Alphabet Stock & the US Market Open
I’m going to hate myself later, but I’m staying up for the US stock market open to see what Alphabet does. The opening hour sets the tone for the day, but I’m dragging so I doubt I’ll wait that long.
Understand, I would get the market info from CNBC and it’s usually delayed 15 minutes.
But I’ll stay up for at least half an hour more and print the chart and draw it up and then post it.
I’ll post the chart for the Alphabet stock and show what it did. It actually stayed down today with a major attempt to close some of the drop, but it failed and Alphabet closed over 13% down for the largest drop in history for the stock.
The area I expected to sell at ended up holding all day. I thought for sure there would be a push, and there was about mid day, but it failed immediately and created a massive Doji candle.
There were a couple of other stocks that had some big moves down and there is one stock that is down almost 25% after hours that’s still a decent volume stock. Nothing as large as Alphabet, but 25% in a day for a midcap stock is brutal.
BTW, all of this is AI fear. Investors are freaking out that it may not make money because the outlay for building these large buildings with all the hardware is incredibly expensive.
I slept much better than I thought and I also fell asleep right away. PEACE blows my mind, because my mind was busy with the stock charts, but I laid my head down and must have fell asleep right away. So even with a busy mind, head hits pillow, then sleep.
I had some interesting trading dreams, so my mind is now processing financial stuff. I had a couple of dreams being out and about with friends (in my dream, not real people I know) in various situations and it was certainly about having money and buying stuff. So my mind is absolutely processing things about money and the financial markets.
I do feel almost like I’m slightly hungover today. I’m not. Matter of fact I don’t drink much at all and haven’t in about a month and that was just two Margaritas at a Mexican Restaurant sitting outside on a nice summer day. Aaugh! Summer seems a long time ago already. It’s another dark and rainy day today.
So overall, I slept better than I thought and am having financial dreams. So far no Recon. Something came up before bed but I worked through it and everything was fine. It didn’t even settle so it wasn’t actual recon, just starting to become recon.
We’ll see about tomorrow. If no recon than I’ll bump up RoW to 1 minute and see.
Taxes
(a topic that angers me because of the waste and fraud by BOTH parties)
Taxes came up with a neighbor I was talking with. When I went back to my apartment I put my jacket and pants in the dryer (it’s raining) and put on dry pants then settled in with a nice warm cup of coffee with Chai creamer. Man I love that Chai creamer.
My mind was stewing over high taxes and out of nowhere this came into my mind “Pay the Government what it demands, but find ways to legally minimize what they take, and use what’s left to enrich your life” and then I completely calmed down.
It reminds me of a verse from the bible (I’m not a religious person and haven’t been to a regular Church in decades) “Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar …” That was over 2,000 years ago. See, taxes have been around almost as long as money.
Taxes have been a sore spot with me for quite a while. As a trader I have to pay into Medicare which is health insurance for older people. No matter how young you are, you have to pay a 3.8% Medicare tax on every penny over $ 200,000 (not tax advice) and it pisses me off. Why?
There is MASSIVE Medicare fraud and has been forever. The government doesn’t do much to reel it in either. This current administration has, and there has been a couple hundred million reeled back, but then it gets pissed away on debt. But when the other party takes over, they could care less and I swear they are a big part of the fraud, but I digress.
But getting pissed off about it doesn’t change a damn thing. So like the Beatles say, “Let it be.” C’est la vie. Give to Caesar what is Caesars. Give the government what it demands and move on. Build from there.
Why Do We Even Have Money In Our World?
Could you imagine a world without money? It gets very complicated and very quickly and is not fun.
Imagine a world without money.
Look up Double Coincidence of Wants and Needs and you will find the reason why money was invented many millennia ago. Money, as we know it, has existed in many different forms for so long we don’t even know when money first appeared with humans. We truly don’t. There are theories, but no solid origin proof.
There are two forces at play in the world we all live in. And only two. This includes all the financial markets also. One can NOT exist without the other.
