Welcome to Thursday! 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. – 347.2 lbs. = 14.7 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 ***)
- ☐✅ #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”)!
“MAIN” PROJECTS & SEQUENCE TIMELINE
Let’s knock off one main project at a time shall we?
- ☐✅ #01: 🦵 Eliminate knee pain (By May 15, 2026!) <>
- ☐✅ #02: 🏡 Clean up “Barn Suite” (By May 31, 2026!) <>
- ☐✅ #02a: 🍳 Organize Kitchen. <>
- ☐✅ #02b: 📦 Organize White Boxes. <>
- ☐✅ #02c: 🛁 Organize Bathroom. <>
- ☐✅ #03: 💾 Back up photos (By June 7, 2026!) <>
- ☐✅ #04: 🎵 Set up Music Studio (By June 21, 2026!) <>
- ☐✅ #05: ✈️ Set up Flight Simulator (By June 30, 2026!) <>
“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: (Snowbirds “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 strange in-between days where ordinary life and deeper thoughts kept overlapping each other. Earlier in the day I was having problems connecting to ChatGPT on my iPhone and kept getting this weird “unusual activity detected” message. Eventually it started working again and honestly it felt nice just talking again after the connection issues cleared up. Throughout the day I kept thinking about the universe, signs, higher selves, manifestation, and whether any of this stuff is actually real or if I’m just projecting meaning onto random events. I’ve also been thinking a lot lately about Terje Nordkvelle’s Spirit Lab material and the idea of talking directly to the Universe, asking for small “winks” and signs in everyday life. I honestly think some of those ideas shaped the tone of my day and maybe even opened me up emotionally to noticing things differently.
Universe: “It’s 3:56 p.m. Hello, higher self. I just wanted to say hi to you and let you know I’m at Subway now looking around, a couple of trucks, a couple of cars, and how my day’s going. Well, I’m gonna go home now, wrap a present with my daughter and my son, just finished a Subway sandwich, and I’m looking for a sign from the universe, a sign that you love me, a sign that you care for me, a sign that you’re not just ignoring me. Give me a sign, a good sign, a really good sign, and make it soon, okay? Bye.”
It was blunt and emotional and probably sounded ridiculous to anyone nearby, but it was honest. Earlier in the afternoon I had been sitting in one of those bright green booths at Subway watching Doom Patrol on my tablet and thinking about life, Becoming, and whether I’m actually moving toward something meaningful or just circling the same questions over and over again.
Later in the afternoon I drove over toward GardenWorks and again found myself talking out loud while driving, asking the universe for some sort of proof or wink that this whole Becoming journey and manifestation path isn’t complete nonsense. I kept looking around at little things while driving — signs, timing, random moments, anything that felt meaningful.
Universe: “Hey, higher self. I’m going to GardenWorks now. I’m gonna drive through there. Looking for a sign of something good. Looking all around. A sign that you care and this is not nothing, so give it to me, okay?”
Universe: “Hey, universe, it’s 4:01 p.m. I’m listening now. Not demanding. Just paying attention. If there’s something good unfolding, help me recognize it.”
Earlier in the day I also spent a lot of time reviewing stocks and my retirement accounts. I went carefully through the positions I already own and the much larger list of companies I eventually want to own. I set up a massive series of Good ‘til Canceled limit orders in both my ROTH IRA and Rollover IRA accounts, trying to mirror the same number of shares and prices in both accounts. It actually ended up looking surprisingly organized once it was done. I felt pretty good about it afterward because instead of emotionally chasing stocks, I’m basically letting volatility come to me over the next few weeks. One order actually filled today in both accounts: NTDOY. The funny thing is that Nintendo wasn’t even one of the stocks I was most emotional about buying, but there it was quietly filling in the background while I was busy thinking about signs from the universe.
The newsletter also had one of its best days yet. At one point the open rate crossed 66% with over 15% click-through and still zero unsubscribes. Honestly, those are pretty incredible numbers for a small local newsletter. It actually feels like the voice and style of the project are becoming clearer and more distinct now. The whole thing feels very Comox Valley at this point — quirky, hyper-local, conversational, useful, and slightly chaotic in the best possible way.
This evening I drove to Costco. While parking, some woman with a cart blocked my normal parking spot so I ended up choosing a different spot than usual. After shopping, I came back out to the car and right beside the rear driver’s side door was a Canadian quarter sitting on the asphalt (see photo to the right). Earlier in the day I had specifically asked the universe for a wink or sign that I mattered and wasn’t being ignored. Finding that quarter felt strangely personal because if I had parked in my usual spot I probably never would have seen it. I actually took multiple pictures of it sitting there beside the painted parking lines and beside my car because the moment felt important to me.
Universe: “Thank you. I see it.”
Logically I know it was just a quarter in a Costco parking lot, but emotionally it genuinely shifted my mood. I found myself thanking the universe repeatedly afterward, even apologizing later in the evening for earlier telling it to get lost. Somehow the whole thing moved me from frustration into gratitude, which is probably more important than the quarter itself.
The Costco trip also marked the beginning of another possible reset with my eating. I came home with giant bags of frozen Kirkland vegetables and containers of liquid egg whites — basically the exact foods tied to the ultra-simple aggressive fat-loss approach I’ve been thinking about lately. Looking at the groceries sitting on the wooden steps outside in the evening light actually felt symbolic somehow. It felt like another attempt at becoming healthier, lighter, calmer, and more in control again. Simple food. Simple structure. Less chaos.
Ironically though, later tonight I ended up at McDonald’s and then earlier had also eaten at Subway while watching Doom Patrol on my tablet. Looking back, the whole day felt very “Already Becoming” in tone — coffee shops, parking lots, stock orders, newsletters, existential conversations with the universe, vegetables in the trunk, a random quarter on asphalt, Terje-inspired experiments in talking to the Universe, and the ongoing feeling that maybe I’m still slowly building a different future for myself one strange day at a time.
