it or things that I was going through that I think others can relate to.

Life example of how to apply it or things that I was going through that I think others can relate to.

And I've touched a bit recently on just what feels like.

And I've touched a bit recently on just what feels like.

A chaotic point in time. For lack of a better phrasing or better wording. I think this has really been a trying year for a lot of people. I think from everything with the election to all that we're kind of seeing economically with you know, with companies and just how expensive life is, and I think even things with you know, a lot of these conversations happening around the shooting of that the CEO of United Healthcare this last week, and you know, I just think it's it's been a trying year and a lot of things have been sort of brought to light. There's a lot of uncertainty as we look ahead into another Donald Trump presidency and all that comes.

A chaotic point in time. For lack of a better phrasing or better wording. I think this has really been a trying year for a lot of people. I think from everything with the election to all that we're kind of seeing economically with you know, with companies and just how expensive life is, and I think even things with you know, a lot of these conversations happening around the shooting of that the CEO of United Healthcare this last week, and you know, I just think it's it's been a trying year and a lot of things have been sort of brought to light. There's a lot of uncertainty as we look ahead into another Donald Trump presidency and all that comes.

Along with that.

Along with that.

And I think in general, there's probably in exhaustion. I know I'm feeling it from just everything, and again it sort of feels a bit chaotic, a bit unknown. I mean, a lot of industries are changing or crumbling, deteriorating. You know, there's so much rapid change happening as technology advances, as greed just seems to really be unapologetically at the forefront of so many aspects of our society. And it's just an interesting time of reflection and it's very easy to get down during a time like this it's very easy to just be really scared, disappointed, angry with the state of the world. And I'm just speaking generally obviously, but there's just so much going on, and I think maybe to a degree, there always has been, but we're not as hyper aware of it. We weren't as hyper aware of it because we didn't have social media, and now with social media, news travels so quickly, so wide that and the algorithms just keep feeding us. The thing that we stop to if we look at a news story, a clip on TikTok, all of a sudden, that's all we're getting for the next week. You know, more and more stories and content based around that topic that we clicked on for a second, and we're just inundated, I think, with information and reminders of maybe the current state of the world that doesn't feel so great. And with all that said, I've been trying to remind myself during these times of I guess drastic uncertainty, that there's opportunity and everything. And I feel like I've mentioned this before, but you know, when you look at people who sort of make their livelihood on investments, right, they are not people who are incredibly aggressive when things are going well, right, Like, when the economy is in a great place, you're not really seeing these booms in technological advances or people's net worth and things of that nature. It's the moments where like the stock market drastically takes a tumble, is sort of when the real investors come out and begin, you know, throwing large sums of money into investments because they're gonna buy low because they know it's gonna bounce back, right. Or we see things like disaster capitalism, when places like Hawaii or Puerto Rico were rocked with natural disasters, all of a sudden, the sharks started coming out and buying up properties heavily because they were discounted because of the you know, disasters that happened and why I had those wildfires and everything.

And I think in general, there's probably in exhaustion. I know I'm feeling it from just everything, and again it sort of feels a bit chaotic, a bit unknown. I mean, a lot of industries are changing or crumbling, deteriorating. You know, there's so much rapid change happening as technology advances, as greed just seems to really be unapologetically at the forefront of so many aspects of our society. And it's just an interesting time of reflection and it's very easy to get down during a time like this it's very easy to just be really scared, disappointed, angry with the state of the world. And I'm just speaking generally obviously, but there's just so much going on, and I think maybe to a degree, there always has been, but we're not as hyper aware of it. We weren't as hyper aware of it because we didn't have social media, and now with social media, news travels so quickly, so wide that and the algorithms just keep feeding us. The thing that we stop to if we look at a news story, a clip on TikTok, all of a sudden, that's all we're getting for the next week. You know, more and more stories and content based around that topic that we clicked on for a second, and we're just inundated, I think, with information and reminders of maybe the current state of the world that doesn't feel so great. And with all that said, I've been trying to remind myself during these times of I guess drastic uncertainty, that there's opportunity and everything. And I feel like I've mentioned this before, but you know, when you look at people who sort of make their livelihood on investments, right, they are not people who are incredibly aggressive when things are going well, right, Like, when the economy is in a great place, you're not really seeing these booms in technological advances or people's net worth and things of that nature. It's the moments where like the stock market drastically takes a tumble, is sort of when the real investors come out and begin, you know, throwing large sums of money into investments because they're gonna buy low because they know it's gonna bounce back, right. Or we see things like disaster capitalism, when places like Hawaii or Puerto Rico were rocked with natural disasters, all of a sudden, the sharks started coming out and buying up properties heavily because they were discounted because of the you know, disasters that happened and why I had those wildfires and everything.

And it's.

And it's.

That's obviously not like a I'm not telling you to become a disaster capitalist. What I'm saying is there's a lesson there. And I think the lesson really is there's opportunity and everything, but more specifically, in those moments of uncertainty.

That's obviously not like a I'm not telling you to become a disaster capitalist. What I'm saying is there's a lesson there. And I think the lesson really is there's opportunity and everything, but more specifically, in those moments of uncertainty.

I think the reward can be greater. And I hope I'm being clear on it.

I think the reward can be greater. And I hope I'm being clear on it.

And when I begin to give I guess some examples personally, it'll start making more sense. And you know, let's just do that because I feel like I'm just rambling right now. We'll get into it for Army hit that segment. I think, all right, So I think what kind of sparked I guess even just the verbiage of opportunity.

And when I begin to give I guess some examples personally, it'll start making more sense. And you know, let's just do that because I feel like I'm just rambling right now. We'll get into it for Army hit that segment. I think, all right, So I think what kind of sparked I guess even just the verbiage of opportunity.

I was watching a TikTok clip Brandley popped up and.

I was watching a TikTok clip Brandley popped up and.

It was Denzel Washington and he was sort of talking a bit about how he doesn't call his failures failures. He calls them opportunities. And I might I might be just making this up in my head, you know, but I'm pretty sure that I remember this in the back and I kept.

It was Denzel Washington and he was sort of talking a bit about how he doesn't call his failures failures. He calls them opportunities. And I might I might be just making this up in my head, you know, but I'm pretty sure that I remember this in the back and I kept.

In the back of my mind. I'm pretty sure it was Denzel.

In the back of my mind. I'm pretty sure it was Denzel.

But the notion of it, and I know, it's like easy to be like, oh, it's easy to say it's fucking Denzel, and it's like it's very hard to have that mindset when you're getting punched in the face right by life.

But the notion of it, and I know, it's like easy to be like, oh, it's easy to say it's fucking Denzel, and it's like it's very hard to have that mindset when you're getting punched in the face right by life.

But I think there is something to that. I think it's a way of.

