1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,840 What is going on? Y'all, Robert Sykes, Keto, 2 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:05,160 savage.com. And today I've got my wife back 3 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:06,800 on the line. If you can recall, the last time 4 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:09,360 I had her on the podcast, it was kind of a recap of the 5 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:11,400 competitions from her perspective. 6 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:14,640 And we got cut short because Rigel had woken up from a nap 7 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:18,080 and that we kind of just wanted to finish out that podcast and 8 00:00:18,080 --> 00:00:20,960 talk about all the things that we're excited about going 9 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:23,760 forward now that the show season is done. 10 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:27,200 So this is going to be a little, little, little conversation 11 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:30,040 around what all we've got in the pipeline outside the 12 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:32,520 competitions and Rigel is again napping. 13 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:34,480 So we'll see how long he lets us record. 14 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,000 But before we dive into that, let's roll the intro 15 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:50,560 and we we are live. Crystal, how are you, my dear? 16 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:53,680 I am doing wonderfully well as you would say. 17 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:56,200 Wonderfully well. We're sipping on some 18 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:59,920 electrolyte Coco as you record this at the kitchen table, so 19 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:03,800 hopefully the sound of our slurping doesn't sound. 20 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:06,280 Too bad, let. Me try and take a sip real 21 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:08,280 quick, see how loud it is on on audio. 22 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:14,520 You can definitely hear them. You are a slurper, though you 23 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:17,120 like. Well, I just drink things super 24 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:18,800 hot, so you have to like, prepare yourself. 25 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:23,080 Anyways, we're going to kind of dive into some of the things 26 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:26,480 that we're excited about going forward post competition season. 27 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,160 I thought the last conversation we had was really good because 28 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:32,480 it kind of gave people an idea of what the show season was like 29 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:34,720 from your perspective. So I'm excited to talk about 30 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:37,280 everything going forward that you and I are both excited 31 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:42,720 about, which today we're recording this on December 3rd, 32 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:47,640 which we both just realized coincidentally is our dating 33 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:51,200 anniversary. So we started dating on this 34 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:52,480 day. Eight. 35 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:54,840 Was it 8 years ago? Eight years ago? 36 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:57,840 That's kind of crazy. My happy dating anniversary, 37 00:01:57,840 --> 00:01:58,240 baby. Happy. 38 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:00,880 Dating anniversary. It was one of the best days of 39 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:02,760 my life. I know we got we're going to be 40 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:04,520 talking about things that we're excited about now. 41 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:08,919 If you were to rewind 8 years ago or any of the things that we 42 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:13,440 are now excited about even on your wavelength, like were you 43 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:16,120 thinking about those same things eight years ago or is it totally 44 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:16,840 different? I. 45 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:20,840 Think yes, in my mind and the things that are going on in my 46 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:23,320 world, I think they're things that I always wanted. 47 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:28,080 So I think I will. Yeah, I think, yeah. 48 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:31,400 But there's also a lot of things that are that were never on my 49 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:33,760 mind. Like I would never have assumed 50 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,560 we'd be doing now. Yeah, I think we've kept it 51 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:39,600 interesting for sure. So when it comes to today's 52 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:41,880 conversation and the things we're excited about coming, you 53 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:44,320 know, going forward, how do you want structures? 54 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:48,880 I was thinking we could kind of mirror the five pillar thing 55 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:51,480 that we have with Liv Savage and just kind of flesh that out in 56 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:55,600 greater detail. So for those of you that are 57 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:59,480 unaware, we've got another brand slash business that is Liv 58 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:01,960 Savage. And we have not really put out 59 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:05,880 much content on it yet, but we're going to be ramping that 60 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:08,000 up significantly and going into 2024. 61 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:11,440 And Liv Savage from a very high level view is kind of basically 62 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:15,760 the five primary pillars that encompass the things in our 63 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:18,920 lives that we feel are of great significance. 64 00:03:18,920 --> 00:03:24,400 So we have got health, we've got wealth, we've got relationships, 65 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:27,280 we've got self development, we've got spirituality. 66 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:31,920 So in no particular order, those five things pretty much comprise 67 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:35,960 what we value and want to emphasize and place importance 68 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:40,560 in. So the, the leg of the, the five 69 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:43,840 legs of those five, Y'all definitely see more of the 70 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:46,920 health centric content from us like we're constantly putting 71 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:49,200 that stuff around the ketogenic diet, training, fitness, 72 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:52,760 nutrition, etcetera, etcetera. But there's other, there's four 73 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:55,640 other pillars that we're also very excited about and one 74 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:59,040 doesn't necessarily take precedence over the other, but 75 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:04,240 we want to you know focus on those and create value around 76 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:07,760 those and and leverage those to enrich our lives and others. 77 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:12,840 So when it comes to dissecting those five pillars, where do you 78 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:15,200 see things going forward now that the competition is over? 79 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,000 Because like we've talked about before as well, that we don't 80 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:21,800 really subscribe to this idea of work life balance. 