Yeah, I'm back at ya, I'm back at ya Welcome
back, everybody. It is Food for Thought, Thoughts
that Fit for You, and this is Neogentrics with
Season 2. It's now January 2020, and the year
has barely gotten started. January is almost
completely over, as today is basically the 21st,
moving into the 22nd. I know it's a bit late
in the year to be starting this off. Well, a
little late in the month, technically speaking.
But, hey, it's a new year. The start of a new
decade. Great time to get started going forward.
Now, before I go through and finish a lot of
the topics that I did start in the last season.
And finish them off. And cover a couple of new
topics as well as many other suggestions that
you guys had. I'm going to go ahead and give
off some good ways to start out the year. Things
that people should probably consider as far as
2020 is concerned moving forward. A lot of people,
for whatever reason. And they get so preoccupied
with school, work, trying to make a name for
themselves, trying to make it in the business
world, trying to do this, trying to do that.
Well, that's fine and all. But the problem is
a lot of people end up dying, getting hurt, end
up in a rush, in a hurry. You know, it's these
very same people that end up in a stress situation,
end up in a very bad predicament or something
always goes wrong or they end up in a wreck.
And they don't know why it happened. Here's the
key hint. This is the main problem. Slow down,
first off. I'm not saying to slow down on the
highway. I mean slow your roll. As a person,
you slow down. You need to take a break. You
need to take a chance to relax. Reflect on what
you're doing. Enjoy the time you have. Especially
if you're young. Consider this. You don't have
a whole lot of time and you won't stay young
forever. Okay? We all know this. It's the basic
fundamental of life. You stop being a kid when
you turned 18, 17, or 15, depending on what country
you live in. So, I mean, it's a known fact. In
some countries, you can get married as early
as 13, and you're an adult. So, there's that.
We don't talk about that. Anyway, we're going
to kick off this year right. We'll take a short
break, and we'll talk about some hobbies that
everybody can do. this year coming, to keep their
mind at ease so they don't overwork themselves
and end up in these stress situations. All right,
everybody, and we're back. Let's go ahead and
begin. First things first, like I did mention
before, everyone should at least have some kind
of hobby. A lot of people don't do this anymore
because they say it eats up a lot of their time.
But the thing about it is, does a hobby have
to eat up all your time? Or are you just bad
at scheduling? Now, when I say that, I do bring
up an important factor here, something that people
need to keep in mind. Time management is an issue.
It's something that a lot of people aren't capable
of doing. So with that being said, before I go
any further into the year, I'll be sure to make
sure I cover time management. It's something
that a lot of people need to know about, something
that they typically don't consider. But before
I worry about that... Let me go ahead and explain
first off what a hobby is. It's basically an
activity or interest pursued for pleasure or
relaxation. It's not a main occupation. It's
not something you do for money. Now, you can
turn a hobby into something of that nature. It
will require more work on your part, but it is
doable. There are a lot of people who make more
money doing with their hobbies than they do with
their actual jobs. With that being said, there
are a lot of hobbies that are pretty popular,
especially in the recent years. Some of which
have been so popular as to become main topics
for people to go out and pursue actual jobs in
these hobbies as things. It just depends on the
person or where they're going in life. So, with
that being said, I would love to give everybody
an opportunity. to learn what hobbies were the
top ones, especially in 2019. So, first things
first. There are about 50 hobbies that people
enjoy, okay? I'll go through and read out the
list, because it took me a while to go find them
all, because I want to give them as an accurate
list as possible, like I usually do. I'll go
ahead and read through the list. I'm going to
go a little fast, so if I'm moving too fast,
feel free to pause, rewind to hear what I have
to say. So, as the list shows, one of them is
obviously reading, some is watching TV. Family
time, which is something that a lot of people
don't do anymore. Uh, going to the movies, fishing,
use your computer, gardening, if you still do
that type of thing. Uh, renting movies, going
for a walk, exercising, listening to music. It's
something you can do while you're doing something
else. Um, so that's definitely one. Um, being
inter, uh, entertaining yourself with something
random. Um, hunting, team sports, shopping, traveling.
Believe it or not, sleeping's a hobby. I didn't
know that. Uh, heh. Socializing, sewing is still
a hobby apparently, so is golfing. Church activities,
if you're into your church like a lot of people
are that I know, like church is life apparently.
Relaxing, playing music versus listening to it.
Housework, crafts, believe it or not, chores
are apparently a hobby now. Watching sports,
bicycling, there we go, there's a word. Playing
cards, hiking, cooking, eating out, dating, online,
swimming, camping, skiing, working on cars. Believe
it or not, that's a topic too. Riding, which
is something that I'm going to be doing this
year, as well as boating, motorcycling, animal
care, bowling, painting, running, dancing, horseback
riding, tennis, theater, billiards, beach. going
to the beach or even volunteer work now these
are the top 50 things from last year okay not
to say that they were uber important or a lot
of people were actually doing it and it was mainstream
no that's not what i'm talking about what i'm
saying is These are hobbies that people picked
up last year as a result of being either bored
at work, overworked, or they needed a break.
They just needed an out, okay? And they either
went with the cheapest options or they went with
something that got them away from everybody else.