But I think there is something to that. I think it's a way of.

Finding value in everything and a way of always keeping your feet moving, keeping them on the ground.

Finding value in everything and a way of always keeping your feet moving, keeping them on the ground.

So to speak.

So to speak.

Right, So, like We'll keep Denzel as an example. Maybe he went out for an audition early in his career and didn't get it. It's an opportunity for him to maybe analyze his process and try to apply a different tactic for the next audition. And of course in the moment, it's difficult to sort of see the light through that dark moment. But I do think the more we can train ourselves to adapt that mindset, the better our quality of life will be, because failures and shortcomings are inevitable parts of the process of life in general. Even if you are living the most bland, vanilla cookie cutter life, you can't protect yourself and sort of put yourself in protective bubble wrap from failure.

Right, So, like We'll keep Denzel as an example. Maybe he went out for an audition early in his career and didn't get it. It's an opportunity for him to maybe analyze his process and try to apply a different tactic for the next audition. And of course in the moment, it's difficult to sort of see the light through that dark moment. But I do think the more we can train ourselves to adapt that mindset, the better our quality of life will be, because failures and shortcomings are inevitable parts of the process of life in general. Even if you are living the most bland, vanilla cookie cutter life, you can't protect yourself and sort of put yourself in protective bubble wrap from failure.

It's going to happen.

It's going to happen.

And for those of us who are making a life of taking risks, failure is even more of a certainty and more of a regularity.

And for those of us who are making a life of taking risks, failure is even more of a certainty and more of a regularity.

Right. But on the other of those failures, you eventually get a win.

Right. But on the other of those failures, you eventually get a win.

Right, eventually, by proxy of just doing the work day in and day out, you're gonna hit on something. And I'll give you another example before I kind of get into my own shit. But I was on TikTok again, and there's this DJ producer who goes my name of James Hype, and he just made a random post talking about where he was in twenty nineteen and mentioning how in twenty nineteen he sort of just felt stuck within his career, like not much was happening. He wasn't seeing much movement or progress. He kind of felt like he was spinning his wheels. But what he said was during that time period, though, he literally just went to the studio every single day, you know, drove there in the morning, stayed there till late at night, and just made music all day long. And eventually, by proxy of that repetition, he made the song that would eventually become sort of his big hit that would put his name out there and turn him into a touring DJ essentially, right, But he talks about how all of those days where nothing happened and he just showed up and did the same monotonous thing over and over again, all of that led to him essentially tripping and falling into making that breakout song. And that really resonated with me in a variety of ways. And I've sort of touched on a lot in this podcast and been pretty open about this. Just being a weird fucking year, Like personally for me, not a lot panned out the way that I thought it would. You know, I've been doing I've been doing this whole music and entertainment thing for what twelve years now? I think I've been DJing for about twelve years, And to be honest, I've been chasing music since I was like seventeen, like legitimately trying to make it a career, so even longer than that.

Right, eventually, by proxy of just doing the work day in and day out, you're gonna hit on something. And I'll give you another example before I kind of get into my own shit. But I was on TikTok again, and there's this DJ producer who goes my name of James Hype, and he just made a random post talking about where he was in twenty nineteen and mentioning how in twenty nineteen he sort of just felt stuck within his career, like not much was happening. He wasn't seeing much movement or progress. He kind of felt like he was spinning his wheels. But what he said was during that time period, though, he literally just went to the studio every single day, you know, drove there in the morning, stayed there till late at night, and just made music all day long. And eventually, by proxy of that repetition, he made the song that would eventually become sort of his big hit that would put his name out there and turn him into a touring DJ essentially, right, But he talks about how all of those days where nothing happened and he just showed up and did the same monotonous thing over and over again, all of that led to him essentially tripping and falling into making that breakout song. And that really resonated with me in a variety of ways. And I've sort of touched on a lot in this podcast and been pretty open about this. Just being a weird fucking year, Like personally for me, not a lot panned out the way that I thought it would. You know, I've been doing I've been doing this whole music and entertainment thing for what twelve years now? I think I've been DJing for about twelve years, And to be honest, I've been chasing music since I was like seventeen, like legitimately trying to make it a career, so even longer than that.

Really, I'm almost scared to admit, damn, man, we're on.

Really, I'm almost scared to admit, damn, man, we're on.

Year almost twenty of me legitimately a starting out thinking I could make a career out of music, and then now having an actual career based around music.

Year almost twenty of me legitimately a starting out thinking I could make a career out of music, and then now having an actual career based around music.

But there's like a.

But there's like a.

Twenty year journey which is wild to fucking think about. But I think this is the first year that I can remember where I don't feel like.

Twenty year journey which is wild to fucking think about. But I think this is the first year that I can remember where I don't feel like.

Ending the year.

Ending the year.

In a better position than I was at this time last year. And a part of me wants to throw up as those words come out of my mouth, and I don't. I'm not looking for like I'm good, Like I'm not, you know, I'm not looking for like any reassurance or anything like that. I'm blessed that you know, bills are paid, we're eating good, We're relaxed for the most part. You know, necesses are filled and we're cool, thank god.

In a better position than I was at this time last year. And a part of me wants to throw up as those words come out of my mouth, and I don't. I'm not looking for like I'm good, Like I'm not, you know, I'm not looking for like any reassurance or anything like that. I'm blessed that you know, bills are paid, we're eating good, We're relaxed for the most part. You know, necesses are filled and we're cool, thank god.

But I feel like I was steadily.

But I feel like I was steadily.

Every year can look to the you know, the year behind me and say, wow, we made some progress here here and here, you know, or what felt like in the twenty fifth hour, all of a sudden, like boom, that thing came through. There were still a few weeks out of from twenty twenty five, so maybe that thing will happen. But I think it's necessary. And that's me finding the opportunity in this moment, in.

Every year can look to the you know, the year behind me and say, wow, we made some progress here here and here, you know, or what felt like in the twenty fifth hour, all of a sudden, like boom, that thing came through. There were still a few weeks out of from twenty twenty five, so maybe that thing will happen. But I think it's necessary. And that's me finding the opportunity in this moment, in.

What is the worst year I've had in my career.

What is the worst year I've had in my career.

In forever, I see the opportunity, and I think for me, the opportunity I'm sort of seeing within this whole thing. Just I guess, not to leave you hanging is I've had to kind of just sit down and not have any of the distractions of being super busy or chasing something specific for the majority of the year. But I had to just kind of like be with myself in this moment or in these moments where it felt like nothing.

In forever, I see the opportunity, and I think for me, the opportunity I'm sort of seeing within this whole thing. Just I guess, not to leave you hanging is I've had to kind of just sit down and not have any of the distractions of being super busy or chasing something specific for the majority of the year. But I had to just kind of like be with myself in this moment or in these moments where it felt like nothing.

