Month: January 2019

Look for the * for today’s advice.

KNOW YOUR CREED DAY

MIND

William James 1842

https://psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/william-james

According to James, happiness is created as a result of our being active participants in the game of life. Instead of brooding on the suffering and evils of existence, we are to readjust our attitudes and act as if life does have an ultimate meaning, even though this can never be proved by the rational mind. As James writes, “Believe that life is worth living, and your very belief will help create the fact.”

http://www.pursuit-of-happiness.org/history-of-happiness/william-james/

Happiness involves “As-if” thinking: while we cannot prove rationally that freewill exists or that life is meaningful, acting “as if” we are free or “as if” there is an ultimate meaning in life will through that very activity produce a free and meaningful life.

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/bruce-springsteen/reason-to-believe

*Be an active participant in the game of life. Act “as-if” there is an ultimate meaning to life. To help with this, play the board game (or online version) of The Game of Life by Hasbro.  Listening to Bruce Springsteen’s song “Reason to Believe” will help too.

BODY

Amanda Peet 1972

https://www.biography.com/people/amanda-peet

“To me, staying healthy means doing everything in moderation. Eat a lot of greens, but in moderation. Exercise, but in moderation. Drink wine, but in moderation. Sleep as much as you can. And have people around you who are very funny.”

https://www.popsugar.com/fitness/Amanda-Peet-Talks-Health-December-Issue-Self-6296935

*If you’ve been working out every day, use today to pump the brakes and relax. Instead of working out, hang out with some friends who always make you laugh, catch up on your sleep, and have some wine. The true test of moderation will come after you make today’s chocolate thunder cake.

SOUL

Alice Paul 1885

http://www.alicepaul.org/who-was-alice-paul/

Alice Paul began a hunger strike. Force-fed through tubes and threatened with commitment to an insane asylum, Paul remained steadfast. Wilson was offended by Paul’s tactics, but he was also keenly aware of the suffrage movement’s growing political strength. By the end of 1917, Wilson finally announced his support for the suffrage amendment. The Nineteenth Amendment giving women the right to vote passed in 1920.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/suffragist-alice-paul-clashed-woodrow-wilson/

Post suffrage, Paul armed herself with three law degrees for legal battles ahead.  She was instrumental in winning guarantees of gender equality in both the United Nations charter and the 1964 Civil Rights Act.  Most notably, she wrote and campaigned for the Equal Rights Amendment.

http://nationalwomansparty.org/learn/who-is-alice-paul/

http://nationalwomansparty.org/donate/

*Alice Paul was a founding member of the National Women’s Party.  Go to their website and think about donating to a cause that still needs attention today, over 40 years after Paul’s death.

MONEY

Matt Mullenweg 1984

https://ma.tt/

You know about Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) and Jack Dorsey (Twitter). But what about the guy who’s in charge of the platform that powers “18.9% of the top 10 million websites”?

That would be Matt Mullenweg, the 29-year-old at the heart of WordPress. With 60 million websites built with WordPress (including this one), it is by far the most popular blogging platform in the world.

https://www.incomediary.com/productivity-tips-mullenweg-wordpress

Know Your Creed

“If you’re building a startup or any sort of organization, take a few moments to reflect on the qualities that the people you most enjoy working with embody and the user experience of new people joining your organization, from the offer letter to their first day.”

Matt Mullenweg, from ‘Why Your Company Should Have a Creed’

According to Mullenweg, a creed is “basically a statement of things important to us, written in the first person.” And Matt’s such a big believer in creeds and their influence on company culture that he’s put Automattic’s creed above the signature on every new employee’s contract. He described the move as “an easy change that had a big impact on the company.”

I will never stop learning. I won’t just work on things that are assigned to me. I know there’s no such thing as a status quo. I will build our business sustainably through passionate and loyal customers. I will never pass up an opportunity to help out a colleague, and I’ll remember the days before I knew everything. I am more motivated by impact than money, and I know that Open Source is one of the most powerful ideas of our generation. I will communicate as much as possible, because it’s the oxygen of a distributed company. I am in a marathon, not a sprint, and no matter how far away the goal is, the only way to get there is by putting one foot in front of another every day. Given time, there is no problem that’s insurmountable.

This is a robust set of values that lays out not just how to be a good employee at Automattic, but how to build a successful business or achieve any great goal.

https://wordpress.com/

*Now it’s your turn. Create your own WordPress website and at the top, write your creed.

ENTERTAINMENT

Alexander Hamilton 1755 or 1757 – watch or listen to the music from the musical Hamilton

https://www.biography.com/people/alexander-hamilton-9326481

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Eliza Hamilton, and lifelong Hamilton friend and foe Aaron Burr all attend this revolutionary tale of America’s fiery past, told through the sounds of the ever-changing nation we’ve become. Past Tony Award nominee Thomas Kail directs this new musical written by Tony-winner Lin-Manuel Miranda about taking your shot, speaking your mind, and turning the world upside down.

https://www.broadway.org/tours/details/hamilton,673

http://atlanticrecords.com/HamiltonMusic/

*Hamilton obviously never learns to “talk less and smile more.” After watching Hamilton, try to talk less and smile more for the rest of the week. Take your shot, speak your mind, and turn the world upside down today.

FOOD

Darryl Dawkins 1957

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2015/08/28/darryl-dawkins-death/71276444/

Darryl Dawkins was once summoned in the Philadelphia 76ers’ locker room to come meet a celebrity who wanted to meet the man known for dunking with backboard-breaking force.

The guest was Grammy Award winner Stevie Wonder. The entertainer is blind, yet even he could tell there was something very unique about Dawkins’ game.

“A guy who never saw me,” a beaming Dawkins said in a 2011 televised interview, “gave me the name `Chocolate Thunder.”‘

http://www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-thunder-cake-99061

*Listen to the music from Hamilton while making this chocolate thunder cake but remember to practice moderation.

SNUB – Mary J. Blige 1971

Review –

• Play The Game of Life
• Practice moderation
• Donate to The National Women’s Party
• Make a WordPress website with your creed at the top
• Watch or listen to Hamilton
• Eat Chocolate Thunder cake

Check out the * for your daily dose of advice.

INHUMANISM DAY

MIND

Robinson Jeffers 1887

http://dark-mountain.net/about/manifesto/

The term inhumanism was coined by the 20th century poet Robinson Jeffers to describe his philosophy.

Essentially, inhumanism is about shifting the focus off of humanity, and the myth of anthropocentrism, and onto the universe at large, which we are inseparable from. No longer should we view ourselves as the center of the universe. Instead we should recognize that we are but one tiny part of an enormous whole.

Why do we assume that the Earth needs us? Can we imagine a universe without humans? It seems almost scandalous to suggest that humanity may just be a passing fad, subject to the arbitrary whims of the universe’s ever-changing taste in cosmic fashion.

https://thefreethinkinghuman.wordpress.com/tag/inhumanism/

an·thro·po·cen·tric

adjective

1. regarding humankind as the central or most important element of existence, especially as opposed to God or animals.

*Focus more on living a life of beauty and harmony while we are here. You are great but not the most important element of existence.

