July 31, 2025 • 21 mins
Turning the pen to you, Jerome Mbaga invites listeners to reflect and question the current direction of their life. Faced with a terrifying philospical question, Jerome discusses the importance of grounding onesself to find stabilty in themselves, their life, and time.
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(00:01):
Okay, what's up, crew?
I hope you guys had a reallygood week if this is your first time
tuning in.
My name is Jerome Baga, andthis is my podcast for you to grow.
This week's episode is titledwhat do you.
(00:22):
Sorry, how do you intend tolive your life?
I know that's a very big andscary question, but I decided to
pose that question thisepisode because I know in my first
episode I talked a lot aboutmyself, but this podcast is equally
(00:46):
yours as it is mine.
And so I wanted this episodeto be a lot more geared towards you
rather than me.
Before we dive into all that,I can tell you guys a little bit
about my week since the lasttime we spoke.
I. I've spent a lot of my timeat work just because that's where
(01:11):
I spend a lot of my time.
But I've gotten up to somepretty fun things.
Me and my friends went to Jazz Fest.
Well, not all my friends, butme and some of my friends went to
Jazz Fest in the Beaches thisweekend, which was super fun.
We randomly strolled uponthis, like, rave in a park.
(01:34):
That was bumping, and it was.
It was a great time.
Actually had a really busyweekend, but now I'm just, like,
forgetting everything.
I hung out with my girlfrienda lot, which is really fun.
Went to dinner with some ofher family, which was also really
fun.
(01:55):
I feel like I'm forgettingsomething very big.
I don't know what it is.
I feel like I'm forgettingsomething very big.
What I do, I don't know.
Anyways, I also got to have aconversation, like a group FaceTime
with most of my siblings overthe weekend, which was really good
because something I'mpersonally trying to improve on is
(02:17):
showing up as a bettersibling, because sometimes it's hard
when we all get older anddrift apart and stuff.
So, yeah.
Yeah, so that was.
It was good.
It was good stuff.
And that was basically my week.
That's where I'm at.
I played volleyball, and,yeah, that's where I'm at.
(02:40):
And so here we are, the secondThursday of the podcast.
Ready to talk about themeaning of life or how you guys intend
to spend your life Now, I gotthis question from.
Don't hate on me.
I got this question from ananime called Finland Saga.
(03:02):
It's a very, very, very goodpiece of fiction.
I definitely recommend youguys all go watch it.
Basically, it's about thestory of a boy who lost his father
when he was really youngbecause his father, like, died in
battle or whatever.
And then essentially, hespends his Entire youth filled with,
(03:25):
like, rage and revenge, tryingto hunt down the guy who killed his
father.
And then he is forced to,like, let go of that rage and create
a life of his own, which isdefinitely more dramatic than what
my situation is.
But I think it's relatable tonot just me, but to all of you guys,
(03:48):
because I don't think it hasto be something as obvious or traumatic
as revenge and blinding anger.
But I think there are a lot ofmaybe negative or neutral emotions
that push us towards goalsthat we don't even know.
(04:08):
And sometimes we don't even like.
And sometimes this can looklike jealousy of our friends trying
to fit in with said friends,chasing a level of confidence that
kind of comes out as, like anego instead, because we're trying
to fix some of our insecurities.
(04:29):
You know, all that.
All that whole kind of vibe,chasing something and then reaching
a turning point where youchoose to turn away from that goal,
whether you've attained it andit maybe wasn't, didn't live up to
your expectations or youdidn't attain it, but you just realized
sooner along that journey thatthat's not what you wanted to do.
(04:53):
And so a big majority of thepeople listening to this podcast
are people around my age.
I think the analytics said 18to 24 or something like that.
And so that's a prettyimportant time in your life.
I know people are alwaystalking about, oh, you changed so
much during high school, youchanged so much in university.
(05:16):
I feel like you change so muchduring all parts of your life.
But these are especially big times.
And so I wanted to sit downand have a talk with you about where
you see yourself in a week.
How is the version of you aweek later, next Thursday when I
(05:39):
come back and talk, how isthat version of you different?