In my case, my hobbies usually involve me either
going to work, writing, or going bowling. Typically,
if I'm going bowling, it's not because I needed
a break. It's because I need to relieve stress
and everyone's pissing me off. it's you know
it's situational everybody's different so i'll
stop here with that and we'll be right back All
right, and we're back, everybody. Now that I
covered all those different topics, there are
different things that people have been interested
in over the last couple of months and whatnot.
And they're typically just hobbies that everyone
else has. I, for one, like I mentioned before,
like to write despite having a major level of
atrocity. Like, I just don't like English, okay?
For the most part, I don't like... academic writing.
It's not one of my favorite things to do. Now,
when I have to do it, I'll do it. But that doesn't
mean I don't enjoy writing as a whole. So, with
that being said, I'll take this time to go ahead
and let you guys know what has happened in the
end of last year in the process of this year
coming forward. Not only have I had my first
book revised, The Whistling Swordsman, but I
did manage to publish my second and third books,
which is a separate series from that one, even
though I'm still working on the other one. and
I now have three books published to my name.
And with that being said, The Elementalist is
currently available on Kindle and printed format,
and soon it'll be available in audio form, as
well as The Whistling Swordsman. It's also available
in audio form, as well as Kindle and hard copy.
And they're not just exclusive to Amazon. You
can literally go search the titles of these books,
along with my name, Neo Gentrix, and you'll find
them pretty much everywhere. Almost everywhere.
On most mainstream book websites. Available for
order. To you. Now it will be print to order.
So that there's no back stock of the books. But
they are available. And with that being said.
The Whistling Swordsman. Is sitting at 130 pages.
The. Actually that's. That's accurate. And then
I have The Elementalist. Sitting at 120 pages.
OK, give or take. And then The Elementalist also
has book two that's been released as well. That
is also available for Kindle and print format.
Now, the audio book for that one won't be coming
to a little bit later in the year, but it is
available. And that one's 175 pages. I'm going
to continue with the light novel series I have
and, you know, going forward. Now, keep in mind,
this is just a hobby. I'm not expecting to make
a lot of money off of this, but it was something
I needed to do to keep, you know, myself from
being extremely stressed this past year, especially
since last year, all hell has basically been
breaking loose for me ever since. I can testify
to being in high stress environments as a result.
Um, so this is why I really stress this year,
ironically, in that statement that this is the
start of a new decade. It's a start of a new
season for a lot of people. And I do recommend
that you take it easier this year while still
striving for your goals and moving forward. It's
something that a lot of people need to do. And
it's a lot easier, uh, than trying to lose 20
or 30 pounds in the next couple of months. Let's
be honest, I understand a lot of people enjoy
working out, but unless you really have the drive
for this, let's just be frank, it's not going
to happen. Because I promise you, between now
and, let's just say March 5th, you're not going
to lose that 20 pounds at all, unless you're
really trying to do it. Because with Valentine's
Day being exactly 25 days from today, You're
going to end up eating either a lot of food or
you're gonna be working really really hard until
you get to the day Where everyone's gonna be
basically going around buying flowers and chocolate
covered this and that and all sorts of crazy
crap And giving it to each other and trying to
eat it now granite if you're allergic to candy
or you're just allergic to chocolate You're fine,
but for every other soul poor slub out there.
I feel your pain Unfortunately, I can't eat a
whole lot of sweets right now anyway because
of tooth issues. So there's that. Now, with that
being said, here's what's going to happen for
the rest of the year. Before we go into a lot
of these newer topics that I would love to hit
and complete, there's still a lot of unfinished
business with some of my previous segments that
I have done. I still have about three or four
stories left to cover in the Dark Truth Behind
series regarding old fairy tales and stories.
And if I'm not mistaken, I left off on Rapunzel.
So that's going to be one of the ones that I
go back and cover, as well as I do believe Beauty
and the Beast. With that being said, since Valentine's
Day or Lonely Hearts Day is coming up next month,
I'm also going to go ahead and do something that
I normally don't do and cover sex. You can hear
the distraught in my voice. In a random podcast,
I'll cover what sex is, the different types of
sex, the different kinds of sex. That doesn't
sound right. Anyway, I'm going to cover the different
kinds of sex, what actually qualifies as sex,
and how to stay safe. I can't believe I'm saying
this, but... Better to be safe than sorry. Along
with that, I'm also going to cover the different
types of STIs and STDs that anyone can get, because
I feel that if you at least know more about them
and how you acquire them, you can avoid getting
them. If that makes any sense. Those are some
of the stuff that I'm definitely going to cover.
Now, new topics I'm going to definitely cover
this year are going to be anywhere between...
Oh, I don't know. I'll leave that up to you guys,
actually. You tell me what you guys want to hear,
but I'm definitely going to cover things between
culture, food, and some cuisine, as well as more
music stuff and fun facts. Now, this doesn't
change the fact that February is still Black
History Month, so look forward to some new black
facts. Black facts? That doesn't sound right.
More information about black folks that people
didn't already know. Until next time, guys. Again,
this has been Food for Thought. Thoughts if it
were you. I'm your host, Neogentrix, and I hope
you guys enjoy the new year. Let's see what happens.
I plan to build up a very, very good year.