Those two forces are:
Labour needs capital. Capital needs some form of labour in order to grow a return. Capital is money and specifically investments. Not a single project just happens. People don’t work for free. Governments can not just do something without capital. Hence debt. Investments. Bonds. Stocks. Taxes. Etc. T-Bills (AKA Treasuries) are a form of a bond. A CD (aka Cash Deposit) is a paper that is essentially a bond. I’m breaking it down to the simplest form, so don’t get hung up that a CD and T-Bill are not exactly bonds. Break them down to their core and they are just versions of bonds with a different name and explanation.
I already know all this stuff. It’s not as though I had to research it. Honestly, I read about this stuff in my teens when I became interested in the markets and the financial world.
But this is the kind of stuff my mind is going through and analyzing like crazy. This was only my first loop with RoW and it was only a 30 second loop because I wasn’t sure about Recon and that’s where we all start with new titles these days.
RoW is landing on some incredibly fertile ground. And thanks to all the previous grounding work I’ve done, especially PEACE, it’s landing on stable ground also.
I still expect some recon when I increase my loop exposure. But I’m looking forward to the journey with this particular round.
This is getting fun. 
I just found out that Patrick Stewart passed away yesterday.
I first heard about this on Saints personal journal.
I didn’t even hear about it because I just don’t read much regular news these days and especially right now because it’s election season.
The news mentioned that his passing away was due to a brief battle of Alzheimer’s. 
He was 86 but it still bums me out.
Yeah, as I was reading I was like wow that worked quick 
Same man same 
I’m shocked to be honest. I was expecting a slow buildup, but nooo let’s look at the entire financial system right now … 
It sounds like you are processing the RoW sub fast with the 30 second loops.
I do agree with the links between finance, money and politics. I tend to not talk too much about that in my journals.
I agree with you. With RoW I think I’ll have a personal journal on the side and explore certain thoughts there. Politics is a very charged area for people, especially in these times.
I learned in therapy a while ago that’s it’s good to write free flow because more subconscious thoughts and beliefs will come out in the open, and it’s true. But with RoW I will do that first in my private journal. 
First Day Back to Therapy
We didn’t cover anything too deep today because it was to assess how I’m doing, but we did dive into some things and recovered certain techniques that I’m using. But we did go into a little depth on a couple of areas.
And I already have homework. BTW, I actually do the homework exercises. That’s actually a big part of therapy and one a lot of people skip. It’s similar to just listening to a sub title and expecting it to work. With some titles like PEACE, you can get away with that quite often, but it’s one of the few.
l’m glad I decided to get back into therapy. I talked about subliminals and it’s as if though the therapy industry has a standard warning about how there’s “no sufficient evidence that they work.” I was prepared for that though and I talked to my therapists about the changes in my PTSD.
I didn’t sleep worth a darn “last night” though. I woke up and really couldn’t get back to sleep. I know my mind was a little worried and anxious about therapy. Part of my mind was also worried about the money aspect, which is good because scarcity is something that both PEACE and RoW work on. So I was able to ease my mind about that.
I’m not insured for therapy so I have to pay the full monty and ahead of time. To make things easy I pay for a couple of sessions ahead of time and then just pay each time. That way if I accidentally forget to bring money (they take cards but charge an extra fee and I hate wasting money that way).
When I owned a car I always paid for gas cash because they charge something like 25 cents extra per gallon. I’ve seen as high as 45 cents for gallon extra for using a card. I used to have a Porsche 911 Turbo S Cabriolet so it sucked the gas, plus that required Premium gas. It might seem as though I’m a tight wad but there were certain things like this that popped up with RICH Trader and Synergy The Golden One, and there are things that are coming up with RoW. Most people don’t examine where money is leaking. All the little things add up. The wealthier you are, the more it’s worth looking at the financial leaks.
Taxes! My mind has been stewing on taxes. It’s election season so it’s really coming up, but I’m convinced it would have anyway. Taxes are a sore spot with me. Even when I was trading full time I didn’t take the “trader status” option with my taxes because I would take a month off here and there, especially around Christmas & New Year because after a few years I got tired of working so hard around Christmas and New Year because the Forex market volatility drops drastically. So I started taking that time off. And then I’ll take a couple of weeks in Summer off for a vacation.
