2026-11-08 - Goods Grocery

Day #1168 – (Sun., Nov. 8, 2026) – (ChatGPT #0554 – Good’s Grocery Wraps!)

Welcome to another wonderful Comox Valley Day my friends! Item #1 on my “ToDo List” will start today off: (You can use these symbols: ☐✅).

Morning

  • ✅ #01: 📌 Work on Universal Planner! (Yep!)
  • ✅ #02: 😴 Record any Nighttime Whispers! (The Man Who Knew The Address!)
  • ☐✅ #03: 📕Read/Craft Ultimate Manifestation Letter: (8:42 pm,
  • ✅ #04: ☕ Over AM Coffee, say Terje’s Script! (*** NOTES ***) (Sunday Afternoon!)
      • #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.
      • …

*** Daily – 🥣 v1.05 Diet Foundation ***

Spread the daily amounts across breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

  • ✅ #01: 📈 Weigh yourself!
    • (364.1 lbs. – 361.2 lbs. = 2.9 lbs. total weight loss.)
    • …
  • ☐✅ #02: 🥣 (MEAL-560 cal) Blueberry–PB2 Overnight Oats (560 calories)! <>
  • ☐✅ #03: 🍳 (MEAL-550 cal) Griddler Cheesy Egg-White & Potato Scramble (550 calories)! <>
  • ☐✅ #04: 🥗 (MEAL-550 cal) Chickpea, Tofu & Potato Lunch Salad (550 calories)! <>
  • …
  • ☐✅ #05: 🍪 (SNACK-180 cal) Air-Fryer Blueberry–Applesauce Oat Cookies (180 calories)! <>
  • ☐✅ #06: 🍿 (SNACK-155 cal) Air-Fryer Popcorn Cauliflower (155 calories)! <>
  • ✅ #07: 🍨 (SNACK-145 cal) Banana–PB2 Frozen Dessert (145 calories)! (11:30 pm!)
  • ☐✅ #08: 🍫 (SNACK-175 cal) Fudgy Chickpea Brownies (175 calories)! <>
  • …
  • ✅ #09: 🫙 (CONDIMENT) Four Vegan Salad Dressings! (Noon!)
  • …
  • ☐✅ #10: 🥔 (UNLIMITED) POTATOES or SWEET POTATOES! <>
  • Satisfying portions with meals. Adjust portions according to hunger, energy, weight trends, and my care team’s advice.
  • …
  • ☐✅ #11: 🥦 (UNLIMITED) “NON STARCH” VEGETABLES! <>
  • Generous portions. Rotate leafy greens, broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms, peppers, cabbage, and others.
  • …
  • ✅ #12: 💧 Drink WATER (2 liters)! (This evening!)
  • ☐✅ #13: 💊 Take VITAMINS! <>

*** Optional — Enjoy If Wanted *** (These are choices, not requirements for a successful day.)

  • ☐✅ #14: 🥤 Zevia: 1 can per day.
  • ✅ #15: ☕ Evening coffee: McDonald’s coffee with 2 oat milk portions + 1 Splenda. (Yep!)
  • ☐✅ #16: 🍨 Treat/Whatever:  Up to 500 calories per day, from time-to-time! <>
  • ✅ #17: ❓NOTE: (Today started off fine. I went to Good’s Groceries to get some large burrito wraps. Alas, I didn’t eat before I left the house, so about 20 rice cakes with my Americano at Benino’s. Then a $5 McValue meal at Mcdonalds tonight…)

