1 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:17,040 Welcome back to working towards our purpose. And today 2 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:20,480 I have episode 41. And 3 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:24,640 the topic of today's episode is going to be energy and 4 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:28,500 kind of a big topic, but I've kind of broken it down and 5 00:00:28,580 --> 00:00:32,340 hopefully it will flow cohesively. But before we get 6 00:00:32,340 --> 00:00:35,540 into that, I want to talk about a couple things that have been 7 00:00:35,540 --> 00:00:38,980 happening. Two things. 8 00:00:39,380 --> 00:00:43,100 One, my friend Michael Shawn, who was a 9 00:00:43,100 --> 00:00:46,620 guest on this podcast back when it was an interview 10 00:00:46,620 --> 00:00:50,380 show, has opened up his studio that we 11 00:00:50,380 --> 00:00:54,180 talked about on that episode and kind of just wanted to talk about it 12 00:00:54,180 --> 00:00:57,540 a little bit. I think it's 13 00:00:58,180 --> 00:01:01,980 a really cool space. It's intended to be a 14 00:01:01,980 --> 00:01:05,380 podcast studio, a place where lessons can 15 00:01:05,860 --> 00:01:09,500 happen and people can go and take music lessons. And 16 00:01:09,500 --> 00:01:13,340 it's also going to be music studio. And I just wanted 17 00:01:13,340 --> 00:01:17,100 to talk about it a little bit because it has opened and it's in North 18 00:01:17,100 --> 00:01:20,660 Haven. And I'll put a link in the show notes so you can get to 19 00:01:20,660 --> 00:01:24,510 it if you're interested in recording a podcast or maybe doing some 20 00:01:24,510 --> 00:01:27,910 music lessons. But I also want to talk about it because 21 00:01:28,390 --> 00:01:32,150 I've also decided to, you know, give 22 00:01:32,150 --> 00:01:35,030 it. Give a go at some guitar lessons, and 23 00:01:36,150 --> 00:01:39,910 that's where I will be doing them. So I've never given guitar lessons before, 24 00:01:40,630 --> 00:01:43,830 but talking to Michael Shawn, he kind of encouraged me. 25 00:01:44,390 --> 00:01:48,110 And, yeah, I think it's something that 26 00:01:48,110 --> 00:01:50,790 will align with my values and 27 00:01:51,590 --> 00:01:55,100 I'd like to be able to help people in a way and help 28 00:01:55,250 --> 00:01:59,090 teach something that I've been doing for a while. And I feel 29 00:01:59,570 --> 00:02:02,770 pretty confident in my ability to play guitar. So, 30 00:02:03,890 --> 00:02:07,490 you know, the next stage is. Is teaching them, teaching lessons, and, 31 00:02:08,290 --> 00:02:11,170 yeah, looking forward to that. I think that's an exciting new thing for me. 32 00:02:12,610 --> 00:02:15,570 So if you're interested, you can contact me. 33 00:02:16,610 --> 00:02:20,170 But. But, yeah, I just wanted to also just give the studio a shout out 34 00:02:20,170 --> 00:02:23,890 because it's officially opened and I'm really excited about 35 00:02:23,890 --> 00:02:27,590 that. Um, and then the second thing that I wanted to 36 00:02:27,590 --> 00:02:31,230 talk about was my business 37 00:02:31,950 --> 00:02:35,790 Relished Roots, which I don't think I really have talked about on here very 38 00:02:35,790 --> 00:02:39,390 much. So I did want to 39 00:02:39,710 --> 00:02:43,510 discuss that a bit. And Relish 40 00:02:43,510 --> 00:02:47,150 Roots is a business that I have started with 41 00:02:47,150 --> 00:02:50,510 my friend and business partner, Sam 42 00:02:51,070 --> 00:02:54,460 we, who is a 43 00:02:54,460 --> 00:02:57,540 farmer. And the both of us kind of got into 44 00:02:58,740 --> 00:03:02,580 pickling things and fermenting things, and he's been doing it far longer 45 00:03:02,580 --> 00:03:06,420 than me. Um, but it was kind of this thing that we both 46 00:03:06,900 --> 00:03:10,740 are. One of the things that we both kind of gravitated 47 00:03:10,900 --> 00:03:14,660 towards and saw that we liked both doing It. So 