Was working, and.

Was working, and.

I had to kind of just come to a screeching hall and just say for the first time, probably like what do you actually genuinely want?

I had to kind of just come to a screeching hall and just say for the first time, probably like what do you actually genuinely want?

Because the validation isn't there. You're making money, but you're not.

Because the validation isn't there. You're making money, but you're not.

It's not like there's these excessive amounts of financial opportunities at your feet that are clouding.

It's not like there's these excessive amounts of financial opportunities at your feet that are clouding.

Your judgment from what you do or don't want to do.

Your judgment from what you do or don't want to do.

So the only option there was, like you, now, you're trying shit that you don't really love doing just because you felt like it was going to be the next payday or the next opportunity, and it's not working out. You might as well just fucking figure out what you really love doing and throw yourself into that because nothing else is working. So at the very least, if you're gonna be quote unquote failing, at least do it, you know, do it by by participating in something that you love doing on a regular basis, and within that.

So the only option there was, like you, now, you're trying shit that you don't really love doing just because you felt like it was going to be the next payday or the next opportunity, and it's not working out. You might as well just fucking figure out what you really love doing and throw yourself into that because nothing else is working. So at the very least, if you're gonna be quote unquote failing, at least do it, you know, do it by by participating in something that you love doing on a regular basis, and within that.

It's led me back to sort of music being at.

It's led me back to sort of music being at.

The forefront of what I do or where I focus my attention, and that's been incredibly rewarding. I think my mental health has been in a far better place when I when I you know, in recent memory, has been better than in recent memory. As I've shifted sort of back to just falling back in love with music and performing and being connected to it in that way. And I don't know where it's going to lead. I have ideas, I have goals and all these things, but I know that there's something like spiritual calling me to it, and something has felt like it was missing for years now. Ever since, I've kind of put it on the back burner. And I don't know if I've shared this, but I was watching this documentary I rewatched it. It was the group Major Laser and they went to Cuba to perform. This is when under Obama, relationships with Cuba was becoming better and the Cuban government was trying to I guess, you know, create some ways to broad into their their international image, and Major Laser was able to set up an opportunity to go play there. And I watched this documentary a couple of years ago when it came out while I was like setting up my studio at the time, and I got super emotional, like for what felt like no reason, right, I cried watching them perform, and like very obviously watching somebody do something they love, and yeah, I don't, I can't, I don't know how to subscribe it as I from that, it was just this magic of watching somebody do exactly what they love doing and then seeing the human to human connection that happens with music. Because for me, that that's really what it's been, you know, as I reflect on it as I get older, Yeah, there was a lot of like loving the validation. There's a lot of enjoying the party. But when I really break it down, for me, it was much more of a deeper spiritual connection of connecting with an audience and like speaking to one another without actually having a real dialogue, but like through music.

The forefront of what I do or where I focus my attention, and that's been incredibly rewarding. I think my mental health has been in a far better place when I when I you know, in recent memory, has been better than in recent memory. As I've shifted sort of back to just falling back in love with music and performing and being connected to it in that way. And I don't know where it's going to lead. I have ideas, I have goals and all these things, but I know that there's something like spiritual calling me to it, and something has felt like it was missing for years now. Ever since, I've kind of put it on the back burner. And I don't know if I've shared this, but I was watching this documentary I rewatched it. It was the group Major Laser and they went to Cuba to perform. This is when under Obama, relationships with Cuba was becoming better and the Cuban government was trying to I guess, you know, create some ways to broad into their their international image, and Major Laser was able to set up an opportunity to go play there. And I watched this documentary a couple of years ago when it came out while I was like setting up my studio at the time, and I got super emotional, like for what felt like no reason, right, I cried watching them perform, and like very obviously watching somebody do something they love, and yeah, I don't, I can't, I don't know how to subscribe it as I from that, it was just this magic of watching somebody do exactly what they love doing and then seeing the human to human connection that happens with music. Because for me, that that's really what it's been, you know, as I reflect on it as I get older, Yeah, there was a lot of like loving the validation. There's a lot of enjoying the party. But when I really break it down, for me, it was much more of a deeper spiritual connection of connecting with an audience and like speaking to one another without actually having a real dialogue, but like through music.

And that commonality.

And that commonality.

And then the people I met along the way of getting to do this and being inspired constantly by that, and yeah, all.

And then the people I met along the way of getting to do this and being inspired constantly by that, and yeah, all.

That comes along with them.

That comes along with them.

Anyway, I rewatched the documentary like two weeks ago, and again I'm just fucking like balling my eyes out even now thinking about it, I'm getting kind of I don't want to say choked up or emotional, but it's, uh, yeah, it brings something up in me. And I think the first time it happened, I was too busy doing everything else to really even think about it, right, to really even think.

Anyway, I rewatched the documentary like two weeks ago, and again I'm just fucking like balling my eyes out even now thinking about it, I'm getting kind of I don't want to say choked up or emotional, but it's, uh, yeah, it brings something up in me. And I think the first time it happened, I was too busy doing everything else to really even think about it, right, to really even think.

About how special that is.

About how special that is.

To be touched by that in such a way to feel connection to something, and I sort of just wrote it off as like, you know, this old part of me, and I think this time around and this is like whatever, whatever you believe in God, the universe, I just feel like we get spoken to in certain ways. Man, something is speaking to me when I watch that, right, something is coming over me.

To be touched by that in such a way to feel connection to something, and I sort of just wrote it off as like, you know, this old part of me, and I think this time around and this is like whatever, whatever you believe in God, the universe, I just feel like we get spoken to in certain ways. Man, something is speaking to me when I watch that, right, something is coming over me.

There's like this void that is.

There's like this void that is.

Glaring that, which is why I become so emotional just watching somebody perform at a concert like that. Right, It's like it's like this something is missing from my life, right, That feeling that I see them having is missing from my life. And it's why i've kind of again and even now as an opportunity, right because I'm saying I'm less busy than i was before. That's the opportunity. I'm living the dream of myself at twenty four. Yeah, maybe I made more money over the last two years than I'm going to take home this year, But I also have more free time this part of this year where I'm literally able to just like devote at least four hours a day to just fucking around with music, and I'm djaing more often. I'm playing in front of crowds that I enjoy more often. I'm having that connection more often, and that opportunity has only been created and realized because all of these other things were stripped away from me this year.

Glaring that, which is why I become so emotional just watching somebody perform at a concert like that. Right, It's like it's like this something is missing from my life, right, That feeling that I see them having is missing from my life. And it's why i've kind of again and even now as an opportunity, right because I'm saying I'm less busy than i was before. That's the opportunity. I'm living the dream of myself at twenty four. Yeah, maybe I made more money over the last two years than I'm going to take home this year, But I also have more free time this part of this year where I'm literally able to just like devote at least four hours a day to just fucking around with music, and I'm djaing more often. I'm playing in front of crowds that I enjoy more often. I'm having that connection more often, and that opportunity has only been created and realized because all of these other things were stripped away from me this year.