Maybe that's because you havesome really busy stuff coming up
this week and, you know, youmight be stressed maybe next time
this week, or maybe you have avery clear schedule and there is
something you want to work on.
It doesn't have to be emotion wise.
Maybe it's just a skill or asport or hanging out with some certain
(06:01):
people that you want to hangout with that will change you in
some shape or form because youwill be different next Thursday.
Every single moment that welive and every single memory that
we create shapes us.
Second by second, we change as people.
And so I would ask you, howwill you be different next Thursday?
(06:23):
I'll start next Thursday.
I hope to be.
This one's gonna sound silly,but next Thursday, I hope to be more.
A little bit more organized ofa person.
I'm pretty organized most ofthe time, but I'm also really good
(06:44):
at procrastinating, which Iknow will come and hit me like a
truck when I get to uni, butespecially during the summer when
things are more relaxed,sometimes I tend to run late for
certain stuff or.
Or forget to text certainpeople back and just lots of stuff
(07:05):
that I should be on top of.
And so that's how I want toshow up next Thursday.
A person that's just a littlebit more organized.
I'm not chasing perfectionbecause I know I will never reach
perfection, because, you know,jealousy is the thief of joy or whatever.
And you can.
I can also be jealous of,like, a future version of myself.
(07:27):
Anyways, I hope to be a littlebit more organized.
So I hope from hearing my goalfor next Thursday that maybe can
invite you to think about howyou want to show up next Thursday.
So I'll just give you a coupleseconds to think about that.
(07:49):
Sounds good.
You can keep that in your ownhead or you can shoot that to me
over Instagram.
And yeah, we can talk about it.
And yeah, up to you guys.
But anyways, when we'rethinking about how we want to live
(08:10):
our life, I did the activitybecause I feel that we often jump
so far ahead into, like, wherewe want to be a year from now.
You know, like those NewYear's resolution type of goals.
And I've never really been abig fan of New Year's resolution
type of goals because I feellike it's kind of just like a point
(08:34):
in time where everyone feelslike they have to have a goal.
And I feel like a goal wouldjust always be more attainable if
it's something you just choseto put out there in any point in
time.
Anyways, I'm rambling.
Point is, don't let thepresence get past you.
(08:58):
Time is moving very, very,very quickly.
I'm sure all of you guys know that.
But, like, looking at justright now, we're basically halfway
through the summer, if youmight even be listening to this on
August 1st, where we willreally be halfway through the summer.
And so maybe reflecting on thepast a little bit.
(09:23):
How have you.
How do you think you spent thefirst half of your summer?
Are you satisfied with it?
Do you wish you could havedone more?
And once you've acknowledgedthat, don't dwell on it too much.
Don't get sad about it, or ifyou're happy about it, amazing.
Just take the lessons you'velearned from the first half of your
summer and.
And apply to the second halfof your summer day by day.
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And so that's what it's reallyall about.
But moving on from that topic,I would like to focus on not necessarily
your end goal type of person,like this hero, this heroic version
(10:07):
you have of yourself in yourhead that's like you, and you're
like, I don't know, 20, 30, 40years from now, but rather the important
piece of yourself that youneed to keep along that journey.
And so what I call it, well,not what I call it, a good way to
(10:30):
put it, is it's called your center.
I think a very, very, verysmart way to navigate through life
is creating and finding your center.
And for many people, that canbe many different things.
It doesn't have to be one thing.
It can be multiple things.
And it helps you stay steadyin times when you're not sure of
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where you're going to be nextweek, what state you're going to
be in next week, if you'remaybe not feeling steady with the
people you have in your lifearound you, whether that be romantic
relationship, your friends,your family, teachers, anything.
Anything going on in your life.
(11:16):
And so for me, my center haskind of been a combination of things,
which I only really found mycenter about two years ago or maybe
a year ago, I would say A bigpart of my center is the moral value
of kindness.
Has a very, very, very bigcenter of mind that helps me stay
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grounded in whatever I'mdoing, in whatever level of certainty
I'm doing.
And it also allows me to beconfident about it.
Essentially, no matter howunstable my situation is.