48 00:03:15,540 --> 00:03:19,210 at the end of last year we kind of had this idea to turn it 49 00:03:19,210 --> 00:03:22,930 into a business. And we were part of a 50 00:03:23,410 --> 00:03:27,170 food business entrepreneurship sort of cohort where 51 00:03:27,170 --> 00:03:30,530 we went through like a three month program to 52 00:03:31,090 --> 00:03:34,210 establish the roots, I guess, if you will, 53 00:03:35,090 --> 00:03:38,810 of the business. And, and yeah, we, 54 00:03:38,810 --> 00:03:42,210 we're still in the licensing phase of it and we're still 55 00:03:43,090 --> 00:03:46,850 trying to, trying to be, you know, properly licensed so that 56 00:03:46,850 --> 00:03:50,610 we could sell legally. But we've made a lot of progress 57 00:03:50,610 --> 00:03:54,450 and we've been making stuff in our kitchens 58 00:03:54,450 --> 00:03:58,210 and testing stuff and gotten good feedback on the products. 59 00:03:58,210 --> 00:04:01,530 And our goal is to get to a farmer's market by the end of the 60 00:04:01,530 --> 00:04:05,290 year. And yeah, it's another really 61 00:04:05,290 --> 00:04:08,130 exciting like adventure and venture for me. 62 00:04:09,250 --> 00:04:12,930 And it's my first business where I'm working with 63 00:04:12,930 --> 00:04:16,030 somebody else, which has been super rewarding and 64 00:04:17,310 --> 00:04:21,030 just like fun. Like it's been, it's been a really nice thing that we 65 00:04:21,030 --> 00:04:24,550 can, we can do together and put our energies into 66 00:04:24,550 --> 00:04:28,270 and create something that hopefully serves somebody else and 67 00:04:28,350 --> 00:04:32,150 somebody else can enjoy. So more, more 68 00:04:32,150 --> 00:04:35,910 on that maybe in the future. But I did just want to talk about it. 69 00:04:35,910 --> 00:04:39,230 We, we got together the other night and, 70 00:04:39,950 --> 00:04:43,750 and, and made some, some of our chummy tummy we 71 00:04:43,750 --> 00:04:47,570 call it, which is like kind of a non spicy kimchi, like bok 72 00:04:47,570 --> 00:04:51,130 choy and some other veggies. And yeah, 73 00:04:51,450 --> 00:04:55,170 it was just a lot of fun. Sam actually 74 00:04:55,170 --> 00:04:58,410 grew the bok choy, so we were able to harvest it from his 75 00:04:58,970 --> 00:05:02,010 garden, which is kind of 76 00:05:03,130 --> 00:05:06,930 a really cool thing to be able to take something from the ground that 77 00:05:06,930 --> 00:05:10,330 he grew and then turn it into something that 78 00:05:10,570 --> 00:05:14,390 is a product of ours that we can sell. Um, so yeah, we're, 79 00:05:14,390 --> 00:05:17,870 we're really all about like local produce, local 80 00:05:18,190 --> 00:05:20,910 agriculture. We want to support local farms. We want to 81 00:05:21,390 --> 00:05:25,070 minimize food waste. That was kind of one of the ideas of 82 00:05:25,390 --> 00:05:29,070 early on of this business is to take seconds from 83 00:05:29,070 --> 00:05:31,950 farms that otherwise would just go to compost 84 00:05:33,550 --> 00:05:37,230 to be able to use products or use produce that maybe doesn't look 85 00:05:37,230 --> 00:05:40,910 as nice because we're processing it and you know, chopping it up anyways to ferment 86 00:05:42,250 --> 00:05:45,810 to help turn that food that maybe wouldn't have went to 87 00:05:45,810 --> 00:05:49,050 somebody now into a product that people can consume. 88 00:05:49,450 --> 00:05:53,210 Um, so yeah, I just want to touch on those two 89 00:05:53,210 --> 00:05:56,770 things. They've kind of been top of mind for me and I think they kind 90 00:05:56,770 --> 00:06:00,610 of a little bit go with the topic of today. Um, and, 91 00:06:00,610 --> 00:06:03,930 and yeah, the topic today that I want to discuss is energy. 