And and when I tell you, like I can't, I don't want to.

And and when I tell you, like I can't, I don't want to.

I can't get the specifics unfortunately because of you know, just like partnerships and shit that I have, but like the shakeups that have been happening, like a lot of shit is beyond my control right and that's where I'm like learning, I have to just fucking let go because shakeups at like the highest level of the people who I answer to or I or I partnered with gone unexpectedly, you know, like parts of our our industry just gone all types, like just so much shit that I cannot control. But all I can do right now is just find the opportunity. Yes, maybe it sucks that like I am not gonna hit my fucking financial goal this year, but the positive side is I've had enough opportunities come in where my needs are met. And again, while it's less money, I then A'm trading that off to have more time doing what I actually enjoy doing, which has been the dream all along, but you get away from it trying to compete, but you get away from it trying to compete in the world, and you have all these asonine goals and you get lost in what does and doesn't matter, right, and it becomes blurry and.

I can't get the specifics unfortunately because of you know, just like partnerships and shit that I have, but like the shakeups that have been happening, like a lot of shit is beyond my control right and that's where I'm like learning, I have to just fucking let go because shakeups at like the highest level of the people who I answer to or I or I partnered with gone unexpectedly, you know, like parts of our our industry just gone all types, like just so much shit that I cannot control. But all I can do right now is just find the opportunity. Yes, maybe it sucks that like I am not gonna hit my fucking financial goal this year, but the positive side is I've had enough opportunities come in where my needs are met. And again, while it's less money, I then A'm trading that off to have more time doing what I actually enjoy doing, which has been the dream all along, but you get away from it trying to compete, but you get away from it trying to compete in the world, and you have all these asonine goals and you get lost in what does and doesn't matter, right, and it becomes blurry and.

Yeah, just fucking life, man.

Yeah, just fucking life, man.

And I think if we stopped for a second and we tried to sit down and really ask ourselves, where is the opportunity here?

And I think if we stopped for a second and we tried to sit down and really ask ourselves, where is the opportunity here?

I really do feel like that perspective.

I really do feel like that perspective.

Shift changes everything, and I want to dive into it a little bit more. But we'll take a quick break here and then we'll be right back. A we are back, and a couple of things I want to touch on before I get out of here, before I end this conversation.

Shift changes everything, and I want to dive into it a little bit more. But we'll take a quick break here and then we'll be right back. A we are back, and a couple of things I want to touch on before I get out of here, before I end this conversation.

I was just kind of thinking about this so and.

I was just kind of thinking about this so and.

All you could ever really do, and this kind of goes to that saying, and it kind of goes back to even that first story I was telling you about that that DJ producer. Literally, all you could do is just keep putting your fucking your hat in the ring, as they say, right, that's all any of us can do, and that's the only surefire way to stumble upon some sort of progress that we're hoping for right is to keep on getting up and trying. I mean, it's no different than the only way for us to keep collecting a check from our job is to get out of bed at the right time and go to the right place, essentially right. And I think it's no different when it comes to every other aspect of our life, Like you have to show up. If you want results, you have to show up. If you want the result of a paycheck, you have to show up to your job.

All you could ever really do, and this kind of goes to that saying, and it kind of goes back to even that first story I was telling you about that that DJ producer. Literally, all you could do is just keep putting your fucking your hat in the ring, as they say, right, that's all any of us can do, and that's the only surefire way to stumble upon some sort of progress that we're hoping for right is to keep on getting up and trying. I mean, it's no different than the only way for us to keep collecting a check from our job is to get out of bed at the right time and go to the right place, essentially right. And I think it's no different when it comes to every other aspect of our life, Like you have to show up. If you want results, you have to show up. If you want the result of a paycheck, you have to show up to your job.

Essentially right.

Essentially right.

And it's the same thing in terms of showing up for ourselves, our dreams and our goals and just our personal life in every aspect of our.

And it's the same thing in terms of showing up for ourselves, our dreams and our goals and just our personal life in every aspect of our.

Relationships that we have.

Relationships that we have.

And again, I think sometimes the idea of success or the the idea of achieving a goal or crossing it off the list, it doesn't always look the way that we intended it to or we think it would, right. And I'm even just looking at I'm even just looking at smaller things like even as we're talking about this, I just had something like this morning happen, right, So, like a big part of what I do as a personality as a DJ, as a musician or creative, like social media is at the center of it. That's the world that we live in, right, And it's a love hate relationship that I have with it, but it's the reality. So part of what I do each and every day is I have I create content as a part of my existence right to continue doing what I do. That's a part of what I have to do each and every day. And with that, you work really hard sometimes and you know, you people see a minute and a half video or whatever on Instagram or TikTok, but it's like, bro, that took a couple hours of setting up or conceptualizing or a bunch of different takes and then editing and all this shit, Right, it's like far more than what you see.

And again, I think sometimes the idea of success or the the idea of achieving a goal or crossing it off the list, it doesn't always look the way that we intended it to or we think it would, right. And I'm even just looking at I'm even just looking at smaller things like even as we're talking about this, I just had something like this morning happen, right, So, like a big part of what I do as a personality as a DJ, as a musician or creative, like social media is at the center of it. That's the world that we live in, right, And it's a love hate relationship that I have with it, but it's the reality. So part of what I do each and every day is I have I create content as a part of my existence right to continue doing what I do. That's a part of what I have to do each and every day. And with that, you work really hard sometimes and you know, you people see a minute and a half video or whatever on Instagram or TikTok, but it's like, bro, that took a couple hours of setting up or conceptualizing or a bunch of different takes and then editing and all this shit, Right, it's like far more than what you see.

And you do all of this work.

And you do all of this work.

And you're proud of it, and you're like, man, I can't wait to share this with the world, my creation, and you put it up and it just bombs. Maybe it wasn't as good as you thought it was. Maybe the algorithm's not your favorite that day. Whatever it might be, it's just not a concept that is yielding the results you hoped for, right, And it's an opportunity as I'm trying to train myself, it's like, Okay, well, let's kind of figure out what was it about this, What can I adjust for the next one, What can I test to see and get down to exactly what it was that made this not as successful as I had hoped it would be, right, and even within that, because it was just because you know, you get those modes where you create something and you're like, fuck, nobody cares, right, and even within that, I had posted something and while it didn't do as much as I hoped it would or what I kind of what I'm trying to get towards my bigger macro goal, it actually reached the right people.