I can roughly predict that ifI act with kindness, I will get to
(12:01):
where I want to be.
And that's my assessment thatI've created for my own life.
But it doesn't have to besomething as happy, you know, all
that stuff as kindness.
It could be a repetitive thingthat you do every week, whether that
be eating breakfast.
Let's say you start atradition for yourself where it's
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like every Sunday or likeevery Monday.
Every one day of a week,you're just gonna have a meal.
It's gonna ground you.
That's gonna be your center,no matter what, no matter what fakeness
in the world that's pouringdown on you from every direction.
You know you're gonna havethat one breakfast.
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Let's say for other people,it's their sport that they play.
Some it's the gym, some it'svery important.
People in their Life, liketheir family or their friends.
For others, it's music thatthey listen to.
For others, it's the showsthat they watch.
And so I can share some ofmine first, I shared kindness.
(13:05):
Music is definitely a big onethis month.
I'd say I've been listening toa lot more Fleetwood Mac than I usually
do because there's this songcalled Warm Ways by Fu and Mac Guys.
It's so good.
It's like the vibes are like,when you get home and, like, you're
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tired, and you kind of justwant, like, relax.
It's a banger.
Put it on.
Put it on.
But finding good music hasbeen my center recently because it
allows me to connect with mywork a lot more.
(13:48):
And ever since I started thispodcast, I think I've been in my
head more.
Not, like, in a bad way, just,like, been more introspective about
all the things I do,especially anything that is involving
any form or medium of art,such as music.
And so I've been really intoFleetwood Mac recently.
(14:09):
I've been coming home fromwork sometimes just really tired,
putting on some Fleetwood Mac,and it relaxes me a ton.
I've got my shows that I watch.
I watch this one show called Blacklist.
It's really good.
It's on Netflix.
Go watch it.
And also this other showcalled One Piece that makes me really
happy.
You guys should also go watchit every once a week.
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I also go play volleyball.
So that kind of grounds me inwhatever I'm doing.
But the point I'm trying tomake here is that these centers can
sometimes feel superficial,because a lot of them are.
A lot of them are things thatare not you.
They don't make up you.
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And so when I'm saying center,I don't.
I'm not trying to confuse itwith the word soul here.
I'm just trying to give herthe opportunity to have a repetitive
thing that you do every weekor even every day that grounds you
in the calm of your storm.
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And so, returning to ouroriginal point, having this center
allows you to be so much moreconfident in everything you do.
And I am not joking.
Like, this is so true.
Even as something as silly ornot even silly, as simple, I'd rather
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say as eating the samebreakfast once every week.
I'm not even joking.
You'll be very surprised howmuch it can change you.
Especially when you'reconscious about it.
A lot of you might bethinking, well, I do eat this one
cereal every week, everysingle day.
When you're conscious about it.
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It's different because you'resetting a time aside in your mind
for just you.
And I invite you all to dothat and text me about it and tell
me how it goes.
And so when it's time for youto think about how you want to live
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your life, and I'm not here totell you how to do that, I'm not.
I will give you a little bitof advice based on my life, but I
don't know your life as muchas I do my own.
And you know yours best.
Anyways, when it comes thetime for you to be thinking about
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your life, I want you to thinkback to your center and ask yourself
how the actions of your day orweek or any time period have aligned
with your center.
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Has your center been like aplace of calm in this giant storm
and maybe that's a sign thatyou need some changes in your life?
Or has it maybe just been asmall point of reflection and everything
in your life seems kind of steady?
That could be a good thing ora bad thing.
Maybe study it as if it's kindof boring and you need to spice it
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up a little.
Maybe it's a good thing.
Maybe it's just an averagelevel of calmness and you've reached
a sense of peace where you'recomfortable with.
And that's great.
And it's really great if you did.
And so I want to bring up onthis one point quote sorry, that
I really like and I've alwayssaid it, I just saw it one day and
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it was like really stuck with me.
And it goes as nothing changesif nothing changes.
And a second quote I heardonline that goes along with that
one is what you're notchanging, you're choosing.
And so those quotes basicallymean the same thing.