That’s the thing about “trader status” in the US. It’s a big grey area that the IRS conveniently has never quantified. It’s open and has never been answered and they’ve been repeatedly asked. The Accountant firm I use for my taxes actually argues cases in front of a Supreme Court. Very few can. They’ve helped to write trading laws.
Here’s the rub with “trading status”, yes you can take a vacation. One month is often deemed “excessive” and very well could cause me to not qualify for Trader Status. A month and a half is virtually guaranteed “excessive” for “trader status”. If the IRS wanted to all of a sudden press the issue, and with our massive debt it could happen at any time, you could owe a massive amount overnight. Because it’s having to pay the taxes you didn’t qualify for, plus fines, plus penalties, plus interest and the interest is calculated at CURRENT interest. “Current Interest” is the current Fed rate + two and a half points or something in that neighborhood and it can go back past 7 years depending on the circumstances. It’s not a game worth playing.
So you could end up owing far more than you ever saved because they sneakily refuse to quantify “trader status”. “I didn’t understand” is not a defense. You don’t want to owe back taxes to the IRS, trust me. I’ve had friends and quite a few acquaintances go through it. The IRS has a ton of power behind them and they have special police powers. They aren’t like traditional debt collectors. They can ruin your life, and yes, even over just back taxes.
Taxes will be a theme with RoW. I can tell. I understand we need to pay for things. Infrastructure and a ton of other things. I get it. But I also know beyond a shadow of a doubt there is massive waste and fraud within Government. Including State and local. It doesn’t matter what State either. I won’t go into any more because it’s politics, but I will say, I actively vote so I pay attention and I’m not happy with either party. But I still vote my conscious. But seriously, both sides irritate me, just in different ways.
I stew about taxes and I know better. I’m working through the taxes and politics now with RoW. I complain and I vote and I always will vote. I have ever since I turned 18.
Have you ever seen the movie “The International” with Clive Owen? It is one of my absolute favorite movies. I won’t ruin it, but we’ll just say the ending isn’t traditional and it pissed me off the first time I saw it, but it is absolutely reality. That’s all I’ll say if you’ve never seen it because I don’t want to ruin it. But I do love that movie.
I should actually watch that again in a couple of weeks into RoW. Then work through some of the things it triggers in me. I’m genuinely going to schedule that on my calendar. There are some other things I’m going to watch also that will explore finances and the structures behind banking, money, finance, etc.
I actually watched a few financial documentaries before I started RoW and I’m convinced it gave food for RoW to work on and that’s why I had this massive “hit” with my first microloop of RoW. No pun intended but it took me for a loop at how hard it hit the very first time. No hard like recon, so I’m not talking about that, just how much my mind took off with it. RoW was good timing I think.
)Stirring The Hornet’s Nest
“A challenge only becomes an obstacle when you bow to it.”
I don’t consciously bow to much at all. Subconsciously I have and that’s the rub. I’ve picked up more subconscious blockages than I thought after my partner passed away during the throws of COVID and the COVID isolation caused the whole process of grief to be much more complicated.
I’m ready to take them on though and am actively doing so. Taking a break from therapy was a good call. Coming back to therapy now is also a very good call.
RoW? Damn good call and already a very interesting one. I bumped up RoW to 1 minute 30 seconds this time and it feels different. I can tell there is much more being processed and didn’t get this quick hit.
Will I get recon from this loop? We’ll see. I’m not actively pursuing recon, but I kinda think I am. At least stirring the hornet’s nest so to speak. Yeah, I’m stirring the hornet’s nest. I genuinely think that’s what this round with RoW is about.
What’s blocking me now? I had success before. I collapsed and it irritates me. I use the term “pisses me off” but that’s a little more crude, but gets straight to the point with no fluff. Emotions are raw. I like to be real about it.
I listened to RoW earlier today than I normally would have. There is no way I can stay up until my normal time tonight and I often like to listen to subs before I go to bed. Every once in a while I’ll listen after I wake up so the title has time to stew all day. That has its benefits also and I’m not sure which way is better for me. I do like to listen before I go to sleep though and let my mind work on it during my dreams.