*** Follow Your Bliss Today! ***

  • ☐✅ #01: 🥋 Integrate Kung Fu!
    • Watch/Process/Complete Shaolin.Online! (*** Workbooks ***)
      • 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 ***)
    • …
  • ☐✅ #02: 🎧 Watch/Listen YouTube Videos!
    • SpudFit (Notes)! <>
    • Help By Buzz (Notes)! <>
    • 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)! <>
    • …
  • ☐✅ #03: ✨ Work On New Novel! (*** NovelMay26 ***)
    • Develop Plot! <>
    • Flush Out Story! <>
    • Create Images! <>
    • Runway Video! <>
    • Cite Manifestation Sources, Videos, Scriptures & Concepts! <>
    • …
  • ☐✅ #04: 📺 Watch Television!
    • Amazon Prime Fallout! <>
    • HBO Doom Patrol!
    • Amazon Prime “The Boys”! <>
    • …
  • ☐✅ #05: 📖 Read Books!
  • ☐✅ #06: 🎮 Play Games!
    • Play GTA5! <>
    • Play Flight Simulator! <>
    • …
  • ☐✅ #07: 🏡 Clean up “Barn Suite”!
    • Organize Kitchen! <>
    • Oil Cutting Board! <>
    • Label Filing Cabinet Boxes & Contents: <>
    • Organize Bathroom! <>
    • …
  • ☐✅ #08: 🎵 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”!

DayFocus 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: <>
Friday☐✅ 📡 Social Media Posting/Updates: <>
Saturday☐✅ 📹 YouTube LONG Video Creation: <>
Sunday✅ 📹 YouTube Video Upload @ 5:45 PM: (The Bat Cave “long” goes live!)

🔝 “VERY OPTIONAL” FUN, FUN, FUN!

DayFocus 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)! (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


Much of my creative energy today went into my YouTube channel and a video called “The Batcave.” There’s an entrance to a park near where I live that reminds me of the Batcave from the old 1960s Batman television series. Every time I look at it, I half expect the Batmobile to come flying out.

That simple observation became the foundation of a rather personal reflection about growing older and losing some of the imagination we possessed as children. When I was a boy, an ordinary entrance into the trees might have been the headquarters of Batman and Robin. All I needed was a towel tied around my shoulders, and suddenly I was a superhero heading off on an important adventure. My mother might have wondered where her good towel had disappeared to, but that was hardly my concern.

Somewhere along the way, that sort of imagination seems to have faded. A walk becomes exercise. A hobby needs to accomplish something. Even having fun can turn into another task that needs to be completed successfully.

Perhaps that’s something I need to reconsider.

I spent considerable time developing the narration, refining the pacing, and creating images of a little boy wearing a towel as a cape. I wanted him standing with his back to the camera, looking straight ahead toward the mysterious entrance, his hands confidently resting on his hips. We experimented with different versions until the pose and appearance began to capture what I had in mind.

I also explored different thumbnail styles, including an impressionist version inspired by Claude Monet and a colourful pop-art interpretation reminiscent of the comic books and television adventures of the 1960s. The word I chose to represent the video was “Wonder.”

That word seemed especially fitting.

I also worked on creating an original musical theme that would evoke the energetic, playful spirit of the classic Batman television series without copying its recognizable music. Twangy electric guitars, brass accents, lively drums, and a touch of 1960s campiness seemed like just the thing.

Eventually, I had both a long version of “The Batcave” and a shorter version suitable for YouTube Shorts. I worked on the titles, descriptions, hashtags, and other metadata, including references to Adam West, Burt Ward, the Batmobile, and the original television series that had captured my imagination so many years ago.

The long video was scheduled to go live at 5:45 this afternoon. It felt good to have another AlreadyBecoming creation ready to share.

Another significant accomplishment involved my Universal Planner. Sunday is a natural opportunity to review the system, carry out maintenance, and make sure things are organized for the week ahead. I uploaded the latest planner workbook and worked with ChatGPT to examine its structure and develop a Google Apps Script for Sunday maintenance.

We also incorporated a new reading project, #0028, for a Kindle book I’d recently purchased: “CONTACT: Humanity’s Path to Remembrance,” channeled by Rebecca Videnoff.

I’d like to finish the book within a month, so we established a reading goal extending from November 8 through December 7, with a suggested daily commitment of 20 minutes. Rather than simply adding another book to my growing collection of things I intend to read someday, I wanted a practical system that would help me actually finish it.

By this evening, I had already begun.

