Welcome to Tuesday! Here is item #1 on my “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: 📌 Work on Universal Planner! <>
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- ✅ #02: 📈 Weigh yourself! (361.9 lbs. – 340.9 lbs. = 21.0 lbs. total weight loss.)
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- ✅ #03: 📉 Record Weight Down in Title!
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- ✅ #04: 😴 Record any Nighttime Whispers! (None!)
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- ✅ #05: 📕Read/Craft Ultimate Manifestation Letter: (10:32 am,
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- ✅ #06: ☕ Over AM Coffee, say Terje’s Script! (*** NOTES ***) (10:34 am!)
- #1) Hello – Begin by acknowledging them out loud. Simply say “Hello Universe” and open the conversation. The goal is not perfection or certainty, but connection. Say “THANK YOU” for everything and be SPECIFIC about manifestations!
- #2) Honesty – Speak truthfully about what you actually feel — fear, loneliness, frustration, gratitude, confusion, hope, excitement, doubt, or exhaustion. Don’t perform spirituality. Just be real.
- #3) Companionship – Treat them like companions walking beside you. Share little moments throughout the day: things you notice, appreciate, wonder about, or find beautiful or funny. Build relationship, not just requests.
- #4) Meetings – Take a few moments each day to talk through your life with them — what’s ahead today, what you’re worried about, what you want, where you feel stuck, and where you’d appreciate support or clarity.
- #5) Asking – Ask first for emotional relief and inner calm, then ask for solutions, guidance, pop-ins, signs, opportunities, ideas, or small favors. Ask openly without demanding exact outcomes or trying to control how the answer arrives.
- #6) Releasing – After asking, stop forcing. Go live your life. Walk, drive, work, brainstorm out loud, drink coffee, move through ordinary moments, and allow ideas or clarity to arise naturally instead of mentally gripping for answers.
- #7) Noticing – Pay attention to what returns — sudden ideas, emotional shifts, coincidences, synchronicities, timing, relief, unexpected opportunities, little “winks,” or moments that feel quietly meaningful. Then continue the conversation and relationship over time.
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*** Daily ***
- ✅ #07: 🥔 Develop OMAD Plan For Me! (Walmart chips & dip!)
- Step #1 Rules:
- Eat ONLY between 4pm-Midnight. (Outside those hours? Only water/tea/coffee + cream).
- Permitted Foods?
- 🥔 Starches: Potatoes, Sweet potatoes, Rice, Oats
- 🥦 Vegetables: Unlimited non-starchy vegetables, Frozen vegetables, Salads, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Mushrooms, Onions, Peppers, Tomatoes, Carrots
- 🍓 Fruit: Berries, Apples, Bananas, Oranges, Grapes, Any whole fruit
- 🫘 Beans & Legumes: Black beans, Pinto beans, Kidney beans, Lentils, Chickpeas
- 🍗 Protein: Chicken, Turkey, Fish, Lean beef, Eggs, Egg whites, Tofu
- 🥛 Dairy: Plain Greek yogurt, Cottage cheese, Sharp Cheddar Cheese
- 🥑 Healthy Fats: Avocados, Nuts, Seeds, Olive oil
- 🍽️ Simple Homemade Foods: Homemade mac & cheese, Homemade soup, Homemade chili, Homemade stew, Homemade bread, Homemade mashed potatoes, Homemade oatmeal, Homemade burritos/wraps
- 🍯 Sweeteners (Okay in Moderation): Maple syrup, Honey, Molasses, White sugar, Brown sugar, Coconut sugar
- 🌿 Non-Caloric Sweeteners: Stevia, Monk fruit, Erythritol, Zevia
- ☕ Drinks (Outside Eating Window): Water, Sparkling water, Tea, Coffee, Coffee with a little cream, Zevia
- 🍪 Treats (Occasionally): Homemade cookies, Homemade muffins, Homemade pie, Air-fryer treats
- 🚫 Generally Avoid: Sugary soda, Candy, Chips, Highly processed snack foods, Fast food, Sugary cereals, Packaged desserts
- ⭐ Simple Rule: If Grandma would recognize it and could reasonably make it in her own kitchen, it’s probably okay. If it comes in a shiny package with a long list of ingredients and was designed in a factory, it’s probably best left on the shelf.
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- Step #1 Rules:
- ✅ #08: 💊 Take Vitamins! (11:30 pm!)
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- ✅ #09: 💧 Drink ONE GALLON water! (Yep!)
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- ☐✅ #10: 🥋 Integrate Kung Fu!
- Watch/Process/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.
- Watch & Take Notes for the Original Kung Fu TV Series! (*** NOTES GO HERE ***)
- MAX OUT on “Chin Ups”! (*** NOTES GO HERE ***)
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- Watch/Process/Complete Shaolin.Online!
- ☐✅ #11: 🎧 Watch/Listen YouTube Videos!