And you're proud of it, and you're like, man, I can't wait to share this with the world, my creation, and you put it up and it just bombs. Maybe it wasn't as good as you thought it was. Maybe the algorithm's not your favorite that day. Whatever it might be, it's just not a concept that is yielding the results you hoped for, right, And it's an opportunity as I'm trying to train myself, it's like, Okay, well, let's kind of figure out what was it about this, What can I adjust for the next one, What can I test to see and get down to exactly what it was that made this not as successful as I had hoped it would be, right, and even within that, because it was just because you know, you get those modes where you create something and you're like, fuck, nobody cares, right, and even within that, I had posted something and while it didn't do as much as I hoped it would or what I kind of what I'm trying to get towards my bigger macro goal, it actually reached the right people.

And I've noticed this a couple times.

And I've noticed this a couple times.

Where I did something like that and it didn't like hit the masses right. And that's like the goal where it's like, oh, I have a number in my head where this is what a good post looks like on my page whatever it might be, comments, shares, views, and this completely failed in terms of that. But then you go and it's like, oh, one of the people who like commented and showed love is somebody whose attention I've been trying to get as far as business opportunity goes for bookings. Right, that actually happened a couple of times where I was like, man, nobody cared. And then also I look at'm like, oh shit, that that got the intention now of a booking agent or a promoter or a fellow DJ who I respect.

Where I did something like that and it didn't like hit the masses right. And that's like the goal where it's like, oh, I have a number in my head where this is what a good post looks like on my page whatever it might be, comments, shares, views, and this completely failed in terms of that. But then you go and it's like, oh, one of the people who like commented and showed love is somebody whose attention I've been trying to get as far as business opportunity goes for bookings. Right, that actually happened a couple of times where I was like, man, nobody cared. And then also I look at'm like, oh shit, that that got the intention now of a booking agent or a promoter or a fellow DJ who I respect.

And appreciate what they do and I'd like to work with.

And appreciate what they do and I'd like to work with.

All of a sudden, now I realized I'm on their radar, and that begins the relationship essentially, right. But it takes me letting go of my initial goal or my initial metric of success for that post, in order to recognize that there was progress there.

All of a sudden, now I realized I'm on their radar, and that begins the relationship essentially, right. But it takes me letting go of my initial goal or my initial metric of success for that post, in order to recognize that there was progress there.

Is it slow?

Is it slow?

Is as flashy as getting a million fucking views? Of course not, but there was some progress there. There's something to take from that. And I think what ends up being a detriment to your mental health mine included, is when we don't allow our elves to see the positive metric that exists in every situation. And it doesn't matter if that got one view and I didn't get a comment from anybody. The positive metric is what can we learn? What can we test, ab test, maybe post at a different time, maybe do a different intro. Maybe this type of content doesn't work right. It's all like facilitating ways to get better you're an athlete, It's like, Okay, I tried to, you know, hit this shot and I missed in a big moment in the game. Let me work on that. I'm shooting bed, you know, not well in free throws right now. Let me work on that and become better. This is all opportunities. It's like when a baseball player their timing is off. You're watching tape, You're like, what has changed? Is my swing off a little bit? Am I slow on the ball and you adjust?

Is as flashy as getting a million fucking views? Of course not, but there was some progress there. There's something to take from that. And I think what ends up being a detriment to your mental health mine included, is when we don't allow our elves to see the positive metric that exists in every situation. And it doesn't matter if that got one view and I didn't get a comment from anybody. The positive metric is what can we learn? What can we test, ab test, maybe post at a different time, maybe do a different intro. Maybe this type of content doesn't work right. It's all like facilitating ways to get better you're an athlete, It's like, Okay, I tried to, you know, hit this shot and I missed in a big moment in the game. Let me work on that. I'm shooting bed, you know, not well in free throws right now. Let me work on that and become better. This is all opportunities. It's like when a baseball player their timing is off. You're watching tape, You're like, what has changed? Is my swing off a little bit? Am I slow on the ball and you adjust?

Right? That's what the greats do. You don't dwell on. I suck.

Right? That's what the greats do. You don't dwell on. I suck.

I'm never gonna be able to hit again, right like when Aaron Yankees, for example, Aaron Judges was fucking sticking the place up during the playoffs and in the World Series, but towards the end there, even though they end up blowing the fucking game, it seemed like, oh, he kind of figured it out because he's not gonna just say I suck, even though I'm, you know, arguably had the best season of any player in the league this year. I'm trashing the playoffs. I can't hit for shit. Let me just go retire. Doesn't make sense, right, That would be like unprecedented that would be fucking insane, but we do that on a daily basis to ourselves. Like we literally try something, don't get the result, or we hit a couple of snags and we're just like fuck it.

I'm never gonna be able to hit again, right like when Aaron Yankees, for example, Aaron Judges was fucking sticking the place up during the playoffs and in the World Series, but towards the end there, even though they end up blowing the fucking game, it seemed like, oh, he kind of figured it out because he's not gonna just say I suck, even though I'm, you know, arguably had the best season of any player in the league this year. I'm trashing the playoffs. I can't hit for shit. Let me just go retire. Doesn't make sense, right, That would be like unprecedented that would be fucking insane, but we do that on a daily basis to ourselves. Like we literally try something, don't get the result, or we hit a couple of snags and we're just like fuck it.

I'm it's not for me and I and I'm guilty of that too.

I'm it's not for me and I and I'm guilty of that too.

I've talked about this before too, kind of taking yourself out of the game far too early.

I've talked about this before too, kind of taking yourself out of the game far too early.

I'm and I'm using these as examples. It's not like I don't know.

I'm and I'm using these as examples. It's not like I don't know.

I'm not trying toot my own horn with some of these things, but I'm trying to like showcase you where I feel like I'm falling short and how you can apply to your life.

I'm not trying toot my own horn with some of these things, but I'm trying to like showcase you where I feel like I'm falling short and how you can apply to your life.

Hopefully that is resonating.

Hopefully that is resonating.

But I like was going through old photos in my phone from it's like twenty seventeen to twenty beginning of twenty twenty, and I'm looking at it. I'm like, man, in twenty nineteen, I was fucking like so down on myself going into the beginning of twenty twenty.

But I like was going through old photos in my phone from it's like twenty seventeen to twenty beginning of twenty twenty, and I'm looking at it. I'm like, man, in twenty nineteen, I was fucking like so down on myself going into the beginning of twenty twenty.

But now that I'm years removed from.

But now that I'm years removed from.

It, if I'm reflecting on like these pictures of all the things I did that year, the accomplishments that I had, especially as like.

It, if I'm reflecting on like these pictures of all the things I did that year, the accomplishments that I had, especially as like.

A DJ, which was the goal.

A DJ, which was the goal.