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And I bring them in nowbecause I'm going to wrap up this
episode now.
And so I want to leave youwith these thoughts.
First, find your center.
Ground yourself in your day oryour week.
Just try it for one day, forone week, try it and come tell me.
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Or don't keep it to yourself.
Maybe you'll like it, maybeyou won't.
Second, think about all thethings you're doing in your life
and question if it's reallywhat you want to be doing, if it's
making you happy, if it'smaking you feel alive and not that
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you're just living anddragging on through the world.
Nothing changes if nothing changes.
If you're not happy with yoursituation, go change it.
And you can do that a littlebit easier by grounding yourself
in your center and then third.
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Wow, that was a really good plugin.
Third, Go to the link in mybio, send you a link this time and
at the very top you'll seethis button that you can click and
it will bring you to this form.
It could be anonymous if you'd like.
You don't have to put yourname or your email or any contact
and shoot me one thing.
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It could be about somethingthat's going on in your life that
you would like me to giveadvice about or talk about or just
any random thought likephilosophical or just podcasty type
thought that you want me totalk about in my next episode.
And I will definitely get to it.
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As always, it was a really bigpleasure talking to you guys.
I know there were things Ileft out pretty broad in this episode
and that's because I want youguys to thinking about it.
Trust me, this podcast isgoing to be going on for a very long
time.
So we will definitely get intoall of the nitty gritty.
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But I'll leave you with this.
It says any quote, this isjust top of my head.
This is your life.
Do with it what you want with it.
And I really mean that.
This is your life.
Do with it as you want with it.
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Stop doing things that don'tmake you happy.
Some things are necessary.
Some things are like neutrallike homework and going to work.
You can't really get out of those.
But I'd say strive for thingsthat make you happy.
Strive for things that makeyou feel free.
And strive for things thatbring you back to that center and
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feed your inner child.
Because we all have that.
No matter what age you arelistening to this or gender or any
background information at all.
So thanks for tuning in againanother Thursday and I can't wait
to see you guys next Thursday.
Thanks so much crew.
Bye bye.
Okay, what's up, crew?
I hope you guys had a reallygood week if this is your first time
tuning in.
My name is Jerome Baga, andthis is my podcast for you to grow.
This week's episode is titledwhat do you.
(00:22):
Sorry, how do you intend tolive your life?
I know that's a very big andscary question, but I decided to
pose that question thisepisode because I know in my first
episode I talked a lot aboutmyself, but this podcast is equally
(00:46):
yours as it is mine.
And so I wanted this episodeto be a lot more geared towards you
rather than me.
Before we dive into all that,I can tell you guys a little bit
about my week since the lasttime we spoke.
I. I've spent a lot of my timeat work just because that's where
(01:11):
I spend a lot of my time.
But I've gotten up to somepretty fun things.
Me and my friends went to Jazz Fest.
Well, not all my friends, butme and some of my friends went to
Jazz Fest in the Beaches thisweekend, which was super fun.
We randomly strolled uponthis, like, rave in a park.
(01:34):
That was bumping, and it was.
It was a great time.
Actually had a really busyweekend, but now I'm just, like,
forgetting everything.
I hung out with my girlfrienda lot, which is really fun.
Went to dinner with some ofher family, which was also really
fun.
(01:55):
I feel like I'm forgettingsomething very big.
I don't know what it is.
I feel like I'm forgettingsomething very big.
What I do, I don't know.
Anyways, I also got to have aconversation, like a group FaceTime
with most of my siblings overthe weekend, which was really good
because something I'mpersonally trying to improve on is
(02:17):
showing up as a bettersibling, because sometimes it's hard
when we all get older anddrift apart and stuff.
So, yeah.
Yeah, so that was.
It was good.
It was good stuff.
And that was basically my week.
That's where I'm at.
I played volleyball, and,yeah, that's where I'm at.
(02:40):
And so here we are, the secondThursday of the podcast.
Ready to talk about themeaning of life or how you guys intend
to spend your life Now, I gotthis question from.
Don't hate on me.
I got this question from ananime called Finland Saga.
(03:02):
It's a very, very, very goodpiece of fiction.