81 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:25,080 Because by definition, if something is balanced, it's not 82 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:29,600 really moving up or down, it's just simply in maintenance, 83 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:32,040 which is not really something that I would suggest striving 84 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:33,680 for. I want to either be getting 85 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:35,840 better, I don't, I really want to get any worse, but I just 86 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:37,720 want to be getting better. And you can't do that if 87 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:41,760 everything in life is perfectly balanced out and the scale is 0, 88 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:44,680 so to speak. So I like this philosophy of 89 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:48,000 tensegrity, which I've talked about before, which is tensional 90 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,080 integrity. Basically all things are 91 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:56,760 interconnected and tension creates more resilience and 92 00:04:56,760 --> 00:05:00,360 strength on these opposing forces that work together in 93 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:02,880 some form of symbiotic relationship that strengthens 94 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:06,000 the whole. So I like that philosophy much 95 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,760 more so than a work life balance teeter totter philosophy. 96 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:13,800 So when we look at the past several months of this 97 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:18,560 competition prep of those five pillars, the health portion has 98 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:21,560 definitely been giving the focus, you know, like the the 99 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:25,200 bodybuilding, the nutrition, just the training. 100 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:28,240 Like all that's gone into that from a health standpoint has 101 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:30,760 definitely been the focus. But we've got those four other 102 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:33,600 pillars that we now get to kind of allocate some time and 103 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:36,840 resources to. So that said, what are you 104 00:05:36,840 --> 00:05:40,600 excited about going for Babe? Like which of those five pillars 105 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:43,000 are you going to be doubling down on? 106 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,600 What do you what do you think the changes are going to consist 107 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:48,920 of now that we're not traveling and doing crazy competition 108 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:52,280 scheduling? I don't know. 109 00:05:52,280 --> 00:05:55,000 I mean, I feel like there's growth in every aspect of 110 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,760 things. So like, I feel like we're about 111 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:02,600 to like dive into every single one of them more. 112 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:10,360 So it's hard for me to say like this one's going to take off, 113 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:13,120 you know, I just feel like, like they're all going to change. 114 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:19,720 I think kind of for me, I'm going to go, I'm going into this 115 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:24,680 new year and now that we're back from your our travels and stuff, 116 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:31,640 just really taking in the moments and trying to be really 117 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:36,560 present and joyful through it all. 118 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:41,120 And so I think everything, every single one of them is going to 119 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:43,080 grow. We have like we have long lists 120 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:44,800 of all the things that we're excited about. 121 00:06:45,280 --> 00:06:49,320 So it kind of just seems it seems wrong to just point out 122 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:53,320 one because there's so many. Well, you've talked a little bit 123 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:56,640 about you know like we've kind of gone through our schedule and 124 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:59,720 we you and I are both very regimented people like we like 125 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:03,840 to have structure in our lives. We both use Google Calendar and 126 00:07:03,840 --> 00:07:06,720 we kind of like structure our day so that we have allocated 127 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:11,320 times for you know, self reflection work, business calls, 128 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:15,280 training, etcetera, etcetera. How do you think we'll structure 129 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:16,400 our day? Let's just kind of talk about 130 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:21,000 how we're going to structure our day going into 2024 as it 131 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,600 pertains to being able to allocate more time and resources 132 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:28,040 towards these other endeavors. I don't like you for instance, 133 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:31,040 have sacrificed a ton on the training and nutrition front. 134 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:33,760 Yeah, because the competition. So I would think that that 135 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:36,160 component of your life is about to see some pretty significant 136 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:38,200 improvement. Yeah, yeah, for sure. 137 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:41,760 Now that we're back home, it's easier for me to track my 138 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:44,200 nutrition. Like before it was just like, I 139 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:47,000 was just kind of like buying stuff at the Grove, at the 140 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:48,320 grocery store when we were there. 141 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:53,400 But I was like, never, I never was eating like, enough. 142 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:55,640 And then there was some days where I was eating more. 143 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:57,520 And then there it was just like kind of all over the place. 144 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:00,440 And then I'd come home and I'd finally get things settled back 145 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:04,680 again, and then we'd leave again. 146 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:08,040 So I'm excited to actually, like, start tracking my food 147 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:09,680 again. It's been a little while since 148 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:11,520 I've like successfully tracked my food. 149 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:16,920 So I'm going to track my food and I just got a gym membership 150 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:24,720 at a local gym here and they have child care and I'm my, I'm 151 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:29,960 super anxious about leaving him because I don't know the people. 152 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:33,120 And well it's just a different type of situation for me. 153 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:40,640 But I really, really really need some time to myself, but also to 154 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:46,600 work on my body and myself, like my my whole being mentally but 155 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:48,640 also physically. And there's like even things 156 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:52,720 like I just signed up to work with a physical therapist, like 157 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:55,600 a pelvic floor therapist. And not that anything is like 158 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,880 crazy wrong since after having Rigel, but there's some things 159 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:04,240 that I would like to fix and adjust and I need time to 160 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:06,280 actually be able to work on those things and I can do that 161 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:09,360 in the gym. So yeah, like with that aspect 162 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:11,920 of things, it's all going to start getting better and better 163 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:19,200 just because I have more time and I don't know, just I have 164 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:22,240 more ability to actually get those things done now with a 165 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:26,960 more regimented routine. Yeah, I feel like whenever I'm 166 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:30,160 going through a prep, like all your time, focus, resources, 167 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:32,520 everything goes towards that. Like there's not any room for 168 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:34,760 distractions. And it's always like a 169 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:38,480 transformative experience. But when I come out of