WEBVTT 00:00:05.059 --> 00:00:36.179 Yeah, I'm back at ya, I'm back at ya Welcome 00:00:36.179 --> 00:00:39.600 back, everybody. It is Food for Thought, Thoughts 00:00:39.600 --> 00:00:42.219 that Fit for You, and this is Neogentrics with 00:00:42.219 --> 00:00:47.100 Season 2. It's now January 2020, and the year 00:00:47.100 --> 00:00:49.439 has barely gotten started. January is almost 00:00:49.439 --> 00:00:53.159 completely over, as today is basically the 21st, 00:00:53.159 --> 00:00:57.020 moving into the 22nd. I know it's a bit late 00:00:57.020 --> 00:00:59.659 in the year to be starting this off. Well, a 00:00:59.659 --> 00:01:01.759 little late in the month, technically speaking. 00:01:02.299 --> 00:01:05.560 But, hey, it's a new year. The start of a new 00:01:05.560 --> 00:01:08.140 decade. Great time to get started going forward. 00:01:08.939 --> 00:01:11.299 Now, before I go through and finish a lot of 00:01:11.299 --> 00:01:13.299 the topics that I did start in the last season. 00:01:14.180 --> 00:01:17.400 And finish them off. And cover a couple of new 00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:19.879 topics as well as many other suggestions that 00:01:19.879 --> 00:01:22.920 you guys had. I'm going to go ahead and give 00:01:22.920 --> 00:01:25.219 off some good ways to start out the year. Things 00:01:25.219 --> 00:01:28.480 that people should probably consider as far as 00:01:28.480 --> 00:01:31.739 2020 is concerned moving forward. A lot of people, 00:01:31.879 --> 00:01:35.629 for whatever reason. And they get so preoccupied 00:01:35.629 --> 00:01:39.450 with school, work, trying to make a name for 00:01:39.450 --> 00:01:41.250 themselves, trying to make it in the business 00:01:41.250 --> 00:01:43.930 world, trying to do this, trying to do that. 00:01:44.129 --> 00:01:47.209 Well, that's fine and all. But the problem is 00:01:47.209 --> 00:01:49.549 a lot of people end up dying, getting hurt, end 00:01:49.549 --> 00:01:52.409 up in a rush, in a hurry. You know, it's these 00:01:52.409 --> 00:01:54.629 very same people that end up in a stress situation, 00:01:55.090 --> 00:01:57.849 end up in a very bad predicament or something 00:01:57.849 --> 00:02:00.069 always goes wrong or they end up in a wreck. 00:02:01.319 --> 00:02:04.060 And they don't know why it happened. Here's the 00:02:04.060 --> 00:02:07.859 key hint. This is the main problem. Slow down, 00:02:08.020 --> 00:02:10.719 first off. I'm not saying to slow down on the 00:02:10.719 --> 00:02:13.259 highway. I mean slow your roll. As a person, 00:02:13.379 --> 00:02:15.960 you slow down. You need to take a break. You 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:20.259 need to take a chance to relax. Reflect on what 00:02:20.259 --> 00:02:23.620 you're doing. Enjoy the time you have. Especially 00:02:23.620 --> 00:02:26.900 if you're young. Consider this. You don't have 00:02:26.900 --> 00:02:28.740 a whole lot of time and you won't stay young 00:02:28.740 --> 00:02:32.120 forever. Okay? We all know this. It's the basic 00:02:32.120 --> 00:02:34.939 fundamental of life. You stop being a kid when 00:02:34.939 --> 00:02:39.979 you turned 18, 17, or 15, depending on what country 00:02:39.979 --> 00:02:44.759 you live in. So, I mean, it's a known fact. In 00:02:44.759 --> 00:02:46.659 some countries, you can get married as early 00:02:46.659 --> 00:02:49.740 as 13, and you're an adult. So, there's that. 00:02:50.419 --> 00:02:55.319 We don't talk about that. Anyway, we're going 00:02:55.319 --> 00:02:57.139 to kick off this year right. We'll take a short 00:02:57.139 --> 00:02:59.099 break, and we'll talk about some hobbies that 00:02:59.099 --> 00:03:03.460 everybody can do. this year coming, to keep their 00:03:03.460 --> 00:03:06.240 mind at ease so they don't overwork themselves 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:26.039 and end up in these stress situations. All right, 00:03:26.099 --> 00:03:28.719 everybody, and we're back. Let's go ahead and 00:03:28.719 --> 00:03:30.879 begin. First things first, like I did mention 00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:32.620 before, everyone should at least have some kind 00:03:32.620 --> 00:03:34.460 of hobby. A lot of people don't do this anymore 00:03:34.460 --> 00:03:36.599 because they say it eats up a lot of their time. 00:03:37.060 --> 00:03:39.919 But the thing about it is, does a hobby have 00:03:39.919 --> 00:03:44.020 to eat up all your time? Or are you just bad 00:03:44.020 --> 00:03:49.400 at scheduling? Now, when I say that, I do bring 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:51.520 up an important factor here, something that people 00:03:51.520 --> 00:03:54.580 need to keep in mind. Time management is an issue. 