Happy Sunday!
Since July 4th, I’ve walked no less than 400 flights of stairs.
Three flights down from the old apartment and one story up to the new apartment. Countless corners and corridors of carrying and stepping. My back aching and biceps angry, I was reminded over and over:
Move your body, and the mind will follow.
Nothing humbles me quite like unpaid manual labour. After pinning a tower of boxes between my hip and the wall while straining to pull open my 23rd door of the day, sitting down to write (or whatever you need to do) isn’t so difficult.
Any period of transition is filled with challenges and opportunities. This one was no different.
Let me tell you a few things I learned along the way.
Journeying through June:
🏙 Across the Bow River – Four weeks after e-signing the lease, we were handed the keys to our new apartment in the Beltline district of downtown Calgary. I walked through the door with nervous excitement. We got lucky with this one.
Well, I should say Sarah’s masterful home-hunting skills scored us another lovely place to live. I’m ready for the adjustment and eager for all that awaits.
👻 Premium Ghostwriting Academy – In between (and sometimes during) trips back and forth across the Bow, I was immersed in the PGA. You choose the pace, and I’ve chosen full speed ahead.
I’ve absorbed as much instruction as I can. I’ve translated the framework into a tangible asset. All that’s left is the part where I struggle most: selling the damn thing.
But I believe like I’ve never believed before.
🍷 The Generational Grapevine – The best thing about PGA is the emphasis on building momentum through the process. Don’t overthink any one thing. Just keep going.
This is my tangible asset. After hours and hours of ideating, writing, editing, and tweaking, I am proud to present:
The Generational Grapevine: A 5-Day Educational Email Course For Okanagan Wineries To Attract, Engage, & Convert Millennials & Gen Z.
Three Lessons Learned in July
I. Moving sucks and change is difficult no matter how many times you’ve done it.
A week ago, I was on one knee leaning over the bathtub scrubbing it with everything I had.
As I scrubbed, rinsed, and repeated, I listened to Alex Hormozi talk on The Danny Miranda Podcast about what he calls his “Solomon Dialogues.”
The practice is based on the Solomon Paradox, which states most people know what they should do—they just don’t do it. Hormozi’s Solomon Dialogues is him sitting down at his computer and literally typing out a conversation with his 85 year-old-self.
It’s hard to hold yourself accountable, so ask your future self for help.
I paused the podcast, sweat trickling behind my ears with the smell of Comet tickling my nose. What would my future self say to me, “looking back” at this moment?
Sweaty, sore, on my knees next to a bathtub, I asked the question. This is what I got back:
“Change is good, change is necessary, change is welcomed.”
II. Rushing won’t make it easier.
One thing you can guarantee while moving: there will be setbacks.
In The Stoic Path by William B. Irvine in the Waking Up app, he frames setbacks as reminders to pay attention. When you have a setback, you have 5 seconds to choose not to get angry or frustrated. If you can avoid reacting negatively, you will discover the setback was not as problematic as you imagined it to be.
This simple reframe has helped me so much this month.
- I locked myself out of the apartment (twice).
- I ripped strips of paint off the wall pulling down string lights.
- And I poured paint all over the floor fixing the wall.
Each one was a reminder to pay attention.
We contend with obstacles all the time. The only thing that changes is what we tell ourselves about the obstacles.
And let me tell you: nothing humbles you quite like unpaid, unplanned manual labour.
III. Any decision is better than indecision.
Sarah rented a 15’ Uhaul on Friday, July 14th, for us to move our furniture.
It was day 7 of the Calgary Stampede. If you know, you know, and if you don’t know, let’s just say it’s not the best day to be moving. We (mostly me) waffled on whether we should reschedule for a more “convenient” day.
When the 14th arrived, with the help of our friend Derrick (seriously—bless his big arms—he saved us from so many setbacks), we moved everything easier than I imagined.
The decision on whether or not we should move that day because of what might impede us took more energy than the moving.
This lesson helped me get out of my own way and write The Generational Grapevine.
Okanagan wineries may or may not be the thing I land on, but at least now I know I can stick the landing.
I’ll leave you with a quote 🤔
“There is no perfect partner or perfect career. Everything has overhead. Everything has elements you don’t want. And I think the expectation that everything is going to work out makes it so that nothing does for most people.”
— Alex Hormozi
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Until next time, remember to live and let go,
Scotty
PS a slow descent
PSS fridges block WIFI signals
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