1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,040 This is MJ, welcome to Story Over Everything episode 30, and I hope I'm not gonna get stung 2 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:10,160 by a wasp, but if I do, I'll keep it in, because it'll be really funny, in retrospect. 3 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:16,160 Anyway, this episode I'm gonna be talking about my author's log, which is basically 4 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:25,200 just a recording, a breakdown day-by-day journal-like, if you must use that example, or that parallel, 5 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:31,720 to my work, that as I'm writing every day, I'm documenting my writing, I'm keeping in 6 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:39,120 a document, and which is exactly what documenting means, it's been a rough two weeks, okay? 7 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:41,060 Please forgive me, indulge me a little here. 8 00:00:41,060 --> 00:00:45,680 But anyway, I've been documenting my writing by putting it into a document, believe it 9 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:54,200 or not, as opposed to putting it on like a grain of rice, and with that, I have been, 10 00:00:54,200 --> 00:01:00,680 or now I'm going to be reading said document so that I can share with you what I wrote 11 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:05,300 over the course of, I don't know, the last week or so, and I totally missed an entire 12 00:01:05,300 --> 00:01:08,320 week of writing because I'm not sure why. 13 00:01:08,320 --> 00:01:10,160 It just didn't happen. 14 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:13,900 So again, like I said, it's been a rough two weeks or so. 15 00:01:13,900 --> 00:01:18,000 So anyway, without further ado, I will talk about other things, but first I'm going to 16 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:19,760 talk about this. 17 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:27,640 So from July 30th, this is from chapter nine of my book, Grow Bug Tales, which I am still 18 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:29,200 developing. 19 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:34,200 I'm writing it as I can, and that's what you're going to hear. 20 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:38,080 Keeper Whistle walked in circles around Gnaw, Quiver, and Splash. 21 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:42,840 He called out names of places where rations could be stored and easily accessed. 22 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:47,860 He called out types of rations to be set aside and what priority each type should be given. 23 00:01:47,860 --> 00:01:51,920 He had started off with the three Grow Bug cadets standing before him, waiting to receive 24 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:53,920 orders and direction from him. 25 00:01:53,920 --> 00:02:00,120 But his pacing turned into a looping and then into the weaving dance around the young trio. 26 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:04,360 Splash kept his eyes locked on Keeper Whistle and moved himself to keep from showing his 27 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:08,040 back to the older Grow Bug commanding him. 28 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:13,660 Splash caught Quiver's gaze and failed to stifle a chuckle as he continued his part 29 00:02:13,660 --> 00:02:16,080 of the dance with Whistle. 30 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:20,280 Gnaw sighed and asked, Keeper Whistle, is this the time for us Grow Bug cadets to be 31 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:24,920 turning ourselves in circles, or should we be focused on taking note of your instructions? 32 00:02:24,920 --> 00:02:29,600 Furthermore, isn't it true that staying still and focusing on a task ahead of us is a much 33 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:33,800 better way to absorb everything you're telling us? 34 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:37,200 July 31st, continues. 35 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:40,840 What? 36 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:44,000 Keeper Whistle spun in a tight circle and stared at Gnaw. 37 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,360 Yes, right, I'm dancing it out. 38 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:49,480 It helps me keep everything clear in my mind. 39 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:54,240 I would expect nothing less from you, Keeper, but I'm not sure we all have the wisdom and 40 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:55,880 ability as you. 41 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:59,280 Gnaw replied, I should hope not, cadet. 42 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:00,280 Whistle resumed his circuit. 43 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,800 Imagine a group of raw cadets with an instructor on the same level as them. 44 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,160 How disastrous do you think that would be? 45 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:08,040 Very Splash laughed. 46 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:12,240 Exactly, Whistle flitted his wings approvingly. 47 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,440 Would bees dance when they talk? 48 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,720 Quiver asked, that's right, Whistle danced on. 49 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:19,680 From August 1st. 50 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,240 Is that why you dance? 51 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:25,400 I never thought about it before, maybe. 52 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:28,760 Seer Glimmer interrupted, speaking through a disk of light that appeared in the midst 53 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:29,760 of the group. 54 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:33,320 Keeper Whistle, where are the fungal rations from last season? 55 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:36,640 Fungus, fungus, fungus, right. 56 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:41,400 There are two caches, Crimini in the moss stands and Parasols in the south. 57 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:42,400 August 2nd. 58 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:45,160 Shall I send a cadet to fetch some? 59 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:52,880 I'm sure they'd like to do something besides watch me think and I may think more with less 60 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:53,880 of them here. 61 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:56,800 You see, it takes a- Thank you, but no, Whistle. 62 00:03:56,800 --> 00:04:02,680 I know you have a lot going on and you need time to form a plan, so I don't want to take 63 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:05,320 cadets away from you at the moment. 