00:03:55.259 --> 00:03:56.800 It's something that a lot of people aren't capable 00:03:56.800 --> 00:04:00.229 of doing. So with that being said, before I go 00:04:00.229 --> 00:04:02.169 any further into the year, I'll be sure to make 00:04:02.169 --> 00:04:07.830 sure I cover time management. It's something 00:04:07.830 --> 00:04:09.310 that a lot of people need to know about, something 00:04:09.310 --> 00:04:15.789 that they typically don't consider. But before 00:04:15.789 --> 00:04:18.470 I worry about that... Let me go ahead and explain 00:04:18.470 --> 00:04:21.589 first off what a hobby is. It's basically an 00:04:21.589 --> 00:04:24.269 activity or interest pursued for pleasure or 00:04:24.269 --> 00:04:26.610 relaxation. It's not a main occupation. It's 00:04:26.610 --> 00:04:30.410 not something you do for money. Now, you can 00:04:30.410 --> 00:04:33.850 turn a hobby into something of that nature. It 00:04:33.850 --> 00:04:36.589 will require more work on your part, but it is 00:04:36.589 --> 00:04:39.089 doable. There are a lot of people who make more 00:04:39.089 --> 00:04:42.050 money doing with their hobbies than they do with 00:04:42.050 --> 00:04:46.449 their actual jobs. With that being said, there 00:04:46.449 --> 00:04:48.509 are a lot of hobbies that are pretty popular, 00:04:48.610 --> 00:04:51.430 especially in the recent years. Some of which 00:04:51.430 --> 00:04:54.490 have been so popular as to become main topics 00:04:54.490 --> 00:04:58.310 for people to go out and pursue actual jobs in 00:04:58.310 --> 00:05:03.189 these hobbies as things. It just depends on the 00:05:03.189 --> 00:05:07.269 person or where they're going in life. So, with 00:05:07.269 --> 00:05:09.189 that being said, I would love to give everybody 00:05:09.189 --> 00:05:14.399 an opportunity. to learn what hobbies were the 00:05:14.399 --> 00:05:19.180 top ones, especially in 2019. So, first things 00:05:19.180 --> 00:05:24.379 first. There are about 50 hobbies that people 00:05:24.379 --> 00:05:28.740 enjoy, okay? I'll go through and read out the 00:05:28.740 --> 00:05:31.680 list, because it took me a while to go find them 00:05:31.680 --> 00:05:35.300 all, because I want to give them as an accurate 00:05:35.300 --> 00:05:40.170 list as possible, like I usually do. I'll go 00:05:40.170 --> 00:05:41.670 ahead and read through the list. I'm going to 00:05:41.670 --> 00:05:45.550 go a little fast, so if I'm moving too fast, 00:05:45.709 --> 00:05:50.250 feel free to pause, rewind to hear what I have 00:05:50.250 --> 00:05:54.370 to say. So, as the list shows, one of them is 00:05:54.370 --> 00:05:57.970 obviously reading, some is watching TV. Family 00:05:57.970 --> 00:05:59.709 time, which is something that a lot of people 00:05:59.709 --> 00:06:03.339 don't do anymore. Uh, going to the movies, fishing, 00:06:03.639 --> 00:06:05.839 use your computer, gardening, if you still do 00:06:05.839 --> 00:06:08.420 that type of thing. Uh, renting movies, going 00:06:08.420 --> 00:06:11.339 for a walk, exercising, listening to music. It's 00:06:11.339 --> 00:06:12.740 something you can do while you're doing something 00:06:12.740 --> 00:06:16.860 else. Um, so that's definitely one. Um, being 00:06:16.860 --> 00:06:19.579 inter, uh, entertaining yourself with something 00:06:19.579 --> 00:06:24.420 random. Um, hunting, team sports, shopping, traveling. 00:06:24.819 --> 00:06:27.800 Believe it or not, sleeping's a hobby. I didn't 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:32.339 know that. Uh, heh. Socializing, sewing is still 00:06:32.339 --> 00:06:35.899 a hobby apparently, so is golfing. Church activities, 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:38.939 if you're into your church like a lot of people 00:06:38.939 --> 00:06:41.459 are that I know, like church is life apparently. 