the prep 170 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:41,160 and I don't have to allocate that much bandwidth towards that 171 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:44,800 specific thing, I don't necessarily want to stop 172 00:09:45,560 --> 00:09:49,320 doubling down on the intensity. I just like to redistribute that 173 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:52,640 focus and intensity towards other things in my life that 174 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:56,320 would benefit from it. So one of the things that I'm 175 00:09:56,320 --> 00:10:00,520 really excited about as it pertains to you, I mean, I've 176 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:03,560 seen how much you sacrificed throughout this prep from 177 00:10:03,560 --> 00:10:06,520 watching Rigel and, you know, foregoing your own training and 178 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:09,240 whatnot. I'm excited to take more of an 179 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:12,600 active role in watching Rigel, But then like just taking him so 180 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:15,400 that you can go train and that you can have a moment to 181 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:19,760 yourself and focus on your own health because you're super 182 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:22,240 healthy as a baseline anyways. Like you're not deviating from a 183 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:24,800 ketogenic diet. But I know you would benefit 184 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:28,320 from, you know, having a more consistent training schedule, 185 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:31,040 you know, being more consistent with meal prepping. 186 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:33,520 And that's one thing that you and I are going to be doing a 187 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:36,200 lot of like we're going to because I'm still in the reverse 188 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:37,320 that. So we're going to be tracking 189 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:39,080 all my intake and prepping on my foods. 190 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:43,400 I did just have a single pork rind that was out of the plan, 191 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:44,840 but I did just add it in my tracker. 192 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:48,760 So I tracked my single pork rind .7 grams of fat and .5. 193 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:50,400 Grams, what did I say? Like .2. 194 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:55,000 So that's my first deviation in the past 3434 weeks. 195 00:10:56,680 --> 00:11:01,200 Darn. But the ability for us to just 196 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:06,720 not be traveling, not be focused on a competition and then just 197 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:10,720 excitingly work on our our nutrition and training because 198 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:13,520 we want to, not because there's a specific event in the 199 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:16,120 pipeline. So you know, you've been kind of 200 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:17,880 going through your macros figuring out what your goals are 201 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:20,240 going to be. I'm doing the same for mine with 202 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:22,000 like regards to a building phase. 203 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:24,880 And we're going to just ensure that we're eating the right 204 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:27,320 foods in the right quantities and meal prepping. 205 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:30,920 And what what we're really excited about is most of the 206 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:34,040 food that we're going to be consuming is going to come from 207 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:39,040 quality sources that we either have procured our self through 208 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:42,360 hunting like we've got a we're filling the freezers right now. 209 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:44,680 I'm going to be hunting all next week to try and fill the freezer 210 00:11:44,680 --> 00:11:46,960 with venison. I literally just got done 211 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:50,040 butchering. A friend of ours, lamb went over 212 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:51,920 there yesterday and slaughtered that lamb. 213 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:53,560 He's splitting it with me. So we're going to have a, you 214 00:11:53,560 --> 00:11:55,480 know, and I know what he's been feeding those lambs. 215 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:59,320 So their quality and we've got our own garden. 216 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:01,160 If we want to incorporate more veggies, we've got our own 217 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:03,520 chickens for eggs, we're going to get our own meat chickens, 218 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:06,760 we're going to get some pigs, we're going to get more lamb for 219 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:08,960 ourselves that we're going to then raise. 220 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:12,280 Like the homesteading front is really about to take priority a 221 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:15,880 lot going into 2024, like we're going to finish the fence and 222 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:18,040 just get the homesteading component dialed in. 223 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:20,880 So all of this food that we're meal prepping for ourselves to 224 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:24,240 optimize our nutrition is going to be coming from sources that 225 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:29,600 we know what they were fed and we can take more pride in you 226 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:31,920 know consuming it. So I'm, I'm super excited about 227 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:33,280 that. I feel like that's one of the 228 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:37,080 the main things that's going to be of the five pillars, that's 229 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,320 going to be one of the health components, but also one of the 230 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:41,960 self development components because homesteading and all the 231 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:44,480 the things that we're going to have to learn through that 232 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:46,800 aspect is going to be interesting for sure. 233 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:49,680 Yeah, yeah. I'm super excited about all the 234 00:12:49,680 --> 00:12:51,600 home setting, homesteading stuff. 235 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:56,280 And I mean, I think I'm excited because it it makes me have to 236 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:59,160 be at our home base. Like it makes me have to be at 237 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:01,640 home. But also like we have looked 238 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:06,720 forward to this for so long. Like we were living in the 239 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:10,360 warehouse and we were like someday we'll have land with 240 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:13,520 animals and all the things and like we're actually here going 241 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:15,160 to be doing all the things this year. 242 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:18,280 It's going to be a little crazy, a little chaotic, especially 243 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:21,440 when we have to travel and such, but I'm excited about it. 244 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:24,800 If all goes as planned, like right now we've just got the 10 245 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:27,840 chickens, but we're hunting a lot for food. 246 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:31,440 Or, you know, like I said, get the lamb from my neighbor who 247 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:33,480 might have butched the lamb. From our neighbor. 248 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:36,040 Yeah, we have half a cow from another one of our neighbors, 249 00:13:36,560 --> 00:13:40,160 but we're going to get the pigs tentatively in the spring. 250 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:43,800 Yeah, we have to find a breeder first. 251 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:46,560 I got to. Turn these notifications off. 252 00:13:46,560 --> 00:13:48,360 This is crazy. Actually. 