I’ll be shocked if I’m up more than a couple more hours. Even though we didn’t cover too deep of topics in therapy today, I and my mind are well aware of what’s most likely to come. I know that’s why I didn’t sleep well “last night” and why I’m so tired now. My mind needs to work it all out and settle down. I think PEACE is taking the reigns more today.
)Sleep Issue
I was only able to sleep 3 hours and now I’m wide awake. So I’ll have to take a nap later in order to get me back on schedule. At least I was able to get therapy appointments on a Friday. Saturday was an option but Saturday’s are reserved for me to completely unwind. They are my only real day off when I’m trading because Sunday’s are to prepare for the trading week and then I start trading 11pm Sunday evening.
It’s Halloween tonight so I still have Young Frankenstein to watch. It became a habit to watch that during the Halloween season. I love that movie. I love comedies and Mel Brooks movies are some of the best. Steve Martin is my favorite comedy actor but there aren’t any Halloween movies of his. Mixed Nuts is one I watch every year during the Christmas season.
As far as dreams, oddly I don’t recall. It wasn’t anything disturbing but my mind was working on something deep. It’s difficult to explain how I know, but dreams have always been a curiosity of mine. I don’t even know if they were financial either. Whatever they were about then if it’s a subject matter that I’m working through it will reveal itself.
Man, is it the rainy season all of a sudden. It’s an El Nino year so it’s no surprise we are seeing so much of it in the Pacific Northwest, but I will say California has been getting hit big time. Some of my old stomping grounds such as Laguna Beach, Newport Beach and some others have had massive flooding due to extreme King Tides. Also certain areas are having landslides because of the amount of rain they’ve been getting. It’s been crazy down there the last few years.
I need to suck it up though and just put on my rain gear and go for walks from time to time. I make it more of a fuss than it really is. As a kid I played soccer for years and played in rain a lot. Plus I was in Boy Scouts and walked to and from school in the sopping wet.
As long as it’s not windy and rainy than I can deal with it. It’s not that often where we get both and usually when we do it’s a storm so it’s worth staying home, but getting out is good for me.
It cleared up towards evening so I ran an errand I really didn’t have to run. It was an excuse to get out more than anything. I ran my errand and it was somewhat busy tonight because it was Halloween. I think I wanted to see people dressed up and I did.
I grabbed a few things at the grocery store and waited for the bus. Again, it was quite clear, but now dark and somewhat chilli. Not cold, just chilli and more important no rain. It was quite pleasant.
Then the bus came and it was packed. Mostly with teenagers (younger High School aged) and most were dressed up. Certainly more girls than guys and they were all super chatty with each other. A couple of girls that were sitting up front were very pleasant and offered me their seat. That genuinely is not very common where I live, especially with younger people. I thanked them and took a seat, which frankly I was happy about because we were packed in like sardines.
My PTSD actually started to kick up, but that’s it. It just started and I was able to calm it down very quickly with “The Valley Breath”. Last year it would have been a very uncomfortable bus trip because of the PTSD. Tonight, I just looked and listened. These kids were all mostly chatting with each other. I catch them coming home from school sometimes and most of them are stuck in their phones, but tonight they were chatting.
They were all heading somewhere, and here’s the thing, after a few minutes it became obvious to these kids that they were all heading to the same party. From what I gathered these kids came from different schools and most didn’t know each other except little groups but yet they all somehow were connected in some way to the main person who was hosting this party. There were at least 70+ kids on this bus and lord knows how many were on other busses.
It was all quite comical to watch and listen to. I got off at my stop and about 4 other adults got off also. Two seemed to be a couple that were coming back from a flight and they had their luggage on wheels. We all laughed about the kids and chatted for a bit as we were walking and then people went their separate ways.
I had a very pleasant walk home and just took it all in. Quite a few homes were done up for Halloween, I mentioned this before, but it was still awesome to see one last time. There were three large groups of people with kids out trick or treating which is always fun to see.
Where I live we haven’t recovered much from the pandemic so there aren’t as many people out and about for the holidays. Nothing like pre-pandemic. But there is still some life out there and it’s pleasant to see.