00:06:43.579 --> 00:06:46.100 Relaxing, playing music versus listening to it. 00:06:46.459 --> 00:06:48.680 Housework, crafts, believe it or not, chores 00:06:48.680 --> 00:06:53.680 are apparently a hobby now. Watching sports, 00:06:53.920 --> 00:07:01.020 bicycling, there we go, there's a word. Playing 00:07:01.020 --> 00:07:04.560 cards, hiking, cooking, eating out, dating, online, 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:08.279 swimming, camping, skiing, working on cars. Believe 00:07:08.279 --> 00:07:12.720 it or not, that's a topic too. Riding, which 00:07:12.720 --> 00:07:14.220 is something that I'm going to be doing this 00:07:14.220 --> 00:07:17.199 year, as well as boating, motorcycling, animal 00:07:17.199 --> 00:07:21.500 care, bowling, painting, running, dancing, horseback 00:07:21.500 --> 00:07:25.910 riding, tennis, theater, billiards, beach. going 00:07:25.910 --> 00:07:28.370 to the beach or even volunteer work now these 00:07:28.370 --> 00:07:32.569 are the top 50 things from last year okay not 00:07:32.569 --> 00:07:34.689 to say that they were uber important or a lot 00:07:34.689 --> 00:07:37.089 of people were actually doing it and it was mainstream 00:07:37.089 --> 00:07:39.870 no that's not what i'm talking about what i'm 00:07:39.870 --> 00:07:42.060 saying is These are hobbies that people picked 00:07:42.060 --> 00:07:44.420 up last year as a result of being either bored 00:07:44.420 --> 00:07:46.680 at work, overworked, or they needed a break. 00:07:46.839 --> 00:07:49.279 They just needed an out, okay? And they either 00:07:49.279 --> 00:07:51.180 went with the cheapest options or they went with 00:07:51.180 --> 00:07:53.300 something that got them away from everybody else. 00:07:53.500 --> 00:07:57.000 In my case, my hobbies usually involve me either 00:07:57.000 --> 00:08:01.180 going to work, writing, or going bowling. Typically, 00:08:01.180 --> 00:08:03.139 if I'm going bowling, it's not because I needed 00:08:03.139 --> 00:08:05.160 a break. It's because I need to relieve stress 00:08:05.160 --> 00:08:08.860 and everyone's pissing me off. it's you know 00:08:08.860 --> 00:08:14.519 it's situational everybody's different so i'll 00:08:14.519 --> 00:09:03.870 stop here with that and we'll be right back All 00:09:03.870 --> 00:09:07.490 right, and we're back, everybody. Now that I 00:09:07.490 --> 00:09:09.690 covered all those different topics, there are 00:09:09.690 --> 00:09:14.009 different things that people have been interested 00:09:14.009 --> 00:09:16.950 in over the last couple of months and whatnot. 00:09:17.269 --> 00:09:19.490 And they're typically just hobbies that everyone 00:09:19.490 --> 00:09:22.950 else has. I, for one, like I mentioned before, 00:09:23.090 --> 00:09:27.269 like to write despite having a major level of 00:09:27.269 --> 00:09:30.789 atrocity. Like, I just don't like English, okay? 00:09:31.009 --> 00:09:34.210 For the most part, I don't like... academic writing. 00:09:34.309 --> 00:09:37.149 It's not one of my favorite things to do. Now, 00:09:37.230 --> 00:09:39.429 when I have to do it, I'll do it. But that doesn't 00:09:39.429 --> 00:09:42.870 mean I don't enjoy writing as a whole. So, with 00:09:42.870 --> 00:09:45.129 that being said, I'll take this time to go ahead 00:09:45.129 --> 00:09:46.970 and let you guys know what has happened in the 00:09:46.970 --> 00:09:50.169 end of last year in the process of this year 00:09:50.169 --> 00:09:52.909 coming forward. Not only have I had my first 00:09:52.909 --> 00:09:55.529 book revised, The Whistling Swordsman, but I 00:09:55.529 --> 00:09:58.070 did manage to publish my second and third books, 00:09:58.190 --> 00:10:01.429 which is a separate series from that one, even 00:10:01.429 --> 00:10:03.269 though I'm still working on the other one. and 00:10:03.269 --> 00:10:05.029 I now have three books published to my name. 00:10:05.129 --> 00:10:08.809 And with that being said, The Elementalist is 00:10:08.809 --> 00:10:12.669 currently available on Kindle and printed format, 00:10:12.750 --> 00:10:15.769 and soon it'll be available in audio form, as 00:10:15.769 --> 00:10:17.990 well as The Whistling Swordsman. It's also available 00:10:17.990 --> 00:10:20.509 in audio form, as well as Kindle and hard copy. 00:10:22.070 --> 00:10:25.330 And they're not just exclusive to Amazon. You 00:10:25.330 --> 00:10:27.409 can literally go search the titles of these books, 00:10:27.570 --> 00:10:31.870 along with my name, Neo Gentrix, and you'll find 00:10:31.870 --> 00:10:34.210 them pretty much everywhere. Almost everywhere. 