The Excuse To Brag You've Been Waiting For: Recent Wins

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"I wrote this book for people who love the art of cooking, but I guess you can use it too. :rofl: "

I have a few days off along with my usual sleepy schedule.

Brag- I built a battery box the other day for an old friends big rig. He was so happy with the quality and turnaround that he promised to send me any other work he has and recommend me to anybody that needs weld/repair/fab services.

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Not really a brag, more of an admission. I have two books of soft core romcom published under a pseudonym.

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Should be available in August. Will keep you updated. Means a lot to us. :pray: you

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Is it a cook/cooking-related book or something else?

I’m working on two of those. One is a seasonal cookbook and guide about how to be an independent chef and how to throw a successful dinner party.

The second I’m doing with a fellow lit major who works as a bartender, so we go through a day in the industry, trading off chapters to tell a larger story. It’s semi-autobigraphical for both of us, so it’s got kind of a split personality thing. It’s not for the faint of heart. The first chapter has cocaine, blood, eating ass, and drunk driving.

It’s a book of poetry.

When I retire, I’m going to write my epic. It’s kind of based on Milton’s original intent for Paradise Lost, but about America instead.

I’m also writing a kids book about Percival the Pea and his adventures.

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For sure, hit me up or tag me when its available and I’ll buy a case.

If you’re interested, my company has a lot of openings for computer type folk in FL, if you have certain credentials even better. If you give me an email address I can put in you in as a referral.

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Send the purchase link when it’s ready

Absolutely, sir. Benefits veterans and 1st responders with PTS and disabilities.

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Huge win. I don’t think most people ever get there or even realize they’d be happier if they did.

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I passed my first year classes and have a solid research project going

More importantly, I’ve finally stopped giving a fuck about econ and how my econ friends are doing

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Can you email me at andrewgenreceptors@proton.me
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I appreciate this more than you know.

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Email sent.

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That’s huge. Nicely done, dude!

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I wish you well and am pleased that you made such a powerful realization. But I also laughed, just because of your user name and a healthy sense of irony.

Did you guys launch your product yet?

Still in development… supply chain issues. Lengthy process unfortunately. But thanks for keeping it in mind!

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I have a couple.

Wednesday I was in a session with a woman in her mid-thirties, who is trying to put her life together in a number of ways. We’re working on more effective parenting, diet and fitness, and home management. She has a job she loves in a medical setting and is ready to make big changes, I suspect because her coworkers are inspiring her. Anyway, so she’s trying to get her grownup shit together and the father of the two younger kids needs to be brought onboard, so we’re working on communication around this. She said that she wished he’d go back to therapy because ā€œhe was so much better when he was in therapy,ā€ then went on to talk about how hard it is to get in anywhere, which is true in my area. So I asked who he’d seen when he was going, because maybe he could just slide right back in, and she said ā€œYou!ā€ Which was really validating, and left me glowing. People tell me pretty regularly that ā€œI’m so glad I had this today,ā€ or that it was helpful, but for it to come indirectly like that was a different kind of nice.

Another thing that happened yesterday was that I sold a woman in her mid-70’s on beginning a light exercise program, with our understanding being that when she gets comfortable with some light Walk at Home-type workouts, we’ll add resistance. The significant issues she came to therapy for have gotten better, but yesterday she said ā€œI just don’t feel right,ā€ indicating both physical and emotional, and we were able to talk about changes in her walking speed (I expressed concern that she’s walking very slowly relative to previously, and turns out husband has noticed, too), leading to a conversation about skeletal muscle and protein and etc. ā€œI will do this tomorrow,ā€ she said about the light cardio (for balance, dynamic stretching, and a nice feel-good start). I am pleased! She’s a bright, active woman, and I suspect this will be something she latches onto and sticks with. When I met her she was post-lethal-suicide-attempt. I’d like her to feel good in body and spirit, and I think we’re getting there.

Another client, male age 28-29, who has a seizure disorder they’re trying to cure via now three recent brain surgeries, joined Planet Fitness in the spring, which was a financial stretch due to the impact his health issues have had on his earning capacity. For a lot of reasons, he’s been very timid and self-conscious, which has been our focus. When he started at PF he was overwhelmed by the unknown of it all, and we spent a couple of sessions on increasing his knowledge base and comfort level, including approaching others for help/advice. So a few weeks pass and I can totally see the change, not just in his physique, but also in his posture and demeanor. I commented about it and he said ā€œI knew I’d use it because I’m paying for it, but I didn’t know I’d like it so much!ā€ And I felt totally glowy. @Dani_Shugart you and I talked about talking about this stuff in psychotherapy, and it’s rarely at this level of ā€œhere is what you need to do,ā€ but these two were exactly that and have felt very good.

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Why does it always take me so many words to say anything??

I should go work out.

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