092322

• oof. I didn’t keep track of my day throughout it this time, so forgive me since I’m doing this full post from memory.

• woke up around 5ish. checked analytics. caught up on email.

• ate (yogurt+protein powder). went to basement to work out. squats 4x4, incline bench, ez bar curl, romanian deadlifts, pronated pushdowns.

• while working out, shitposted on discord. had a long conversation about epistemology.

• oversaw oven repair guy. might just need to buy a new oven. handled calls and questions and domestic stuff.

• ate lunch. showered.

• took notes on stuff for reports.

• had a few minutes before a mentee meeting, so I made this: https://youtube.com/shorts/ccA8Ta6S01k?feature=share . Posted it to instagram.

• 2 back to back mentee meetings from 3 to 5.

• talked business, logistics, and planning with copy that guys.

• went to dinner with family. ran into three people I know. planned a playdate for daughter. played two otb games of chess (lost both).

• went home. watched punisher.

092222

moved to my own bed around 3am. forgot cellphone in kid’s room, which woke her up.

slept until about 8ish. watched daughter. brought in maid crew to clean house. ate breakfast.

watched wayyyyy too many videos about youtube marketing.

hashed out filming/production plans.

created linkedin post about new copy that video. answered viewer question. created notifications for the copy that masterclass today. spliced out a YT snippet explaining why we don’t take mentees anymore and scheduled that for monday.

reviewed bullets for a finance daddy script.

did more research into faceless yt channel automations.

set up and attended the copy that masterclass. while that was happening, continued working on video.

in 3 hours, while doing other things, I set up, created all the assets for, and made a full video for a new youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlIM7SWEBcM&t=2s

wrote a bit for reports.

made dinner for me and daughter.

took her upstairs to watch tv for a bit. wife joined. watched Andor and one episode of The Punisher.

went to bed.

092122

• woke up around 630/7. communicated with japanese team.

• ate yogurt+protein powder. watched video summarizing sartre’s phenomenology

• made insta post on https://www.instagram.com/thefinancedaddyofficial/ about student loans

• worked out. moved very slowly because I’m still sick. overhead presses 4x10, ending with drop set. lateral raises. cable rows. calf raises. incline curls.

• invited tech here to fix dishwasher and oven. reviewed wife’s insta posts. discussed strategy.

• bought business partner a birthday present. it’s weird… on this day, sept. 21 2019, I had what sticks out in my memory as the worst day in my life. it was the day I had to clear out my stuff from my ex-wife’s apartment and move. not only did I have to contend with all my failures and shortcomings in that relationship, I also blew out my back and injured myself pretty gravely in other ways. not a good day.

• someone asked why I don’t like seo. so I made a video about it and now this is a backlink to that video. lol

• scheduled meetings. took notes and did research for bigger quarterly report. answered question about food stocks.

• fixed more issues with google adwords claiming that stock images they provide can’t be used because they make unreliable claims. they’re freaking stock photos of people typing! HOW! WHY!?!? and this stuff isn’t even appealable.

• showered/shaved.

• ate lunch: eggs, beef, mushrooms

• streamed on twitch.tv/thecopythatshow for 2 hours. watched Alex toil over a headline. wrote the beginning of a lead.

• completely re-did entire twitch affiliate information, tax forms, and bank integration.

• talked about gravity’s rainbow on discord.

• cleaned office to prep for filming. ate dinner.

• set up studio. filmed vsl script.

• edited video and submitted to japanese partners.

• went to sleep on the floor beside my sick daughter.

092022

• woke up late, around 7. canceled PT appointment because I’m getting more sick.

• ate: yogurt and protein powder. talked to folks on discord.

• ordered groceries.

• worked with contractor to install doors.

• ate.

• worked on debugging Mac Index spreadsheet.

• reset passwords.

• did some research for monthly issues. answered a question on discord about getting royalties. checked email. touched base with japanese team re a big trade recommendation.

• spoke to cfo friend about consulting for my businesses/bookkeeping and tax planning.

• answered a question on discord. talked to business partner about setting up accounting/reporting. researched whole life insurance.

• did a crossword puzzle. took a nap because I’m sick. read a little bit of a new book about Warren Buffett.

• worked on cash alert issue. final word count: 5233. futzed with backtest.

• ate dinner at my desk. alone. like a dang psychopath.

• submitted cash alert. investigated vidiq. compared copy that analytics to competitors. downloaded every transaction my businesses have made over the past 2 years.

• added indexes to all the copy that Q&A videos we’ve done

• read and went to bed

091922

• woke up around 730. again groggy. think I’m getting sick. daughter woke me up 3 times during night because she’s sick, too.

• ate breakfast: yogurt and protein powder. fed daughter. introduced her to sesame street.

• moved daughter to my bed. skipped workout.

• went to office. managed stock portfolio.

• watched youtube videos while I organized my week. communicated with teams. organized.

• gave feedback on DIYwealth book cover designs.

• updated instagram linktree. created diywealth insta post.

• played two games of chess. lost one won one.

• created zoom for CC celebration hangout webinar

• ate lunch: eggs with ground beef, mushrooms, garlic. Introduced wife and au pair to Garfunkel and Oates.

• talked on discord about fitness/dieting. made another insta post for personal account.

• took brief nap.

• spoke to wife about book cover art. did more stock portfolio management.

• began updating Mac Index. (ended up doing this for three hours)

• cooked dinner

• finished up spreadsheet/analysis work.

• did crossword puzzles before sleep.

091822

• woke up. another day where I didn’t get enough sleep and woke up feeling “off.” family is sick; I think I’m getting sick.

• ate: yogurt + protein power. fed daughter. fussy today—sick or cutting a new tooth.

• answered questions on discord about squeeze pages. chatted about music taste. notable excerpt:

I've been thinking recently about something an ex said to me 20 years ago: specifically that I have bad music taste. I thought that was ridiculous. After all, I like or can find things to like about basically everything But recently I've been reconsidering. I suspect taste requires someone to be judicious and discerning as well. To enjoy as well as reject. But I'm still thinking about all this...

I think taste can and perhaps should be cultivated But in what way? Must we all be a wide open mouth, accepting all? Or should we clench our teeth when offered a comforting and familiar piece of pabulum? I do not know the answer to this.

But tension, conflict, and difference do be the piquant pepperoncinis floating in the vinegar of life

• worked out. long session. 3x8 of deadlift. emom ladder of power cleans. power cleans 1 rep to failure. dips. pullovers. lateral raises. face pulls. ez bar skullcrushers. watched rick and morty and youtube while working out.

• ate leftovers. fed daughter.

• watched cuphead with daughter. updated yesterday and today’s “what I did today” blog.

• worked on trade alert. worked on spreadsheets showing results of major indices before and after Fed rate hikes.

• ate dinner. dealt with a clog in the dishwasher—going to need to call a plumber tomorrow.

• finished trade alert/research. submitted.

• decided against staying up all night to finish other projects. watched daredevil (finished season 2) and went to bed.

091722

• woke up around 3. stressed/anxious. couldn’t get back to sleep. played two games of chess—lost both. scrolled twitter.

• fell back asleep around 530. woke up again at 8.

• made breakfast for daughter. listened to liszt and debussy.

• chaperoned wife’s sibling’s 16-year old birthday party on a pirate themed harbor cruise

• grabbed lunch with wife and daughter. walked around Fell’s Point.

• sat, ate ice cream, did crossword puzzles. enjoyed the fall weather.

• watched daughter at home. watched two episodes of rick and morty. played too much chess.

• watched an episode of daredevil.

• visited with friend and his girlfriend who stopped by briefly.