It’s about that time, suckaaaa

So, I guess it’s about that time. Time to write something to get off my chest. But, as you can see I’ve been wayyy to lazy to do so. And to be honest I feel like I’m just writing this post, because some people who read this, (u know who u are) aka two people, ha, asked me, why haven’t I wrote anything. I get why someone who doesn’t know me would want to read this because, well, they don’t know me and this is a way to see what I’m about, but I guess I’m either flattered or confused on why my friends would read this. I mean they talk to me all the time, they know what’s going on with me, so why read it? If you are my friend, please reply to this post and tell me, and don’t tell me in person, lets keep it awkward.

Something I’ve been going through lately is caring wayyy to much what people think about me, but only in certain aspects. My ego hates to admit this, it wants to be seen as the cool guy, the guy who doesn’t really care. And in some cases that’s true, but when it comes down to it, I want you to like me. If I don’t know you, I’m scared to be myself and I guess that’s normal in a sense. You can’t really be comfortable with someone you don’t know, cause you have no idea who they are, what they like etc. But these past two weeks have been worse than the usual case and I’ve been filled with anxiety. And now I know why! For the past two weeks, I’ve been slacking in the spirituality department. I’ve been meditating a little and some other stuff, but only doing just enough to get by. Which is fine, but I also have added stress from these projects I have been putting together, so doing the bare minimum, just wasn’t enough. It’s funny, when I get more busy with work, I tend to stop doing the things that allowed me to get there in the first place. Keeping my spirit side up must come first, or else I wont be able to do anything else. I went to Agape on Wednesday and just from that one night, feel 10x better, so I’m going to commit to you all, to keep going there and keeping my spirituality first.

Do you also get this, when life seems to get too busy? How do you keep yourself spiritually fit?
Much Love,

Mike Walzman

12 years in prison for a crime he didn’t do

My friend emailed me an inspiring story just now. It’s about a guy who was wrongly accused for a murder and spent 12 years in prison and now is a lawyer. It’s stories like these that inspire me, but also make me furious how this could happen. I can’t even imagine spending one day in prison for doing something I did not do, it makes me sick to my stomach. Here’s the whole article Click Here

Much Love,

Mike Walzman

If I had to live my life over

I was browsing around facebook and saw on my friends page a great quote. To keep me centered I always read a quote or phrase out of a book that inspires me every morning. So this week, this is what I’ve been reading, enjoy!

IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER

I’d dare to make more mistakes next time.
I’d relax, I would limber up.
I would be sillier than I have been this trip.
I would take fewer things seriously.
I would take more chances.

I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers.
I would eat more ice cream and less beans.
I would perhaps have more actual troubles,
but I’d have fewer imaginary ones.

You see, I’m one of those people who live
sensibly and sanely hour after hour,
day after day.

Oh, I’ve had my moments,
And if I had it to do over again,
I’d have more of them.
In fact, I’d try to have nothing else.
Just moments, one after another,
instead of living so many years ahead of each day.

I’ve been one of those people who never goes anywhere
without a thermometer, a hot water bottle, a raincoat
and a parachute.
If I had to do it again, I would travel lighter than I have.

If I had my life to live over,
I would start barefoot earlier in the spring
and stay that way later in the fall.
I would go to more dances.
I would ride more merry-go-rounds.
I would pick more daisies.

Nadine Stair,
85 years old.

Much Love,

Mike Walzman

7:15am never felt better

I feel good when I wake up early. Especially when you look at the clock and see that it’s only 12pm and you already accomplished so much. I’ve been waking up at 7:15am these days and I love it. I usually wake up at 9am, workout, eat and then start my day around 1pm. And because I started late, I wasn’t going to bed till like 2am. The whole thing that got me started on this, was a friend and I decided to go for a sunrise run. And what inspired that was seeing Benjamin Button. I felt life is so precious, I might as well live it the best I can. So I got up at 6 and went running on the beach, it was amazing.

So why 7:15am, well I figured if I could get up at 7:15 back in the day for school, then I could for sure get my ass up, to do shit I liked doing. Now it wasn’t easy starting this, because I was no morning person, but over time my body got used to it and I became a morning person. Everyone is different, some might work better at night, but I know I work best when I wake up at 7:15am.

How do you get yourself up in the morning? When do you work best?

Much Love,
Mike

I listened to my body this time…finally

So, in an earlier post, I think it was Dec 29, I had mentioned how I didn’t listen to my body and so I got sick. Well, I am pleased to report that this time when I felt it coming on, I took it slow. I didn’t work out or do anything active like that. The result…I didn’t get sick and now I get to work out instead of been out cold for 2 weeks. I’m really pleased with myself.

What it comes down to for me, is giving up for what I want in the moment(instant gratification) for the long term desires. See, I wanted to workout and I could of and been happy with that day, but then I wouldn’t be able to workout for the next two weeks. Sometimes you just got to bite your tongue and let it go.