64 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:06,320 I will go myself. 65 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:11,360 Since the parasols can be used in the healing compound, I figured I would bring some into 66 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:16,560 the main camp while chatting with the others and making sure we have clear paths. 67 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:21,400 Splash slyly turned to Quiver and said, Did you ever think you'd see a seer see you see 68 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:22,400 the seer? 69 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:26,240 I don't think you said what you meant to say. 70 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:30,120 Quiver, August 3rd, said softly, You don't? 71 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:31,120 No. 72 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:35,160 Oh no, I've done it again, Splash pouted. 73 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,680 Naa thumped the ground while Whistle danced again. 74 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:40,120 What are you two doing? 75 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:43,880 Splash kept twirling to keep the keeper before him. 76 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:49,120 Quiver stiffened and gestured apology and agreements towards Naa. 77 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:52,800 Quiver repeated what Whistle was saying, keeping his attention focused on the keeper's growing 78 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:57,760 list of vital supplies from August 4th. 79 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:01,120 Whistle stopped and asked, How well do you all know the camp? 80 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:02,840 Naa spoke first. 81 00:05:02,840 --> 00:05:06,040 I know from corner to corner. 82 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:09,920 Splash blurted out, I know at the top and bottom, honored keeper. 83 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:12,000 Look-a-fod, cut the surplus, cadet. 84 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:13,960 I don't need to be flattered or honored. 85 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:15,800 My work speaks for itself. 86 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:16,800 Understood? 87 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,440 Splash minkly answered, Understood. 88 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:20,680 And you, cadet? 89 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:21,680 Quiver hesitated. 90 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:24,240 I know it well enough, keeper. 91 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:26,400 We shall see, Whistle nodded. 92 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:27,520 We do what we must, cadets. 93 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:31,240 Each of us must use his talents and perform his duties as needed. 94 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:35,640 Our talents may not help us in our duties, but duty demands won't always align with your 95 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:36,640 talents. 96 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:39,960 And with this, you must do your duty when the time comes. 97 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:43,560 This is more of an author's note than actual content from the book. 98 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:45,560 But splash twitch, suppressing a laugh. 99 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:50,960 Oh, no, that is what the book is going to say, but it's because I'm winding up for potty 100 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:55,520 humor, which I did not expect to be doing at all in any of my writing, but here I am. 101 00:05:55,520 --> 00:06:00,240 So yeah, that was everything from July 30th to August 4th. 102 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:01,240 And I'm going to cap it here. 103 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:06,840 I guess next week will contain August 5th to August 11th. 104 00:06:06,840 --> 00:06:09,760 Yeah, I think that's seven days worth of writing. 105 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:13,800 So please, God, I'll have the strength and the discipline and the focus to write every 106 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:15,440 single day. 107 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:17,200 And it won't be an issue for me to get these out. 108 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,000 And hopefully I'll have higher word counts because these word counts were bad. 109 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:27,000 125, 62, 137, 57, 104, 180, 61. 110 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:30,240 That's oh no, 61 is from the previous period. 111 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:31,960 Still not not good at all. 112 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:36,400 So life's been pretty well, I feel very blessed. 113 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:37,400 I know I'm in a good place. 114 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:39,160 I know it could always be worse. 115 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:43,480 However, for some reason, just things have been not lining up that way. 116 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:47,160 I want them to in some areas. 117 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:50,320 And that is to be transparent. 118 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:53,840 While story over everything is the chronicles of an author, artist, and analyzer, that's 119 00:06:53,840 --> 00:06:58,080 me, mostly an author, though, I guess an artist, too, because I do focus on that creative part 120 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:00,800 of my work here. 121 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:05,160 I'm drawing stuff for books that I want to make and I'm writing books that I want to 122 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:06,160 make. 123 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:13,800 And I analyze stuff to think about and to sharpen my criticism and my critical mind 124 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:17,480 so that I can turn that criticism towards my own work and make it the best it can be. 125 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:24,920 I'm trying to dissect things that I analyze and post about here in order to, well, again, 126 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:29,760 sharpen my creative mind and make sure I'm making the best possible product, the best 127 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:36,880 possible, most entertaining, most well thought out thing that I can to entertain you, dear 128 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:37,880 listener. 