BODY

George Foreman 1949

https://twitter.com/GeorgeForeman?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

At age 45, he became boxing’s oldest heavyweight champion when he defeated 26-year-old Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their WBA fight in Las Vegas. More than 12,000 spectators at the MGM Grand Hotel watched Foreman dethrone Moorer, who went into the fight with a 35-0 record. Foreman dedicated his upset win to “all my buddies in the nursing home and all the guys in jail.”

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-foreman-becomes-oldest-heavyweight-champ

“I never would have been able to do that without the criticism I’d gotten for coming back at a later age,” says Foreman, 46, who first won the Big Belt in 1973. “Everybody was saying–he’s fat. Yep. He’s old. Yep. He can’t do it. No.”

http://articles.latimes.com/1995-11-14/news/ls-2947_1_george-foreman

*Think you’re too fat? Think you’re too old? Don’t let either stop you from your goals. Find a local boxing gym and sign up for some boxing lessons and a place to do boxing workouts.

SOUL

Robert Crosbie 1849

The Soul is pictured in the ancient teachings as the real Self man. There are many different conceptions of what man is and what the soul. From Christian teachings we are led to believe that man has a soul, and may save it or lose it—the idea generally held in the West. But the conception of the ancients, and that of Theosophy, which is a re-presentation of this eternal idea, is different. The teaching is that Man is a Soul; that Soul is in fact the one who perceives; that it is vision itself, pure and simple, unmodified—not subject to change—and that it looks directly on ideas.

https://theosophytrust.mobi/971-the-language-of-the-soul#.WfMOnmhSzcs

Theosophists are perfectly free to belong to any religion but they also know that it is not actually essential or necessary for them to belong to, or identify themselves with, any particular religion. The motto of the Theosophical Movement is “There is no religion higher than Truth.”

https://blavatskytheosophy.com/what-is-theosophy/

*Strive to look for the truth. Don’t be close minded to other religions. Listen to what has worked for hundreds of years and thousands of people. Anything that enlightens you and uplifts your soul is what you are looking for with 365DOLF.

MONEY

Cash Warren 1979

https://twitter.com/CashWarren?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

‘I’m married to Jessica Alba! How’s your life been?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1394072/Jessica-Alba-attends-husband-Cash-Warrens-10-year-class-reunion-Yale-University.html

It’s hard to imagine Cash Warren having any fears.

After all, we’re talking about a Yale graduate-turned-critically acclaimed film producer, a successful entrepreneur several times over, and a guy happily married to arguably the most beautiful woman on the planet, Hollywood starlet and millionaire entrepreneur Jessica Alba.

Though his clothing career is riding high and he’s all but cemented his status as a bankable trendsetter, he says he’s always hesitant to say he’s “arrived.” “I’ve always been motivated by fear,” he says. “So I guess that ‘I’ve made it’ moment will never happen. I still feel like everything could go away tomorrow. It keeps me fresh.”

http://bestlifeonline.com/cash-warren-men-who-set-the-time/

*Life isn’t fair – I doubt your name is Cash and I doubt you are married to someone as beautiful as Jessica Alba. Nevertheless, stay fresh and let fear motivate you to achieve your monetary goals.

ENTERTAINMENT

Rod Stewart 1945

http://www.rodstewart.com/

It’s hard to believe Rod is also the father of eight children. “I’m close to all their moms… when there’s a divorce [women are] complicated. When there’s a split-up they’re complicated. But when there’s children involved you have to make it work and thank goodness they all have… My eldest daughter is like 50-something. So I was a naughty boy when I was young. But I have to be a dad to all different ages. I’m a different dad to my 4-year-old than to my son who plays hockey who’s 21, and my daughter who’s 35, who’s got a daughter. So it’s wonderful. Especially to have two little ones. At my age they keep me young. ‘Come on, dad, let’s go out and play football!’…But they keep me on my feet!”

https://etcanada.com/news/36098/rod-stewart-talks-music-life-love-and-the-lessons-hes-learned/

*Gather all of your kids and all of their moms around and listen to some Rod Stewart. Call your mom and ask her, “Have I told you lately that I love you?”

FOOD

Milton Parker 1919 – Carnegie Deli

https://www.today.com/news/carnegie-deli-s-pastrami-maven-dies-90-wbna29034103

“No matter where you live, you know to get a corned beef sandwich at the Carnegie Deli,”

https://store.carnegiedeli.com/storefront.aspx

*Back on January 3^rd, you should’ve ordered from the Carnegie Deli website. Today is the day to feast on what you ordered. Hopefully some corned beef – heat it up in a Foreman Grill.

SNUB – Janet Jones 1967

Review –

• Practice inhumanism
• Find a boxing gym and work out
• Practice Theosophy
• Let fear motivate your cash goals
• Listen to Rod Stewart
• Eat Carnegie Deli

The * reveals today’s advice.

TRICKY DICK DAY

MIND

Richard Nixon 1913

https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/richard-m-nixon/

President Nixon medicated himself with a mood-altering prescription drug in the White House and, depressed by hostile public reaction to the bombing of Cambodia in 1970, he consulted a New York psychotherapist who considered him ”neurotic,”

http://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/27/us/book-offers-peek-into-nixon-s-mind.html?pagewanted=all

*This is an example of a DYK (did you know). Use this to start conversation today. “Hey Mike. Did you know that Nixon was born today? Oh yeah, he was medicated while making decisions for the country and was psychoanalyzed as neurotic.”  Research this topic more in case of any follow up questions from Mike.

BODY

Kate Middleton 1982

https://www.delish.com/food-news/g3869/kate-middleton-diet/

To slim down before her wedding day, Kate was rumored to have utilized The Dukan Diet—a high-protein, low-carb program that Jennifer Lopez and Gisele Bundchen are said to have used to drop baby weight. Lean proteins, vegetables, fruit and whole wheat bread are key to the regimen, and Kate’s mother, another fan of the diet, curbs cravings with prawns and cottage cheese.

In order to maintain her size-six figure, Middleton’s been known to dabble in the raw food trend, which might also contribute to her glowing skin, healthy hair and strong nails. Her go-tos include ceviche, goji berries, gazpacho, watermelon salad, almond milk and tabbouleh.

https://www.royal.uk/

http://www.dukandiet.co.uk/

*If you are trying to lose weight, take the advice of our birthday girl Kate Middleton and focus on eating mostly protein – look into the Dukan Diet. This is also an example of a day with no workout suggestion.  As always, use it as a rest day or perform one of the previous workouts that you liked.

SOUL

Muggsy Bogues 1965

http://muggsybogues.com/

The 22-year-old, 140-pound, 5-foot-3 Tyrone “Muggsy” Bogues became the shortest player in league history — a record he still holds.

http://www.npr.org/2014/10/25/358358540/the-nbas-shortest-player-never-gave-up

*If a 5’3” guy can play in the NBA, you can accomplish your goals this year. You can read 12 books. You can get 6-pack abs. You can donate to charity. You can start your own business.