Watch, I’ll probably get sick tomorrow.

Much Love,
Mike

An Opportunity To Grow

I love using my imagination, that’s what I’m best at and because of it, I have some pretty bold goals I want to accomplish. There’s a lot I’m learning through this process, like sometimes you got to be willing to budge a little in your goals to get something near it. You can’t always get what you want (just thought of the rolling stones song) but you can get close enough if your willing to tweak it a bit. So that’s what I’m doing right now, tweaking my goals. Maybe down the line I can get it to where I had originally planned, but who knows, it’s probably better that it’s turning out the way that it is. If I got what I wanted all the time, I probably wouldn’t grow much, so I see this tweak not as a downer, but as an opportunity to grow.

Do you think tweaking your goals is necessary? If you can’t get exactly what you want, what do you do? Would love to hear your thoughts.

Much Love,
Mike Walzman

Real growth takes time

“Real growth takes time, thoughtfulness and effort, and cannot be achieved just by reading 7 easy tips. To attempt to sell you otherwise is simply lazy-ass thinking.” I love that, cause it’s so true. I got it from the blog 21 dragons. I see all the time, 7 way to do this, or 11 ways to change your life and if your on the internet as much as I am, it’s hard to not look at those things even if your life is fine. But sometimes I can over due it and get side tracked by these lists. Like for instance I somehow got funneled through to Tim Ferriss’s blog and started reading all his techniques with time management and it got me on this whole other trip thinking, maybe I should be doing it that way.

What I found is that while it’s good to be open to new ways of doing things, if you’re not looking for it, you probably don’t need it and therefor a waste of time. That’s just me, I can’t really handle all that info, I have to take it little by little and apply what seems necessary for me at the moment. And even when I do try to take on a new habit I must be easy on myself. It takes time to get good at anything, thats why instead of trying to do something, I say, I’ll practice doing it.

How do you stay true to what’s best for you?

Much Love,
Mike Walzman

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Smiling does wonders

Yesterday I was in a downer mood. Lost in my thoughts and not being in the present, wasn’t helping either. But I saw a friend of mine unexpectedly who just lit up my night. He didn’t even do anything, but his presence and smile alone made me feel better. It’s amazing what other peoples energy can do, it’s very contagious. Even if it’s negative energy. Though I’ve noticed that positive energy is more influential. It reminded me of that commercial where someone saw somebody else help someone, so then that person helped somebody else and then the cycled continued. If you know what I’m talking about please let me know what commercial that is, it’s on the tip of my tongue. I think it’s for some investment firm or something. But it showed me how powerful a smile can be. So if I can smile once today, I liked to think that I made someones day.

What’s your experiences with this? Would love to hear them.

Much Love,
Mike Walzman

(the picture is of me when I was about 6)

Damn it feels sooo good

I’ve been sick for the past two weeks, but good enough to work, just not workout. I was a little bummed by this, but whatever, I’ve been learning to listen to my body. Anyways I noticed that I had an extra 1-2 hours to work and I felt I was getting a lot done, but as the days went on with out working out, I started to get really stressed and actually the extra time I did have, was put into tripping myself out. So, finally I went on a run today,(sigh). I felt so much better. I’m less tense and I’m finding it easier to get stuff done. It just goes to show you how important exercise is and how no matter what, taking care of your body comes first before work. (by the way I’m really excited, because I finally just spelled exercise right, I kept thinking it was excercise. Don’t make fun of me, ha).

How do you relieve stress? Any tips?

Much Love,
Mike Walzman
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I’m cool with Kombucha

Not going to lie, every since I saw Lindsay Lohan drink Kombucha, I thought,
OK, there must be something too this drink. Why is it, that when celebrities use a product it re enforces that it’s a good product. That’s a rhetorical question. Anyways, I’ve seen this drink before every time I go into Whole Foods, but never bothered to get one, until one day I just said, screw it. I’m totally a sucker for all the niche drinks that say they do this or that, I’m a marketers dream. I was drinking it like it was some magic potion or something. It has a zingy taste to it, it’s nothing special, but I guess it’s the benefits of it that make it appealing. Have I noticed any dramatic changes since drinking it? Not really. Though I don’t drink it all the time, probably once every two weeks, but when I drank one last night, I noticed that I wasn’t as hungry as I usually am. I like to have my late night snacks, but I noticed that I just wasn’t hungry. I had to convince myself that I didn’t need this late night snack, ha. It does say the one of the benefits is “appetite control.”
So that was my experience with Kombucha (the original one). If you want a better description of what it is and how to make it yourself (good luck), just check out the site consciouschoice.com
What’s your thoughts on these kind of drinks? Have you had Kombucha?

Much Love,
Mike Walzman