253 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:51,800 It's funny that the text I just got was from the guy that our 254 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:54,160 neighbors tell us about that can sources quality meat, Bird 255 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:55,480 chickens. Don't. 256 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:58,240 Want the notifications popping up here, but it's actually kind 257 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:00,720 of relevant timing. So yeah, we found somebody 258 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:03,600 that's doing all pasture raised chicken so we can get some meat 259 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:05,640 chickens from him until we start raising our own. 260 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:10,920 And I'm excited to cook because I've been so deprived of eating 261 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:14,720 for the past 30-4 weeks that I'm excited to incorporate all these 262 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:18,800 unique cooking methods on foods that we've raised ourselves or 263 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:20,440 harvested locally. So there's just a lot of 264 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:22,080 exciting things. We're going to have a lot more 265 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:25,240 Keto Savage Kitchen recipes coming in because we'll be doing 266 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:29,160 some really exciting recipes. So the the business side from a 267 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:31,240 content standpoint is going to flourish because we're going to 268 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:33,960 be putting out a lot more content, a lot more homesteading 269 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:37,360 type content, a lot more nutrition and business style 270 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:39,280 content. So that will be good. 271 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,920 One of the things that I'm incredibly excited about and 272 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:44,680 Crystal's incredibly excited about because she's going to 273 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:48,680 hear me stop talking about as much, is the launch of this 274 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:50,600 course that I've been working. On Oh, yes. 275 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:53,400 You you just talk about the course for a second, babe. 276 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:59,680 The course you guys it is. It's been a long time coming. 277 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:05,120 Robert has put in so much work, so many hours. 278 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:09,520 Same thing with Chip. Chip has been awesome, getting 279 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:11,920 all the videos and audio and all of that. 280 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:16,040 It has been a very, very long time coming though. 281 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:20,080 Like, I'm I am, I cannot wait for the course to be launched 282 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:22,760 because I can't tell you how many times I said, oh, we should 283 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:26,280 do this or we can do that or we can, can we, you know, whatever. 284 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:29,000 One thing or the other. And he's like, oh, I got to work 285 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,960 on the course. I'm like, Oh my God, what is? 286 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:33,560 The course babe for anybody that doesn't know. 287 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:35,200 Oh, I should probably explain that part. 288 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:45,960 OK, so the course is the most detailed course on ketogenic 289 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:52,760 bodybuilding of anyone who wants to go through a prep or a very 290 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:55,520 significant weight loss of some sort. 291 00:15:56,400 --> 00:16:01,560 But it is primarily toward people who are planning to 292 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:05,280 compete. But it's like a super duper in 293 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:15,560 depth, detailed, all in If you guys haven't read Robert's book, 294 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:18,320 it's like his book but like broken down. 295 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:29,720 With video format, with examples, with illustrations, 296 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:33,360 with, you know, real live video content that actually 297 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:36,680 illustrates it from a visual standpoint like this, this 298 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:41,520 course is going to be the one stop shop for anybody that wants 299 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:44,160 to do a massive composition change. 300 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,600 Leveraging A ketogenic diet. Like, full stop, no questions 301 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:52,000 asked, period. Like this is the resource for 302 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:56,960 leaning out, preserving muscle, competing with a ketogenic diet. 303 00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:59,520 And it's been a long time coming for sure. 304 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:04,720 I've been working on it for a very long time and it's still 305 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:07,400 seemingly a long ways out. Like, I've still got so much 306 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:12,520 more to do with it, but we are hoping to launch that very soon. 307 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:14,720 It's going to be really great once it's launched. 308 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:16,800 It's going to be so great. It's going to be so helpful for 309 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:19,240 so many different people. But I will tell you that there 310 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:23,640 has been sacrifices that have come with making this course for 311 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:26,480 sure. Yeah, but it's that's exciting. 312 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:28,079 So that from like a. It is exciting. 313 00:17:28,319 --> 00:17:31,800 A five pillar standpoint, that is definitely the business leg 314 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:34,320 of the pillar that is getting a lot of attention going into 315 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:36,880 2024. That in tandem with everything 316 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:38,800 else we've got going on, like we're really going to start 317 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:41,720 ramping up the apparel. I keep, I feel like we keep 318 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:44,560 saying that about the apparel. I know I'm so tired of saying it 319 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:46,080 about the apparel and then not seeing it. 320 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:49,880 But you guys, it's things like the course. 321 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:55,720 Yeah, for sure, like have distracted our minds and not 322 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:58,960 allowed us to have creativity on the other aspect of things. 323 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,360 But we are really excited about it. 324 00:18:02,360 --> 00:18:07,200 Bryson is kind of going to take his take that on a little bit 325 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:12,520 more and hopefully allow us to do more launches and different 326 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:14,720 different fun ideas and different things. 327 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:18,480 And I have, I have actually sent out several ideas. 328 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:25,000 I just I have not personally done any of the work to make it 329 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,400 happen other than like here's a really fun idea. 330 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:32,840 We've also got a lot more, a lot more structure that's going to 331 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:35,280 be coming into play with regard to the keto brick business. 332 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:40,520 So it is December 2023, but we have literally gotten the entire 333 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:44,400 year of Keto Brick planned out from like a new flavor launch 334 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:48,800 standpoint, promotional giveaway standpoint, just all kinds of 335 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,640 we're like we're trying to be proactive with everything and 336 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:54,080 just plan ahead and and get some forward momentum. 