92 00:06:04,330 --> 00:06:06,970 And it is a really big topic And 93 00:06:08,290 --> 00:06:12,090 I've tried to break it down in a way that makes it a 94 00:06:12,090 --> 00:06:15,690 little bit more palatable. But I think for me, 95 00:06:15,690 --> 00:06:18,690 like, the beginning of the energy 96 00:06:19,330 --> 00:06:22,690 discussion came from a book that I read 97 00:06:24,290 --> 00:06:27,410 probably, like, five years or so ago now. 98 00:06:29,250 --> 00:06:32,610 I read this before I quit my corporate job, and it's called the Celestine 99 00:06:32,610 --> 00:06:36,170 Prophecy. I'll also link that in the show notes. But 100 00:06:36,330 --> 00:06:40,130 it's kind of a story that has just many different kind of 101 00:06:40,130 --> 00:06:43,890 concepts in it. And one of the big takeaways for me was the 102 00:06:43,890 --> 00:06:47,650 idea of energy and how everything is energy and 103 00:06:47,650 --> 00:06:50,250 how you can see the world in terms of energy. 104 00:06:51,690 --> 00:06:55,290 And, yeah, it kind of just shifted my perspective, I think, 105 00:06:55,610 --> 00:06:59,450 on not only, like, myself, 106 00:06:59,450 --> 00:07:01,530 but, like, also others around me and, like, 107 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:06,680 how I make decisions and, like. And, yeah, 108 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:11,080 so, you know, without. Without rambling too much. I think I want to 109 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:14,280 get into these. These three little topics that I have 110 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:19,320 that kind of show what I mean by energy, because it's 111 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:23,160 such a broad term. So. So first off, I think 112 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:27,800 people. People have energy, right? Like, I don't know if 113 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:30,970 you've ever had a conversation with somebody, and 114 00:07:32,090 --> 00:07:35,850 maybe it was, like, a great conversation and you walked away and you just felt, 115 00:07:35,850 --> 00:07:38,890 like, energized after it. You were, like, excited or, 116 00:07:39,610 --> 00:07:42,650 you know, you felt better after talking to somebody. 117 00:07:43,370 --> 00:07:46,410 That's happened to me, you know, multiple times. And 118 00:07:48,090 --> 00:07:51,450 the opposite can also happen. Like, sometimes you have a conversation with somebody 119 00:07:51,610 --> 00:07:55,130 and you can feel kind of drained or 120 00:07:55,210 --> 00:07:57,690 lacking of energy after you have the conversation. 121 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:02,640 And. And, yeah, I think people, you know, 122 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:06,560 sometimes you can notice that. Maybe sometimes you don't notice it and it's more subconscious, 123 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:11,360 but people definitely have energy and give off energy. It's like, you 124 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:15,080 know, if you walk past somebody on the street and they're smiling and, 125 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:17,840 like, you can tell they're just, like, in a great mood and they say good 126 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:21,640 morning or something to you, like, that is palpable, and you can. You 127 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:25,480 can feel that, and it can increase your energy. You know, 128 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:29,240 you can take that in and, you know, now you start smiling yourself because that 129 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:33,080 guy was so happy or that girl was so happy. But, yeah, I 130 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:36,840 think it also reminds me of this story that back when I was 131 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:40,640 working in my corporate job as an 132 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:43,240 engineer, I was at Pratt and Whitney, and we had this. 133 