July 20, 2024 • 17 mins
Welcome back to another episode of the Thus Far Podcast. In this insightful and candid episode, our host shares personal reflections on aging and the wisdom that comes with it. Turning 39 has brought a blend of excitement and a stark reminder that time waits for no one.
The discussion takes a humorous turn as our host vents about the mundane aspects of work life, from unnecessary meetings to uninteresting conversations about coworkers' pets. It's a relatable take on the universal struggle of balancing work and personal joy.
The episode also delves into significant life lessons learned over the past year. From understanding the importance of patience to recognizing the true colors of people around us, these reflections offer valuable insights into personal growth and self-awareness.
Tune in for a heartfelt and thought-provoking journey through life's ups and downs. Whether you're looking for wisdom, humor, or just a friendly voice, this episode has something for you.
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(00:12):
Hey, and welcome back to another episode of Thus Far Podcast.
So far, so good. God for us all.
And I'm coming to you this week a little wiser. Yeah, let's say a little more seasoned.
A little more mature. That sounds better than, you know, the word that I'm dreading.
(00:35):
I don't want to say it, but I'm going to say it anyway. Anyway,
a little older, ill, ill, brother. What's that?
What's that, brother?
It's a two-edged sword, yeah? You're happy that you're getting older,
(00:56):
more seasoned, mature, but at the same time, you're looking at the years as they go by.
You're like, dang, time is moving. Time waits for nobody. body.
And perhaps that's why I'm here today, to kind of share that time really waits for no one.
But at the same time, I also want to share with you some of the things I've
(01:16):
learned in this past year.
And I will get into that in a minute. For now, as always, I want to start by
saying hello to you and to yours, sending you a warm cuddle wherever you are
in this world to say you have Have a friend in me.
If ever you need to talk to someone, if ever you need to share anything and
(01:37):
everything, make sure you get in touch with me, okay?
I hope you've been well since the last time we were here.
I hope you've been taking care of yourselves, your loved ones,
and of course, your mental health.
As for me, well, I don't know what to tell you. Life has been good.
Life has been really good.
(01:59):
There's certain things that have just made it even better. And I might share
some of those with you today.
But, you know, I've been all right work-wise. It's been a little demanding,
but it is what it is, right?
So this week, something caught my attention. It was a clip that I saw on social media.
(02:19):
The lady saying that, you know, she really hates going to work.
She would rather be at home getting laid often and well and just get a paycheck while she's at home.
I think we all kind of fantasize about that, right?
Nobody likes work. In fact, if I'm talking about work, I don't like to talk
(02:42):
about work to a degree where I actually feel some type of way when someone asks
me how is work or how was work.
It was work. It's...
I don't like to talk about work.
Like, what's there to tell you? It's never going to be pleasurable to wake up.
(03:06):
In the morning and drive to work. That's if you're going there.
I mean, I'm blessed that I work for my whole majority of the time. But still, it's work.
There's no pleasure that is ever going to come out of work, ever.
But don't tell my boss about this. because in his mind, oh, this guy is so happy to be here.
(03:26):
No, I am not.
One of the many reasons why it's just some of the unnecessary things that happen,
like certain meetings that could have been an email, that could have been a little chat,
but we have to sit through a meeting.
And because it could have been a chat, You want to try and fill up the one hour that you set aside.
(03:54):
And then now you're subjecting us to other people coming here to talk about their pet genie.
Listen, I cannot make this up. This lady or this girl had a pet,
a lizard for a pet, right?
(04:14):
And now we have to sit in there and hear her talk about. I mean,
this is no diss to anyone who loves pets, you know, each to their own.
A lot of people, especially in this country, they love their dogs,
their cats, their lizards or snakes or whatever.
But why do I have to sit in there and be subjected to this? You know what I'm saying?
(04:36):
And I kid you not, this one time, 30 minutes, everyone sharing their stories about their pets.
One was like, my dog.
She's never done it before but then a visitor came in and she bit him I've never
seen that before I don't care,
I do not care. Like, I really do not care. Oh, my lizard.
(05:02):
She's been missing for a couple of days.
I don't know if she, you know, my daughter left the cage open and she's just been missing.
I don't know where she... I do not care. I really don't care.
All right. All right. Let me come back. But that's my point. Right.
(05:25):
Work is already bad enough for me to be in the office, but not when you subject
me to these conversations that have nothing to do with me, that I have absolutely
no interest in taking part in.
(06:01):
A woman. I'm going to lose a woman. But anyway, don't ask me about work.
Ask me about the weather. them.