337 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:58,320 So I'm super excited about that because Keto Brick is like we 338 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:00,520 love Keto Brick. We live and breathe Keto Brick 339 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:03,680 like the the I can't say enough good things about it. 340 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:06,040 I mean it, it gives our life purpose. 341 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:08,920 It's awesome seeing people eat the bricks, talk you know, 342 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:11,720 positively about them. And I'm really trying to focus a 343 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:14,400 lot on just improving that as a business. 344 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:19,240 So better leadership towards our crew, better leadership towards 345 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:22,920 the community, better value added, more value added. 346 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:27,920 And I think for so long we've been always just trying to you 347 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:30,640 know, stay above water, keep our heads above water. 348 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:33,680 We've been just having to react to so many things that have come 349 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:37,240 at us because we've just like we we we didn't know what we didn't 350 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:40,160 know, whereas now we're we're we've got the compound, we've 351 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:42,840 got a great team, we've got structure. 352 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:46,600 So we're just trying to leverage that stability and foundation 353 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:49,200 and be more proactive instead of reactive. 354 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:53,480 So yeah, we've already got 2024 all planned down and we get some 355 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:56,720 pretty exciting things from a flavour standpoint, from a 356 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:59,880 promotional standpoint, from a business standpoint. 357 00:19:59,880 --> 00:20:03,240 So Keto Brick is going to be rocking and rolling in 2024. 358 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:04,640 Yeah, I'm super excited about that. 359 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:07,880 Like, like we were saying, like you and I are just so 360 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,160 structured. Like we are very structured 361 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:12,200 people like we like our daily routines. 362 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:16,680 We like all that. And I love having the next year 363 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:21,440 of stuff just planned out, even if it doesn't go exactly as as 364 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:24,280 we have it planned because something always goes crazy. 365 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:30,480 I'm excited to at least have the outline of exactly what we would 366 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:33,960 like to have happen. What about relationships? 367 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,920 What what can we talk about with regard to the relationships in 368 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:40,040 2024 that we're excited about? I've got 1 go. 369 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:44,800 Ahead. So my grandparents, my granny 370 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:50,800 and pop, are getting pretty old. They are starting to show signs 371 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:57,280 of that age for sure and that is a relationship that I value very 372 00:20:57,280 --> 00:21:02,320 highly and we're going to make a plan to go down there and spend 373 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:07,080 a couple days with them every every month or two, certainly 374 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:12,200 not more, certainly not less than on a quarterly basis, but 375 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:14,200 just go down there. I want them to spend more time 376 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,400 with Rigel while they still have some good years left. 377 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:20,640 So we're going to really be proactive about going down there 378 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:22,400 and just spending a couple nights with him. 379 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:26,280 Like we we when we moved back to Arkansas from Washington, we 380 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:28,720 stayed with migranium pump for like a week as we were getting 381 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:31,800 things situated. And that was how many years ago, 382 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:36,400 now 5-6 years ago. And that's all she talks about. 383 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:39,880 And it's like that was a great time, but you got to have some 384 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:41,840 things now in your life that you're excited about. 385 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:44,280 So we're going to go there and just spend the night. 386 00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:47,600 There, she always tells us, oh, I loved it so much when you guys 387 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:50,560 came to stay with us. And I'm like, that was so many 388 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:54,000 years ago, yeah. So we're going to do that. 389 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,600 We're going to, you know, be very proactive about trying to 390 00:21:56,600 --> 00:22:00,120 foster that relationship and let her spend some quality time. 391 00:22:00,120 --> 00:22:03,160 Let him spend some quality time with Rigel, you know, their 392 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:07,000 great grandson. Yeah, because I mean, how cool 393 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:11,040 is that they get to even know their great grandson. 394 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:12,880 A lot of families can't say that. 395 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:15,880 So I don't want to take that opportunity for granted. 396 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:19,080 We're going to let that happen for sure, I thought. 397 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:21,960 Was a good one. What's some other relationship 398 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:25,000 stuff? What about our relationship? 399 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,160 What are we going to do for our relationship in 2024? 400 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,320 Oh gosh, I don't know. What are we going to do? 401 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:34,320 I feel like we're. Going to take you on a date more 402 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:36,480 often. I can take you on a date. 403 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:38,000 You guys see how this works here. 404 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:42,280 Yeah, no, we should definitely. We might actually do a date 405 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:44,000 night this year. We didn't do a date night at all 406 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:47,240 last year without Rigel, and that might actually be something 407 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:50,360 that we try to do this year. I don't know. 408 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:55,240 I haven't really. We haven't really let anyone 409 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:58,440 watch him. I did ask, you know, a couple 410 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:01,880 times, but just timing didn't work out really well for us. 411 00:23:04,120 --> 00:23:07,120 So Rigel has literally never been left. 412 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:10,840 We left him with Ellen one time and we went, oh, he did go on a 413 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:12,440 date. We went out. 414 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:14,800 We were like halfway freaking out the whole time, though. 415 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:18,040 Literally 1/4 mile. Down the road, like that doesn't 416 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:22,240 really count I think. But but it was like our first 417 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:25,600 time leaving him and we left him with Ellen and Ellen's like the 418 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,920 only person that's ever watched him without one of us being 419 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:34,320 around. And yeah, we just, we just 420 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:37,240 haven't. I never really wanted Slash 421 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:42,600 needed anyone to watch him. I enjoy having him around and 422 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:45,840 I'm his mom, so we're kind of connected at the hip. 423 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:49,400 Yeah, I'm excited to spend more time with him. 424 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:54,160 Like, I'm excited as he ages. I feel like as he ages I'll be 425 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:57,560 able to kind of shine more as a dad. 426 00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:00,080 Yeah, like being able to take him out fishing, take him out 427 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:03,480 hunting, take him out hiking. I mean, just like do things that 428 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:06,200 are kind of dangerous for him to do at this current state and. 429 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:08,480 It's going to be a good thing that Mom's not there. 