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:47,880 I guess it was like a warehouse where we kept, like, our 134 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:51,600 parts, or my group specifically had our parts in this 135 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:55,450 warehouse. And I. I used to have to go there sometimes, and it was 136 00:08:55,450 --> 00:08:59,250 a very depressing place that I 137 00:08:59,250 --> 00:09:02,730 think there was, like, a handful of people that work there. But it was basically 138 00:09:02,730 --> 00:09:06,570 just like this, like, empty 139 00:09:06,570 --> 00:09:09,890 warehouse with just things in it that, like, the government 140 00:09:09,970 --> 00:09:13,730 owned. And like, they had a little office section that 141 00:09:13,730 --> 00:09:17,490 was, like, really outdated. And I remember just going there. 142 00:09:17,490 --> 00:09:21,060 It was like, kind of down this. This also made it worse. It was down 143 00:09:21,060 --> 00:09:24,900 this, like, cul de sac that was, like, also abandoned. And 144 00:09:24,900 --> 00:09:28,740 I remember, like, the. The cul de sac itself, like the turnaround in the. 145 00:09:28,740 --> 00:09:32,460 In the road was just like, full of weeds and stuff. And the place 146 00:09:32,460 --> 00:09:35,580 almost seemed abandoned. But then you go inside and there's like, a couple people, 147 00:09:36,060 --> 00:09:39,820 you know, on computers and stuff. And I really did not like 148 00:09:40,060 --> 00:09:42,860 going there because it was just so depressing, like I said. 149 00:09:44,380 --> 00:09:47,020 But there was this one guy there that worked there. And 150 00:09:48,820 --> 00:09:52,100 I found that, like, he ended up being the guy that would, like, help me 151 00:09:52,100 --> 00:09:55,500 when I. When I needed to go there and get stuff done. And he just 152 00:09:55,500 --> 00:09:59,140 always had such a positive attitude. And he was always, like, 153 00:09:59,140 --> 00:10:02,860 excited to see me. And he was usually in a good 154 00:10:02,860 --> 00:10:06,220 mood. But if he wasn't in a good mood, he was, like, really sort of 155 00:10:06,220 --> 00:10:09,940 transparent and just like, I don't know, like a real person. And 156 00:10:10,820 --> 00:10:14,420 I really, like, enjoyed seeing him and 157 00:10:14,420 --> 00:10:18,250 visiting him when I was there. And it just. I remember thinking, like, 158 00:10:18,250 --> 00:10:21,010 at the time, had this, like, one person 159 00:10:21,970 --> 00:10:25,610 really changed the whole environment, the 160 00:10:25,610 --> 00:10:29,290 energy of the office and the building itself. Because if he wasn't 161 00:10:29,290 --> 00:10:33,130 there, like, everybody else was kind of just like bumming around and, you know, 162 00:10:33,130 --> 00:10:36,530 didn't want to be there and stuff. And. Yeah, it just. 163 00:10:36,530 --> 00:10:40,330 It's interesting how much you can affect a place. Like one 164 00:10:40,330 --> 00:10:44,130 person can affect a place. And it just made me think about 165 00:10:44,130 --> 00:10:47,180 how, like, if he wasn't there, the place would have been 166 00:10:47,820 --> 00:10:51,500 terrible place to go to. But because he was there, I actually started 167 00:10:51,500 --> 00:10:54,620 enjoying going to visit him and going to see him. 168 00:10:55,260 --> 00:10:58,060 So people definitely have energies. 169 00:10:59,180 --> 00:11:03,020 And it's interesting how that can affect other people. Cause we're all 170 00:11:03,020 --> 00:11:06,820 kind of affecting each other each and every day when 171 00:11:06,820 --> 00:11:10,660 we're interacting or just walking by somebody. And 172 00:11:10,660 --> 00:11:14,380 then the second thing that I wanted to talk about in terms of energy is 173 00:11:15,060 --> 00:11:18,700 getting energy through the things that you do. And, you know, 174 00:11:18,700 --> 00:11:22,460 I said that you can perhaps get positive energy from somebody. 