129 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:40,060 So that's the goal. 130 00:07:40,060 --> 00:07:47,680 But I have had a very hard time the last two weeks watching anything or reading anything 131 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:49,920 to analyze. 132 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:50,920 I did. 133 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:53,700 I'll get back to that later. 134 00:07:53,700 --> 00:07:59,000 So yes, it's been a little difficult and that's frustrating for me. 135 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:04,400 A good thing, though, is that I feel like it's very important to get certain things 136 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:07,800 right with myself, like my health and my fitness, for example. 137 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:10,240 And I've been very focused on that the last two weeks. 138 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:14,600 And I think I've been doing a commendable job of doing that. 139 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:21,120 I've worked out very consistently five days last week, six days this week, Sunday to Friday 140 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:24,440 this week, I'll be taking a day off to rest my body. 141 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:27,480 And I think that's good. 142 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:28,800 And I'm having positive results. 143 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:29,800 I feel better. 144 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:31,040 I have less aches and pains. 145 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:36,080 I have I don't know if I have more mental clarity, but it's definitely taking up a lot 146 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:42,560 of my time and I have some family issues which are totally non-serious. 147 00:08:42,560 --> 00:08:47,560 And they're more a result of good things than bad things that are also absorbing some of 148 00:08:47,560 --> 00:08:52,480 my time and making it harder for me to find time or make time to do these different things. 149 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:54,160 But I've been focused on it. 150 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:59,360 I've been staying up late if I have to, to make sure I'm writing and drawing every day. 151 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:02,440 And because my focus is I want to get my health right. 152 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:04,160 I want to discipline myself. 153 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:12,720 I guess I'm disciplining my body to then discipline my mind and my will, maybe, to do the creative 154 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:13,840 work that I want to do. 155 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:17,920 And then the third priority would be to do this analysis stuff that I want to do as well 156 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:20,320 because that's part of my marketing plan. 157 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:21,440 But it's also it's fun. 158 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:22,440 It's recreational. 159 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:27,480 I enjoy so much to be able to analyze something and talk about it and share it with people. 160 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:32,200 And if it aids me in marketing and putting myself in front of like minded individuals 161 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:34,880 who enjoy the things that I enjoy because I'm writing about the types of things that 162 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:39,280 I enjoy with my own unique stamp on them, then you know, all the better. 163 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:40,280 More is the better. 164 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:42,080 I think is the proper way to say that. 165 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:45,720 Like I said, it's been very, very, very, very, very difficult to do that. 166 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:48,360 And it's getting exhausting and frustrating. 167 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:54,040 And if I let things this happened last year in 2022 and around July, everything just fell 168 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:55,040 off for me. 169 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:56,900 And I had a really hard time recovering. 170 00:09:56,900 --> 00:10:01,840 And it all honestly took me six months or more to get back on the ball and start being 171 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:02,840 consistent again. 172 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:05,200 In fact, there was a long hiatus for story over everything as well as everything else 173 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:06,200 I did. 174 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:08,160 And that started at that time. 175 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:09,700 And I would definitely like to avoid that. 176 00:10:09,700 --> 00:10:15,360 But I want to get back on the ball next week and just who knows, maybe this working out 177 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:19,840 thing and being more disciplined with my eating and everything like that is going to help 178 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:25,040 me to have to sharpen myself into the blade that I need to be to do everything I want 179 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:26,040 to do. 180 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:27,400 So we shall see. 181 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:29,040 And I hope that's how it works out. 182 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:33,120 But that's yeah, that's some of my woes and sorrows outside of writing life. 183 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:37,100 And there's my writing that you hear that I was able to do in the midst of all that. 184 00:10:37,100 --> 00:10:38,100 And I think it was decent. 185 00:10:38,100 --> 00:10:41,160 Definitely it's a first draft, so it's going to be punched up. 186 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:43,960 But I'm having fun with these characters. 187 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:45,160 I didn't know. 188 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:48,160 I knew that now was going to be like a complainer, but I didn't know he was going to be like 189 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:54,680 a sour puss teachers pet, like doesn't want other people have fun. 190 00:10:54,680 --> 00:10:59,200 And therefore he complains about that and like tries to ruin it for them. 191 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:01,760 I did not know that was going to happen at all. 192 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:04,700 And all right. 