I definitely recommend youguys all go watch it.
Basically, it's about thestory of a boy who lost his father
when he was really youngbecause his father, like, died in
battle or whatever.
And then essentially, hespends his Entire youth filled with,
(03:25):
like, rage and revenge, tryingto hunt down the guy who killed his
father.
And then he is forced to,like, let go of that rage and create
a life of his own, which isdefinitely more dramatic than what
my situation is.
But I think it's relatable tonot just me, but to all of you guys,
(03:48):
because I don't think it hasto be something as obvious or traumatic
as revenge and blinding anger.
But I think there are a lot ofmaybe negative or neutral emotions
that push us towards goalsthat we don't even know.
(04:08):
And sometimes we don't even like.
And sometimes this can looklike jealousy of our friends trying
to fit in with said friends,chasing a level of confidence that
kind of comes out as, like anego instead, because we're trying
to fix some of our insecurities.
(04:29):
You know, all that.
All that whole kind of vibe,chasing something and then reaching
a turning point where youchoose to turn away from that goal,
whether you've attained it andit maybe wasn't, didn't live up to
your expectations or youdidn't attain it, but you just realized
sooner along that journey thatthat's not what you wanted to do.
(04:53):
And so a big majority of thepeople listening to this podcast
are people around my age.
I think the analytics said 18to 24 or something like that.
And so that's a prettyimportant time in your life.
I know people are alwaystalking about, oh, you changed so
much during high school, youchanged so much in university.
(05:16):
I feel like you change so muchduring all parts of your life.
But these are especially big times.
And so I wanted to sit downand have a talk with you about where
you see yourself in a week.
How is the version of you aweek later, next Thursday when I
(05:39):
come back and talk, how isthat version of you different?
Maybe that's because you havesome really busy stuff coming up
this week and, you know, youmight be stressed maybe next time
this week, or maybe you have avery clear schedule and there is
something you want to work on.
It doesn't have to be emotion wise.
Maybe it's just a skill or asport or hanging out with some certain
(06:01):
people that you want to hangout with that will change you in
some shape or form because youwill be different next Thursday.
Every single moment that welive and every single memory that
we create shapes us.
Second by second, we change as people.
And so I would ask you, howwill you be different next Thursday?
(06:23):
I'll start next Thursday.
I hope to be.
This one's gonna sound silly,but next Thursday, I hope to be more.
A little bit more organized ofa person.
I'm pretty organized most ofthe time, but I'm also really good
(06:44):
at procrastinating, which Iknow will come and hit me like a
truck when I get to uni, butespecially during the summer when
things are more relaxed,sometimes I tend to run late for
certain stuff or.
Or forget to text certainpeople back and just lots of stuff
(07:05):
that I should be on top of.
And so that's how I want toshow up next Thursday.
A person that's just a littlebit more organized.
I'm not chasing perfectionbecause I know I will never reach
perfection, because, you know,jealousy is the thief of joy or whatever.
And you can.
I can also be jealous of,like, a future version of myself.
(07:27):
Anyways, I hope to be a littlebit more organized.
So I hope from hearing my goalfor next Thursday that maybe can
invite you to think about howyou want to show up next Thursday.
So I'll just give you a coupleseconds to think about that.
(07:49):
Sounds good.
You can keep that in your ownhead or you can shoot that to me
over Instagram.
And yeah, we can talk about it.
And yeah, up to you guys.
But anyways, when we'rethinking about how we want to live
(08:10):
our life, I did the activitybecause I feel that we often jump
so far ahead into, like, wherewe want to be a year from now.
You know, like those NewYear's resolution type of goals.
And I've never really been abig fan of New Year's resolution
type of goals because I feellike it's kind of just like a point
(08:34):
in time where everyone feelslike they have to have a goal.
And I feel like a goal wouldjust always be more attainable if
it's something you just choseto put out there in any point in
time.
Anyways, I'm rambling.
Point is, don't let thepresence get past you.
(08:58):
Time is moving very, very,very quickly.
I'm sure all of you guys know that.