MONEY

John Sperling 1921

https://www.phoenix.edu/about_us/our-roots.html

Sperling did a fair amount of bootstrap-pulling himself. He left behind a humble, abusive upbringing to become a merchant marine before eventually getting his own formal education. Only after a career as a professor, in his 50s, did Sperling branch out into for-profit education and start on the road to becoming a billionaire.

https://www.marketplace.org/2014/08/25/education/learning-curve/story-john-sperling-university-phoenix-founder

As a young man, he fought for workers’ rights. Later, he championed the cause to help students who were ignored by the traditional higher education system. Finally, when he founded University of Phoenix, John Sperling challenged anyone who tried to stop him. As others have said before, ‘Anything worth having is worth fighting for.’ John Sperling lived these words every day of his life. Most importantly, he empowered those around him to do the same. His legacy, and ours, is to continue that fight.”

https://www.apollo.edu/about.html

Apollo’s founder, Dr. John Sperling, believed—and events proved him right—that lifelong employment with a single employer would be replaced by lifelong learning and employment with a variety of employers.

*There’s nothing wrong with lifelong employment with a single employer. There is a sense of comfort that goes along with this. As I type this, I’ve been a public school teacher in Central Florida for the past 23 ½ years. I’m just now realizing that I need to get out of my comfort zone if I ever want to do what I really love in life with enough money to thrive while doing it. This is why I keep typing.

ENTERTAINMENT

Dave Matthews 1967 – listen to the Dave Matthews Band

https://twitter.com/davematthewsbnd?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Stay Away from Things You Can’t Do Well
The DMB doesn’t wander off in any directions where they can’t deliver.

http://www.davematthewsband.com/

*Listen to the band that always delivers – The Dave Matthews Band.

FOOD

J.K. Simmons 1955

https://www.britannica.com/biography/J-K-Simmons

In addition to becoming that guy everyone looks up to at the gym, Simmons even tweaked his diet. With a few experiments here and there, the actor’s diet has come down to low-carbs and lean proteins.

“A lot of low-carb stuff, lean proteins, a lot of vegetables. Every day might be a little different for him. He eats every three hours. What he calls his ‘secret weapon’ is a little piece of dark chocolate. He eats one square every day.”

https://www.hungryforever.com/j-k-simmons-beefs-like-boss/

Mealtime	Foods
Breakfast	3 eggs, any style, with 1 or 2 servings of mixed vegetables. You can use the vegetables in a vegetable omelet or a frittata or serve the eggs scrambled, fried, or poached over the vegetables, such as with Mediterranean vegetables.
Lunch	Large salad with 6 ounces of protein, such as a green salad with chicken and strawberries (add 2 ounces of extra chicken) topped with strawberry vinaigrette dressing
Snack	1/2 cup regular cottage cheese (you can substitute ricotta for one more gram of carbohydrates) or, for those on the Paleo diet, a handful of nuts or olives. 1 medium wedge of cantaloupe 2 tablespoons flax seed meal
Dinner	6 ounces of salmon, grilled, broiled, or baked 2 cups of non-starchy, low-carb vegetables, such as spinach, asparagus, broccoli, or cauliflower

https://www.verywellfit.com/high-protein-low-carb-menu-2242097

*Follow the above meal plan for a low carb, high protein day.  End today with a square of dark chocolate.  Keep the rest in the freezer as a snack to satisfy a sweet craving. This is an example of a daily meal plan that can be used throughout the year. You also have suggestions from Kate Middleton from the BODY section today.

 SNUB – Bart Starr 1934

Review –

• A DYK about Richard Nixon
• Low carbs and high protein
• Be like Muggsy Bogues
• Avoid lifelong employment with a single employer
• Listen to The Dave Matthews Band
• Eat every 3 hours with a meal plan that can be used any day

Look for the * for today’s motivation.

ELVIS PRESLEY DAY

MIND

Stephen Hawking 1942

http://www.hawking.org.uk/

However, if we discover a complete theory, it should in time be understandable by everyone, not just by a few scientists. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists and just ordinary people, be able to take part in the discussion of the question of why it is that we and the universe exist. If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason — for then we should know the mind of God.

http://infidels.org/library/modern/antony_flew/hawking.html

CROSSOVER – SOUL – The evidence to inspire our faith is there as we open our eyes to everyday life. For what really matters is service, kindness, love, healing and forgiveness. These are the evidence of grace, of what faith entails, and what we derive from The Mind of God.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/therapy-it-s-more-just-talk/201706/the-mind-god

*You watched the movie 2 days ago, but if you’re caught up on your reading, read Hawking’s The Theory of Everything – based on a series of lectures given at Cambridge University, Professor Hawking’s work introduced the history of ideas about the universe as well as today’s most important scientific theories about time, space, and the cosmos in a clear, easy-to-understand way.

https://www.amazon.com/Theory-Everything-Origin-Fate-Universe/dp/1597775088

BODY

David Bowie 1947

http://glastonbury.davidbowie.com/

Everyone will mourn Bowie’s loss in a different way – work out your feelings with a good, sweaty workout. And what better way to remember the effervescent rock god than to honor him with workout playlist?

https://www.sheknows.com/health-and-wellness/articles/1108687/david-bowie-workout-playlist/

*Download these 10 David Bowie songs and sweat it out for him.

SOUL

Orson Hyde 1805

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/orson-hyde

“I have once memorized the Bible, and when any one quoted one verse, I could quote the next. I have memorized it in English, German, and Hebrew.”

https://rsc.byu.edu/archived/volume-3-number-2-2002/orson-hyde-life-lessons-learned

https://dailyverses.net/soul

*Take today to read the Bible.  Not the whole Bible… above are 18 Bible verses about the soul to get you started. Memorize one of them (in German and Hebrew for you overachievers)

MONEY

Nicholas Biddle 1786

https://www.moaf.org/exhibits/checks_balances/andrew-jackson/biddle

A renaissance man accomplished in literature as well as finance, Biddle was the country’s first central banker, and he was a master of his craft. Under his firm direction, the Second Bank grew into a powerful instrument of monetary stability, the rock upon which a decade of robust economic growth was built. But for all his financial brilliance and managerial skill, Biddle had faults that proved to be fatal for the Bank and his career. Arrogant, hypersensitive to criticism and unschooled in politics, he failed when put to the test during the vitriolic battle between Biddle and President Andrew Jackson over the rechartering of the Bank.

https://www.minneapolisfed.org/publications/the-region/the-rise-and-fall-of-nicholas-biddle

https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/banking/how-to-choose-a-bank/

*Think about your faults and decide which one of them could be fatal for your career. This is what you need to work on this year to grow into a powerful instrument of monetary stability. Also take today to make sure your bank is best for you.

ENTERTAINMENT

Elvis Presley 1935

https://twitter.com/ElvisPresley?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

https://www.shopelvis.com/dept/home-holiday?cp=796_3833

Why wait? Elvis said it best, “It’s Now or Never.” If you want to do something– do it. If you love someone– tell them. No procrastinating, no waiting around– make your move.

Tomorrow will be too late, it’s now or never.

http://www.elvis.com/

*Listen to “The King of Rock n’ Roll” all day. Tomorrow will be too late.