193 00:11:04,700 --> 00:11:06,280 So I've got the great interrupter here. 194 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:08,280 This is actually. 195 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:12,240 Yeah, anyway, I don't want to blame anybody for my actions. 196 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:15,440 Oh, you want to go see them? 197 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:16,440 Let's go. 198 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:19,280 OK, so again, Gorilla Podcasting. 199 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:20,280 That's what you can expect. 200 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:21,280 You can expect my kids to interrupt. 201 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:23,120 You can expect me to be using a phone. 202 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:25,120 Now the bar is going to be super hot. 203 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:26,120 Don't touch that. 204 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:30,000 And yeah, so anyway, getting back on task. 205 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:34,040 I'm not going to complain about the vicissitudes of life anymore, but I just want to use that 206 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:35,600 word real quick. 207 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:41,320 I will tell you that I did last week, actually, I believe it was last week when I did nothing 208 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:47,160 and I had the Princess and Curdie mining leaves story of everything lined up or rather it 209 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:48,600 was basically in the can. 210 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:52,800 Yeah, I put like 10 or 15 minutes of work into it and then I released it. 211 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,800 I was like, hey, stop it. 212 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:58,840 OK, I'm doing the best I can. 213 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:04,600 Anyway, so I did also do some work on Typhoon and developing the system. 214 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:09,080 And I shared it with my daughter, my eldest. 215 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:10,640 She didn't give me any feedback yet. 216 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:14,280 She's a burgeoning self taught author. 217 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:17,640 So she you know, I described this as her. 218 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:21,840 She said it sounded cool, but you know, she doesn't have it yet in hand or I know that 219 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:25,600 she's utilizing it yet, but I definitely gave her the information for it. 220 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:30,880 And I looked over my notes for it and I developed it out a little bit more. 221 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:35,600 And I'm not going to say it's like 80 percent done, but maybe it's like 50 percent done 222 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:36,920 broad strokes anyway. 223 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:41,720 I've got down a lot of good information and Typhoon is supposed to be a system that fuses 224 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:45,840 the it's kind of based on the eight point story arc, but it takes it to the extreme 225 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:53,160 and it's a system for developing all aspects of your story for core aspects of your story. 226 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:56,080 The players, which is the cast or the. 227 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:58,600 Yeah, the players. 228 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:02,640 The players, the place, the props. 229 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:06,920 And I can't remember what the fourth P is, but basically for the, you know, the superhero 230 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:11,560 or pulp type stuff I want to write in particular, maybe even fantasy, like there should be magical 231 00:13:11,560 --> 00:13:13,200 items in those. 232 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:14,440 Those are the props. 233 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:16,920 The players are all the characters, the good and the bad. 234 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:23,240 The place describes like when it's set, you know, the time it's a setting basically, but 235 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:25,040 it's, you know, there's four piece. 236 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:27,400 So that's kind of fun and cool. 237 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:28,680 So I did that. 238 00:13:28,680 --> 00:13:30,940 I worked on that a lot and I feel really good about it. 239 00:13:30,940 --> 00:13:34,320 So I'm not going to belabor it anymore, but just to tell you, I'm moving forward with 240 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:39,720 Typhoon and I'm so tempted to stop writing grow bug tales. 241 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:41,200 I know, I know. 242 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:45,760 I'm so tempted to finish to stop writing grow bug tales and just focus on Typhoon, but I'm 243 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:47,000 not going to let myself do that. 244 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:48,000 I need to finish Typhoon. 245 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:49,000 I'm sorry. 246 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:50,000 No, no, no. 247 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:55,200 I need to finish growing tales first, get that book published and work on marketing 248 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:58,960 time stuff, then I can develop Typhoon and then I can move on to my other stories. 249 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:00,800 Cause I do want to write so many other stories. 