But, like, looking at justright now, we're basically halfway
through the summer, if youmight even be listening to this on
August 1st, where we willreally be halfway through the summer.
And so maybe reflecting on thepast a little bit.
(09:23):
How have you.
How do you think you spent thefirst half of your summer?
Are you satisfied with it?
Do you wish you could havedone more?
And once you've acknowledgedthat, don't dwell on it too much.
Don't get sad about it, or ifyou're happy about it, amazing.
Just take the lessons you'velearned from the first half of your
summer and.
And apply to the second halfof your summer day by day.
(09:47):
And so that's what it's reallyall about.
But moving on from that topic,I would like to focus on not necessarily
your end goal type of person,like this hero, this heroic version
(10:07):
you have of yourself in yourhead that's like you, and you're
like, I don't know, 20, 30, 40years from now, but rather the important
piece of yourself that youneed to keep along that journey.
And so what I call it, well,not what I call it, a good way to
(10:30):
put it, is it's called your center.
I think a very, very, verysmart way to navigate through life
is creating and finding your center.
And for many people, that canbe many different things.
It doesn't have to be one thing.
It can be multiple things.
And it helps you stay steadyin times when you're not sure of
(10:55):
where you're going to be nextweek, what state you're going to
be in next week, if you'remaybe not feeling steady with the
people you have in your lifearound you, whether that be romantic
relationship, your friends,your family, teachers, anything.
Anything going on in your life.
(11:16):
And so for me, my center haskind of been a combination of things,
which I only really found mycenter about two years ago or maybe
a year ago, I would say A bigpart of my center is the moral value
of kindness.
Has a very, very, very bigcenter of mind that helps me stay
(11:37):
grounded in whatever I'mdoing, in whatever level of certainty
I'm doing.
And it also allows me to beconfident about it.
Essentially, no matter howunstable my situation is.
I can roughly predict that ifI act with kindness, I will get to
(12:01):
where I want to be.
And that's my assessment thatI've created for my own life.
But it doesn't have to besomething as happy, you know, all
that stuff as kindness.
It could be a repetitive thingthat you do every week, whether that
be eating breakfast.
Let's say you start atradition for yourself where it's
(12:24):
like every Sunday or likeevery Monday.
Every one day of a week,you're just gonna have a meal.
It's gonna ground you.
That's gonna be your center,no matter what, no matter what fakeness
in the world that's pouringdown on you from every direction.
You know you're gonna havethat one breakfast.
(12:44):
Let's say for other people,it's their sport that they play.
Some it's the gym, some it'svery important.
People in their Life, liketheir family or their friends.
For others, it's music thatthey listen to.
For others, it's the showsthat they watch.
And so I can share some ofmine first, I shared kindness.
(13:05):
Music is definitely a big onethis month.
I'd say I've been listening toa lot more Fleetwood Mac than I usually
do because there's this songcalled Warm Ways by Fu and Mac Guys.
It's so good.
It's like the vibes are like,when you get home and, like, you're
(13:27):
tired, and you kind of justwant, like, relax.
It's a banger.
Put it on.
Put it on.
But finding good music hasbeen my center recently because it
allows me to connect with mywork a lot more.
(13:48):
And ever since I started thispodcast, I think I've been in my
head more.
Not, like, in a bad way, just,like, been more introspective about
all the things I do,especially anything that is involving
any form or medium of art,such as music.
And so I've been really intoFleetwood Mac recently.
(14:09):
I've been coming home fromwork sometimes just really tired,
putting on some Fleetwood Mac,and it relaxes me a ton.
I've got my shows that I watch.
I watch this one show called Blacklist.
It's really good.
It's on Netflix.
Go watch it.
And also this other showcalled One Piece that makes me really
happy.
You guys should also go watchit every once a week.
(14:34):
I also go play volleyball.
So that kind of grounds me inwhatever I'm doing.
But the point I'm trying tomake here is that these centers can
sometimes feel superficial,because a lot of them are.
A lot of them are things thatare not you.
They don't make up you.
(14:55):
And so when I'm saying center,I don't.
I'm not trying to confuse itwith the word soul here.