FOOD

Soupy Sales 1926

https://www.biography.com/people/soupy-sales-9542553

In January 1965 on his morning children’s show, the performer Soupy Sales suggested to his young viewers that they find the wallets of their sleeping fathers and take out “some of those funny green pieces of paper with all those nice pictures of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Alexander Hamilton, and send them along to your old pal, Soupy, care of WNEW, New York.”

http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/soupy-chicken-noodle-supper

*Use some of those funny green pieces of paper to buy ingredients and make the soupy chicken noodle supper in honor of the birthday boy Soupy Sales.

Wash it down with The Elvis.

The Elvis

Bitter notes from grapefruit and ale balance the floral sweetness of the gin and liqueur—one sip and it will all make sense.

https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/the-elvis

WHO GOT SNUBBED – R. Kelly 1967

Review –

• Start reading The Theory of Everything
• Download David Bowie workout songs
• Memorize a Bible verse
• Make sure your bank is best for you
• Listen to Elvis
• Make the soupy chicken noodle supper

MIND

Zora Neale Hurston 1891

https://www.zoranealehurston.com/

There Is No One Way To Belong To A Race

Their Eyes Were Watching God was initially criticized for not being “serious.” In other words, it didn’t fit into the prescribed format for racial uplift literature of the time. But years later, it has gone down as one of the most important novels of all time — proving that a culturally accepted racial experience can never be all-inclusive.

Belonging to a cultural identity can be a wonderfully empowering feeling — but on the other hand, if you don’t feel it reflects you accurately, then it can be incredibly isolating. You are not obliged to define yourself and your racial experience through anyone else’s eyes.

https://www.bustle.com/articles/134198-5-lessons-zora-neale-hurston-can-still-teach-us-today-about-defining-our-own-experiences

*Realize that it’s OK to be proud of your race, but that doesn’t mean that you have to subscribe to the “norm” of your ethnicity.

BODY

Lauren Cohan 1982

https://twitter.com/laurencohan?lang=en

Never go the easy route. “I like a challenge. I get such a sense of satisfaction when I push myself beyond what I thought I could do. That’s what any HIIT or interval training does for me. If I sprint at 9.5 for two minutes, I feel really good.”

https://www.shape.com/celebrities/interviews/lauren-cohan-spills-her-secrets-killer-body

https://www.shape.com/fitness/workouts/8-benefits-high-intensity-interval-training-hiit

Pick a role model.

*After watching The Walking Dead yesterday, maybe you want to make Lauren Cohen (Maggie Greene) your role model.  Or possibly you’d like to be as fit as yesterday’s birthday boy Norman Reedus (Daryl Dixon).  Try a HIIT workout and/or sprinting at 9.5 for 2 minutes, like you’re being chased by a zombie.  Cohen suggests having a role model but they don’t have to be famous. Choose someone to “be like” this year. Push yourself beyond what you think you can do and never go the easy route. This is the beauty of 365DOLF, you have a role model provided for you every day.

SOUL

Katie Couric 1957

https://twitter.com/katiecouric?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Couric began with the exhilarating promise of technology and the potential for change in the world, but she ended with a warning to not lose your soul in the process.

http://blogs.thegospelcoalition.org/trevinwax/2015/06/18/katie-couric-on-gaining-technology-and-losing-your-soul/

Vatican warns mobile phones are bad for the soul

The Vatican has warned that our obsession with modern technology, such as the internet and mobile phones, is not leaving people enough time for spiritual pursuits.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/3531418/Vatican-warns-mobile-phones-are-bad-for-the-soul.html

*If you are not already, follow at least one uplifting handle as part of your social media intake. Start following a daily bible verse or daily prayer and actually stop to read it each day. Make enough time for your spiritual pursuits.

MONEY

Christian Louboutin 1963

But when customers seem willing to spend whatever it takes, it’s hard to imagine why any shoemaker would refrain from jacking up their prices.

http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/06/louboutin-on-why-shoes-are-so-damn-expensive.html

*Take today to reevaluate the luxury items that you buy. Maybe having a pair of Louboutins is good for your soul, but how much is that affecting your money goals for this year? Do the head to toe check and see how much money you’re spending on clothes. Dress for success – yes, but don’t go broke in the process.

ENTERTAINMENT

Nicolas Cage 1964 (Charles and Donald Kaufman) – watch Adaptation

https://www.biography.com/people/nicolas-cage-9234498

Do I have an original thought in my head? My bald head. Maybe if I were happier, my hair wouldn’t be falling out. Life is short. I need to make the most of it. Today is the first day of the rest of my life. I’m a walking cliché. I really need to go to the doctor and have my leg checked. There’s something wrong. A bump. The dentist called again. I’m way overdue. If I stop putting things off, I would be happier. All I do is sit on my fat ass. If my ass wasn’t fat I would be happier. I wouldn’t have to wear these shirts with the tails out all the time. Like that’s fooling anyone. Fat ass. I should start jogging again. Five miles a day. Really do it this time. Maybe rock climbing. I need to turn my life around. What do I need to do? I need to fall in love. I need to have a girlfriend. I need to read more, improve myself. What if I learned Russian or something? Or took up an instrument? I could speak Chinese. I’d be the screenwriter who speaks Chinese and plays the oboe. That would be cool. I should get my hair cut short. Stop trying to fool myself and everyone else into thinking I have a full head of hair. How pathetic is that? Just be real. Confident. Isn’t that what women are attracted to? Men don’t have to be attractive. But that’s not true. Especially these days. Almost as much pressure on men as there is on women these days. Why should I be made to feel I have to apologize for my existence? Maybe it’s my brain chemistry. Maybe that’s what’s wrong with me. Bad chemistry. All my problems and anxiety can be reduced to a chemical imbalance or some kind of misfiring synapses. I need to get help for that. But I’ll still be ugly though. Nothing’s gonna change that.

https://www.amazon.com/Adaptation-Nicolas-Cage/dp/B004HMLNOO

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jul/20/nicolas-cage-frozen-ground

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-five-types-of-nicolas-cage-movies/

*Just look how ridiculous the first lines of dialogue are.  It’s purposely crammed together to make your eyes cross while you’re reading it. Hopefully after watching Adaptation, you’ll see how ridiculous your self-doubt and self-loathing are too.

FOOD

Millard Fillmore 1800 – ham with macaroni

https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/millard-fillmore/

Beef stew, mock turtle soup, fish, ham with macaroni, duck, chicken, pigeon, and larded sweet breads were the favorite foods of the 13^th president of the United States.  I bet that his wife taught him how to make this creamy ham and macaroni recipe.

http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/creamy-ham–n–macaroni

While at New Hope Academy, Fillmore found a kindred spirit in Abigail Powers. Even though she was his teacher, she was only two years older than him. They both loved learning. However, they did not get married until three years after Fillmore joined the bar.

https://www.thoughtco.com/things-to-know-about-millard-fillmore-104817

*Enjoy this creamy ham and macaroni in honor of our 13^th and best named president – Millard Fillmore.

SNUB – Aloe Blacc 1979

Review –

• Don’t let your race define you
• Do a HIIT workout, pick a role model
• Follow an uplifting social media post
• Do a head to toe check on spending
• Watch Adaptation
• Eat creamy ham and macaroni

Look for the * for my advice.

