It’s Thursday and here is item #1 on my latest “ToDo List”: (You can use these symbols: ☐✅).
Remember, losing weight means:
- No more joint pain.
- Easier to get up/down stairs.
- New clothes.
- Socialize more.
- Travel more.
So, keep motivated! Here goes:
Morning
- ✅ #01: 🪄 Maggie’s Manifestation: The Optimal State From Which To Manifest Anything You Want (Neville Goddard/Law Of Assumption)
- (At the 1:20 point she says the OPTIMAL STATE IS “I AM 100% OKAY WITH NOT GETTING THIS THING, BUT I KNOW I WILL GET IT”! THIS IS THE STATE THAT HAS ALWAYS WORKED FOR HER AND GOTTEN HER WHATEVER SHE WANTS!!!)
- ✅ #02: 📈 Weigh yourself! (361.9 lbs. – 346.8 lbs. = 15.1 lbs. total weight loss.)
- ✅ #03: 📉 Record Weight Down in Title!
- ✅ #04: 😴 Record any Nighttime Whispers! (None!)
Afternoon
- ☐✅ #05: 🥋 Complete Shaolin.Online!
- I commit to daily practice—body and mind.
- I eat with awareness and stop when satisfied.
- I move my body every day, even briefly.
- I return to the present moment whenever I notice I’ve drifted.
- I do not chase perfection—I practice consistency.
- I finish this course.
- ☐✅ #06: 📺 Watch & Take Notes for the Original Kung Fu TV Series! (*** NOTES GO HERE ***)
- ✅ #07: 🏋️ MAX OUT on “Chin Ups”! (*** NOTES GO HERE ***) – I set the chin up bar this afternoon and ordered some more elastics from Amazon.
- ☐✅ #08: 🧘 Embody Stillness + Presence (The Quiet Path)
- (This is NOT about changing my life… this is about changing HOW I move through it.)
- Move slowly and deliberately for 2–5 minutes (like a calm martial arts form — no rush, no goal)
- Sit with one coffee or meal with ZERO distraction (no phone, no thinking ahead — just notice)
- When a “past path” thought appears → replace with: “That quality is still available now”
- Choose ONE anchor:
- walk slower for 2 minutes
- pause before responding
- sit still for 3 minutes
- 👉 Goal: Slow down + Notice + Don’t force
Night
- ☐✅ #09: 🗣️ DID YOU SAY/FEEL 100 TIMES? (while driving, etc.) – “Thank you! I’m really grateful… I’m aligned with my higher self, and it’s already done.”
- ✅ #10: 🥔 Eat “Forever Plate” Meals (& expanding to “The AI Diet v1.1.2”)!
“VERY OPTIONAL” PROJECTS
I have a goal of getting the “Barn Suite” in order. Did any of these happen today?
- ☐✅ 🏚️ Label Filing Cabinet Boxes & Contents: <>
- ☐✅ 🏚️ Oil Cutting Board: <>
- ☐✅ 🏚️ Clean Kitchen: <>
And assembling my music studio?
- ☐✅ 🎹 Fix/Restore external drives: <>
- ☐✅ 🎹 Assemble drum kit: <>
And don’t forget the bookkeeping!
- ☐✅ 💾 Download OneDrive Data! <>
- ☐✅ 📷 Photograph “Physical” Journals! <>
And just for fun:
- ☐✅ ✈️ Flight Simulator (Take off/land Courtenay Airport!): <>
- ☐✅ 🌙 Finish Keith Moon Book: <>
- ☐✅ 📜 Watch “History of Civilization” Videos: <>
- ☐✅ ♟️ Perfect my “Chess Game”! <>
- ☐✅ 👀 Watch Alison Coghlan’s videos! <>
- ☐✅ 🎓 Learn AI via Coursiv! <>
- ☐✅ 🪙 Read Benjamin Graham’s “The Intelligent Investor“! <>
🔝 “VERY OPTIONAL” WEEKLY “NICE TO DO”!
| Day | Focus Area |
|---|---|
| Monday | ☐✅ 👕 Laundry Day: <> |
| 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: (Shawshank Redemption “short” goes live!) |
| Friday | ☐✅ 📡 Social Media Posting/Updates: <> |
| Saturday | ☐✅ 📹 YouTube LONG Video Creation: <> |
| Sunday | ☐✅ 📹 YouTube Video Upload @ 5:45 PM: <> |
🔝 “VERY OPTIONAL” 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! <> ☐✅ 🌎Read/Vision Board The World Is Waiting For You by Edwina Findley Dickerson: <> ☐✅ 💻 Manus Software! <> ☐✅✨ DreamGen! <> ☐✅ 🌿 Etc.?: <> |
📋Additional Daily Notes
Today felt like one of those days where everything started to come together—not in a dramatic, obvious way, but in a quieter, more structured sense. The focus began with the same reminder I’ve been reinforcing: losing weight isn’t just about the number. It’s about moving without pain, getting up and down stairs more easily, wearing different clothes, getting out more, traveling more, and ultimately living differently. That thought anchored the morning, and I moved into the routine—Maggie’s manifestation video, locking back into that state of being okay without it while still knowing it’s already done.
The scale came in at 346.8 lbs, down 15.1 lbs from 361.9. That number matters, but more than that, it’s the consistency behind it. Nothing dramatic happened overnight—it’s just small actions repeating. No Nighttime Whispers this morning, just a continuation of the process.
One of the more tangible shifts today was setting up the chin-up bar at home (see photo to the right). It’s such a simple thing, but it changes the environment. It’s no longer something I might do—it’s right there, unavoidable. I pushed into a max-out session and ordered elastics to support progression. It’s another small step, but one that signals commitment.
At the same time, there’s been this growing structure around investing. With cash sitting on the sidelines—only a third of the total invested capital—the focus isn’t on getting into the market, but on how to deploy intelligently. The realization is that I’m already exposed, so this becomes about improving entries, not chasing them. The idea of using limit orders tied to pullbacks started with the 50-day moving average, but evolved into something more layered—buying in tiers rather than waiting for a single “perfect” price.
That led into building a full system: splitting purchases into three levels, letting the market come to me instead of reacting emotionally, and adding an acceleration rule so that if the market drops, I increase buying instead of hesitating. It’s no longer about guessing where the market is going—it’s about controlling how I enter it. There’s something calming about that. It removes the pressure of needing to be right and replaces it with a process.
To support that, I even set up a spreadsheet to track everything—orders, fills, holdings, and overall progress. It turns what could feel chaotic into something structured and repeatable. Just like the diet, just like the workouts, it becomes another system built on consistency.
Throughout the day, there was also a conscious effort to slow things down—moving deliberately, sitting with a coffee without distraction, noticing when thoughts drifted and bringing them back. Not trying to change everything, just changing how I move through it.
The Shawshank Redemption short went live in the evening, which tied everything together in a strange way. The idea that nothing changes all at once—that it’s just small actions repeated over time—showed up everywhere today. In the weight loss, in the workouts, in the investing, in the mindset.
Nothing about today would stand out to anyone looking from the outside. No big breakthrough, no dramatic shift. But internally, it felt like alignment. Systems being built. Pieces starting to connect.
And maybe that’s the real takeaway—it’s not about waiting for the big moment. It’s about recognizing that it’s already happening, quietly, one decision at a time.
