It’s Tuesday here in the Comox Valley and the weather is not yet certain what it wants to be today. Here comes item #1 on my “REBOOT” “ToDo List”: (You can use these symbols: ☐✅).
⚠️ WARNING
This post used AI assistance. AI is imperfect and OFTEN unreliable. Real people who have actually lived and achieved what they manifested, if credible, should be trusted more than any machine. Trust your own thinking first. Reader beware…
🔑 DAILY WIN = COMPLETE THESE 4 ITEMS (Today? 0/4)
- #01: 🌅 Morning Prayer to the Universe!
- #07: 📕 Read “The “Little Red Book” List!
- #09: 🌙 Listen to a “Nighttime Subliminal” .mp3 Tape!
- #10: 🍽️ Follow the “Only Meal Template” Eating Plan!
MORNING
To start off each day:
- ✅ #01: Morning Prayer to the Universe: “Thank you for this day. I’m human and still learning. Please guide me today, help me notice the bridges, and show me my next step. Help me move toward what’s in my Little Red Book. I trust I’m being led. Thank you.“
- ✅ #02: 📈 Weigh yourself! (361.9 lbs. – 323.2 lbs. = 38.7 lbs. total weight loss.) Hang on… With 0.5 lbs. weight loss you will be 199.5 lbs. on Tuesday, October 27, 2026! With 0.4 lbs. weight loss you will be 199.9 lbs. on Friday, January 1, 2027!
- ✅ #03: 📉 Record Weight Down in Title!
- ✅ #04: 😴 Record any Nighttime Whispers! (None!)
- ☐✅ #05: 🧴 Body & Face Care (AM/PM): <>
- (AM) Cleanse → “Splash of Water”
- (PM) CeraVe SA Cleanser + CeraVe Renewing SA Cream
- Dove Pro-Retinol 1–2× per day (belly/flanks)
- ☐✅ #06: 🌀 Dry Brushing (5-7 minutes): <>
- ☐✅ #07: 📕Read “The “Little Red Book” List: <>
- ☐✅ #08: 🌎Read/Vision Board The World Is Waiting For You by Edwina Findley Dickerson: <>
- ✅ #09: 🌙 Listen to a “Nighttime Subliminal” .mp3 Tape: (Goddard of course!)
FOOD
- ✅ #10:🍽️ The Only Meal Template (Repeat 4x/day): (One meal this evening!)
- Per meal:
- 1 LARGE potato
- ~300g / 10–11 oz
- baked / boiled / air fryer
- NO oil, NO butter
- 4 egg whites
- scrambled / microwave / nonstick pan
- 1 cup vegetables
- frozen mix or fresh
- tomatoes, lettuce, peas, broccoli / cauliflower / peppers / onions / spinach / green beans, etc.
- 1 apple
- 1 LARGE potato
- Per meal:
- ✅ #11: 🧂 Condiments (AI Diet v1.0 discipline): (Yep!)
- salsa (Costco)
- mustard (Costco & Walmart)
- hot sauce (Costco)
- tomato sauce (Costco)
- vinegar (Costco & Walmart)
- lemonade (Costco)
- spices (garlic powder / chili / pepper)
- ☐✅ #12: 💧 2 Liters Water./Day: <>
- Make this each morning and sip all day:
- ¼ tsp iodized table salt (non-negotiable)
- 2–4 tsp lemon juice concentrate (optional)
- 1–2 tsp apple cider vinegar (optional)
- ¼ tsp Lite Salt / Half Salt (optional potassium upgrade)
- Himalayan pink salt is NOT better (usually no iodine).