175 00:11:22,460 --> 00:11:26,140 But, you know, in my experience, I've also been able to get energy from 176 00:11:26,140 --> 00:11:29,860 things that I do, specifically music. Like, music has always been something 177 00:11:30,100 --> 00:11:33,780 that has been beneficial for me. 178 00:11:33,780 --> 00:11:37,580 It's. It's given me so many things 179 00:11:37,580 --> 00:11:41,260 that, you know, I always talk about music. But I think as I 180 00:11:41,260 --> 00:11:44,910 looked at like, what music was for me, like, growing 181 00:11:44,910 --> 00:11:48,670 up and, you know, in my young, 20, younger 182 00:11:48,670 --> 00:11:51,750 20s and stuff like that, when I didn't really have words to 183 00:11:52,310 --> 00:11:55,990 express my emotions and, you know, I wasn't really in tune with my emotions 184 00:11:55,990 --> 00:11:59,750 as much. I always know that, like, when I wasn't feeling good, I 185 00:11:59,750 --> 00:12:03,430 would go pick up my guitar, and if I came up with something or created 186 00:12:03,430 --> 00:12:07,030 something or even I just played it for a while, I would feel 187 00:12:07,030 --> 00:12:10,610 better. And I didn't really have, like, language to describe 188 00:12:10,610 --> 00:12:13,970 that, but really, I think what 189 00:12:14,130 --> 00:12:17,890 music was doing for me was it was helping me increase my energy. 190 00:12:17,890 --> 00:12:21,450 It was helping me increase my positive energy. Maybe I was, like, 191 00:12:21,450 --> 00:12:25,049 worrying about something or stressing about something or, you know, 192 00:12:25,049 --> 00:12:28,690 just sad. And picking up a guitar could help make me 193 00:12:28,690 --> 00:12:31,410 feel better, could help increase my energy levels. 194 00:12:32,770 --> 00:12:36,210 So, I mean, I think that the things that we do can also 195 00:12:36,210 --> 00:12:39,800 affect our energy. Like, I'm thinking about, like, 196 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:43,640 how the things that I'm investing into myself, you 197 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:47,120 know, me and. And Sam's business relish roots, like, 198 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:50,960 doing that. We were, you know, up pretty late the other night doing it, 199 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:54,440 and we were both tired. But doing something that we 200 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:57,960 enjoy was giving us energy. Like, it was giving me energy. I guess I can 201 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:01,760 only speak for myself, but, you know, I. I'm 202 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:05,440 doing something that is giving something to me back. 203 00:13:05,680 --> 00:13:09,230 And in that regard, I 204 00:13:09,230 --> 00:13:11,870 think choosing the things that you do can help 205 00:13:13,230 --> 00:13:16,950 give you energy and can help you go further in the things that you 206 00:13:16,950 --> 00:13:19,150 are doing. So 207 00:13:20,910 --> 00:13:24,430 I'm really trying to find those specific 208 00:13:24,430 --> 00:13:28,230 things that give me energy back so that way I can keep doing 209 00:13:28,230 --> 00:13:31,950 those things and make them sustainable and make them something that I 210 00:13:32,830 --> 00:13:36,670 not only enjoy to do, but also it's like a reciprocating sort of thing. 211 00:13:37,230 --> 00:13:40,990 And this podcast is another thing. Like, you know, it's work. 212 00:13:41,070 --> 00:13:44,510 It's. It's. I'm planning it out, thinking in these concepts, really trying to 213 00:13:44,510 --> 00:13:48,150 articulate my thoughts, and it's work. But it also makes me 214 00:13:48,150 --> 00:13:51,750 feel good that I'm creating something that I think is a positive 215 00:13:51,750 --> 00:13:55,430 thing. And it. Yeah, it makes. It makes me feel good. It 216 00:13:55,430 --> 00:13:58,430 makes me feel like I'm getting energy from doing this thing. 