430 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:12,360 Yeah, we'll get some father son time in for sure. 431 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:15,120 Yeah, I think he's he is definitely getting to the point 432 00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:18,520 where he can start doing those fun things now. 433 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:22,120 Like he likes those things. Like he likes tractors, he likes 434 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:25,120 4 Wheelers. He likes all the same things 435 00:24:25,120 --> 00:24:27,200 that I like. Yeah, I bet you if you went 436 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:29,280 fishing like he would think the fish are really cool. 437 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:30,520 Yeah, I want. I want. 438 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:33,640 I want to catch a fish and just let him see it flop and touch 439 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:35,480 it. And yeah, I'm excited. 440 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,080 I'm excited for those moments. I'm excited to like take him 441 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:41,080 camping, all that good stuff. So I want that relationship to 442 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:46,160 flourish and also just focus on our inner group of friends. 443 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:49,960 Circle relationships too, like we get, and I think we're all 444 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:51,560 guilty of this. We get so caught up in the 445 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:55,480 responsibilities of Dame. We have, you know, friends, but 446 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,440 we often take that relationship for granted because we just 447 00:24:57,440 --> 00:24:58,720 assume they're always going to be there. 448 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:01,000 And I'm certainly guilty of that. 449 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:03,720 And there's not a whole lot of people that I let into my inner 450 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:05,000 circle. I'm pretty protective. 451 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:08,320 I'm very open to everybody and I'll give everybody the time of 452 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:11,000 Dame, but I don't really let a whole lot of people into my 453 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:15,080 inner inner circle, so I really want to focus on adding a ton of 454 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:17,840 value to those that are in my inner circle. 455 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:24,120 I will say this last little bit has been really hard on me with 456 00:25:24,120 --> 00:25:28,960 like missing my family and my my best friends are my family. 457 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:33,880 Like, it's like my siblings, like my brother and my sister, 458 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:38,000 my sister-in-law, my cousins. Like those people are my best 459 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:41,920 friends and they live on the other side of the US, so I don't 460 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:46,960 get to see them often enough. And that has made me really sad, 461 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:50,480 especially with having, you know, a family, like you're 462 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:52,680 raising a baby and you want, you know what? 463 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:55,560 You want them to be around their cousins and all that kind of 464 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:57,640 stuff. So I've been a little sad with 465 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:02,800 that, but I think I do, and I do have some other really great 466 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:06,520 friends, but almost none of them are local. 467 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:10,400 I have like 1 long term local friend. 468 00:26:11,360 --> 00:26:15,720 And so I think that that's something I would really like to 469 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,240 work on is getting local friends to like. 470 00:26:18,360 --> 00:26:22,200 Not that, not that it's going to make me missing my family any 471 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:29,480 easier, but at least I will have my, my, I will have a a little 472 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:35,080 tribe here. A little, a little made family, 473 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:38,360 you know, like other than our crew, which is like our family, 474 00:26:38,360 --> 00:26:43,600 like we are so grateful for them and like we are all very close. 475 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:48,320 I would like to have some additional just friends. 476 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:51,000 Like we don't do business together, we don't do this 477 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,920 together, we don't do it like just be my friend, you know. 478 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:58,640 So I'm I would really like to dive into more of those 479 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:05,080 relationships that are close, close locally to us, because I 480 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:06,320 think I really need that in my life. 481 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:09,880 I think the more we dive into the homesteading and really kind 482 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:13,120 of doubling down the local community of homesteaders, 483 00:27:13,120 --> 00:27:16,000 opportunities for that will also start to open up. 484 00:27:16,360 --> 00:27:18,760 Yeah, I agree. And with us being home now, 485 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:23,120 like, I can get Rigel involved in like, I really want to go to 486 00:27:23,120 --> 00:27:25,520 that little gymnastics. There's like a toddler 487 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:28,200 gymnastics class, and you like, they do it with their parents. 488 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:30,920 I think it's so cute. So I really want to do that with 489 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:32,680 him. But I'm like, you know, there's 490 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:36,080 got bound to be moms there or dads. 491 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:38,720 That would be cool for you to have a relationship or whatever 492 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:42,920 or like library or like reading story time or whatever. 493 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:47,120 You know, just it'd be nice to have other people who have kids 494 00:27:47,120 --> 00:27:52,160 around the same age that, like, get it that, like, yeah, my 495 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:54,960 toddler is wild. And then they could say, yeah, 496 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:56,360 mine too. Let's hang out. 497 00:27:58,120 --> 00:28:00,280 Yeah, and I think that's good. I mean, like all of my friends 498 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:04,480 are also not local. And there there's something to 499 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:07,240 be said for having somebody that you can literally just call up 500 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:11,080 and have them come to you or you go to them and like on an 501 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:14,280 unannounced visit, y'all have dinner together, sit by a 502 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:17,520 campfire and then just shoot the breeze. 