Then it's like, Bro, you played your dream venue to a sold out crowd, You played multiple sold out crowds in over a thousand people in New York City, you put out music, you had a song and a best Buy commercial, And I'm not doing this to put myself up. I'm fucking reaffirming how bad, shit crazy I was.

Then it's like, Bro, you played your dream venue to a sold out crowd, You played multiple sold out crowds in over a thousand people in New York City, you put out music, you had a song and a best Buy commercial, And I'm not doing this to put myself up. I'm fucking reaffirming how bad, shit crazy I was.

In that moment.

In that moment.

Because I was too close to it to realize all the progress that was happening.

Because I was too close to it to realize all the progress that was happening.

What I was fixated on was the fact that I was still.

What I was fixated on was the fact that I was still.

Partially living check to check, that I was living in shitty apartments, that I had a roommate, I didn't have enough money to buy a property, but I allowed what I didn't have to take up more real estate in my mind than seeing what I did have right, what I was lacking became more of my hyper focus than what.

Partially living check to check, that I was living in shitty apartments, that I had a roommate, I didn't have enough money to buy a property, but I allowed what I didn't have to take up more real estate in my mind than seeing what I did have right, what I was lacking became more of my hyper focus than what.

I was doing.

I was doing.

And had I just stayed that course, I probably now I think it happens for a reason, but I probably would have achieved the goals that I set out at that particular time, because the money is generally gonna be the last thing that catches up right, the money, the recognition, all that stuff, but everything I was building there were these little moments of progress happening, building, building, building.

And had I just stayed that course, I probably now I think it happens for a reason, but I probably would have achieved the goals that I set out at that particular time, because the money is generally gonna be the last thing that catches up right, the money, the recognition, all that stuff, but everything I was building there were these little moments of progress happening, building, building, building.

Again.

Again.

Even I was that person and I'm reflecting on it now and I'm like, holy fuck.

Even I was that person and I'm reflecting on it now and I'm like, holy fuck.

You were right there.

You were right there.

And because I didn't see the opportunity in it all, or didn't appreciate it, I didn't have the patience, I led myself to believe that I was so far off that I should just give up, that I should just walk away.

And because I didn't see the opportunity in it all, or didn't appreciate it, I didn't have the patience, I led myself to believe that I was so far off that I should just give up, that I should just walk away.

And that is.

And that is.

The thing I reflect on now, and I never want to fall victim to that again, And of course I will in various ways, but never in that way. I never want to allow myself to get so close to it and to be so focused on what I'm lacking that I fail to recognize the endless opportunities that are literally right there in front of me. And again I then say, Okay, how do I apply that mindset to my where I am right now? Because I'm in a different place, I'm in a rebuilding mode almost now. I have to kind of adjust things have changed, right Like for many people, some people's industries are just gone completely. Mine is evolving with technology and is far different than it was back then. Opportunities are are far slimmer, budgets are far smaller, so I have to readjust to what twenty twenty fours standards are right, even from what they were a year ago. Podcasting a very different world than it was even a year ago for me. So with all of that said, I guess the point I'm getting at to kind of summarize it is reminding myself to get very hyper present to the opportunities that are available even amidst the rubble of the life that I expected or thought I wanted. And I love this sort of saying, and again, interchange God, universe, whatever you believe in, but the idea that God will never take anything away from you that was truly meant for you.

The thing I reflect on now, and I never want to fall victim to that again, And of course I will in various ways, but never in that way. I never want to allow myself to get so close to it and to be so focused on what I'm lacking that I fail to recognize the endless opportunities that are literally right there in front of me. And again I then say, Okay, how do I apply that mindset to my where I am right now? Because I'm in a different place, I'm in a rebuilding mode almost now. I have to kind of adjust things have changed, right Like for many people, some people's industries are just gone completely. Mine is evolving with technology and is far different than it was back then. Opportunities are are far slimmer, budgets are far smaller, so I have to readjust to what twenty twenty fours standards are right, even from what they were a year ago. Podcasting a very different world than it was even a year ago for me. So with all of that said, I guess the point I'm getting at to kind of summarize it is reminding myself to get very hyper present to the opportunities that are available even amidst the rubble of the life that I expected or thought I wanted. And I love this sort of saying, and again, interchange God, universe, whatever you believe in, but the idea that God will never take anything away from you that was truly meant for you.

What yours will always be yours. Now, I think you could take a.

What yours will always be yours. Now, I think you could take a.

Path of self sabotage that will throw you out of line with it. But if you do your best to walk the path and stay true to yourself and be positive, life will keep finding ways to bring what's meant for you into your life. And reminding myself of that each day, right and reminding myself if you're not as busy or an idea is not panning out as much as you'd like it to, where is the opportunity to do more of what you enjoy or to explore other ideas, the challenge of looking at things differently. That's find the excitement within that, the opportunity to look elsewhere, to look at something differently than you had before, to create a whole new partnership or relationship. Right And if I'm talking circles, I'm all over the places. I apologize, but I and it's just it sounds so fucking stupid right to say it, like, yeah, your life has fall apart, just find the fucking opportunity in it. But that's literally all that we can do. We have to surrender to saying, hey, this is the fucking situation kid, all right, what are we gonna do next?

Path of self sabotage that will throw you out of line with it. But if you do your best to walk the path and stay true to yourself and be positive, life will keep finding ways to bring what's meant for you into your life. And reminding myself of that each day, right and reminding myself if you're not as busy or an idea is not panning out as much as you'd like it to, where is the opportunity to do more of what you enjoy or to explore other ideas, the challenge of looking at things differently. That's find the excitement within that, the opportunity to look elsewhere, to look at something differently than you had before, to create a whole new partnership or relationship. Right And if I'm talking circles, I'm all over the places. I apologize, but I and it's just it sounds so fucking stupid right to say it, like, yeah, your life has fall apart, just find the fucking opportunity in it. But that's literally all that we can do. We have to surrender to saying, hey, this is the fucking situation kid, all right, what are we gonna do next?

What are we gonna do with it? What are we gonna do with this situation? Right here? Right?

What are we gonna do with it? What are we gonna do with this situation? Right here? Right?