I'm just trying to give herthe opportunity to have a repetitive
thing that you do every weekor even every day that grounds you
in the calm of your storm.
(15:16):
And so, returning to ouroriginal point, having this center
allows you to be so much moreconfident in everything you do.
And I am not joking.
Like, this is so true.
Even as something as silly ornot even silly, as simple, I'd rather
(15:37):
say as eating the samebreakfast once every week.
I'm not even joking.
You'll be very surprised howmuch it can change you.
Especially when you'reconscious about it.
A lot of you might bethinking, well, I do eat this one
cereal every week, everysingle day.
When you're conscious about it.
(15:59):
It's different because you'resetting a time aside in your mind
for just you.
And I invite you all to dothat and text me about it and tell
me how it goes.
And so when it's time for youto think about how you want to live
(16:21):
your life, and I'm not here totell you how to do that, I'm not.
I will give you a little bitof advice based on my life, but I
don't know your life as muchas I do my own.
And you know yours best.
Anyways, when it comes thetime for you to be thinking about
(16:41):
your life, I want you to thinkback to your center and ask yourself
how the actions of your day orweek or any time period have aligned
with your center.
(17:01):
Has your center been like aplace of calm in this giant storm
and maybe that's a sign thatyou need some changes in your life?
Or has it maybe just been asmall point of reflection and everything
in your life seems kind of steady?
That could be a good thing ora bad thing.
Maybe study it as if it's kindof boring and you need to spice it
(17:22):
up a little.
Maybe it's a good thing.
Maybe it's just an averagelevel of calmness and you've reached
a sense of peace where you'recomfortable with.
And that's great.
And it's really great if you did.
And so I want to bring up onthis one point quote sorry, that
I really like and I've alwayssaid it, I just saw it one day and
(17:43):
it was like really stuck with me.
And it goes as nothing changesif nothing changes.
And a second quote I heardonline that goes along with that
one is what you're notchanging, you're choosing.
And so those quotes basicallymean the same thing.
(18:06):
And I bring them in nowbecause I'm going to wrap up this
episode now.
And so I want to leave youwith these thoughts.
First, find your center.
Ground yourself in your day oryour week.
Just try it for one day, forone week, try it and come tell me.
(18:29):
Or don't keep it to yourself.
Maybe you'll like it, maybeyou won't.
Second, think about all thethings you're doing in your life
and question if it's reallywhat you want to be doing, if it's
making you happy, if it'smaking you feel alive and not that
(18:50):
you're just living anddragging on through the world.
Nothing changes if nothing changes.
If you're not happy with yoursituation, go change it.
And you can do that a littlebit easier by grounding yourself
in your center and then third.
(19:10):
Wow, that was a really good plugin.
Third, Go to the link in mybio, send you a link this time and
at the very top you'll seethis button that you can click and
it will bring you to this form.
It could be anonymous if you'd like.
You don't have to put yourname or your email or any contact
and shoot me one thing.
(19:31):
It could be about somethingthat's going on in your life that
you would like me to giveadvice about or talk about or just
any random thought likephilosophical or just podcasty type
thought that you want me totalk about in my next episode.
And I will definitely get to it.
(19:55):
As always, it was a really bigpleasure talking to you guys.
I know there were things Ileft out pretty broad in this episode
and that's because I want youguys to thinking about it.
Trust me, this podcast isgoing to be going on for a very long
time.
So we will definitely get intoall of the nitty gritty.
(20:17):
But I'll leave you with this.
It says any quote, this isjust top of my head.
This is your life.
Do with it what you want with it.
And I really mean that.
This is your life.
Do with it as you want with it.
(20:40):
Stop doing things that don'tmake you happy.
Some things are necessary.
Some things are like neutrallike homework and going to work.
You can't really get out of those.
But I'd say strive for thingsthat make you happy.
Strive for things that makeyou feel free.
And strive for things thatbring you back to that center and
(21:01):
feed your inner child.
Because we all have that.
No matter what age you arelistening to this or gender or any
background information at all.
So thanks for tuning in againanother Thursday and I can't wait
to see you guys next Thursday.
Thanks so much crew.
Bye bye.
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