503 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:19,280 And like, we don't really have that. 504 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:21,720 And I think we would definitely benefit from having that. 505 00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:24,360 Yeah. So I need to find somebody here 506 00:28:24,360 --> 00:28:27,080 close to. I am the worst at like picking 507 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:30,440 my skin and I just did it and Robert can't stop staring at it. 508 00:28:31,360 --> 00:28:33,440 Yeah, she's the worst. You like? 509 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:35,360 I don't know. Is it like a nervous tick? 510 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:38,040 So I don't know but. You pick the skin underneath 511 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:39,640 your ear right now. You picked your chin. 512 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:41,680 Your chin's bleeding right now. It's. 513 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:44,680 Like, what are you doing? I don't know why I do that like 514 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:45,720 I do. I pick what's. 515 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:47,640 That drug that people take that make them. 516 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:51,120 But like, Heather's the same way, Heather's the same way. 517 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:55,960 It's like, it's like AI. Don't know, maybe there's a 518 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:57,160 nervous tick. I don't know. 519 00:28:57,680 --> 00:28:59,440 I guess that's better than it being a cocaine habit. 520 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:00,440 Yeah. I don't think it's cocaine 521 00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:01,480 though. It's like heroin or something. 522 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:02,520 Right. Oh, yeah. 523 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:03,560 I mean. There's a lot for a. 524 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:04,200 Bad. Yeah. 525 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:06,040 I don't want to say worse because they're all not great, 526 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:07,840 but, you know, at. Least you're not doing that. 527 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:12,080 Yeah, at least I'm not. Would not be good for the breast 528 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:17,920 milk anyways what other let's let's talk about the the self 529 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:19,720 development state. So that's going to kind of tie 530 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:21,440 in really close to what the homesteading I think. 531 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:25,520 What are some other things outside of homesteading that you 532 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:28,120 and I want to work on from a self development standpoint? 533 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:32,160 Just like building ourselves up in in different ways. 534 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:39,000 I like, I have AI, have a thing that I'm diving really deeply 535 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:43,080 into which I'm not going to talk about, but it's taking a lot of 536 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:48,960 my time, energy and effort and I'm really excited about it. 537 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:53,880 And I think that that helps me, that helps me have like an open 538 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:59,920 mind, creative mind, a excitement for different things. 539 00:29:59,960 --> 00:30:05,920 And so I like to me it might be like a short term thing, but 540 00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:10,360 like I'm that like I think that is what I want to focus my 541 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:12,800 energy on right now. Do I know what you're talking 542 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:13,160 about? He's. 543 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:17,480 Awake, he should, I think. I know what you're talking 544 00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:19,640 about. Yeah. 545 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:22,560 I think from a self development standpoint for me standpoint for 546 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:29,040 me outside of the home setting is I really love, I love 547 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,440 woodworking. I've always loved woodworking. 548 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:33,680 Like half of the furniture in our house is things that I've 549 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:38,440 built with my pop over the years and I haven't done that in years 550 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:40,080 because I've been so focused on the business. 551 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:43,120 So I would like to get our shop built and then like on the 552 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:46,360 weekends, on Sunday afternoons or something, just go out there, 553 00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:49,800 turn up some music, have Rigel out there with me and like build 554 00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:52,040 a table. You know, just like little 555 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:55,000 things like that would be therapeutic for me. 556 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:58,960 Yeah, I'm going fishing, going camping, just things like that. 557 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:05,160 Outside, I really, really love. I I think also for me is like 558 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:08,360 being a parent. I don't know, like I feel like 559 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:12,640 I'm constantly learning and looking up different things and 560 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:20,960 you can easily be a parent and not look up different ways of 561 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:26,320 schooling or. Sleeping. 562 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:28,760 Or eating. Or whatever. 563 00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:32,280 Or even, like, gentle parenting versus not gentle parenting. 564 00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:34,000 Or, you know, like all those things. 565 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:37,120 There's so many people who just don't look and they just follow 566 00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:40,080 their gut. And then there's also some 567 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:43,920 really great data out there for different aspects of things and 568 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:50,560 like how to talk to your toddler, how to 'cause the least 569 00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:54,560 amount of trauma and this and that by, you know, one thing or 570 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:56,040 the next. Like should I spank? 571 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:59,960 Should I not Like that's that takes a lot of bandwidth as 572 00:31:59,960 --> 00:32:04,080 well. Like to be in search of that as 573 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:08,760 you're living it? Yeah, the parenting aspect is 574 00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:13,760 going to be a massive focus of attention for us, and that kind 575 00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:15,720 of falls into the relationship category as well, 'cause. 576 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:17,880 It does kind of like goes between the two because you're 577 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:19,640 learning, but you're also living it. 578 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:24,400 Yeah, but, like, it's easy for people to be moms and dads. 579 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:27,560 You know, like, it's a pretty simple process. 580 00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:33,080 You'll probably know how it works, but it is not as easy to 581 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:36,640 be a parent. Like, being a parent takes 582 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:39,080 sacrifice. It takes discipline. 583 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:42,160 It takes consistency. It takes hard work. 584 00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:49,760 It takes it takes so much and so many people default to what is 585 00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:57,120 easier or less less intensive. But being a good parent should 586 00:32:57,120 --> 00:33:01,800 be like the pinnacle of where you strive to focus your 587 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:05,240 efforts. Because not being a good parent 588 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:09,320 is an incredibly selfish thing. You brought somebody into this 589 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:12,160 world, you know, without their saying. 590 00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:14,800 Like they they they just kind of came by by way of your doing. 591 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:20,120 And you owe it to them to give them the best foundation 592 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:23,960 possible so that they can become self-sufficient, A contributing 593 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:26,840 member to society, a good quality person with good quality 594 00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:28,440 moral code of ethics and integrity. 