1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,200 What is going on, y'all? Robert Sykes, Keto savage.com 2 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:04,840 and we are in episode 700 of the podcast. 3 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:08,039 So every time we do 100th episode, I bring crystal on. 4 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:10,600 This time it's no different. I got Crystal here, I got Roger 5 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:12,560 here. There's all kinds of background 6 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:14,640 noise and chaos, but that's what this whole podcast is about, 7 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,120 embracing the chaos of our life in its current state. 8 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:19,760 So third inch of the conversation, I got no doubt 9 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:22,400 that hopefully you'll get some entertainment out of it, some 10 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:24,200 insight. So without further delay, sit 11 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:26,880 back, relax, enjoy the conversation with my wife and I 12 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:40,640 for episode 700. I am accompanied by my lovely 13 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:46,840 bride and son and we are diving into episode 700 of the podcast. 14 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:47,560 How are you babe? I'm. 15 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:49,440 Good. Good. 16 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:52,800 We've got a limited time to record this, like 20 minutes 17 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:54,320 because Roger's got an appointment. 18 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:57,480 It's been total chaos getting the set up and he's eating some 19 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:00,480 keto pizza because he doesn't want to be alone. 20 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:02,920 So we've got him in the background eating keto pizza, 21 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:06,360 making noise and coloring. And by the background means 22 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:10,040 right next to crystal. Yes, but it is what it is. 23 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:12,920 We're in a season of life where we have to just embrace the 24 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:17,920 chaos, and with every 100th episode I've published, I've 25 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:21,040 brought Crystal on and we've just kind of given an update 26 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:23,840 what's happened over the past hundred episodes worth of time. 27 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:27,000 So here we are. It's been about a year, 11 28 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,120 months, I think just shy of a year from episode 600. 29 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:33,600 A lot has happened in that time. How you doing, babe? 30 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:36,440 I'm good, You're good. Good. 31 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:38,120 That's all we can say. We're just good. 32 00:01:38,960 --> 00:01:42,560 You remember what the theme the manifesto for this year was. 33 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:46,800 Is. I can't ever say it in the right 34 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:49,880 order. Recalibrate reflects reflects. 35 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:50,920 Recalibrate. Yeah. 36 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:52,480 Re Engage. That one. 37 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:55,960 And it's funny because I feel like we are doing things that 38 00:01:56,120 --> 00:02:00,000 are in line with that, but I feel like the theme or manifesto 39 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,960 for the year could totally also be. 40 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:06,120 Embrace the chaos. Yeah, just like hold on to your 41 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:11,680 butt or life is currently a. Cluster. 42 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:15,480 Cluster is so. We're going to end that one. 43 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:19,440 Yeah. So, yeah, we have had a lot 44 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:20,560 happen in the past eleven months. 45 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:23,120 We did the competitions, we did several podcast episodes that 46 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:27,200 kind of like went deep into the competitions, did five shows, 47 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:30,240 got my pro card, competed in two pro shows, competed the world's. 48 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:34,920 And most of those shows were us driving to them personally with 49 00:02:34,920 --> 00:02:37,120 Rigel in the car seat in the middle of a big rig. 50 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:42,160 So total chaos there and but we did a deep dive into those. 51 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:44,800 I'm not going to dive too deep into the competitions, but what 52 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:47,920 else monumentals happened in the past eleven months? 53 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:50,360 Anything come to mind off top of your head? 54 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:55,480 No, I feel like it was just like a big time getting you through 55 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:56,760 your prep. Yeah. 56 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:01,680 And then it's just been really busy and kind of chaotic since 57 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:03,920 then. It's interesting because we've 58 00:03:03,920 --> 00:03:07,400 got, I've talked about the whole 10 segregity model and how we've 59 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:11,040 got these five primary pillars of our life, you know, health, 60 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:13,760 wealth, relationship, self development, spirituality. 