217 00:13:59,070 --> 00:14:02,510 And I think creation in general 218 00:14:02,830 --> 00:14:05,350 can kind of do that thing. I don't know if that's like a sweeping statement, 219 00:14:05,350 --> 00:14:08,910 but I think anytime you kind of create something, whether it's art or 220 00:14:09,710 --> 00:14:13,470 poetry, whatever, whatever you're creating, I think 221 00:14:13,550 --> 00:14:16,830 when you do create something, it kind of does have that 222 00:14:18,670 --> 00:14:21,870 reciprocation of you're getting something back from it. Also, 223 00:14:23,710 --> 00:14:27,260 so, yeah, and then the kind of third thing to kind of wrap 224 00:14:27,500 --> 00:14:30,940 all these together is noticing your own energy. And 225 00:14:31,260 --> 00:14:34,860 I think after I read that book, the Celestine Prophecy, I really started to pay 226 00:14:34,860 --> 00:14:37,580 attention to my own energy levels and 227 00:14:39,100 --> 00:14:42,700 just kind of noticing, like, that we as humans go through 228 00:14:42,700 --> 00:14:46,420 different stages of energy levels. Like, sometimes you have a lower 229 00:14:46,420 --> 00:14:50,140 energy level, sometimes you have a higher energy level. And that could just mean, like, 230 00:14:50,410 --> 00:14:54,130 maybe you're tired or maybe you're not feeling good, or, you know, I 231 00:14:54,130 --> 00:14:57,810 notice, like, the term hangry. Like, if you're. If 232 00:14:57,810 --> 00:15:01,610 you're hungry and you're not feeding yourself, you 233 00:15:01,610 --> 00:15:04,890 can get annoyed at things. You can, like, have a short temper and, 234 00:15:05,450 --> 00:15:08,730 you know, energy gives you food, or, sorry, food gives you energy. 235 00:15:09,450 --> 00:15:12,650 So it makes sense that because you're lacking the energy, you then 236 00:15:12,970 --> 00:15:16,170 don't have enough energy to, like, have patience with somebody. 237 00:15:16,970 --> 00:15:20,690 So. So, yeah, I mean, I think it affects kind of everything that we do. 238 00:15:21,410 --> 00:15:25,010 But noticing, for me, noticing energy levels have been really 239 00:15:25,010 --> 00:15:28,370 helpful because it helps me kind of 240 00:15:28,370 --> 00:15:31,330 define, like, where I'm at. And 241 00:15:32,450 --> 00:15:36,090 if I'm at a place where I'm, like, not feeling good, I can 242 00:15:36,090 --> 00:15:39,650 check in with myself and be like, okay, I'm at a lower energy level right 243 00:15:39,650 --> 00:15:43,250 now. And then that helps me 244 00:15:43,410 --> 00:15:47,210 get. Helps me give. It helps 245 00:15:47,210 --> 00:15:51,010 me make a decision about what to do with that. So 246 00:15:51,170 --> 00:15:55,010 I can either continue on at a lower energy level and I'm probably going 247 00:15:55,010 --> 00:15:58,370 to get annoyed at things. I'm probably going to not be able to be as 248 00:15:58,370 --> 00:16:02,130 efficient or, you know, not work as well. And sometimes 249 00:16:02,130 --> 00:16:05,730 you have to do that. But if you have the opportunity to, you can 250 00:16:06,370 --> 00:16:10,210 try to change your energy level and try to increase your energy level. And I 251 00:16:10,210 --> 00:16:13,810 think I try to do that when I notice it at a lower 252 00:16:13,810 --> 00:16:17,420 state. Um, so, you know, like I said before, 253 00:16:17,420 --> 00:16:21,020 things like going and playing my guitar, that. That can help me if I'm 254 00:16:21,020 --> 00:16:24,380 hungry, you know, go eat. Maybe you need to take a nap. Maybe 255 00:16:24,540 --> 00:16:27,260 you're starting to get sick and you need some rest or 256 00:16:28,940 --> 00:16:31,460 a big one for me is just going out in nature, like, going for a 257 00:16:31,460 --> 00:16:35,100 walk. Going for a walk and looking at the beauty 258 00:16:35,100 --> 00:16:38,140 that's outside can help me increase my energy level. 