250 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:04,720 And the great thing about the Typhoon system is that it allows you to write stories at 251 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:08,960 any scale, which is something I'm really interested in. 252 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:13,680 And it makes sure that you do all the planning ahead of time. 253 00:14:13,680 --> 00:14:18,480 Unlike do well, like I did with grow bug tales where it was all done after the fact. 254 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:23,720 And I think it'll give me like the courage and the confidence to make a series from go. 255 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:31,560 And I can, I'll know that I'm making a series and I will put in all the work to think about 256 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:34,000 the different implications of how to do it. 257 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,080 I know I see you want to bring them to me. 258 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:39,640 I'll think about all the different aspects I need to, you know, what is the world like? 259 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:43,760 And it's going to keep me from wasting time, but I think I'm wasting your time by going 260 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:44,760 into this again. 261 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:47,520 So just there's a little teaser about Typhoon. 262 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:50,640 If you're interested, ask me about it later. 263 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:54,440 If you're holding off your interest and you don't want to ask me, that's fine. 264 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:56,600 It'll come out sooner or later. 265 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:58,800 And I think you can benefit from it. 266 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:01,920 So there's that about Typhoon. 267 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:05,440 And the last thing I want to talk about is it's not that I didn't read anything at all 268 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:06,440 this week. 269 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:11,480 I actually listened to Daniel, Daniel or Dale, Dale Carnegie's, how to win friends and influence 270 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:12,720 people this week. 271 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:14,600 That was really interesting. 272 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:16,000 I very much enjoyed that. 273 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:22,760 It was super interesting because then I listened to a financial planner of sorts talking about, 274 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:27,640 well, you know, how to earn money and how to think about money and how to do things. 275 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:28,840 And it was really fascinating. 276 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:35,840 This gentleman said that the things that will make you successful at business will make 277 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:36,960 you successful with your family. 278 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:38,960 They're the same kinds of things that you need. 279 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:41,720 However, there are some people who neglect their families, despite the fact that they 280 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:43,440 do not neglect their businesses. 281 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:45,600 And that's tragic, right? 282 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:49,500 But it was super interesting because as I was listening to how to win friends, influence 283 00:15:49,500 --> 00:15:51,760 people, it made me think about families. 284 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:58,040 And even the author says something about being good to your family and sort of using the 285 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:04,200 system of how to win friends and influence people to, you know, be good and be there, 286 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:05,200 be a part of your family. 287 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:08,600 But he also stressed that, you know, just because people have financial success doesn't 288 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:12,160 mean that they're healthy and doesn't mean that they're doing well, that that's not true 289 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:13,160 success. 290 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:14,440 And it was really interesting because it's an older book. 291 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:16,400 So it's got like an older ethos to it. 292 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:20,440 But I was actually like fairly proud that this like secular. 293 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:23,520 Yeah, I mean, there was mentions of God or the Bible or whatever a few times. 294 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:25,720 But like, as far as I know, they're secular. 295 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:32,200 And it's just like a generic, like American, you know, European kind of like God is a concept 296 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:37,800 rather than God is an actual, you know, moral, personal entity that you, you know, commune 297 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:40,560 with and, you know, love and all that stuff. 298 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:43,480 So it was really interesting. 299 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:47,080 And if yeah, so I mean, I believe in God. 300 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:51,040 So I felt that I found that charming and refreshing and kind of wonderful. 301 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:53,200 And it made me think about some books about being good. 302 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:56,400 Like there's a book called On Yourself. 303 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:57,940 And I don't know what that book's about. 304 00:16:57,940 --> 00:17:04,640 But I think you could call How to Win Friends and Influence People on yourself and it would 305 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:07,020 have the same or greater effect. 306 00:17:07,020 --> 00:17:10,600 But because it was made at a classier time in a more, you know, outwardly moral time 307 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:14,160 where people cared about representing themselves in a certain way, it didn't have that title. 308 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:17,080 It has a much nicer, much more family friendly title. 309 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:20,520 And it's something that I want my eldest to read and all my kids to read at some point 310 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:21,520 soon. 311 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:23,920 Like she should read it now this year. 312 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:28,840 And then maybe in a couple of years, I'll have the next kid up read and then we can 313 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:32,360 go down the line because I think it's just a really good, really interesting book. 314 00:17:32,360 --> 00:17:33,360 So that was cool. 315 00:17:33,360 --> 00:17:36,800 And I need to add that to my notes that I talked about how to win friends and influence 316 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:38,960 people anyway. 