I came home, settled in with some coffee with chai creamer and watched Young Frankenstein. I called my Mom and chatted with her for a bit and just chilled afterwards. It’s 1:30 am here and it’s quiet outside. I though for sure more people would be bar hopping with the three bars that are close by. Plus we have a couple of restaurants also, but everything quieted down earlier than I thought.
We have had some thick fog roll in so that may be a big part of it. Who knows. It’s actually quite awesome with the fog. I chilled outside for a few minutes and it’s that kind of fog that’s so thick it makes everything wet including your face. I had my fill after a bit and then went back inside and threw my stuff in the dryer and changed into dry cloths.
I know it sounds kind of boring, but it genuinely has been a pleasant day and night. I’m not going to lie, memories of my partner and I popped up. I gave respect for the wonderful times we shared, but I wasn’t tore down by the memories like I have been in the past. I think that’s part of the reason why I just chilled tonight. I still can’t go out to friends houses and other places we used to go to, but I wasn’t completely bummed out at home either.
I’m coming to terms with everything. l respect our past. I miss my partner, sometimes pretty heavily. But I am finally settle down with all of it and just accepting it. We’ll see what next year brings. More personal growth, that I know for sure.
Speaking of personal growth, I made decisions on my next round. I’ll share them later.
I hope your Halloween was a good one if it’s something you celebrate at all. If not, I hope your day went well anyway. I’m grateful that mine did.
I don’t recall my dreams
The last time I went a little while before I started remembering dreams again I ended up deciding to go back to therapy. Only because a couple of core issues came up that needed some deep healing.
I have a feeling my mind is working on something core. Is it about money, markets, etc? I truly don’t know. I do think that is what’s going on. This next loop I’m dropping my RoW listening time to 1 minute even and keeping PEACE at 5 minutes.
So RoW is a title that you don’t want to run longer than a few months at a time. My rounds are 10 weeks so that would be two full rounds, roughly. I’m going to run RoW for 1 full round, then move on for a couple of rounds and then revisit it towards the end of next year after some financial growth has occured.
After a bunch of research, especially the qOS q&a page, my word what a goldmine that is, I’ve decided I don’t need a healing custom. What the crap?
Here’s the thing. I’m slimming down my trading custom also, however I’ll still order my 1st custom after the New Year after at least my next round, maye even after two.
Why? I just ordered a name embedded major that is Emperor Reforged Core and GLM Core. I’ll be running my PEACE + Synergy:Harmonic Conflux with it as a stack. Those 3 combined are working on most everything I want to work on in my healing sub and my trading sub. Mostly, and that’s the key right there. I’ll still need a custom, but pretty much only for the trading/financial.
When I was researching combinations of the 3 I was astounded on what all 3 together are accomplishing. I asked qOS about all 3 together but I pieced it all together with the other permutations and dang, those 3 titles cover a ton of work over time.
Now I’m using my words here. I break things down and use words that aren’t as elegant and fitting as Saint does, but these 3 titles together are working on every single major obstacle I have with the exception of the full trading psychology stuff, but those 3 titles are still working on quite a bit of those obstacles. So I will have a custom that includes Essence:The Inner Edge, which is on the personal trading psychology, trading processes, etc.
But just the three titles are working on scarcity thinking from a couple of different angles; happiness (inner joy); worthiness (in multiple ways); even confidence (genuine, deep, certain confidence) financial (other than scarcity thinking, but scarcity thinking is a big one). I’ll be honest, I was blown away.
So the more thought I put into it I realized something, I genuinely need to back up on the trading. I still need to do my research, I still need to trade my demo and I absolutely need to trade real time and real money, but I’m still NOT the person I need to bring to trading. It’s going to take about 6 months or slightly more before I’m the person I need to be to get back to serious trading.
If I go in too heavy too soon it will be a negative feedback. It’s similar to spiritual work, if your energy system isn’t ready and you push for more extreme results, your system is going to blow. Money IS ENERGY. RoW is revealing this already. I’m really curious about where I’ll be a couple of weeks into RoW. Especially when I’m finished. That’s another reason why I decided one round of RoW, then I’ll go back to it in a few more months after I’ve done some more core work with PEACE + Emperor Reforged + GLM.