Ask me, like, when is Jesus coming back?
You know, it's a better conversation.
Ask me, why are the trees green? You know, ask me about my balls.
You know what I'm saying? Those are better conversations.
(06:27):
How is it work? It's work. There is no amount of pleasure that will ever come
out from going to work or from labor.
So let's not make it a conversation. It's there. It has to happen.
We're going to do it and then come home to Tarajim.
I'm done fending. Let's go back to this episode.
(06:51):
So this episode really was about, you know, just kind of sharing my continued
celebrations of my birthday.
I turned 39, by the way, in case you're wondering.
And it's a number that is huge. I remember a time when I was probably in my
20s, early 20s, and I was like, hey, 30 would be old. They end up quarter much.
(07:15):
And now I'm literally one more year before 40.
Shamad. And like I said, it's kind of a two-edged sword, yeah?
You're excited about it, you know, getting older, you're more mature, more seasoned.
But at the same time, it's a wake-up call.
Time waits for no man.
(07:36):
Because if you were to ask me what was happening when I turned 29,
I can tell you some of the things in great detail as if it's something that happened last year.
But there have been 10 years since then. Do you understand what I'm saying?
Sometimes our mind tells us that, you know, we still have time. We're still okay.
We'll fix this eventually. eventually you don't have
(07:59):
that eventually when you're over 30 that eventually
has to happen as soon as possible because before
you know it time is just gonna vanish so all
this to say that hey do not take time for granted you need to do the things
you gotta do today like right now like stop listening to the podcast and go
(08:23):
and do what you need to do i will understand but if you want going to stay,
let me tell you some of the things that
I've also been doing as part of my celebrations. And I do this every year.
Sit down, deliberately look back into time and see in this past year, what have I learned?
What has improved about me?
(08:45):
Are there still areas I still need to work on?
What have I maybe made part
of my daily existence part
of my DNA and some of those life lessons
I've been posting on my social media and I thought let me bring them here so
that we can I can maybe perhaps expand a little bit on those and share with
(09:09):
you some of my thought process or the actual lesson that came from those things
so I'm just going to do maybe a couple of those so that it's It's not too long.
So I'm going to pick this one from the fifth.
And this is what I had to say. Day five.
(09:36):
Music.
Music.
(11:34):
So with this one, I would say this was probably one of the biggest life lessons that I had to learn.
And it had to happen the way it did.
And I'm grateful, man. I'm so thankful. Because I could have been none the wiser
had it not happened the way it did.
And as I've said probably before, that this past year has been the most revealing year of my life.
(11:59):
I'll say I literally learned a lot more in this past year than I have in my
previous years about some of the people that are around me.
So it was so revealing about, you know, learning about the world,
how it works, how things work, learning about the people around me,
(12:21):
but also revealing to the extent of learning the things about myself.
Self, yeah, some of the dark spaces in me, it came to light.
But that's part of this journey called life. We learn these things.
And the question is, do you learn and you then become better than you were yesterday?
Or you go back? I choose to go forward.
(12:46):
And like I was saying, man, this is really one of the most important life lessons I had to learn.
That sometimes the people that are very close to you, you have to come in with
just a little bit of skepticism because people can turn on you so easy.
If they're put to the right test, if they're tested, you will see their true colors.
(13:11):
And some of those people are out to get you, out to destroy or damage your reputation, your character.
Yeah, that is a fact. But then the problem is sometimes we don't see it because
we don't believe these are the same people in our circle.
This person wouldn't do that. Oh, yes, they would.
(13:32):
Oh, yeah, they would do it in a heartbeat. They wouldn't even think twice.
And that's all I'm going to say about that one. Here's the next one.
And I feel we're just going to do these two. This was on July 7,
one of the biggest lessons that I also learned.
(14:30):
Music.
(14:51):
Music.
(15:13):
Music.
(15:35):
Oh man, I don't even know if there is more I can tell you about this one.
This is pretty straightforward, isn't it?
Patience is just not there anymore for most people.
And perhaps the lesson that I needed to learn was, in as much as everyone else
might not be as patient, I choose patience.
I choose to take time to learn, to understand the situation before making decisions.
(16:00):
And perhaps if I had to extend or expand this conversation or this life lesson,
I've also learned that sometimes,
in fact, most times, those people with the least amount of patience are 90%
of the time the ones who are in the wrong.
And because they're so wrong, but they don't want to face up to what they did
(16:23):
or what they're doing, the only way out for them is to shut it down, walk away.
So this is my view on some of those people.
So at the end of the day, I suppose the life lesson here is just choose your friends wisely.
