The 2nd Return of Medici the Golden Khan

[Seneca]

A Tale of Dragons

In reviewing my last few entries, I see that I haven’t talked about the effects of Tale of the Dragon.

While there have plenty of instances where I’ve been a great storyteller and communicator, recently two examples stood out for me.

I was hanging out with a buddy of mine and we got to talking about relationships. At one point during our conversation, my buddy commented that I was eloquently dropping heavy game. He further said that everything I was describing was so crystal clear for him.

Last week I was out to dinner with my lifelong friends from childhood. We all try to get together two to four times a year, and this was our first dinner of the year. So we were catching up, as we always do, and everything about the night and conversation flowed.

When the night was over and I reflected on the dinner, the conversations were so engaging, and the ease in which I was able to communicate large swaths of events over the last few months into succinct stories was amazing. And I put zero thought into it while it was happening.

Also an emperor fitness manifestation from that night was I decided to walk 30+ blocks to the dinner when I realized I had over an hour until the dinner and there was no need to catch the subways. 50 minutes later I felt accomplished, energized, and ready to chow down as I had earned my calories.

On a side note, I do get the sense that my stack is still too dense and the inclusion of a stage 4 core may be too much. I will reduce exposure for the remainder of the cycle.

[Seneca]

I will be running a third cycle of EOG-1.

Initially I thought I would only run it for two cycles and then move on to the next stage, but the more I run it and review the description, the more I see, there are other areas I still want to work on in Stage 1.

Stage 1 has been awesome. I’ve picked up a new project and steam of income, which has made me appreciate the time is had over the last year with my family in the mornings.

My wife and I have done some more future planning and had some honest conversations about our individual plans and how to pay for them.

I’ve had more discipline around spending and still ease with spending. There’s a financial awareness about my spending, but no longer guilt. I also don’t have negative feelings when it’s not the time to buy something.

And still I’ve been able to get everything I need, oftentimes finding it on sale. For example, I needed new apparel for this project; I found it on sale. Yesterday I went to buy a new fragrance that I want to try out, and the best price was the first ad. I checked three other places before confirming the purchase, and still it was the best price.

So far, the biggest difference for me is that money is no longer a burden or no longer feels like a burden. It feels like a tremendous responsibility in the best kind of way. Like I’m not only responsible for what I do with my stored energy, but even what I do with the stored energy of others.

I’ve been re-listening to an audiobook by a Jewish rabbi explaining what the Torah says about money and certain Jewish customs around money.

One of the things he talks about is that throughout the Bible, wealth is given to wise men. They earned it, and God has saw them fit for using it judiciously to help the most people. If you just take care of your family, that’s fine. That’s the expectation. But if you create such value that you amass great wealth that you can take care of many, many more people, then it is your responsibility to do so.

In the same way I feel called to take care of more people. And I’m not talking about just giving people money, although I’m fine with that through charity and what not, but I’m more so talking about Leaving a legacy of people being lifted up and taking care of their own responsibilities. I’m thinking about how I can get more young people into my profession.

How can I put more people in position to succeed?

[Seneca]

So I was listening to a podcast the other day and the guest who is a biologist. He used to run the 10x health company and they did biological or DNA testing and recommended vitamins and supplements based on gene variants.

One of the things he said was that you could take a DNA test, any DNA test, and plug it in to Chat GPT, and ask it to recommend supplements based on your gene mutations.

I did one of those ancestor profiles some years ago, and I was able to download my DNA data, and then upload it to chatgpt and get recommendations.

I’m now in the process of finding supplements in the quantities necessary.

It was very enlightening as on the podcast he discussed the MTHR gene and how mutations in this gene can affect metabolism of certain nutrients and vitamins, specifically folates and B vitamins. The biologists also discussed how the lack of these nutrients could lead to the build-up of something called homocysteine. The build-up of this leads to various issues in the cardiovascular system, as well as anxiety-like symptoms. symptoms.

I discovered that I had this mutation and another one more likely to make me insulin resistant. I would have never known about this. I am extremely grateful to live in a time where this sort of information and technology is available to the masses.

I am now more empowered to manage my health over the long run. I’ll be more likely to make the second half of life more like two thirds of life.

[Seneca]

There’s a lot I could write about from the last few days, But I’ll share an example from this morning.

I had a contractor come to my home to give me an estimate for some work. While we were talking, he asked how old I was. When I told him I was 40, he was surprised and told me I didn’t look at it. I joked, saying it must be good genes and maybe my vegan diet.

When I told him how long I had been plant-based, he was even more surprised. Because he said, I looked solid. I told him that comes from putting the work in. And while I don’t do it for the comments from others, I take them as external proof that the work I’m putting in is showing results.

Speaking of putting the work in… Yesterday I decided to do pull-ups and dips for the first time in almost a year.

I’ve definitely gotten stronger over the last year with these X3 band workouts. Whereas a year ago I struggled to do one band assisted pull-up, yesterday I easily did five.

A year ago, I did band assisted dips, yesterday, I did 10 dips, no band. I’m sore as hell because of it, but I’m definitely going to cycle those into my workouts now.

The definition in my back is really starting to improve. I see more mounds and separation and shadows than ever before.