00:10:34.210 --> 00:10:38.490 On most mainstream book websites. Available for 00:10:38.490 --> 00:10:42.370 order. To you. Now it will be print to order. 00:10:42.509 --> 00:10:45.789 So that there's no back stock of the books. But 00:10:45.789 --> 00:10:48.509 they are available. And with that being said. 00:10:48.690 --> 00:10:52.370 The Whistling Swordsman. Is sitting at 130 pages. 00:10:53.610 --> 00:10:59.309 The. Actually that's. That's accurate. And then 00:10:59.309 --> 00:11:01.730 I have The Elementalist. Sitting at 120 pages. 00:11:03.639 --> 00:11:06.940 OK, give or take. And then The Elementalist also 00:11:06.940 --> 00:11:10.960 has book two that's been released as well. That 00:11:10.960 --> 00:11:15.279 is also available for Kindle and print format. 00:11:15.320 --> 00:11:17.320 Now, the audio book for that one won't be coming 00:11:17.320 --> 00:11:20.100 to a little bit later in the year, but it is 00:11:20.100 --> 00:11:24.870 available. And that one's 175 pages. I'm going 00:11:24.870 --> 00:11:26.990 to continue with the light novel series I have 00:11:26.990 --> 00:11:30.230 and, you know, going forward. Now, keep in mind, 00:11:30.250 --> 00:11:32.370 this is just a hobby. I'm not expecting to make 00:11:32.370 --> 00:11:34.009 a lot of money off of this, but it was something 00:11:34.009 --> 00:11:38.029 I needed to do to keep, you know, myself from 00:11:38.029 --> 00:11:40.029 being extremely stressed this past year, especially 00:11:40.029 --> 00:11:43.870 since last year, all hell has basically been 00:11:43.870 --> 00:11:48.149 breaking loose for me ever since. I can testify 00:11:48.149 --> 00:11:50.490 to being in high stress environments as a result. 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:55.840 Um, so this is why I really stress this year, 00:11:55.899 --> 00:12:00.480 ironically, in that statement that this is the 00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:02.519 start of a new decade. It's a start of a new 00:12:02.519 --> 00:12:05.620 season for a lot of people. And I do recommend 00:12:05.620 --> 00:12:08.120 that you take it easier this year while still 00:12:08.120 --> 00:12:10.679 striving for your goals and moving forward. It's 00:12:10.679 --> 00:12:12.399 something that a lot of people need to do. And 00:12:12.399 --> 00:12:17.340 it's a lot easier, uh, than trying to lose 20 00:12:17.340 --> 00:12:20.860 or 30 pounds in the next couple of months. Let's 00:12:20.860 --> 00:12:24.059 be honest, I understand a lot of people enjoy 00:12:24.059 --> 00:12:26.480 working out, but unless you really have the drive 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:30.519 for this, let's just be frank, it's not going 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:33.059 to happen. Because I promise you, between now 00:12:33.059 --> 00:12:37.659 and, let's just say March 5th, you're not going 00:12:37.659 --> 00:12:40.519 to lose that 20 pounds at all, unless you're 00:12:40.519 --> 00:12:43.960 really trying to do it. Because with Valentine's 00:12:43.960 --> 00:12:49.259 Day being exactly 25 days from today, You're 00:12:49.259 --> 00:12:51.799 going to end up eating either a lot of food or 00:12:51.799 --> 00:12:53.659 you're gonna be working really really hard until 00:12:53.659 --> 00:12:55.299 you get to the day Where everyone's gonna be 00:12:55.299 --> 00:12:57.360 basically going around buying flowers and chocolate 00:12:57.360 --> 00:12:59.740 covered this and that and all sorts of crazy 00:12:59.740 --> 00:13:02.879 crap And giving it to each other and trying to 00:13:02.879 --> 00:13:05.200 eat it now granite if you're allergic to candy 00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:07.860 or you're just allergic to chocolate You're fine, 00:13:08.080 --> 00:13:11.399 but for every other soul poor slub out there. 