And perhaps that was one of my biggest life lessons in this entire season or this entire series.
(16:48):
And that's my two cents on that one. And with that, I have to love you another time.
So this has been the Thus Far podcast. Let's do it again next time.
And until then, take care of yourselves and your loved ones.
And above everything else, take care of your heart.
Have a good one. God bless. Bye-bye. Thank you for listening to Thus Far.
Hey, and welcome back to another episode of Thus Far Podcast.
So far, so good. God for us all.
And I'm coming to you this week a little wiser. Yeah, let's say a little more seasoned.
A little more mature. That sounds better than, you know, the word that I'm dreading.
(00:35):
I don't want to say it, but I'm going to say it anyway. Anyway,
a little older, ill, ill, brother. What's that?
What's that, brother?
It's a two-edged sword, yeah? You're happy that you're getting older,
(00:56):
more seasoned, mature, but at the same time, you're looking at the years as they go by.
You're like, dang, time is moving. Time waits for nobody. body.
And perhaps that's why I'm here today, to kind of share that time really waits for no one.
But at the same time, I also want to share with you some of the things I've
(01:16):
learned in this past year.
And I will get into that in a minute. For now, as always, I want to start by
saying hello to you and to yours, sending you a warm cuddle wherever you are
in this world to say you have Have a friend in me.
If ever you need to talk to someone, if ever you need to share anything and
(01:37):
everything, make sure you get in touch with me, okay?
I hope you've been well since the last time we were here.
I hope you've been taking care of yourselves, your loved ones,
and of course, your mental health.
As for me, well, I don't know what to tell you. Life has been good.
Life has been really good.
(01:59):
There's certain things that have just made it even better. And I might share
some of those with you today.
But, you know, I've been all right work-wise. It's been a little demanding,
but it is what it is, right?
So this week, something caught my attention. It was a clip that I saw on social media.
(02:19):
The lady saying that, you know, she really hates going to work.
She would rather be at home getting laid often and well and just get a paycheck while she's at home.
I think we all kind of fantasize about that, right?
Nobody likes work. In fact, if I'm talking about work, I don't like to talk
(02:42):
about work to a degree where I actually feel some type of way when someone asks
me how is work or how was work.
It was work. It's...
I don't like to talk about work.
Like, what's there to tell you? It's never going to be pleasurable to wake up.
(03:06):
In the morning and drive to work. That's if you're going there.
I mean, I'm blessed that I work for my whole majority of the time. But still, it's work.
There's no pleasure that is ever going to come out of work, ever.
But don't tell my boss about this. because in his mind, oh, this guy is so happy to be here.
(03:26):
No, I am not.
One of the many reasons why it's just some of the unnecessary things that happen,
like certain meetings that could have been an email, that could have been a little chat,
but we have to sit through a meeting.
And because it could have been a chat, You want to try and fill up the one hour that you set aside.
(03:54):
And then now you're subjecting us to other people coming here to talk about their pet genie.
Listen, I cannot make this up. This lady or this girl had a pet,
a lizard for a pet, right?
(04:14):
And now we have to sit in there and hear her talk about. I mean,
this is no diss to anyone who loves pets, you know, each to their own.
A lot of people, especially in this country, they love their dogs,
their cats, their lizards or snakes or whatever.
But why do I have to sit in there and be subjected to this? You know what I'm saying?
(04:36):
And I kid you not, this one time, 30 minutes, everyone sharing their stories about their pets.
One was like, my dog.
She's never done it before but then a visitor came in and she bit him I've never
seen that before I don't care,
I do not care. Like, I really do not care. Oh, my lizard.
(05:02):
She's been missing for a couple of days.
I don't know if she, you know, my daughter left the cage open and she's just been missing.
I don't know where she... I do not care. I really don't care.
All right. All right. Let me come back. But that's my point. Right.
(05:25):
Work is already bad enough for me to be in the office, but not when you subject
me to these conversations that have nothing to do with me, that I have absolutely
no interest in taking part in.
(06:01):
A woman. I'm going to lose a woman. But anyway, don't ask me about work.
Ask me about the weather. them.
Ask me, like, when is Jesus coming back?
You know, it's a better conversation.
Ask me, why are the trees green? You know, ask me about my balls.
You know what I'm saying? Those are better conversations.
(06:27):
How is it work? It's work. There is no amount of pleasure that will ever come
out from going to work or from labor.
So let's not make it a conversation. It's there. It has to happen.
We're going to do it and then come home to Tarajim.
I'm done fending. Let's go back to this episode.