You fucking walk out your front door, you slip and bust your ass, right, nothing you could do about it? Are you gonna, you know, given the union injured yourself, are you just gonna fucking lay there all day? Because it's like, oh, I didn't plan on this happening, so fuck it. I'm just gonna sit in this miserable moment of being on the ground after busting my ass in the morning, or are you gonna get up and be like, well, I still gotta fucking take my kids to school, I still gotta go to work, I still gotta do whatever the hell I gotta do. Can't just sit here all day because this unexpected, annoying thing happened. And I think it's that's what life is. We have to just keep fucking showing up and find opportunities to show up. And I think it's not even I think what happens also is like we get caught up in this fucking this like analysis paralysis, where we're like, well, do I show up for this? Or do I show up for that? I think you just gotta fucking show up at something you can't. Oh you can't. Oh, you like obviously do your best to like trust your gut, but you just gotta make a fucking decision. At some point start walking basically, and eventually, even if it's like you're walking in the wrong direction quote unquote, you're gonna stumble into something that either unexpectedly now happens as a result of you taking a different route, or life is gonna fucking give you a nudge and be like, hey, you're actually supposed to be walking in the opposite direction. But the guidance comes, and the opportunity comes, and the revelations come from just fucking doing something, from not reveling in the disappointment but instead looking for the opportunity and just fucking going towards that. And that's all I could really say. I mean, one last example I'll bring up, and I'm not gonna name this. I don't want them to want to put his business out there, but I was really happy to hear from from from someone. One of their dreams was to live in a live in a specific place abroad to like retire there. And we were kind of catching up a little bit and they mentioned to me like, oh, we started looking at homes, you know, just kind of seeing what was up. And I don't know if it's sort of the result of like, hey, the world is kind of fucked and falling apart right now, Like why wait till we retire. Maybe let's figure out if we could do this a little sooner than we thought we were going to. But right there is like finding the opportunity in it all right. It's like, hey, corporate America are shrinking and the fucking country is uncertain and moving in a weird direction. If the dream was to live abroad, how can I fucking do that now and not put it off till I'm sixty five like I originally thought.

You fucking walk out your front door, you slip and bust your ass, right, nothing you could do about it? Are you gonna, you know, given the union injured yourself, are you just gonna fucking lay there all day? Because it's like, oh, I didn't plan on this happening, so fuck it. I'm just gonna sit in this miserable moment of being on the ground after busting my ass in the morning, or are you gonna get up and be like, well, I still gotta fucking take my kids to school, I still gotta go to work, I still gotta do whatever the hell I gotta do. Can't just sit here all day because this unexpected, annoying thing happened. And I think it's that's what life is. We have to just keep fucking showing up and find opportunities to show up. And I think it's not even I think what happens also is like we get caught up in this fucking this like analysis paralysis, where we're like, well, do I show up for this? Or do I show up for that? I think you just gotta fucking show up at something you can't. Oh you can't. Oh, you like obviously do your best to like trust your gut, but you just gotta make a fucking decision. At some point start walking basically, and eventually, even if it's like you're walking in the wrong direction quote unquote, you're gonna stumble into something that either unexpectedly now happens as a result of you taking a different route, or life is gonna fucking give you a nudge and be like, hey, you're actually supposed to be walking in the opposite direction. But the guidance comes, and the opportunity comes, and the revelations come from just fucking doing something, from not reveling in the disappointment but instead looking for the opportunity and just fucking going towards that. And that's all I could really say. I mean, one last example I'll bring up, and I'm not gonna name this. I don't want them to want to put his business out there, but I was really happy to hear from from from someone. One of their dreams was to live in a live in a specific place abroad to like retire there. And we were kind of catching up a little bit and they mentioned to me like, oh, we started looking at homes, you know, just kind of seeing what was up. And I don't know if it's sort of the result of like, hey, the world is kind of fucked and falling apart right now, Like why wait till we retire. Maybe let's figure out if we could do this a little sooner than we thought we were going to. But right there is like finding the opportunity in it all right. It's like, hey, corporate America are shrinking and the fucking country is uncertain and moving in a weird direction. If the dream was to live abroad, how can I fucking do that now and not put it off till I'm sixty five like I originally thought.

Right, chances are you'll probably figure that out.

Right, chances are you'll probably figure that out.

Maybe it means less coffees during the week, less eating out, whatever, switching from a two car family to a one car family. It might suck in the interim, but if it gets you to that dream ten years earlier than expected, you're probably gonna be pretty grateful for it. Right, And if it took Donald Trump getting elected president, then so be it. That was your wake up call to'd be like, fuck it, I need to do this sooner than I thought. I need to fucking really make this a priority. And I think there's something beautiful now. I think that's sort of what I've been looking at. It's like, hey, if these other industries that were my padding are beginning to change and evolve in ways that make it difficult to make the same money I was making before, then you know what, I'm just gonna double down on the things that I really love more than anything and just at the very least put myself in a position where that's how I spend the majority of my time.

Maybe it means less coffees during the week, less eating out, whatever, switching from a two car family to a one car family. It might suck in the interim, but if it gets you to that dream ten years earlier than expected, you're probably gonna be pretty grateful for it. Right, And if it took Donald Trump getting elected president, then so be it. That was your wake up call to'd be like, fuck it, I need to do this sooner than I thought. I need to fucking really make this a priority. And I think there's something beautiful now. I think that's sort of what I've been looking at. It's like, hey, if these other industries that were my padding are beginning to change and evolve in ways that make it difficult to make the same money I was making before, then you know what, I'm just gonna double down on the things that I really love more than anything and just at the very least put myself in a position where that's how I spend the majority of my time.

Right, maybe.

Right, maybe.

You know, the monetary goals that I had were just the bruised inner child inside of me seeking validation. And the reality is I get to live a life where I do more of what I love doing, even if it means I don't hit certain benchmarks to impress friends. Right, I don't know. I don't know what the answer is, but I know that I'm looking for the opportunity to keep figuring it out and the opportunity to keep doing more of what I enjoy doing.

You know, the monetary goals that I had were just the bruised inner child inside of me seeking validation. And the reality is I get to live a life where I do more of what I love doing, even if it means I don't hit certain benchmarks to impress friends. Right, I don't know. I don't know what the answer is, but I know that I'm looking for the opportunity to keep figuring it out and the opportunity to keep doing more of what I enjoy doing.

That's it.

That's it.

That's all I could really do. And I fact I just rambled for an hour. I hope any of that made sense. If this resonated with somebody, please, for the love of God, let me know in the DMS at DJ Dramos, because I I'm just venting here and like talking to myself, but I feel like talking to like the greater good as well, because I know I can't be the only fucking person who is trying to make sense of everything happening around us and trying to.

That's all I could really do. And I fact I just rambled for an hour. I hope any of that made sense. If this resonated with somebody, please, for the love of God, let me know in the DMS at DJ Dramos, because I I'm just venting here and like talking to myself, but I feel like talking to like the greater good as well, because I know I can't be the only fucking person who is trying to make sense of everything happening around us and trying to.

Just find the answer for themselves personally. If that makes sense.

Just find the answer for themselves personally. If that makes sense.

With that said, we'll take a quick break here, and then we'll tie everything we know we talked about today, I should say, in a neat little bow in a segment call conclusions due.

With that said, we'll take a quick break here, and then we'll tie everything we know we talked about today, I should say, in a neat little bow in a segment call conclusions due.

But first we'll take a break and then we'll be right back.

But first we'll take a break and then we'll be right back.