595 00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:32,400 And that doesn't just come randomly like you have to. 596 00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:36,240 Sometimes it does. Come randomly because some 597 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:40,360 people have really terrible set up and they become an amazing 598 00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:42,880 human. But yeah, most of the time. 599 00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:46,120 As a parent, you need to really focus on that, Yeah. 600 00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:48,600 And that's something that I'm excited to focus on. 601 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:51,440 Like I want to read books on how to be a better dad. 602 00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:54,480 I want to read. I want, I want to talk to people 603 00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:59,080 that I view as being great dads and and tease out what they have 604 00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:01,960 found to work exceedingly well and things that they have found 605 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:05,800 to not work so well. And there's no playbook for 606 00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:09,000 proper parenthood. Like there's no checklist of 607 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:12,320 like this is the way to do it. Trying and true, because every 608 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:15,280 child's going to be a little bit different, but really taking 609 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:19,320 initiative and action and focusing on being the best you 610 00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:23,520 can be with the resources you have is an endeavor that I'm 611 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:25,360 incredibly excited to partake on. 612 00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:29,239 What's really cool is that like no matter where you are 613 00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:32,239 financially, you can always be a really great parent. 614 00:34:32,679 --> 00:34:35,600 Like that is a really cool thing. 615 00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:40,880 You don't have to have the things and the money and the 616 00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:46,800 this and the that that some people have and people who may 617 00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:51,400 maybe even in poverty, they may not have as much time because 618 00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:56,679 they're they're that hard, hard at work, not the people who have 619 00:34:56,679 --> 00:34:57,680 any. Don't you know what I mean? 620 00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:06,280 But it's it. It takes a lot of just being AI 621 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:11,360 don't even know how to word it. I takes a lot of just like, 622 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:16,480 yeah, effort. Yeah, that's good effort to be a 623 00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:18,720 good parent, but anyone can do it. 624 00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:24,680 Yeah, and I feel like it's very easy as a parent to tell your 625 00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:31,600 kid what to do, But those words of what to do fall flat if 626 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:35,120 you're not living them yourself and showing them what to do. 627 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:39,920 Like they need to see you living out the messages you're trying 628 00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:43,760 to impart on them. So being really intentional 629 00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:47,000 about how I want to raise my son, what character traits I 630 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:49,760 want him to have, and then making sure that I'm not being 631 00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:54,960 hypocritical and actually living those same traits myself is key. 632 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:58,160 So like, if I want him to be an honest individual, I need to be 633 00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:00,800 honest. If I want him to, you know, 634 00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:03,600 conduct himself professionally, I need to conduct myself 635 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:07,720 professionally. He he needs to see me living and 636 00:36:07,720 --> 00:36:09,920 breathing what I'm trying to teach him. 637 00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:14,360 So being a parent is going to make me a better person, and I'm 638 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:17,560 excited about that. But I'm very excited about just 639 00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:20,080 raising a son. Maybe multiple kids in the 640 00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:22,160 future will see. Everybody's always asking us 641 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:25,080 when the next one's coming. Don't ask us when the next one's 642 00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:27,960 coming. At least you want me to flip my 643 00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:30,760 lid. Yeah, is that that's like an 644 00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:32,960 understood thing to be pretty rude, or is that not? 645 00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:36,440 I don't think people get it. Like, I think some people really 646 00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:38,640 get it and some people really don't get it. 647 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:41,960 But like people ask me all the time and it's like whether 648 00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:46,880 you're they're close to us or random people on the Internet, 649 00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:49,440 Like, I get asked and it's just weird. 650 00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:51,240 I think it's weird. I think it's a weird, like, I 651 00:36:51,240 --> 00:36:52,880 don't know, would you like me to call you the night that it 652 00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:55,560 happens? Like it's is he? 653 00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:56,920 Crying right now he's wake up is. 654 00:36:56,920 --> 00:36:59,000 He crying. Yeah, we got one more leg to 655 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:00,400 talk about. You want to try and put him back 656 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:02,000 down? He's probably not going to lay 657 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:03,880 down again, but I can. Right. 658 00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:05,440 We'll see. All right. 659 00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:10,720 Rigel did not go back to sleep, so Crystal is tending to him and 660 00:37:10,720 --> 00:37:14,720 rather than rushing through the fifth leg of the Liv Savage 661 00:37:14,720 --> 00:37:17,680 pillars, which is spirituality, I really want to give that the 662 00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:21,160 time and attention it deserves because that has been one of the 663 00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:25,880 biggest changes. Transformational moments, 664 00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:29,480 awakenings, so to speak that came in light of this 665 00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:32,560 competition prep. So I really want to just 666 00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:36,920 allocate a good deal of time and dive deeply into that because I 667 00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:39,400 know a lot of people have asked that I made an Instagram post 668 00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:41,560 after the competition or before the competition. 669 00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:44,640 Actually this last competition that kind of alluded to that a 670 00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:46,600 little bit. So there's been a lot of 671 00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:51,000 interest around what that spiritual component for me has 672 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:54,080 consisted of as of late, and I really want to just flesh that 673 00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:56,360 out in great detail for you all. So I'm going to make that its 674 00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:59,960 own standalone podcast, which I'll record at some point in the 675 00:37:59,960 --> 00:38:04,520 not too distant future. So sorry to keep y'all waiting 676 00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:06,880 for the fifth leg of the live savage pillars there, but 677 00:38:07,240 --> 00:38:10,320 hopefully this conversation with Crystal provided some insight, 678 00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:12,760 some entertainment, some value in some form or fashion. 679 00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:15,800 Always a pleasure chatting with y'all and I will talk to you 680 00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:16,680 next time.