- ☐✅ #13: 🥂 Martini Water Ritual! <>
- 🌾 Collagen (2 scoops)
- ☐✅ #14: 💊 Take Daily Vitamins: <>
- Fish Oil (Omega-3)
- 2 capsules/day with meals (Buy: Kirkland Fish Oil 1000 mg / Jamieson Omega-3 / Webber Naturals Omega-3)
- Vitamin D3
- 2000 IU/day (Buy: Jamieson D3 2000 / Webber Naturals / Kirkland D3)
- Calcium
- Calcium citrate 500 mg/day (Buy: Jamieson/Webber/Kirkland Calcium Citrate)
- Iodized Salt
- already included in water jug
- also used on food
- Fish Oil (Omega-3)
- ☐✅ #15:💊 Take Weekly Vitamins (Sunday): <>
- Vitamin B12
- B12 1000 mcg once/week (Buy: Jamieson / Webber Naturals / Kirkland B12 1000 mcg)
- Vitamin B12
EXERCISE (Dumbbells are 10 lbs. each)
- ☐✅ #16a: 🏋️♂️ MON — Strength A (Dumbbells + Knee) (20–30 min): <>
- 2 sets each:
- One-arm dumbbell row — 10 reps/side
- Dumbbell “bed (floor)” press — 10 reps
- Dumbbell shoulder press — 8–10 reps
- Dumbbell Romanian Deadlift — 10 reps
- Calf raises — 20 reps
- Standing ab brace — 10 sec × 5
- Knee Sit-to-Stand — 8–12 reps (physio move)
- 2 sets each:
- ☐✅ #16b:🏋️♂️ TUE — Row EASY + Knee Mini (20–30 min): <>
- Rowing – 20 minutes easy (conversational pace)
- Knee Sit-to-Stand — 1 set of 8 (light)
- ☐✅ #16c:🏋️♂️ WED — Strength B (Dumbbells + Knee) (20–30 min): <>
- 2 sets each:
- Dumbbell Romanian Deadlift — 10 reps
- Wall pushups OR counter pushups — 10–20 reps
- One-arm dumbbell row — 10 reps/side
- Bicep curls — 12 reps
- Overhead triceps extension — 12 reps
- Knee Sit-to-Stand — 8–12 reps
- 2 sets each:
- ☐✅ #16d:🏋️♂️ THU — Row MEDIUM + Knee Mini (20–30 min): <>
- Rowing – 20 minutes total:
- 5 min warmup easy
- 10 min work pace (slightly hard)
- 5 min cooldown
- Knee Sit-to-Stand — 1 set of 8 (light)
- Rowing – 20 minutes total:
- ☐✅ #16e:🏋️♂️ FRI — Strength A (Dumbbells + Knee) (20–30 min): <>
- 2 sets each:
- One-arm dumbbell row — 10 reps/side
- Dumbbell “bed (floor)” press — 10 reps
- Dumbbell shoulder press — 8–10 reps
- Dumbbell Romanian Deadlift — 10 reps
- Calf raises — 20 reps
- Standing ab brace — 10 sec × 5
- Knee Sit-to-Stand — 8–12 reps (physio move)
- 2 sets each:
- ☐✅ #16f:🏋️♂️ SAT — Row EASY or Mobility + Knee Mini: <>
- Rowing – 15–25 min easy
- Knee Sit-to-Stand — 1 set of 8 (light)
- ☐✅ #16g: 🏋️♂️ SUN — Recovery Day (still do something) + B12: <>
- Easy Rowing – 15–20 min
- Knee Sit-to-Stand — 1 set of 8 (light)
PROJECTS
I have a goal of getting the “Barn Suite” in order. Did any of these happen today?
- ☐✅ #17a: 🏚️ Label Filing Cabinet Boxes & Contents: <>
- ✅ #17b: 🏚️ Assemble Lamp: (Feb. 10/26!)
- ☐✅ #17c: 🏚️ Oil Cutting Board: <>
- ☐✅ #17d: 🏚️ Purchase Corner Bookcase: <>
- ☐✅ #17e: 🏚️ Assemble Corner Bookcase: <>
- ☐✅ #17f: 🏚️ Clean Kitchen: <>
- ✅ #17g: 🏚️ Assemble Soundbar: (Feb. 12/26!)
- ✅ #17h: 🏚️ Packaged Soundbar to return to Walmart: (Feb. 15/26!)
And assembling my music studio?
- ☐✅ #18a: 🎹 Fix/Restore external drives: <>
- ☐✅ #18b: 🎹 Download software: <>
- ☐✅ #18c: 🎹 Assemble drum kit: <>
And don’t forget the bookkeeping!
- ☐✅ #19a: 💾 Download OneDrive Data! <>
- ☐✅ #19b: 📷 Photograph “Physical” Journals! <>
And just for fun:
- ☐✅ #20a: 🌙 Read Keith Moon Book: <>
- ☐✅ #20b: ✈️ Flight Simulator (Take off/land Courtenay Airport!): <>
🔝 WEEKLY “NICE TO DO”!
| Day | Focus Area |
|---|---|
| Monday | ✅ 👕 Laundry Day: (One day late, but today!) |
| Tuesday | ☐✅ 🚿 Shampoo + Conditioner Routine — Aussie Miracle Moist Shampoo for 30–60 seconds, rinse, then apply Being BIG HAIR Volumizing Conditioner to mid-lengths and ends for 2–3 minutes before rinsing cool: <> |
| Wednesday | ☐✅ 🥗 Record “Weight Loss” Video: <> ☐✅ 📹 YouTube SHORTS VIDEO Creation: <> |
| Thursday | ☐✅ 📹 YouTube Video Upload @ 5:45 PM: <> |
| Friday | ☐✅ 📡 Social Media Posting/Updates: <> |
| Saturday | ☐✅ 📹 YouTube LONG Video Creation: <> |
| Sunday | ☐✅ 📹 YouTube Video Upload @ 5:45 PM: <> |
🔝 FUN, FUN, FUN!