259 00:16:40,060 --> 00:16:43,760 And. And yeah, I think that having that 260 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:46,800 sort of context to 261 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:51,040 describe myself or how I'm feeling or moving through the world, 262 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:53,280 I think has been really helpful in 263 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:59,800 maybe making it not so, like, personalized. Like, instead 264 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:03,640 of being at a lower energy level and being like, oh, why can't I 265 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:07,160 get anything done right now? I can't seem to focus, you know, I can't get 266 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:10,740 this thing done. What's wrong with me? Instead of going to that 267 00:17:10,740 --> 00:17:14,100 thought, which I used to do, I could now be like, well, 268 00:17:14,100 --> 00:17:17,780 okay, maybe I'm at a lower energy state right 269 00:17:17,780 --> 00:17:21,620 now, so I need to get myself to a higher energy state if 270 00:17:21,620 --> 00:17:25,380 I want to get this thing done. And it gives 271 00:17:25,380 --> 00:17:29,060 you some ownership back. It doesn't just feel like, oh, 272 00:17:29,060 --> 00:17:31,660 I'm in a bad mood. There's nothing that I can do about it. It's like, 273 00:17:31,660 --> 00:17:35,140 I'm in a bad mood. I'm in a lower energy state. I can do something 274 00:17:35,140 --> 00:17:38,960 to increase that before I try to finish this thing that I'm working on. Um, 275 00:17:39,120 --> 00:17:42,880 so it's been really helpful for me to be able to look at myself 276 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:46,640 like that and then to also, you know, like 277 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:48,960 I said, if there's people around me, like, to. 278 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:54,400 To. To notice just how my energy is being affected. Um, 279 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:58,320 and then. And then, yeah, just another story that kind of comes to mind quickly 280 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:02,440 is when I was quitting my 281 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:06,180 job a couple weeks ago, there was a. A frustrating 282 00:18:06,500 --> 00:18:10,020 conversation, I think that I. That I was. Had. That I had. And 283 00:18:11,620 --> 00:18:14,740 I noticed, like, I was getting. I would. 284 00:18:15,380 --> 00:18:18,900 So I had this call, and then I was, like, going to do something with. 285 00:18:18,900 --> 00:18:22,420 With someone, and I wanted to be in a good mood for that thing. 286 00:18:22,820 --> 00:18:25,940 And I noticed I was in a bad mood, and 287 00:18:26,980 --> 00:18:30,780 I could kind of, like, feel all this, like, negative energy built up inside of 288 00:18:30,780 --> 00:18:34,620 me. And I was driving in while 289 00:18:34,620 --> 00:18:37,460 I was in the passenger in a car, and I was realizing. Realizing that, like, 290 00:18:37,460 --> 00:18:40,460 all this energy, negative. Negative energy was coming off of me, and I was like, 291 00:18:40,460 --> 00:18:43,580 I think I need to just, like, shake it off. Like, literally. And 292 00:18:43,980 --> 00:18:47,580 I literally did that and like, shook myself a little bit. 293 00:18:47,980 --> 00:18:51,180 And. And then I kind of felt better after that. 294 00:18:52,060 --> 00:18:55,820 So that's even like, maybe another level of, like, how energy affects us. But 295 00:18:56,700 --> 00:19:00,480 it was interesting that, like, I kind of had that intuition to 296 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:03,320 do that, and then I did it, and then I was able to let that 297 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:07,080 go, let that negative conversation go. And I 298 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:08,960 felt like I released some of that negative energy. 