Day #0789 – (Sat., Oct. 25, 2025) – (ChatGPT #0175-#DDL003 – Daniel Day-Lewis Day #3) (-30.4 lbs.)

Both Saturday and item #1 on my “ToDo List” have rolled around yet again: (You can use these symbols: ☐✅).

🔝 DAILY CORE PRIORITY PILLARS (“Nice To Do”)

For the next 30+ days I will be doing the “Daniel Day-Lewis Experiment” (and keeping notes here)! Having said that, I do want to keep some physical and mental exercises core to each day, outside of this experiment. Here they are:

Physical ToDo’s:

• ✅ #01: 📈 Weigh yourself! (361.9 lbs. – 310.2 lbs. = 51.7 lbs. total weight loss.)
• ✅ #02: 📉 Record Weight Down in Title (Down More Each Day)!
• ☐✅ #03: 🌾 Metamucil: (3 servings/day): <>
• ☐✅ #04: 💊 Take Vitamins: <>
  • Progressive Multi Men 50+ (one capsule)
  • Silica + Biotin Supplement (one capsule)
  • Omega-3 (1000–2000 mg/day) (one capsule)
  • Resveratrol (two capsules)
• ☐✅ #05:💧 Collagen Supplement: <>
  • Every day – 10g collagen (2 scoops in 1 cup water)
• ☐✅ #06:🧴 Face Moisturizer Routine: <>
  • (AM) Cleanse → “Splash of Water”
  • (PM) Cleanse → CeraVe SA Cleanser
  • (PM) Moisturize → CeraVe Renewing SA Cream
• ☐✅ #07:🧴 Dove Pro-Retinol + Firming Cream: <>
  • Daily (1–2 times per day)
  • Once in the morning after shower (most important)
  • Optional second application at night, especially on belly/flanks
  • Use every day even on non-brushing days for consistency
• ☐✅ #08: 🫗 DRINK ? cups of water each day! (To Drink:💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧💧) ==> (Drank: )

Mental & Ritual ToDo’s:

• ☐✅ #09: 🧠 Work with ‘ChatGPT‘ for Understanding (CustomChat1978,fsTsECWDdOLUdtPeR)! <>

🔝 WEEKLY CORE PRIORITY PILLARS (“Nice To Do” Daily)

📋Additional Daily Notes

There was no rush today, just quiet rhythm. By early afternoon, the plan was clear—my son wanted to carve a pumpkin, so my daughter and I went out to find one. The tools from last year were somewhere in the house, but nowhere obvious, so we decided to buy new ones just to be safe.

Our first stop was Walmart. On the way we paused at the little iPhone repair booth to pick up my wife’s phone. The weather had that soft gray brightness of late October, crisp but not cold. Inside Walmart we found aisles of candy, costumes, and decorations, but strangely no pumpkins or carving kits. It was almost comical—Halloween weekend and not a single pumpkin in sight. I walked through the garden section expecting orange bins near the front, but everything seasonal had already shifted toward Christmas. It felt like a small reminder not to assume that what you’re looking for will still be where you left it.

We drove down to Dollarama, where we found a basic orange scoop and a carving knife (see photo to the right). They weren’t much, but they’d get the job done. My wife had ordered better tools online, though they wouldn’t arrive before Halloween. Our final stop was Superstore, and the moment we walked in we saw them—bright orange pumpkins stacked in a wooden bin near the entrance. We picked one that felt solid and balanced, the right size for my son to carve. The air outside smelled faintly of cedar and cold earth as we carried it back to the car. On the way home I noticed fresh snow on Mount Washington, thin but definite—winter’s first quiet signal.

Back at the house, my son was already planning his design, aiming for a Freddie Kruger face. He spread his jack knives on the table like a small collection of tools ready for battle. By the time evening came, the table was covered in orange shavings, my son’s carving unfinished but full of intention. The sound of their laughter faded as I shifted into a different rhythm—the creative stillness of night.

I set up for the Elegant Hydration video, the final long piece in this series. The martini glass was still wrapped in bubble plastic from storage; the candle sat untouched on the counter. The house was silent. I pressed record and let the ritual unfold: lighting the candle, unwrapping the glass, pouring the Zevia, the fizz catching the light. That single pour held more presence than any meditation could. The narration line repeated softly in my head: “It isn’t champagne. It’s Zevia—clean, clear, unhurried.” For a few minutes, everything felt suspended—one steady frame of calm, the sound of the fizz rising like breath.

When I finished filming, the render began. The candle burned low beside the laptop as the export bar crept forward. It completed without a single error. The house was asleep, and the only sounds were the faint hum of the fan and the clicking of cooling metal. I listened to a few minutes of The Power of Now, the audiobook I’d bought earlier for ninety-nine cents. Eckhart’s voice filled the room, soft and slow, a reminder that presence isn’t something to find—it’s what remains when the noise stops.

Before bed I stepped outside barefoot for a minute, the ground cool and damp beneath me. The sky was clear enough to see a faint outline of Mount Washington glowing white. I whispered, “This is the scene,” then came back inside. I blew out the candle, whispered my nightly line—“Tonight I rest as him, and life edits the film while I sleep”—and felt the day close cleanly. Between pumpkins, candles, Zevia, and snow, it was a day of quiet balance, movement giving way to stillness, family energy folding into art. Grounded, whole, and complete.

After midnight tonight I ordered the Audible version of Eckhart Tolle’s “The Power of Now”! Plan to use it on my drives.