317 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:44,040 So the last thing I want to mention is I did listen to The Light Princess, which is a fairy 318 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:49,040 tale by George McDonald of The Princess and Curdie and The Princess and the Goblin or 319 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:52,840 strike that reverse, The Princess and the Goblin and then The Princess and Curdie. 320 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:53,840 And that was really interesting. 321 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:56,560 I liked it for the most part. 322 00:17:56,560 --> 00:18:01,240 There was something towards the end that kind of bothered me, especially because it played 323 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:04,360 it differently than it did in like The Princess and Curdie. 324 00:18:04,360 --> 00:18:10,360 But then again, given the state of The Light Princess, you know, whose name I don't even 325 00:18:10,360 --> 00:18:11,360 remember. 326 00:18:11,360 --> 00:18:12,360 That's funny. 327 00:18:12,360 --> 00:18:13,360 It didn't really matter. 328 00:18:13,360 --> 00:18:18,560 There's a prince and a princess in it and there's a king and a queen and an evil princess 329 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:21,120 who's the good princess's aunt. 330 00:18:21,120 --> 00:18:26,560 And that's all you really need to know, which I guess lines up with the fact that it's in 331 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:30,360 the fairy tale genre, because to some extent, you just need to know the archetypes or generally 332 00:18:30,360 --> 00:18:34,880 what the characters are, not their names and their blood type and all that kind of stuff. 333 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:38,640 So anyway, I found that to be an interesting story. 334 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:39,640 I liked it a lot. 335 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:40,640 I think I do. 336 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:45,480 Well, I was going to cover it on a story over everything this week in a skimming leaves 337 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:49,960 episode, but I decided not to do it because I was going to do it in a rather rushed manner 338 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:51,600 and I didn't want to do that. 339 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:54,160 And I also wanted to make sure I know, son. 340 00:18:54,160 --> 00:19:02,720 I also wanted to make sure that I was attending to this stuff here and recording my readings 341 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:06,720 and doing the office log because it's been too long since I've dealt with those and I 342 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:08,240 don't want to continue collecting them. 343 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:10,840 So anyway, thank you for indulging me. 344 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:13,200 If you made it all the way to the end of the episode, I really appreciate it. 345 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:19,360 And I think it was rather nice of you to stick around and listen to some of my ramblings 346 00:19:19,360 --> 00:19:24,400 because I'm definitely a little distracted, a little off focus, a little gorilla, if you 347 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:25,400 will, at the time. 348 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:26,400 Come on, mister. 349 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:27,400 We got to go. 350 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:28,400 Come on. 351 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:29,400 We got to go. 352 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:30,400 Real quick. 353 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:31,400 Uh oh. 354 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:32,400 Uh oh. 355 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:33,400 Okay. 356 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:34,400 So. 357 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:35,400 You're okay. 358 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:36,400 You're going to be all right. 359 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:37,400 Come on. 360 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:38,400 Oops. 361 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:39,400 There we go. 362 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:40,400 Okay. 363 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:41,400 Anyway, folks, are you okay, little buddy? 364 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:42,400 Yeah. 365 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:43,400 Yeah. 366 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:50,680 Okay. 367 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:51,840 So little buddy's good. 368 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:53,080 I'm good. 369 00:19:53,080 --> 00:20:00,200 And I'm going to once again, thank you for spending your time with me and hearing me 370 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:02,640 out as I work on this stuff. 371 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:08,440 The intention is to get better every day, every week incrementally. 372 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:11,840 And if you're sticking with me through this leg of the journey, that's really neat. 373 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:14,920 And I hope you'll see a lot of growth in me and I hope we'll see a lot of growth in me 374 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:15,920 too. 375 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:20,520 And yeah, I'm going to stop waxing on and on because I can do that quite well. 376 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:21,520 And I will let you go. 377 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:23,920 This is MJ signing out. 378 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:26,840 Don't forget to check out all the things that I do over at MJMUNOZ.COM 379 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:31,880 There's going to be a little blurb here at the end and links in the show notes everywhere 380 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:36,840 where you're seeing this, hearing this, watching it, listening to it, whatever you're doing. 381 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:38,440 I hope you enjoyed that. 382 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:45,240 Go to MJMUNOZ.COM to leave any questions, comments, or other feedback you might have. 383 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:49,000 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