GET YOUR SEXY BACK DAY

MIND

Joan of Arc 1412

https://www.theawl.com/2012/04/the-riddle-of-mark-twains-passion-for-joan-of-arc/

It is possible to dismiss Jeanne/Joan as a medieval fanatic. It is also possible to recognize in her the stirrings of belief in the individual conscience, one of the building blocks of western modernity.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-600-year-struggle-for-the-soul-of-joan-of-arc-6284992.html

When we talk about conscience, we often refer to reflection about ourselves as moral persons and about our moral conduct. Through conscience we examine ourselves, as if we were our own inner judge.

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/conscience/

*Less than a week into the New Year and you know that you must be your own inner judge.  Be like Joan of Arc and recognize your inner conscience.  You know the difference between right and wrong and today is a reminder of that.

BODY

Ndamukongsu Suh 1987

http://suh93.com/

“He’s a tremendous force of nature,” Wake said. “He’s taking on double teams. He’s got four hands on him every play. Offenses are scheming to him trying to do whatever they can to stop him and still he’s successful, on top of playing every snap. You can’t find a way to negate how incredible that is.”

Suh credits his work over the spring and summer for being able to maintain this workload annually.

http://dailydolphin.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2017/12/15/miami-dolphins-ndamukong-suh-never-came-off-field-and-cameron-wake-cant-stop-being-impressed/

I wanted to get back into what I call my “sexy”—that means more “cut up.” There’s really nothing secretive about my training—I did a lot of squats, bench presses, 60-yard shuttle runs, and sprints.

http://www.mensfitness.com/life/sports/ndamukong-suh

*Get back into your “sexy”.  Go to the gym and do 3 sets of squats, bench press, and 60-yard sprints. Download the song “Sexy Back” and listen to it on repeat while working out. Be a “tremendous force of nature” like Suh. 

SOUL

Eddie Redmayne 1982 – watch The Theory of Everything

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/dec/07/eddie-redmayne-to-play-hawking-i-had-to-train-my-body-like-a-dancer

However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. While there is life, there is Hope.

Despite all the perfections and/or imperfections, we fear and we give up. But we are good at something; something we were born with, something we learned as a kid, something we learned in school, something we learned from college, something we learned at work and something we learned being a son or a daughter, brother or a sister, husband or a wife, friend or an enemy. Yes, we all are capable of something and if we hold onto our beliefs then there is nothing stopping us from succeeding!

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/three-lessons-from-theory-everything-sir-stephen-hawkings-patel

http://www.focusfeatures.com/the_theory_of_everything

*Actor Eddie Redmayne plays the role of Stephen Hawking in the movie The Theory of Everything.  Watch the movie as inspiration to hold on to your beliefs. 

MONEY

Nigella Lawson 1960

https://twitter.com/Nigella_Lawson?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

She shares an estimated wealth of more than £110million with her husband, the marketing guru Charles Saatchi, and has a £7million London home.

However, Miss Lawson says she will leave none of it to her offspring.

Asked what she hoped the children would learn from her, the celebrity chef told the magazine My Weekly: “To know that I am working and that you have to work in order to earn money.

“I am determined that my children should have no financial security. It ruins people not having to earn money.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-510913/I-wont-leaving-children-penny-says-Nigella-Lawson.html

*Repeat after me: “I know that I have to work in order to earn money.”  I now use it as my mantra when that alarm goes off in the morning or when things aren’t going well at work.  This is something that I will pass on to my kids. Remember that you are only working to make money for your next move. Your project of passion.

ENTERTAINMENT

Norman Reedus 1969 (Daryl Dixon) – watch The Walking Dead

https://www.normanreedusonline.com/

Your past doesn’t have to define you

A mother who burned to death in a fire caused by her own cigarette, an older brother who abandoned you to your abusive father, yep, Daryl had a pretty tough life, though somehow through all of that he still managed to come through it. If he’s taught us anything it’s that you can have everything in life working against you, and still manage to come out of it a good person.

https://moviepilot.com/posts/2560139

http://www.amc.com/shows/the-walking-dead

*Watch the first season of The Walking Dead and see how valuable the redneck is during a zombie apocalypse.

FOOD

Jameis Winston 1994 – stolen crab salad

The former FSU quarterback made headlines in April 2014 when he was cited for stealing roughly $32 in crab legs and crawfish from Publix. But during ESPN Draft Academy segment that aired Tuesday night, Winston said he did not steal anything from the supermarket, insisting a store employee offered him the food free of charge.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/florida-state-seminoles/jameis-winston/os-jameis-winston-crab-legs-ncaa-20150421-story.html

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/nigella-lawson/crab-and-avocado-salad-with-japanese-dressing-recipe-1937661

*Try the following crab salad from the birthday girl Nigella Lawson, and in honor of the birthday boy Jameis Winston, use stolen crab legs.

Have a Joan of Arc to wash it down.

About the Joan of Arc

The Joan of Arc cocktail is a St. Patrick’s Day cocktail invented by Jack McGarry of The Dead Rabbit, one of New York City’s most renowned bars and winner of World’s Best Cocktail Bar at the 2015 Spirited Awards. It’s made with chamomile-infused Irish whiskey, a fresh combination of lemon juice and cucumber juice, honey syrup and a honey liqueur, and some champagne to top it all off.

https://bevvy.co/cocktail/joan-arc/mihy

SNUB – Ree Drummond 1969

REVIEW –

• Recognize your inner conscience
• Get your sexy back
• Watch The Theory of Everything
• Memorize this “I know that I have to work in order to earn money.”
• Watch The Walking Dead
• Make stolen crab salad

 

 

Look to the * for today’s advice.

GODFATHER DAY

MIND

Chuck Noll 1932

https://www.profootballhof.com/players/chuck-noll/

Pittsburgh Steelers coach Chuck Noll loved collecting and drinking fine wines, a tip to the remarkable persona of one of the best coaches of all time. He was complex, sophisticated and classy, and like a fine wine, Noll aged one of the NFL’s greatest football dynasties in the 1970s.

http://espn.go.com/espn/print?id=11081526

No one wanted to say it, but they couldn’t help but notice. The man with the formidable intellect and voracious thirst for knowledge had slowed, he seemed less sharp, less focused, less mentally acquisitive.

She took his hands in hers and delivered the news: “The doctor says you have Alzheimer’s disease.”

Chuck looked back at her. There was a long moment of silence. And she could see him weighing the reality, and the implications, and a life-time of things that had been left unsaid.

Then he squeezed her hands tightly and looked back into Marianne’s eyes, with the steady, determined gaze she’s seen so many times before. He had just one thing he had to tell her.

“I will . . . never . . . forget who you are,” he said. Then they embraced and dissolved into tears.

https://www.si.com/nfl/2016/10/26/chuck-noll-his-lifes-work-book-michael-maccambridge-bradshaw-alzheimers

Help is available

If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or a related dementia, you are not alone. The Alzheimer’s Association is the trusted resource for reliable information, education, referral and support to millions of people affected by the disease.