My Universal Planner recorded two sessions associated with CONTACT, including a 54-minute reading session from 9:21 to 10:15 p.m. By the end of that session, I’d reached page 21 of the book’s 150 pages. That’s 14 percent completed on the very first day.

Not a bad start!

The planner also recorded a substantial meditation session this afternoon, lasting 65 minutes, followed by a nap. Meditation remains an important part of my exploration of consciousness, manifestation, and the relationship between my everyday experiences and the spiritual ideas I’ve been studying.

I also spent some time thinking about the lottery dream I had several weeks ago. It had been such a vivid experience, with the feeling that we’d actually won a tremendous amount of money. Yet here I was, nearly a month later, without the winning ticket.

I found myself reflecting on what that meant. A dream can feel remarkably real, but that doesn’t necessarily make it a prediction. Perhaps the significance lies less in whether the lottery win actually happens and more in what that imagined experience reveals about my desire for freedom, possibility, and a different future.

I’m still learning how to balance hope with reality, and how to enjoy the life I’m living while continuing to pursue the life I’d like to create.

On the Becoming Fit front, the scale registered 361.2 pounds today, a reduction of 2.9 pounds from the 364.1-pound comparison weight I’d recorded. That’s encouraging, although I know that daily weight changes don’t necessarily reflect changes in body fat.

I also managed a little physical activity, walking up and down the neighbourhood stairs. Seventeen steps up and seventeen steps down. It wasn’t a marathon, but it was movement, and movement counts.

2026-11-08 - Goods Grocery

My eating, however, provided another lesson.

I started the day reasonably well, but headed out without eating first. I stopped at Good’s Groceries to look for some large burrito wraps (see photo to the right), and later found myself at Benino’s enjoying an Americano. Unfortunately, because I hadn’t eaten before leaving home, I ended up consuming approximately 20 rice cakes.

Not exactly the structured meal I’d been planning!

Later in the evening, I stopped at McDonald’s for a $5 McValue meal, along with my usual coffee containing two portions of oat milk and one Splenda.

This is precisely the sort of real-world experience I want to incorporate into the development of my AI Diet Guide v1.05. It’s one thing to design nutritious meals and snacks on paper. It’s quite another to make those plans work when I’m out and about, hungry, and surrounded by convenient food choices.

The lesson seems straightforward: I need to eat something satisfying before leaving home, or bring along something more substantial than a collection of rice cakes.

I continued experimenting with foods that might make the new eating plan easier to maintain. We adjusted my Banana–PB2 Frozen Dessert recipe to accommodate 335 grams of ripe bananas, and I enjoyed some of the frozen dessert late in the evening. I also worked with four vegan salad dressings and continued thinking about how enjoyable, convenient foods could fit into a sustainable approach to weight loss.

I recorded drinking approximately two litres of water today, another useful part of the routine I’m trying to establish.

During the afternoon, I also made time for Terje’s Script, my daily practice of acknowledging the Universe, expressing gratitude, and sharing my thoughts and feelings openly. I returned to my Ultimate Manifestation Letter at 8:42 p.m.

These practices continue to be part of my Becoming, even as I explore what they mean and how they affect the way I experience ordinary life.

Looking back over the day, I find it interesting how many seemingly unrelated activities connected with the same underlying ideas.

Perhaps the most important realization today came from that little boy wearing a towel around his shoulders.

He didn’t need a sophisticated plan, a productivity system, or an explanation for why he wanted to explore the Batcave.

He was curious.

He was excited.

He was ready for an adventure.

At 66, I can’t go back and become that little boy again. But I can still make room for the part of myself that sees something extraordinary in an ordinary entrance to a park.

Maybe that’s another part of what AlreadyBecoming is all about.

Not simply improving myself, completing projects, losing weight, or pursuing distant dreams.

Perhaps it’s also about remembering how to enjoy being alive.

And the next time I walk past that park entrance, I think I’ll stop for a moment and look into the trees.

After all, if the Batmobile really does come flying out, I’d hate to miss it.

Same life. Still becoming.

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