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PIANO MAN DAY
MIND
Howard Carter 1874
https://www.biography.com/people/howard-carter-20683395
Perhaps, the power of a curse is in the mind of the person who believes in it. Howard Carter, the man who actually opened the tomb, never believed in the curse and lived to a reasonably old age of 64 before dying of entirely natural causes.
http://www.unmuseum.org/mummy.htm
*The power of anything is in your mind. Don’t believe the hype. Don’t buy in to what others are saying or thinking today. Believe in yourself and your focus.
BODY
Prince Fielder 1984
https://deadspin.com/prince-fielders-first-project-in-retirement-is-launchin-1792271341
One of the more unique aspects of Fielder’s workout is an exercise in which he swings a metal rod like a baseball bat into a punching bag over and over.
*This one may be tough to do. If you can’t find available punching bags to swing metal rods at, try one of these workouts instead.
http://www.stack.com/a/hitting-power-exercises
SOUL
John Brown 1800
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1550.html
https://www.civilwar.org/learn/collections/john-browns-harpers-ferry-raid
“We cannot come to a common definition of the meaning of John Brown,” says Dennis Frye, the park’s chief historian. “His soul goes marching on inside every American.”
https://www.npca.org/articles/925-john-brown-s-soul
*Imagine being so passionate about something that you would gladly give not only your life, but the lives of your sons as well. This passion from John Brown would cost him his life and a song about his body would go on to be a rallying cry for the Union. Who will your soul go marching on inside of?
MONEY
JM Barrie 1860
http://www.jmbarriesociety.co.uk/
“It is not in doing what you like, but in liking what you do that is the secret of happiness.”
https://letsreachsuccess.com/2016/04/09/things-learn-peter-pan/
https://media.bookbub.com/blog/2015/05/08/lessons-from-peter-pan/
http://www.tor.com/2015/06/18/the-unpleasant-side-effects-of-never-growing-up-j-m-barries-peter-pan/
*This is harder than it sounds but I think it may be the best advice in all of 365DOLF. I hate my job, but find it so hard to quit (only 6 years to retirement… blah blah blah) I want to like what I do so I can have true happiness, but I need a push.
ENTERTAINMENT
Billy Joel 1949
He taught me the importance of taking life day by day.
“Slow down you crazy child, you’re so ambitious for a juvenile.”
“Vienna” (1977)
“Vienna” taught me that you have so much living to look forward to in a world that teaches you the brevity of life. I learned to take life day by day in the present rather than living in the future.
https://www.theodysseyonline.com/what-learned-from-billy-joel
*Listen to “The Piano Man” as you are taking life day by day.
FOOD
Rosario Dawson 1979 – coconut rice with pork chops
https://twitter.com/rosariodawson?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
These days, Rosario lets her body call the shots. “Whether it craves fresh vegetables or foie gras, nothing makes me feel better than having something I really enjoy,” she says. Rosario eats three to five meals a day, depending on her schedule—most made from scratch at home. “I’m great at salads because I love chopping things up,” she says, “but I also enjoy making dishes like lasagna and coconut rice with pork chops.” And when she wants a glass of wine or dessert, no problem. “The stress you put yourself through for having a treat is probably a thousand times worse for you than the sugar you just had.”
https://www.howsweeteats.com/2017/08/thai-pork-chops-coconut-rice/
http://www.craveonline.com/girl/rosario-dawson
http://www.shape.com/celebrities/interviews/rosario-dawson-answers-her-own-words
*Eat 3 to 5 meals today. Have fresh vegetables, foie gras, a salad, lasagna, and make this coconut rice with pork chops. If you want a glass of wine or dessert, no problem. Maybe have a Peter Pan Float – in honor of JM Barrie’s birthday.
Peter Pan Float
With a base of Key Lime soft-serve ice cream, this colorful float is poured over with Sprite for the lemon-lime lovers out there, and topped with a red chocolate feather in tribute to Peter Pan.
SNUB – Candice Bergen
Review –
- Don’t believe the hype
- Prince Fielder workout
- Who will your soul go marching on in?
- Like what you do
- Listen to Billy Joel
- Make coconut rice with pork chops