Call our 24/7 Helpline: 800.272.3900
Locate a chapter in your community
Use our Virtual Library
Go to Alzheimer’s Navigator to create customized action plans and connect with local support services

https://www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_what_is_alzheimers.asp

*Like Coach Noll would do, go to the store and buy some fine wine (The Keaton). Share it with your special someone and let them know that you will never forget who they are. Go Steelers!

BODY

January Jones 1978

https://www.instagram.com/januaryjones/

January Jones is famous for her portrayal of Betty Draper in Mad Men but is also in the X-Men film, First Class, in which she plays Emma Frost (aka White Queen), the mutant that has strong telepathic powers and super strength too in her diamond form.

In 2009 January Jones was criticized for being too thin. However, she defended her figure then, and confirmed that she eats well;

“I’m from South Dakota, so meat, potatoes, carbs.”

January did do some limited weight training and bodyweight exercises for the role once filming started, just to give a little more muscle tone in the upper body. Typical exercises included pushups on a stability ball, dumbbell curls and rows.

https://www.amc.com/shows/mad-men

https://www.amazon.com/X-Men-First-Class-Digital-Blu-ray/dp/B004LWZW4C

http://www.motleyhealth.com/celeb/january-jones-diet-and-workouts-for-x-mens-emma-frost

*Like the Emma Frost version of January Jones, do 3 sets of push ups on a stability ball, dumbbell curls, and rows. Then go home and watch an episode of Mad Men to unwind.

SOUL

Francisco Suarez 1548

During the seventeenth century the Iberian Jesuit Francisco Suárez was considered one of the greatest philosophers of the age. He was the last great Scholastic thinker and profoundly influenced the thought of his contemporaries within both Catholic and Protestant circles.

http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199583645.001.0001/acprof-9780199583645

“The church’s object is the health of each individual soul and its spiritual salvation, as opposed to the state whose jurisdiction is solely temporal, concerned with the common good in secular life.”

https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/culture/history/francisco-suarez-1548-1617.html

*Regardless of your thoughts on religion, Use the church as a safe haven from the ugliness of politics.  Attend church with an open heart and clear mind, and as an escape for a few hours each week. 

MONEY

King C. Gillette 1855

https://ondemand.gillette.com/

The Gillette disposable razor was a unique invention that revolutionized more than the shaving industry. A salesman, King Gillette, invented the disposable razor and formed a company to sell those razors. His invention and marketing techniques created business concepts that are still used today.

Some of the lessons learned from Gillette’s life include:

• Sometimes youthful ideas are incorrect
• Keep your eyes open for opportunities
• Good ideas come from common problems
• Don’t give up on your idea
• Spend money to get the market

http://www.school-for-champions.com/biographies/king_gillette.htm#.Vi4_WberTcs

*I love bookstores. Sometimes I spend hours just strolling around a Barnes and Nobles. I have never seen a book like 365DOLF. There are self-help books and workout journals. There are daily prayer journals. But I honestly think that 365DOLF is truly unique and will be a best seller hardcover book with a daily workbook/journal to go along with it. The disposable razor of a game plan for life.

Any time that you have a problem this year, ask yourself how you could make money off of fixing that problem.

A common problem for me as a teacher is writing passes for students. I want to create an app that students can use as a pass. All of my students have smart phones and this would be a way to use them for good – not porn.

ENTERTAINMENT

Diane Keaton 1946 – (Kay Adams)

Robert Duvall 1931 – (Tom Hagen) – watch The Godfather

https://twitter.com/Diane_Keaton?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

https://www.facebook.com/RobertDuvallOfficial

“Mr. Corleone never asks a second favor once he’s refused the first, understood?”

Life Lesson: It’s not easy for many people to ask for help, so when someone does you should do your best to accommodate them. And not just because you could wake up next to a horse’s head.

https://www.everplans.com/articles/24-valuable-life-lessons-from-the-godfather-saga

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005DNPFUE?ref_=imdbref_tt_wbr_aiv&tag=imdbtag_tt_wbr_aiv-20

*As Diane Keaton and Robert Duvall share a birthday, they also share some scenes in The Godfather. Ironically, Talia Shire and Al Pacino share a birthday on 4/25. Watch The Godfather today and part 2 on April 25.

FOOD

Bradley Cooper 1975 – Herdwick Lamb

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/12/bradley-cooper-cover-addiction-american-sniper

He seduced Michelin-starred British chef Marcus Wareing with his perfect plating technique while decking out a Herdwick Lamb dish.

“When he dressed that plate of lamb, that was my culinary orgasm with Bradley Cooper,” says Wareing, who trained Cooper in the kitchen for his latest film.

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/bradley-cooper-cooking-burnt-article-1.2398413

http://www.bakespace.com/recipes/detail/Burnt-Movie-Recipe%3A-Herdwick-Lamb%2C-Beetroot%2C-Girolle/66842/

https://www.amazon.com/Burnt-Bradley-Cooper/dp/B017CDG46G

http://www.astarisbornmovie.com/

https://www.amazon.com/Wedding-Crashers-Unrated-Widescreen-Wilson/dp/B000BKVQS4

https://www.amazon.com/Hangover-Bradley-Cooper/dp/B002RRXGKA

*Work on your cooking skills today. After watching Bradley Cooper in Burnt, try making herdwick lamb just like he did. Be careful when dressing the plate. You have a lot of options of Bradley Cooper movies to watch while enjoying it – Wedding Crashers, The Hangover, and A Star is Born just to name a few.

Wash it down with a glass of “The Keaton”

Hollywood actress Diane Keaton has launched a wine range “as unpretentious as she is” intended to be served over ice – a drink affectionately nicknamed “The Keaton” 

https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2015/10/diane-keaton-launches-unpretentious-wine/

SNUB – Carrie Ann Inaba 1968

REVIEW –

• Be proactive with Alzheimer’s
• Emma Frost Workout
• Use church as an escape
• Solve a common problem
• Watch The Godfather
• Make herdwick lamb

Look for the * for today’s advice.

APPRECIATE GRAVITY DAY

MIND

Sir Isaac Newton 1643

https://twitter.com/NewtonInstitute?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Newton grew up with a vulnerable and eccentric character besides having a low self-esteem, and he was someone who only uncommonly developed any close relationships. On review it is argued that his distrust and suspicions of others, and the fear that he might be harmed by criticism and his discoveries stolen, followed from his mother’s separation from him in childhood and not, as has been claimed, from the developmental disorder of Asperger’s syndrome.

http://rsnr.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/62/3/289

*One of the greatest minds in world history was warped by his mother, so don’t stress if your mother has you in therapy.  If you’re not in therapy because of your mother, look into it.

BODY

Kris Bryant 1992

https://www.mlb.com/news/kris-bryant-turned-down-200m-deal-from-cubs/c-297575416

Kris Bryant left no doubt about who should be the National League’s Rookie of the Year, unanimously winning the award after proving he’s a franchise player for the Cubs.

http://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/chicago-cubs/kris-bryant-lives-hype-wins-nl-rookie-year-award

Hardest workout you’ve ever done:
In college, my team did the CrossFit WOD Murph. It was ridiculously hard, but it definitely got me in shape.