299 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:14,239 So, yeah, that was kind of another way 300 00:19:14,239 --> 00:19:17,800 to talk about sensing our own energy 301 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:21,520 levels and trying to get them to a better place 302 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:25,250 so that we can, you 303 00:19:25,250 --> 00:19:28,810 know, be good to the people around us and good to ourselves. 304 00:19:29,770 --> 00:19:33,290 So, yeah, I think, you know, the talk of 305 00:19:33,290 --> 00:19:37,130 energy is. It's very kind of abstract and hopefully 306 00:19:38,250 --> 00:19:42,090 breaking it down in these three different topics. The people around you, 307 00:19:42,170 --> 00:19:45,930 the things that you do, and then noticing your own Energy. Hopefully that makes 308 00:19:45,930 --> 00:19:48,650 sense. Hopefully, maybe it resonates. 309 00:19:49,910 --> 00:19:53,710 But yeah, I guess I would challenge you to maybe 310 00:19:53,710 --> 00:19:56,870 notice your energy today and see if you can 311 00:19:57,510 --> 00:20:01,110 see in terms of energy today and see if it does anything, see if it 312 00:20:01,110 --> 00:20:03,910 helps, you know, see what you notice. 313 00:20:05,830 --> 00:20:09,670 And yeah, I think the last thing that I want to say in 314 00:20:09,670 --> 00:20:13,430 conclusion for this episode is that what you put in, 315 00:20:13,670 --> 00:20:17,520 what you put your energy into grows. And, and I 316 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:21,320 think I really try to remember that 317 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:25,160 as I'm going through my day to day and, you know, life 318 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:30,040 that what you put your energy into expands. So, 319 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:34,320 you know, these things that I'm talking about that I'm excited about starting guitar lessons 320 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:38,080 and, and relish roots. Like, I'm putting my energy into those things and they're 321 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:41,920 expanding, they're becoming real. They're becoming things that 322 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:45,230 I can do and create for other people 323 00:20:45,390 --> 00:20:49,190 and benefit and serve people. But 324 00:20:49,190 --> 00:20:52,750 you can also put your energy into negative things. And we 325 00:20:52,830 --> 00:20:56,110 definitely don't have a shortage of negative things that are happening 326 00:20:56,430 --> 00:20:59,550 to us all the time. And 327 00:21:00,510 --> 00:21:04,190 focusing on negative things, in my experience, 328 00:21:04,350 --> 00:21:06,750 has been not helpful. And 329 00:21:08,350 --> 00:21:12,050 you can't always avoid negative things. But I think that thinking 330 00:21:12,050 --> 00:21:15,850 about, like, where you want to put your energy has also been something 331 00:21:15,850 --> 00:21:19,370 that's been really helpful for me. Like, where do I want to put this energy 332 00:21:19,370 --> 00:21:23,210 that I have? And just thinking of it in terms 333 00:21:23,210 --> 00:21:26,929 of that when I'm going to make decisions or to think about what I'm going 334 00:21:26,929 --> 00:21:30,490 to do. And, and yeah, I just, I just want to say that 335 00:21:30,810 --> 00:21:34,570 what you put your energy into expands. And 336 00:21:35,210 --> 00:21:38,370 yeah, that's, that's my episode today about energy. 337 00:21:38,770 --> 00:21:42,570 Hopefully it made sense, as always. Hopefully 338 00:21:42,570 --> 00:21:46,410 I'm getting a little bit better at these. But yeah, 339 00:21:46,410 --> 00:21:49,490 I'll put all the links for the things that I discussed today in the show 340 00:21:49,490 --> 00:21:53,290 notes and I will see you on another episode real soon. Take care. 341 00:21:53,290 --> 00:21:54,290 I hope you have a great day. 342 00:22:05,740 --> 00:22:09,830 Sam.