Welcome to the middle of the week! Up next, 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! (Yep!)
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- ✅ #02: 😴 Record any Nighttime Whispers! (None!)
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- ✅ #03: 📈 Weigh yourself! (361.9 lbs. – 320.2 lbs. = 41.7 lbs. total weight loss.)
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- ✅ #04: 📉 Record Weight Down in Title!
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- ☐✅ #05: 📕Read/Craft Ultimate Manifestation Letter: (1:20 pm,
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- ✅ #06: ☕ Over AM Coffee, say Terje’s Script! (*** NOTES ***) (1:15 pm!)
- #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: 🥔 Implement “The AI Diet v1.04”! (Done!)
- First 30-Days Rules
- 🥔 Starches: Potatoes, Sweet potatoes
- 🥦 Vegetables: Unlimited non-starchy frozen, canned & fresh vegetables
- 🥚 Protein: Egg whites
- 🧂 Condiments: Mustard, Tomato Sauce, Hot Sauce, Salsa, Spices
- ☕ Drinks: Water, Sparkling water, Tea, Coffee, Zevia
- ⭐ 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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- First 30-Days Rules
- ✅ #08: 💊 Take Vitamins! (Done!)
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- ✅ #09: 💧 Drink 1 GALLON water (with 6 Tbsp lemon juice, 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar, 1 tsp Himalayan sea salt! (Done!)
*** Follow Your Bliss Today! ***
- ☐✅ #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!
- SpudFit (Notes)! (Spud Fit Challenge Day 99 (bonus video!) – Mandy Monday CHEESE SAUCE SUBSTITUTE YAY!)
- Terry’s Spirit Lab (Notes)! <>
- Maggie Murphy (Notes)! (Subreddit)! <>
- Regular Guy (Notes)! <>
- Chad Foster (Notes)! <>
- With Dee (Notes)! <>
- Alison Coghlan (Notes)! <>
- Tim Grimes (Notes)! <>
- Dr. K – HealthyGamerGG (Notes)! <>
- Joseph Alai (Notes)! <>
- Paul In The Philippines (Notes)! <>
- Fly Me To The Philippines (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: (Navy Blue Polo!) ✅ 📹 YouTube SHORTS VIDEO Creation: (Vegan Dog Treats Short!) |
| 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)! (Subreddit)! <> ☐✅ 🎧 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
Some days are full of action. Others are quieter, but they leave you thinking long after they’re over. Today was definitely one of those days.
I spent part of the day continuing my journey through cinema history by finishing Part 1 of The Birth of a Nation (see photo to the right) while at Tim Hortons near the Home Depot. It’s a fascinating experience because you have to separate two very different things: the film’s enormous influence on filmmaking and its deeply offensive and historically distorted message. The first half tells the story of the Civil War through the lives of two families—the Camerons in the South and the Stonemans in the North. It ends with General Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, closing the chapter on the Civil War itself before moving into the controversial Reconstruction portion. A very racist movie, and gives a very distorted view of various things, but it is part of movie history nonetheless.
That naturally sent me down one of my favorite rabbit holes. I became curious about April 9th and discovered something I hadn’t known before. Exactly one hundred years after Lee surrendered at Appomattox—April 9, 1965—the Beatles released Ticket to Ride in the United Kingdom while they were in the middle of filming Help!. It’s amazing how history weaves itself together. One century separates two completely unrelated events, yet both occupy their own important place in history. It’s those little discoveries that make learning so enjoyable.
The second half of my day became an investing lesson.
A few months ago, I made one of the biggest financial decisions I’ve ever made: I sold virtually everything in my Fidelity retirement accounts and rebuilt the portfolio from the ground up. Since then, I’ve occasionally wondered the same question that almost every investor asks sooner or later:
“What if I had simply done nothing?”
Today, I decided to stop wondering.
I dug out my old Fidelity statements from before the sale. There they were—the original holdings, every stock, every share. Together, we reconstructed what those accounts looked like before I touched them.
Then came the interesting part.
Instead of comparing percentages or charts, we asked a much simpler question. If those exact shares were still sitting in those accounts today, what would they be worth?
It took some work to reconstruct everything, but when the estimate was complete, the answer was sobering.
Had I simply held the original portfolio, my retirement accounts would have been worth more.
“Why did I sell?”
“Why didn’t I just leave things alone?”
“That was a mistake.”
The funny thing about hindsight is that it’s undefeated. It never loses. Looking backward, every decision seems obvious because we already know the outcome.
But investing doesn’t happen backward.
It happens looking forward.
After sitting with those numbers for a while, I realized something important.
Yes, the old portfolio appears to have done better over these past few months. That doesn’t automatically mean the decision was wrong.
Why?
Because I’m not holding the same portfolio anymore—and that’s by design.
Today, my retirement accounts contain much larger positions in Amazon and Alphabet than they did before. Those two companies have become core holdings because I believe they are exceptionally well positioned for the coming decade. Between Amazon’s cloud infrastructure, logistics, AI investments, and advertising business, and Alphabet’s dominance in search, YouTube, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence, I feel comfortable giving them a larger role in my portfolio.
At the same time, I still own significant positions in NVIDIA and Tesla in other investment accounts. In other words, I didn’t abandon those companies. I simply spread my exposure differently.
That realization changed the way I looked at today’s numbers.
I began thinking:
“I exchanged one portfolio for another because my convictions changed.”
Those are two very different ways of looking at exactly the same event.
The first creates regret.
The second creates responsibility.
One of the reasons I enjoy investing so much is that it’s really an exercise in decision-making. Every stock purchase is a prediction about the future. Every sale is a statement that you believe your money will work harder somewhere else. None of us gets perfect information. We simply gather the best evidence we can, make our decisions, and live with the results.
What today’s exercise really gave me wasn’t disappointment.
It gave me closure.
For months, that little voice in the back of my mind occasionally wondered what the old portfolio might have become. Now I have a reasonable answer. I don’t have to imagine it anymore.
And strangely enough, once you know the answer, it becomes easier to let it go.
You can learn from yesterday without living in yesterday.
Whether it’s investing, relationships, career choices, or personal growth, constantly replaying alternate histories doesn’t change where you are. The only thing that matters is what you do with the opportunities in front of you today.
As I wrapped up the evening, I found myself thinking about both the Civil War and investing. In a strange way, they shared a common theme.
History is important because it teaches us.
But history is not where we live.
Tomorrow is.
And tomorrow’s results will come not from wishing I had held a different portfolio, but from making the best possible decisions with the one I have now.