“Murph”

For time:
1 mile Run
100 Pull-ups
200 Push-ups
300 Squats
1 mile Run

In memory of Navy Lieutenant Michael Murphy, 29, of Patchogue, N.Y., who was killed in Afghanistan June 28th, 2005.

http://www.mensfitness.com/sports/baseball/kris-bryant-chicago-cubs-superstar-noted-sharp-dresser-and-world-series-champion

*Try doing the “Murph” today. Any parts that you can’t do, focus on improving those areas this year.

SOUL

Louis Braille 1809

https://blindmotherhood.com/18-interesting-facts-louis-braille/

Louis was excited about this new way to read. He spent most of his free time learning the system. He knew it would have to be made simpler. He also had to find a way to include numbers and punctuation. So in his spare time and late at night, Louis worked hard to improve the captain’s system. With a pointed instrument called a stylus and a wooden writing board with paper, Louis continued working on it. After two years of work, when Louis was 15, he finally created a new code. It was easier to learn and quicker to read.

http://www.pathstoliteracy.org/story-louis-braille

Volunteers are a critical part of the Learning Ally team.

Thanks to our dedicated volunteers nationwide, both in studios and virtually, we can continue to grow our extensive library of nearly 80,000 audio books and help improve the lives of families all across the country.

http://www.learningally.org/Volunteer/Why-Volunteer

*In honor of Louis Braille’s birthday, volunteer at learningally.org to help produce audio books for the blind. A way to donate time instead of money.

MONEY

Don Shula 1930

The Shulas explain their success with coachspeak: Find great people, then focus on the fundamentals.

http://www.omaha.com/money/sports-legend-don-shula-bucks-odds-with-winning-business/article_27959eff-c2c9-5602-9514-75d058589923.html

Founded by Miami Dolphins football coaching legend Don Shula – the winningest coach in NFL history with 347 career wins, Shula’s opened its first steak house in 1989, and today encompasses a family of fine restaurant brands with nearly 30 locations throughout the country.  For almost three decades, Shula’s has had a polished history of delivering consistently high quality cuisine paired with award-winning wine lists and craft cocktails served by expert staff.

https://www.shulas.com/

*I am a former high school basketball coach. It controlled my life for over a decade. If I were to ever put the time and passion behind starting a business that I did into coaching, there is no way that business could fail. 365DOLF is my new passion.

Find your passion this year. Find great people to help and focus on the fundamentals.

ENTERTAINMENT

Michael Stipe 1960 – listen to R.E.M

http://michaelstipe.com/

R.E.M. founding members Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe played their first show on April 5, 1980, at a friend’s birthday party in an abandoned church in Athens, Georgia. From that point forward until 2011 when they decided to call it a day, the band released fifteen albums, toured the world, won multiple Grammys, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and have left a lasting legacy of great songs that defined an era.

http://www.remhq.com/

*Listen to R.E.M right before you enter a deep sleep tonight.

FOOD

Graham Elliot 1977 – butternut squash soup

https://www.grahamelliot.com/

What’s your favorite dish you’ve ever made?
I don’t really have a signature dish per se because I don’t really like to be locked into something like that, but I really enjoy making soups because I really feel that they are heartwarming and soulful. And you can do fun things — like we’ll be able to do a butternut squash bisque, but instead it’s like clarified and clear, with a cinnamon marshmallow that you pour the soup on top of and it dissolves. So, fun things like that. I like to just have whimsy.

https://www.aol.com/article/2016/06/20/graham-elliot-reveals-the-two-qualities-every-master-chef-needs/21398983/

https://www.tastingtable.com/cook/chicago/Southeaste-Asian-butternut-squash-soup-recipe-from-Graham-Elliot-Bowles

At age 27, Elliot became the youngest four-star chef to be named in any major U.S. city and was named one of Food & Wine magazine’s “Best New Chefs” in 2004. In May of 2008, Elliot opened his eponymous restaurant, Graham Elliot, which went on to become one of only 15 restaurants in the U.S. to be awarded two Michelin stars.

https://www.grahamelliot.com/meet-graham/

*Listen to R.E.M while making Graham Elliot’s butternut squash soup.

SNUB – Dyan Cannon 1937

REVIEW –

• Think of some mommy therapy
• Do the Murph
• Volunteer at Learning Ally
• Find your passion
• Listen to R.E.M
• Make butternut squash soup

Look for the * to follow my daily advice.

January 3 – GOTTA EAT SOMEWHERE DAY

*Go online and order some Carnegie Deli for 1/10

https://store.carnegiedeli.com/deli-meats-c3.aspx

MIND

Mel Gibson 1956

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/03/mel-gibson-201103

He has been penitent in his life as well his art. After his anti-Semitic outburst, he met Jewish community leaders. After his homophobic outburst, he appeared at an event organized by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. He has also donated millions of dollars to charity, gone to Alcoholics Anonymous, and apologized on chat shows to everyone from Diane Sawyer to Stephen Colbert.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/nov/10/can-mel-gibson-ever-be-rehabilitated-hacksaw-ridge

*Use the start of the New Year to be contrite in your life.  Think about the mistakes you have made and seek out ways of correcting them.

BODY

Eli Manning 1981

http://www.nfl.com/player/elimanning/2505996/profile

“After football I went right into basketball, (and) I thought playing basketball made me a better football player,” said Manning. “I’m doing more jumping, more running and it’s a totally different type of conditioning. Same with baseball. It’s a different throwing motion.”

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000441520/article/eli-mannings-keys-to-game-day-fitness

http://www.ymca.net/

*Try a sport that you normally wouldn’t play. Sign up for a league at the local YMCA. For today, play catch in the yard with your dad and brother.

SOUL

Lucretia Mott 1793

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/lucretia-mott

She was deeply impressed by minister Elias Hicks and embraced his ideas that it was wrong to voluntarily participate in slavery and to partake of goods produced by unpaid labour.

http://www.quakersintheworld.org/quakers-in-action/63

A recent investigative report by The Guardian found a massive slavery problem in the global prawn (or shrimp) industry. To make a long story short, they found problems with a major prawn farmer based in Thailand known as CP Foods. CP Foods supplies prawns to several huge companies all over the world, including our old friend Walmart.

https://listverse.com/2014/12/16/10-everyday-products-that-are-made-with-slave-labor/

*Research the products that you use. Are any of them made by slave or sweatshop labor? Are any of them tested on animals? Use Lucretia Mott’s example to not spend money on these products. Find out where your shrimp comes from.

MONEY

J.R.R Tolkien 1892

https://www.tolkiensociety.org/author/biography/

“I never expected a money success,” said Tolkien, pacing the room, as he does constantly when he speaks. “In fact, I never even thought of commercial publication when I wrote The Hobbit back in the Thirties.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/authors/tolkien-interview-its-easier-to-film-the-odyssey/

*I have just been fascinated by “Today in History” and birthdays, since I started teaching.  I actually enjoy typing this right now! If I can make money off of this, that would be outstanding – Hobbit money would be even better. Do what you love and the money will come.

