Brilliant results as seen by an outside person. Awesome!
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9/17/25
MorningTime!
1.5 min each of Let’sRowV2, Mountain, GLL
The stack for the foreseeable future. I’ll cut out GLL for the actual challenge portion of Rowvember. Keep the scripting input tidy and focused!
No major updates. I suppose that is alright. Things continue apace at work; some days are real good, some days are good and busy, some days are just busy.
I did get the urge to do Qigong as I was getting ready for work yesterday, so I followed through there.
I (sigh, finally) figured out that my AuraBoost custom turns muh whole stack into aura, not just boosting the auric scripting of whatever I’d pair with it that day. I am considering a “ResultsBoost” custom with NResultsE core.
I did see a student yesterday wearing a Tshirt with the word “Spartan” on it and I knew that Let’sRowV2 was arriving that day, and I was correct in the knowing.
Feeling warmth in my torso after listening. May just go row today.
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Truer words were never spoken.
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9/25/25
3 min each LRV2, Mountain
1.5 min GLL
Looks like 30 seconds off last time! Well, just about. Still…Woooo!
Dessert pizzas went well the other night!
Also, of note: A club on campus asked my permission last week to use my name for a pin/button design. I saw it last night! Better than I expected. It will apparently be sold at the Homecoming table lololol.
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10/01/25
Yesterday’s listening:
3 min each LRV2, Mountain, GLL
Today’s row:
I had to scroll back in my machine’s logs to last November to find the last 10k I rowed! Too long!
I wanted under 45 minutes, goal achieved!
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10/4/25
5 min each LRV2, GLL, and Mountain.
Almost 30 seconds off from last time!
Homecoming event day. Blah!
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Are you ready for Row-vember?
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I am not.
Something is different this year. I feel no sense of eagerness for the upcoming month. I’ve been trying to get back into a good rowing schedule. Last week was a step forward, this week a step back. I find it increasingly difficult to get my ass on the rower and to do the work, and I just feel tired. The 10k rows I did were ok, but my hands go numb around 7k meters and it’s a struggle to finish it out.
It’s been weighing on me this week. I’m at the conclusion that getting into rowing was yet another hyperfocus autism interest episode, as what I’m currently feeling (a gaping void within whenever I think of rowing) is the same as the other interests in my life that I’ve had, HemiSync Gateway Experience for example. I know spending time in the Focus states is good for me, but I rarely do it.
So what to do? I know there are some outside expectations that I participate in it. I also know that if I sign up, chances are pretty good that I won’t perform as I want to, and it would end up being another failure. The possibility exists that Oct. 31 or Nov. 1 I’ll wake up in the morning, charged up and excited to get on the rower. It’s also possible that I’ll get up those mornings feeling nothing, or dragging ass.
Instead of bemoaning my fate, I’m trying to strategize around my nature. That might look like setting a different goal of rowing instead of doing the maximum possible.
I’m trying to figure it out. Thanks for asking!
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Perhaps there is another exercise that might be even better for you that you will be willing or able to do it without either extreme of hyperfocusing or feeling unmotivated.
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The stoic becomes immune to rejection not by being cold, but by being complete.
I just saw that and had to get it “written down”.
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10/24/25
Today would/should be a listening day, but I’m torn between another day for processing and a 5 day washout prior to November. Leaning towards the latter!
I found a small flicker of motivation within a week ago; drive to win the Rowvember challenge coming into being. I’ve been thinking alot about how I can win it this year, considering being busier at work this year. I do have a finite supply of energy everyday that I have to portion out correctly to “win”.
I’ve been considering 2 rowing sessions a day, one longer than the other. Meter goals but no time restrictions- use the least amount of energy possible as opposed to get the distance target done in the least amount of time possible.
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Just had a Treasure Finder strike!
Very happy with this find. I will fill in details later once everything is verified. I just wanted to get a record at the time of this initial find for future PizzaShaman’s perusal.
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10/26/25
This panned out and I ended up getting 3 pins of my own, gifted to me by the club. I wear one on my hat at work. 
Yeah dude.
Current stack is New Wanted (store title), Name Embed Godlike Masculinity /w The Instant Edge, and Let’s Row V2 (10 module Custom).
New Wanted hasn’t interfered at work at all, or changed my vibe enough to be noticed and commented on by my wife. Likely due to the pairing with GLM, and that’s ok. I have found myself to be more relaxed and funnier in conversation with everyone. I have noticed that my rumination periods have changed. They end far quicker: instead of reliving my end of it, I am detached from the emotional connection and simply “observe the scene”. It’s easier to forgive myself for past mistakes.
I picked up DR:Regeneration. I’m saving that experience for winter break; while I trust that I would be able to handle whatever arises, I’d rather wait til that time off.
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It got here today! @RVconsultant
I was disappointed in August to be ready to get this device, only to have that feeling evaporate upon final checkout and not go through with the purchase.
I have checked Ebay from time to time since then, and this past Tuesday morning I found a deal that felt right. Not right enough to jump on the Buy It Now button when I first saw it, but internal guidance while at work (“This is Treasure Finder in action”) settled on picking it up when I got home that evening.
I checked after work that night and the immediate purchase option was no longer there, only the bid option. Won the bidding at a real good price and that’s when I made the quoted post. It was a very good feeling, and I again knew that the TF scripting had assisted.
The delivery time range was to be November 1- November 4th, and I was very surprised when I checked this morning and it was out for delivery. I tried it out today after eating some Indian food leftovers ( special hookup from my favorite spot with their family Diwali food! ).
Felt a teeny bite on my earlobes as I turned it on, and I knew it was working. Within a couple minutes I felt very good, relaxed and happy? Pleased? I’m not sure. I was smiling and chuckling a bit; wife (home sick today) was wondering what was up with this new stuff. “Are you shocking yourself right now, PizzaShaman?”
It felt good. I did a 20 minute session on setting 1.
Still on washout.
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10/28/25
Broke the washout this morning!
3 min each LRv2, new Wanted, NE GLM
Part of me wants to swap out Wanted for Mountain, but Mountain had been going for 3 months and needs some time to breathe, while the libido redirection in Wanted feels very beneficial for Rowvember.
Today was a partial workout experiment, I suppose. Not too bad of one either, since I got 12.5k meters of rowing done in under an hour.
Getting a few minutes of BT9 in before I gotta get ready for work. I’m hoping to do the full experiment method on Thursday. I’ll have to get started a bit earlier than I did today in order to make that happen.
Easy day at work though, at least once I get to dinner shift. Perhaps some curry in my future too!
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11/4/25
Rowvember Day 2!
It started yesterday, lasts until the 26th. 24 rowing days. I checked my email prior to getting started, and yep- there was the registration confirmation.
I did get the pictures. This time around, I don’t know if I will get them posted here everyday. My rowing method this year is a bit different; requiring more time in the morning. So, yesterday’s rowing:
I do not have energy to just throw at this goal this year, so I’m throwing time at it instead.
Yesterdays listening:
5 min each LRv2, new Wanted, NE GLM /w The Instant Edge
I picked up a set of Shokz OpenRun bone conduction headphones for the rowing challenge this year, and I did a little looking around the forum to see if they could be used for subs. To not “waste” a listening day, I tested them out with:
1.5 min Ascension Chamber.
So far, so good! Set goals of a good work week, hitting my workout goals, and not spilling muh seamen as I need all my energy for rowing and work - not living in recharge mode. Wife wanted it this morning, and I was able to meet my goal while meeting hers!
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