00:13:11.799 --> 00:13:15.879 I feel your pain Unfortunately, I can't eat a 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:17.320 whole lot of sweets right now anyway because 00:13:17.320 --> 00:13:21.860 of tooth issues. So there's that. Now, with that 00:13:21.860 --> 00:13:25.580 being said, here's what's going to happen for 00:13:25.580 --> 00:13:29.860 the rest of the year. Before we go into a lot 00:13:29.860 --> 00:13:32.200 of these newer topics that I would love to hit 00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:35.000 and complete, there's still a lot of unfinished 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:37.419 business with some of my previous segments that 00:13:37.419 --> 00:13:41.240 I have done. I still have about three or four 00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:44.139 stories left to cover in the Dark Truth Behind 00:13:44.139 --> 00:13:47.519 series regarding old fairy tales and stories. 00:13:47.740 --> 00:13:51.519 And if I'm not mistaken, I left off on Rapunzel. 00:13:51.580 --> 00:13:55.139 So that's going to be one of the ones that I 00:13:55.139 --> 00:13:58.340 go back and cover, as well as I do believe Beauty 00:13:58.340 --> 00:14:03.419 and the Beast. With that being said, since Valentine's 00:14:03.419 --> 00:14:06.340 Day or Lonely Hearts Day is coming up next month, 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:09.259 I'm also going to go ahead and do something that 00:14:09.259 --> 00:14:13.519 I normally don't do and cover sex. You can hear 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:17.159 the distraught in my voice. In a random podcast, 00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:19.899 I'll cover what sex is, the different types of 00:14:19.899 --> 00:14:24.259 sex, the different kinds of sex. That doesn't 00:14:24.259 --> 00:14:27.220 sound right. Anyway, I'm going to cover the different 00:14:27.220 --> 00:14:30.460 kinds of sex, what actually qualifies as sex, 00:14:30.620 --> 00:14:34.519 and how to stay safe. I can't believe I'm saying 00:14:34.519 --> 00:14:37.679 this, but... Better to be safe than sorry. Along 00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:39.259 with that, I'm also going to cover the different 00:14:39.259 --> 00:14:42.460 types of STIs and STDs that anyone can get, because 00:14:42.460 --> 00:14:45.759 I feel that if you at least know more about them 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:49.539 and how you acquire them, you can avoid getting 00:14:49.539 --> 00:14:54.340 them. If that makes any sense. Those are some 00:14:54.340 --> 00:14:56.000 of the stuff that I'm definitely going to cover. 00:14:56.139 --> 00:14:58.480 Now, new topics I'm going to definitely cover 00:14:58.480 --> 00:15:01.279 this year are going to be anywhere between... 00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:05.389 Oh, I don't know. I'll leave that up to you guys, 00:15:05.509 --> 00:15:07.690 actually. You tell me what you guys want to hear, 00:15:07.769 --> 00:15:09.169 but I'm definitely going to cover things between 00:15:09.169 --> 00:15:12.289 culture, food, and some cuisine, as well as more 00:15:12.289 --> 00:15:15.889 music stuff and fun facts. Now, this doesn't 00:15:15.889 --> 00:15:17.570 change the fact that February is still Black 00:15:17.570 --> 00:15:19.669 History Month, so look forward to some new black 00:15:19.669 --> 00:15:22.830 facts. Black facts? That doesn't sound right. 00:15:23.269 --> 00:15:26.110 More information about black folks that people 00:15:26.110 --> 00:15:30.250 didn't already know. Until next time, guys. Again, 00:15:30.370 --> 00:15:31.990 this has been Food for Thought. Thoughts if it 00:15:31.990 --> 00:15:34.169 were you. I'm your host, Neogentrix, and I hope 00:15:34.169 --> 00:15:38.769 you guys enjoy the new year. Let's see what happens. 00:15:39.649 --> 00:15:42.409 I plan to build up a very, very good year.