ENTERTAINMENT

Thomas Bangalter 1975 – listen to Daft Punk

https://dancingastronaut.com/2018/04/apparently-daft-punks-thomas-bangalter-doesnt-really-even-like-electronic-music/

“We were drawing a parallel between the brain and the hard drive – the random way that memories are stored,” Thomas Bangalter told Rolling Stone last month about the new album. “Electronic music right now is in its comfort zone and it’s not moving one inch.”

https://www.daftpunk.com/

*Daft Punk will always have a special place in my heart. “Get Lucky” is one of the first songs that I ever spun my wife to, at Casey’s. Spin your special someone to Daft Punk in the kitchen tonight.

FOOD

Grace Coolidge 1879 – Icebox Cookies

https://coolidgefoundation.org/presidency/grace-coolidge-overview/

When Calvin Coolidge became Vice President in 1920, the prim and New England-ish, couple absolutely enchanted Washington. They were the most popular diners-out in town; everybody wanted them as their guests of honor. Washingtonians were delighted with his acerbic sense of humor, all the funnier since it was so unexpected. And they adored the personable Grace Coolidge who could talk about baseball as well as any man in the room. The Coolidges were happy to accept the invitations. “Gotta eat somewhere,”

*You also “Gotta eat something” why not try these Grace Coolidge Icebox Cookies

https://featherfoster.wordpress.com/2014/07/18/the-romance-of-calvin-and-grace-coolidge/http://allrecipes.com/recipe/218692/grammys-ice-box-cookies/

*Listen to Daft Punk while making these icebox cookies and then invite your most enchanting friends over to enjoy eating them, compliments of the first lady to our 30^th president.

SNUB – Michael Schumacker 1969

REVIEW

• Be contrite and ask for forgiveness
• Join a team sport league
• Don’t use slave labor products
• Do what you enjoy – the money will come
• Listen to Daft Punk
• Make ice box cookies

Remember to look for the * for my daily advice, with a review of the day at the bottom.

FIND YOUR PRAYER DAY

MIND

Isaac Asimov 1920

https://www.fantasticfiction.com/a/isaac-asimov/

“Whereas the second week in April each year is designated as ‘National Robotics Week’, recognizing the accomplishments of Isaac Asimov, who immigrated to America, taught science, wrote science books for children and adults, first used the term robotics, developed the Three Laws of Robotics, and died in April, 1992: Now, therefore, be it resolved…”

http://www.asimovonline.com/asimov_home_page.html

https://www.mercurynews.com/2008/04/07/isaac-asimovs-super-quiz-278/

*Now that you know about Isaac Asimov, research and take some of the above SUPER QUIZZES to stimulate your mind even more.

BODY

Karina Smirnoff 1978

http://karinasmirnoff.com/

• Never do the same workout twice. Mix it up so your body doesn’t plateau.
• Look for workouts where your heart rate changes.
• Target the areas in your body that you are most conscious about.
• Eat watermelon and asparagus as diuretics. They are great for the body because they help get toxins out.
• Eat spinach because it’s a great source of fiber and keeps you full.
• Reduce salt. Karina has trained herself to not eat salt.
• Listen to your body. Your body will tell you what you can and cannot eat.

http://livewellnetwork.com/Mirror-Mirror/episodes/Karina-Smirnoffs-Workout/9061356

*Lots of good advice from Dancing with the Stars’ Karina Smirnoff.  It’s the top one that is fitting for 365DOLF.  “Never” is a strong word for the entire year, but try and avoid constantly doing the same workout.  This is also a good example of daily advice for both working out and eating right.

SOUL

Therese of Lisieux 1873

https://www.littleflower.org/therese/

For me, prayer is an upward leap of the heart, an untroubled glance towards heaven, a cry of gratitude and love which I utter from the depths of sorrow as well as from the heights of joy. It has a supernatural grandeur which expands the soul and unites it with God. I say an Our Father or a Hail Mary when I feel so spiritually barren that I cannot summon up a single worthwhile thought. These two prayers fill me with rapture and feed and satisfy my soul.

https://stpeterslist.com/5-quotes-from-st-therese-of-lisieuxs-the-story-of-a-soul

http://www.beliefnet.com/prayers/catholic/childrens-prayers/the-lords-prayer.aspx

*Find a prayer that feeds and satisfies your soul, especially when you cannot summon a single positive thought.

My Daily Prayer will be:

Short Prayer for Growing Faith

Dear Lord, help me – every single morning – to find faith in the midst of the chaos. Give me the desire and ability to see You, hear You, talk to You, and give thanks to You. 

MONEY

Cuba Gooding Jr. 1968

https://twitter.com/cubagoodingjr?lang=en

“Show me the money!”

Show Me the Money: Tips On Saving

The Five Dollar Challenge: Anytime you come across a $5 bill, put it away in an envelope, jar, piggy bank, whatever. At the end of the year, use that money towards a fun big purchase, or put it towards your savings account.

https://fabulesslyfrugal.com/5-savings-challenge/#.W8iPmmhKjcs

*You actually don’t have to wait the entire year.  Tom Cruise’s birthday is July 3 (literally almost born on the 4^th of July), watch Jerry Maguire on that day and when Cuba Gooding Jr. says his famous line, brake open that piggy bank and count all of those $5 bills, while saying “show me the money!”

ENTERTAINMENT

Kate Bosworth 1983 – watch The Domestics

https://twitter.com/katebosworth?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

https://www.amazon.com/Domestics-Kate-Bosworth/dp/B07FFZTWGJ

Kate Bosworth does the movie’s emotional heavy-lifting and manages to plausibly depict both an emotionally damaged woman in denial and a steely action heroine.

http://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/review-of-the-domestics-a-post-apocalyptic-thriller-cobbled-from-spare-parts

*Watch Kate Bosworth in this apocalyptic thriller.

FOOD

Nathanial Bacon 1647

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ah-nathanielbacon/

Turn the clock back to 1676, exactly 100 years before the American Revolution. A dashing, well-heeled young Englishman, Nathaniel Bacon, recently arrived from England — leads a rebellion against Virginia’s established order. The colony’s government is led by Bacon’s cousin-by-marriage — 70-year-old Gov. William Berkeley, who has held the post for 40 years. Within months “Bacon’s Rebellion” is quelled, Bacon is dead. His co-conspirators are swinging from the gibbet, a commission of enquiry arrives from England with instructions to find out “the truth” and Berkeley is recalled to London where he dies only months later.

http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/Spring15/bacon.cfm

In honor of Nathanial Bacon’s birthday, make some bacon butter to use (sparingly) until it’s all gone.

Bacon Butter: Cook 2 slices bacon in a skillet; drain and chop. Blend 1 stick softened butter with the drippings and 2 tablespoons maple syrup. Stir in the chopped bacon.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/articles/50-things-to-make-with-bacon.html

CROSSOVER: *As far as meals are concerned, take some more advice from Katrina Smirnoff and work some watermelon, asparagus, and spinach into your diet, all while trying to reduce salt (not easy with a fresh batch of bacon butter).  Also in her honor, have a Smirnoff on ice to wind down for the day.

WHO GOT SNUBBED? – Dax Shepard 1975

REVIEW

• Take Super Quizzes
• Rarely do the same workout twice
• Have a daily prayer
• Start the $5 challenge
• Watch The Domestics
• Make bacon butter – but eat watermelon, asparagus, and spinach