Come. So I literally when I tell you I blacked out, I blacked out, like I'm I'm talking to this microphone. By the way, I have these conversations in my mind or like sometimes I just pace around my fucking kitchen. I talked to myself just like I did. It's not for an hour though, cause I'm not crazy. But I'll have these like conversations or write it in my notes in my app in my phone. I'll write it in my notes app in my iPhone. But it's like a stream of consciousness. So I don't even know if what the fuck I just said made any sense whatsoever. But I'm just reiterating to you. I think what has brought me peace, what I'm continuing to push to myself to remain in a positive mindset as life inevitably challenges me, and as change happens, and as change happens even quicker than I think ever historically, just because of technology. I think these mindset, this mindset is one that we specifically have to become very good at. And it doesn't mean I live without fear of what if. It doesn't mean I at times don't question or have self doubt whether you know this crazy idea of mine can come to life, or that I'm self sabotaging by hanging on to some pipe dream. All of that still pops up in my head, these irrational thoughts, these irrational fears, these moments of self sabotage. But I try and keep conversations like this one alive, and my mindset's like this alive in mantras if.

Come. So I literally when I tell you I blacked out, I blacked out, like I'm I'm talking to this microphone. By the way, I have these conversations in my mind or like sometimes I just pace around my fucking kitchen. I talked to myself just like I did. It's not for an hour though, cause I'm not crazy. But I'll have these like conversations or write it in my notes in my app in my phone. I'll write it in my notes app in my iPhone. But it's like a stream of consciousness. So I don't even know if what the fuck I just said made any sense whatsoever. But I'm just reiterating to you. I think what has brought me peace, what I'm continuing to push to myself to remain in a positive mindset as life inevitably challenges me, and as change happens, and as change happens even quicker than I think ever historically, just because of technology. I think these mindset, this mindset is one that we specifically have to become very good at. And it doesn't mean I live without fear of what if. It doesn't mean I at times don't question or have self doubt whether you know this crazy idea of mine can come to life, or that I'm self sabotaging by hanging on to some pipe dream. All of that still pops up in my head, these irrational thoughts, these irrational fears, these moments of self sabotage. But I try and keep conversations like this one alive, and my mindset's like this alive in mantras if.

You will alive, that will.

You will alive, that will.

Hopefully give me the sort of juice I need to keep fucking going in those tough moments, and to not give up right when I'm when I'm right there, just because I'm not saying the progress as quick as I want to. It's it's like there's a the old saying of like the guy who is digging for gold and ends up just giving up eventually and sells the property to somebody else, only to find out that he was actually one hundred feet from gold. If he just kept digging a couple more days, he would have hit and what ended up happening was the person he sold the property to. They got all that gold and he got nothing. And I feel like so many times in my life I've taken the moments of disappointment and heartache and heartbreak. I've taken them to heart. I think it sounds redundant, but I've taken them so deeply to heart that i end up walking away when I'm only one hundred feet from gold.

Hopefully give me the sort of juice I need to keep fucking going in those tough moments, and to not give up right when I'm when I'm right there, just because I'm not saying the progress as quick as I want to. It's it's like there's a the old saying of like the guy who is digging for gold and ends up just giving up eventually and sells the property to somebody else, only to find out that he was actually one hundred feet from gold. If he just kept digging a couple more days, he would have hit and what ended up happening was the person he sold the property to. They got all that gold and he got nothing. And I feel like so many times in my life I've taken the moments of disappointment and heartache and heartbreak. I've taken them to heart. I think it sounds redundant, but I've taken them so deeply to heart that i end up walking away when I'm only one hundred feet from gold.

It might even be ten feet from gold.

It might even be ten feet from gold.

I think it's a book on it, whatever it is, But anyway, I think I got that from the book Thinking Grow Rich. And I'm challenging myself that, like, twenty twenty five is the year that we just keep fucking digging. Whatever I have to do to keep digging, I'm going to do. That's the goal. Keep fucking digging. Only align yourself with opportunities and people.

I think it's a book on it, whatever it is, But anyway, I think I got that from the book Thinking Grow Rich. And I'm challenging myself that, like, twenty twenty five is the year that we just keep fucking digging. Whatever I have to do to keep digging, I'm going to do. That's the goal. Keep fucking digging. Only align yourself with opportunities and people.

And whatever. You only align yourself with the things that allow you to keep digging each day.

And whatever. You only align yourself with the things that allow you to keep digging each day.

And I'm gonna find the little wings, the little opportunities, even in those disappointing moments, and whether they are or aren't a sign from God the universe, I'm going to decide to interpret them as a sign to keep on digging. That's the choice I'm making. Can I just say I think I touched on something profound again, Whether you realize in literal signs or not, I think.

And I'm gonna find the little wings, the little opportunities, even in those disappointing moments, and whether they are or aren't a sign from God the universe, I'm going to decide to interpret them as a sign to keep on digging. That's the choice I'm making. Can I just say I think I touched on something profound again, Whether you realize in literal signs or not, I think.

It's actually a relevant.

It's actually a relevant.

Whether you believe in God, the universe, or you believe that we are just here on a floating fucking rock, it's irrelevant because the belief in a sign.

Whether you believe in God, the universe, or you believe that we are just here on a floating fucking rock, it's irrelevant because the belief in a sign.

Is purely mental, right.

Is purely mental, right.

It doesn't matter if it's an actual sign or we interpret it as a sign. It literally has the same exact effect. Whether it is God sitting in front of us and telling us this is a sign, or it's you choosing to just believe this little occurrence is a sign. It has the It has the same effect, or it potentially can have the same effect.

It doesn't matter if it's an actual sign or we interpret it as a sign. It literally has the same exact effect. Whether it is God sitting in front of us and telling us this is a sign, or it's you choosing to just believe this little occurrence is a sign. It has the It has the same effect, or it potentially can have the same effect.

If we allow it to.

If we allow it to.

Because if I interpret that comment on my social media from a person that I've been trying to work with, if I decide to interpret that as a sign that I am on the right path, you know what that means. I'm gonna dig again the next day, right, That's what that means. It's me choosing to mentally view that as a push forward to continue to dig. If I was doubting whether or not I was gonna dig today. All I needed to do was look at that and receive it as a sign, and guess what, I'm back to digging. And those signs are anywhere we want them to be. We just have to choose to look for them and interpret them as signs to keep ongoing. And I'm gonna leave it at that. I think that's the best thing I've said in a while, not to my own horn. I could be way off. You could be like that didn't make any fucking sense and does nothing for me. But again, please let me know that I haven't been talking to myself at de Adramas on Instagram. With that said, keep on digging, keep on finding the signs wherever you can, and keep on digging. I'll catch you on Thursday with a brand new episode for our Thursday Trends episode.