| Day | Focus Area |
|---|---|
| Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday | ☐✅ 🎸 Music Studio Setup: <> ☐✅ ✈️ Flight Simulator: <> ☐✅ 🎶 Learn Sultans of Swing: <> ☐✅ 🗣️ Learn Tagalog! <> ☐✅🌙 Read Keith Moon Book: <> ☐✅🧠 Read Dr. James Doty Book: <> ☐✅ 🎧 Listen “Maggie Murphy (Notes)! <> ☐✅ 🎧 Listen “Alison Coughlan (Notes)! <> ☐✅ 🎧 Listen Dr. K videos! <> ☐✅ 📖 Read The Unified Manifestation System. Improvement? ANY UPGRADE IDEAS?: <> ☐✅ 📖 10 Books To Write! <> ☐✅ 💻 Manus Software! <> ☐✅ 🌿 Etc.?: <> |
📋Additional Daily Notes
Tuesday unfolded in one of those quietly productive, almost cinematic ways that only ordinary days seem capable of. Earlier, the new bookshelf finally stood assembled — solid, dark wood framed in black metal — temporarily positioned at an angle while I debated whether straight placement might better honor both space and function. It’s funny how even furniture becomes philosophical when you spend enough time thinking about systems, flow, and future intentions. The shelf isn’t just a shelf; it’s becoming a home for running medals, music gear, and little fragments of identity collected over time.
By early afternoon I drifted toward Mud Sharks, that familiar Comox Valley refuge that feels different depending on the hour. At 1:30 p.m. the energy was relaxed, unhurried, almost neutral — the perfect mental environment for long-form thinking. The Americano decision was purely rational and deeply satisfying: small, medium, or large for the same price, because water is just water and espresso shots are what actually cost money. There’s something deeply pleasing about deals that are grounded in reality rather than marketing illusion. Coffee in hand, I settled into a rhythm of listening and writing, the background voice of a familiar YouTube channel providing just enough cognitive noise to keep the analytical mind engaged without overwhelming it.
What looked like a simple café visit turned into something far more significant. Instead of pushing forward with raw drafting, while watching the “Regular Guy” YouTube channel (see photo to the right), I found myself compressing the novel — distilling months of scattered scenes, ideas, and emotional threads into something more skeletal and honest. Summarizing a story is a strangely revealing exercise. It strips away decoration, exposes structural weaknesses, and forces clarity about what the narrative is truly about. It’s less creative flourish and more architectural integrity. Somewhere between sips of Americano and drifting commentary, the story began to feel more coherent, less like a collection of moments and more like an organism with an internal spine.
As afternoon leaned toward evening, Mud Sharks performed its predictable ritual of closing, gently nudging the day into its next phase. Rather than heading home, I migrated — a small but meaningful relocation — toward Benino’s. The shift in atmosphere was immediate and unmistakable. Where Mud Sharks carries a casual, kinetic café energy, Benino’s feels warmer, slower, almost European in temperament. The drink choice reflected the psychological transition perfectly: a London Fog (see bottom shot in the image to the right). If the Americano was functional fuel, the London Fog was comfort, softness, decompression. Tea, milk, vanilla — a beverage designed less for stimulation and more for settling.
Something subtle but noticeable happens to the mind in spaces like that. Thoughts lose their sharp edges. Urgency dissolves. The nervous system recalibrates without permission or ceremony. Instead of commentary-driven audio, the background drifted into the gentle, almost hypnotic cadence of a Japanese cooking video. Slow movements, soft narration, repetitive gestures — modern ambient noise disguised as content. Oddly, the instruction onscreen — wash the rice until the water runs clear, then let it sit — carried an accidental resonance. Not mystical, not symbolic in any supernatural sense, but psychologically familiar. Clarity often follows agitation. Understanding often follows stillness.
The day, viewed from a distance, reveals its own quiet structure. Build something physical. Debate placement. Shift environments. Engage cognition. Compress ideas. Relocate. Soften input. Let thoughts breathe. No dramatic breakthroughs, no grand revelations — just the steady mechanics of a mind moving between focus and release. These are the days that rarely look important while they’re happening, yet somehow form the connective tissue of creative life. Nothing extraordinary occurred, yet everything felt subtly in motion.
Even the late conversational drift toward Nvidia — that ever-present background character in my thinking — fit the pattern. Markets, like stories and like minds, resist precise prediction. Expectations collide with reality. Outcomes hinge on nuances invisible until after the fact. The same uncertainty that governs earnings reactions governs creative work and daily life alike. You assemble, you position, you adjust, you wait. You rarely know in advance which small action will later appear pivotal.
In the end, it was simply a Tuesday. A bookshelf in a corner. An Americano at Mud Sharks. A London Fog at Benino’s. A tablet screen glowing with slow, methodical imagery. Yet beneath the surface, the day carried that familiar, almost comforting sense of continuity — the quiet feeling of a life not stalled, not static, but gently, persistently becoming.