I was going to have the GLM essence version in my custom, and still will, but I realized, why am I going to add all this other stuff when I should run at least a round or two of just the 3 store titles? Then I can run a custom and add other more focused modules. But the core has to be there pretty decently before I add more.
Those 3 titles together are going to accomplish some serious core growth. With the custom I will have the New Wealth Experience core and plus I’ll run my PEACE name embedded on the side as a stack. I realized, look, I could truly run the GLM core again for a round or two, then run the custom with GLM Essence.
If I feel the custom is spreading things out too much, then I bring back the name embedded with just Reforged + GLM with the PEACE name embedded and focus on those three until I’m ready to run the custom. It gives me better options and more focus when and if it’s needed in the next couple of years.
Here’s the thing, with those three titles, there are a bunch of focus modules that I didn’t need because those three subs are covering those areas sufficiently and that’s with using answers that Saint gave to various questions about those areas.
So I thought, wait a second, if I make a stack with just the 3 then I’m golden. It will cover everything. Butt … not everything. Close, but if my custom has Reforged and the GLM essence than I’m keeping the main work going. If I need more of what GLM is offering than I pull the custom and put the name embedded Reforged Core + GLM core back into the mix.
I have the GLM store copy, I ran it a couple of rounds and loved it, but moved on to other things. But by having Reforged and GLM together and then PEACE all in one stack, well the synergy is off the charts good for what I’m needing to work through.
They are NOT “healing” titles, but they are correcting those core areas I need to correct. It’s not “healing” but it is. So that’s why I don’t need the healing custom any more. These 3 titles are working all those areas I need work on and working on them incredibly well. Plus I’m in therapy so I’ll get the focus when and where I need.
But what about financial and trading work?
Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.
~ Pete McIntyre
The truth is, a quote about being adaptable would be better here but I didn’t on purpose. Thinking outside the box is part of growth also. The above quote really is about being adaptable. Admitting when something isn’t working and trying something else.
“There are many ways to skin a cat”. That’s not a phrase you hear that often anymore, thankfully. But that was a common phrase I heard growing up on the West coast of the US. I think they were referring to mountain lions or maybe lions and tigers? But I digress.
So if you’re confused as to how PEACE + Emperor Reforged + GLM is working on money/financial issues, look at Emperor Reforged. I don’t know where the post is, but Saint referred to Emperor Reforged as the heaviest wealth focused title in their entire catalog that is NOT a wealth title. That right there is EXACTLY why I overlooked Reforged. I don’t run to Emperor titles because my ultimate focus is wealth/trading. Emperor is more about alpha male, dating, conquering, etc.
My word, the wealth focus in Reforged is significant and it works similarly to PEACE which is why they are such a good match. But it doesn’t have much to do with trading (there isn’t a focus there, but scarcity, even financial is part of what you are correcting). That’s why I need the custom with Essence:The Inner Edge. That comes from RICH Trader, but I don’t need all of RICH Trader, and it was bogging me down because of the extra focus on things I don’t need work on.
But even though Reforged isn’t a “wealth” title, boy is it working the wealth department incredibly well. Plus, I’ll state this here, when I was reading about the Romance part of it, I’m getting a very good vibe from it. It’s not heavily focused on Romance, but it is an Emperor titles, so yes, the Romance part is there.
Like the wealth department, it works on WHO is coming to the romance. You see, that what it’s working on in the wealth (for me trading) department, WHO is coming to the markets. It works on your core, like I mentioned, similar to PEACE.
It’s a way to get some work in the romance department but not focus too heavily on it. I need to be slow there. There is still a lot of pain. Survivors guilt. Never getting the chance to say goodbye is incredibly difficult. It’s an unimaginable pain until you experience it. Then it’s still unimaginable. It’s such a deep pain and then on top of that, all the abandonment issues from my childhood. Ouch.