- Maggie Murphy (Notes)! <>
- Regular Guy (Notes)! <>
- Chad Foster (Notes)! <>
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- ☐✅ #12: ✨ Work On New Novel! (*** NovelMay26 ***)
- Develop Plot! <>
- Flush Out Story! <>
- Create Images! <>
- Runway Video! <>
- Cite Manifestation Sources, Videos, Scriptures & Concepts! <>
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- ☐✅ #13: 📺 Watch Television!
- Amazon Prime Fallout! <>
- HBO Doom Patrol!
- Amazon Prime “The Boys”! <>
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- ☐✅ #14: 📖 Read Books!
- Read Keith Moon Book! <>
- Read/Vision Board The World Is Waiting For You by Edwina Findley Dickerson! <>
- Read Lifespan: Why We Age – and Why We Don’t Have To” by Dr. David Sinclair! <>
- Read Dr. James Doty Book: <>
- Read Benjamin Graham’s “The Intelligent Investor“! <>
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- ☐✅ #15: 🎮 Play Games!
- Play GTA5! <>
- Play Flight Simulator! <>
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- ☐✅ #16: 🏡 Clean up “Barn Suite”!
- Organize Kitchen! <>
- Oil Cutting Board! <>
- Label Filing Cabinet Boxes & Contents: <>
- Organize Bathroom! <>
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- ☐✅ #17: 🎵 Set up Music Studio!
- Back Up OneDrive Photos To Disk! <>
- Purchase & Install Software: <>
- Fix/Restore External Disk Drives! <>
- Set Up Components: <>
- Assemble drum kit: <>
🔝 “VERY OPTIONAL” WEEKLY “NICE TO DO”!
| Day | Focus Area |
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| 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: <> |
| 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 |
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| 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
This morning began with one of those simple moments that seem to define so much of my life these days. The rooster was crowing outside, the sun was shining, and I was sitting at my computer working on blog entries and notes.
One of my goals recently has been drinking more water, and today I think I finally found a system that works. Yesterday I managed to drink a full gallon, but most of it was late in the day, which meant I spent half the night getting up to use the bathroom. Today I approached things differently. I started early and had already consumed more than half the gallon before midday. By the time I picked my daughter up after school, enough time had passed that I wasn’t making emergency trips to the washroom every few minutes. It felt like a small victory and a reminder that success often comes from tweaking systems rather than relying on willpower.
The topic of food came up repeatedly throughout the day. I learned more about the Australian Satiety Index, which ranks foods according to how filling they are. To my surprise—or perhaps not so much surprise anymore—boiled potatoes ranked at the very top. Potatoes scored dramatically higher than most foods tested, which only reinforced my growing suspicion that simple foods might be better weight-loss tools than many expensive diet products. We talked about resistant starch, the benefit of cooking potatoes and then cooling them before reheating them later, and how a simple potato salad with a little Miracle Whip might actually be a perfectly reasonable addition to a weight-loss plan.
The more I thought about it, the more appealing potatoes became. Cook them in the Instant Pot, cool them overnight, and then reheat them in the air fryer when needed. Add some beans, vegetables, and perhaps a little lean protein, and you have a meal that is inexpensive, filling, and easy to prepare. It’s funny how often the simplest foods end up being the most effective.
During the afternoon I found myself thinking about the little “manifestations” and synchronicities I’ve recorded over the past few years. Looking back through my list of found coins, unexpected encounters, recovered memories, and small moments of luck was a reminder that life is full of tiny events that can take on meaning if we choose to notice them. Whether they’re signs from the Universe or simply examples of paying attention, they have become part of the story of my life.
I also received an update from Miranda through the Comox Valley Coffee Club. Apparently there was a glitch in the matching system and she ended up being matched with fourteen different people. Fourteen! No wonder she’s feeling overwhelmed. She explained that she’s away next week for work and intends to reconnect with everyone once she returns in early July. I appreciated that she took the time to send an update rather than simply disappearing into the summer busyness.
There were also the usual errands and activities that seem to fill family life. After violin class and other stops, I picked up a couple of snacks for the kids: a bag of potato chips and some cookie-and-cream biscuit sticks. Nothing extravagant, just a small treat. Looking back, these ordinary moments often end up meaning more than the big dramatic events we think we’re waiting for.
This evening I found myself at McDonald’s, a place that has somehow become one of my regular reflection spots. Sitting there with a coffee, I thought about the day and realized that despite all the conversations about diets, manifestation, and future plans, much of life is built from simple moments.
I also enjoyed some watermelon this evening (see photo to the right). It was sweet, refreshing, and felt like the perfect summer snack. After spending part of the day talking about potatoes being the king of satiety, watermelon seemed to occupy the opposite end of the spectrum: not especially filling, but wonderfully refreshing. There’s probably room for both in life.
As the day comes to a close, I’m struck by how ordinary it was—and how good ordinary can be. There were no lottery wins, no grand revelations, and no dramatic life changes. Instead, there was sunshine, family, water, food, small errands, and quiet reflection. Sometimes I think happiness isn’t hidden in the extraordinary moments at all. Maybe it’s found in learning to appreciate a Tuesday afternoon when the rooster is crowing, the kids are doing well, and life is simply unfolding one small moment at a time.