(06:51):
So this episode really was about, you know, just kind of sharing my continued
celebrations of my birthday.
I turned 39, by the way, in case you're wondering.
And it's a number that is huge. I remember a time when I was probably in my
20s, early 20s, and I was like, hey, 30 would be old. They end up quarter much.
(07:15):
And now I'm literally one more year before 40.
Shamad. And like I said, it's kind of a two-edged sword, yeah?
You're excited about it, you know, getting older, you're more mature, more seasoned.
But at the same time, it's a wake-up call.
Time waits for no man.
(07:36):
Because if you were to ask me what was happening when I turned 29,
I can tell you some of the things in great detail as if it's something that happened last year.
But there have been 10 years since then. Do you understand what I'm saying?
Sometimes our mind tells us that, you know, we still have time. We're still okay.
We'll fix this eventually. eventually you don't have
(07:59):
that eventually when you're over 30 that eventually
has to happen as soon as possible because before
you know it time is just gonna vanish so all
this to say that hey do not take time for granted you need to do the things
you gotta do today like right now like stop listening to the podcast and go
(08:23):
and do what you need to do i will understand but if you want going to stay,
let me tell you some of the things that
I've also been doing as part of my celebrations. And I do this every year.
Sit down, deliberately look back into time and see in this past year, what have I learned?
What has improved about me?
(08:45):
Are there still areas I still need to work on?
What have I maybe made part
of my daily existence part
of my DNA and some of those life lessons
I've been posting on my social media and I thought let me bring them here so
that we can I can maybe perhaps expand a little bit on those and share with
(09:09):
you some of my thought process or the actual lesson that came from those things
so I'm just going to do maybe a couple of those so that it's It's not too long.
So I'm going to pick this one from the fifth.
And this is what I had to say. Day five.
(09:36):
Music.
Music.
(11:34):
So with this one, I would say this was probably one of the biggest life lessons that I had to learn.
And it had to happen the way it did.
And I'm grateful, man. I'm so thankful. Because I could have been none the wiser
had it not happened the way it did.
And as I've said probably before, that this past year has been the most revealing year of my life.
(11:59):
I'll say I literally learned a lot more in this past year than I have in my
previous years about some of the people that are around me.
So it was so revealing about, you know, learning about the world,
how it works, how things work, learning about the people around me,
(12:21):
but also revealing to the extent of learning the things about myself.
Self, yeah, some of the dark spaces in me, it came to light.
But that's part of this journey called life. We learn these things.
And the question is, do you learn and you then become better than you were yesterday?
Or you go back? I choose to go forward.
(12:46):
And like I was saying, man, this is really one of the most important life lessons I had to learn.
That sometimes the people that are very close to you, you have to come in with
just a little bit of skepticism because people can turn on you so easy.
If they're put to the right test, if they're tested, you will see their true colors.
(13:11):
And some of those people are out to get you, out to destroy or damage your reputation, your character.
Yeah, that is a fact. But then the problem is sometimes we don't see it because
we don't believe these are the same people in our circle.
This person wouldn't do that. Oh, yes, they would.
(13:32):
Oh, yeah, they would do it in a heartbeat. They wouldn't even think twice.
And that's all I'm going to say about that one. Here's the next one.
And I feel we're just going to do these two. This was on July 7,
one of the biggest lessons that I also learned.
(14:30):
Music.
(14:51):
Music.
(15:13):
Music.
(15:35):
Oh man, I don't even know if there is more I can tell you about this one.
This is pretty straightforward, isn't it?
Patience is just not there anymore for most people.
And perhaps the lesson that I needed to learn was, in as much as everyone else
might not be as patient, I choose patience.
I choose to take time to learn, to understand the situation before making decisions.
(16:00):
And perhaps if I had to extend or expand this conversation or this life lesson,
I've also learned that sometimes,
in fact, most times, those people with the least amount of patience are 90%
of the time the ones who are in the wrong.
And because they're so wrong, but they don't want to face up to what they did
(16:23):
or what they're doing, the only way out for them is to shut it down, walk away.
So this is my view on some of those people.
So at the end of the day, I suppose the life lesson here is just choose your friends wisely.
And perhaps that was one of my biggest life lessons in this entire season or this entire series.
(16:48):
And that's my two cents on that one. And with that, I have to love you another time.
So this has been the Thus Far podcast. Let's do it again next time.
And until then, take care of yourselves and your loved ones.
And above everything else, take care of your heart.
Have a good one. God bless. Bye-bye. Thank you for listening to Thus Far.
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