Reforged + therapy will help me to heal the romance area over time. That’s what I need. Gentle work. PEACE + Reforged and then “build” with GLM. Romance, wealth, confidence, masculinity, it’s all getting worked on with those 3 synergistically.
Had to buy a phone today
I’ve been putting it off for longer than I should have but my old Samsung Galaxy needed to be replaced. It’s still working but is outdated and is having a difficult time taking a charge, which is never good.
I’ve been meaning to do it for a while now but kept putting it off. I don’t use my phone like younger people. I genuinely use it more as a phone, although I do use it to listen to music when I’m out and about sometimes and I also have Kindle books on there and a couple of very basic games which I haven’t played in forever. Like Pacman. LOL. I love Pacman. Grew up on Pacman, but haven’t played it in ages.
So I got almost the most basic Samsung Galaxy to replace it. One step up because the OS was newer.
Heck, over the last few years you don’t even have to pay for it cash. My credit is so good with my cellphone company that I don’t even have a limit and I can make payments no interest for 36 months. I’m not going to pay cash up front if I can spread it out of 36 months interest free.
It was pretty funny because they were confused because I went from a top of the line Galaxy to one step above entry level Galaxy. LOL.
I know I’ll upgrade once I move to Arizona, and I’ll get a little credit towards a new one. I’ll do that then, but right now, I don’t have any need for a high end phone. The one I got is plenty for now. It’s still a Galaxy it’s not a flip phone or anything. LOL.
So now I have to remember when I physically get the phone in a couple of days to go in and Un-Google my phone as much as possible. I despise that company. They’re just one massive, privacy invading marketing company. Samsung isn’t much better, that’s for sure. So I have to turn some of their BS off also.
I love the conveniences of the modern age, but there are plenty things I miss from the 80’s, I assure you. Overall people were kinder and more thoughtful with each other. Neighbors actually new each other.
But times change. Some for the better, some for the worse. It’s also how you frame it and work around the shortcomings. At least the cellphones are much smaller compared to the 80s (look up “Wallstreet Brick Phone” (Motorola DynaTAC) ) to get an idea.
I never had one but saw a few in my day. Certain things needed to change and evolve. Laptops were much heavier also.
Financial Times today
I’ve been getting Financial Times for over 20 years now. Of course these days it’s not the physical paper it’ digital and much smaller than before, but still some excellent Financial News.
The reason why I bring it up today is that this is the first time in quite a while that the front page was all negative. All of a sudden it’s as though the financial world is crumbling. Truth is, there are some major cracks and I am thoroughly convinced it’ll get worse, but again, there will be opportunities. There always are.
“Bloodbath for credit investors” is the main frontpage article. Rising interest rates; AI; Energy prices; unrest; Asset shifting deepens sell-off …"
“Gen Z clashes rock Germany” It also goes into the riots in France, Spain, etc.
“Unrest hits French Banks” This talks about over $ 49 Billion Euros leaving French banks due to political uncertainty; France’s fragile economy and the riots.
But then there is a brief mention of a tourist boom in South America, especially Argentina, but the focus was on Latam Airlines and it’s increase in travel due to the Iran conflict and more Europeans going to South America because it’s insulated from all the happening going on in Europe, the Middle East and how Asian airlines aren’t a popular option because of the Middle East unrest.
I’ve had a theory for a very long time that you have to hunt for the true news. Headlines, front pages, etc are there to distract you and to sell you ideas. I pay attention to those also because it’s telling you where NOT to invest and possibly even short. Dig deep into an article or the newspaper, etc for the real stuff. And it will be brief.
Interesting, I did not know this…
I might have to rethink using Reforged now
It’s not one I would have thought of that’s for sure. I was quite shocked at how many modules I was taking out because of Reforged alone. Especially worthiness, but specifically concerning wealth. Certainly wasn’t expecting that one.
I knew PEACE was a settling title, but I thought it was uncovering also. Interesting thing with GLM is it goes in and builds, so to speak. So the stack is settling, uncovering, building.
Plus there is Romance in Reforged also. I have been wanting to gently work on that area also, so I was happy about that.
This post covers PEACE + Reforged + Vitality