61 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:18,720 And I definitely can look at those pillars and confidence 62 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:22,720 that we've got very defined things on the day-to-day that 63 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:26,400 fit into each of those pillars. And the whole concept of 64 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,520 consecrate. It's like not have this balance 65 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:31,760 and I definitely don't feel like anything in our life is balanced 66 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:33,840 right now. So like in that regard, we're 67 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:37,000 right on point. Lots of tension. 68 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:40,480 Heck, we don't even talk to each other, you know, like our 69 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:42,920 relationship is interesting because like this right here, 70 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:46,760 this 20 minute Rush podcast is probably the most time we've had 71 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:48,600 to talk to each other. This is the first time I've 72 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:50,320 actually sat down, looked at each other in the eye and 73 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:55,880 talked. And probably four months maybe, 74 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:58,880 which has. Been, I mean you guys like 75 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:01,440 probably think we're over exaggerating, but it really has 76 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:05,320 been a little bit crazy. Yeah, like it's, it's probably 77 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:08,320 not healthy. It it's not, yeah, But we're 78 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:11,040 making it through and we know that this is just like a really 79 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:15,600 busy, stressful, weird season. I'm trying to get better at 80 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:18,560 saying no to things and being more selective on what I say yes 81 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:21,120 to. But all the things that I've 82 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:23,760 said yes to are things that I feel like I should be saying yes 83 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:26,520 to. Like right now I'm I'm training 84 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:30,080 for the 50 mile March for raising awareness for veterans 85 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:34,160 and that's the end of this month, end of August. 86 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,360 So I've committed to walking 20,000 steps a day minimum in 87 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:40,360 preparation for that. And the way the day works out, 88 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:42,760 it's a pretty much have like a 2 1/2 hour block where I go out 89 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:46,120 and walk 7 or 8 miles and that's 2 1/2 hours I normally get with 90 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:48,600 y'all or have time to fix everything else going on in 91 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:51,200 life. So it just adds more chaos to 92 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:53,560 our already chaotic life. That's just like everything. 93 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:56,560 Like there's never an ideal time for any of the the nonsense 94 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,160 that's going on. Like we had our sheep get sick 95 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:01,120 so we spent half the week babysitting. 96 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:07,520 A sick lamb, diesel or dog is equally as chaotic. 97 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:10,040 Who is actually going to a trainer? 98 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,120 Actually, we haven't even talked about diesel on the podcast. 99 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:14,960 Yeah, we've got a dog. We got a dog. 100 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:16,760 Yay. He's seven months old. 101 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:22,720 He's a Connie Corso. He is awesome but also crazy. 102 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:24,680 He does. He's huge. 103 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:26,720 He's already like 95 lbs. He's. 104 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,400 Probably 100 lbs by now. No 'cause it was like 3 weeks 105 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:31,760 ago that he went to the vet and. He was £90.92. 106 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:33,720 I bet he's £100 now he's putting. 107 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:34,640 On weight, pretty fast. I don't know. 108 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:38,720 He's huge. It's Needless to say he's a lot. 109 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:41,320 It's a lot. Mostly I think for me because I 110 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:44,400 am home with him and Rigel all day and they're both like little 111 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:47,360 puppies or or toddlers. Either way you want to put it, 112 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:49,640 it's the same thing. It's the same chaos. 113 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:53,880 It's a lot. But he is going to the trainer 114 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:57,560 soon and I'm really excited about that and we're really 115 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:00,000 excited about his trainer. So yeah, it. 116 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,200 Should be good and I'm glad we have diesel, but like, it's 117 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:06,400 weird because there's so many things in my life that have made 118 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:08,760 sense to do those things when we've done them. 119 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:15,880 Whoops. Example number one. 120 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:17,760 OK. We're going to keep that turned 121 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:20,520 off, OK. So like everything that we've 122 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:23,160 committed to or we've accepted or we've embraced, like it's 123 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:25,880 made sense that we've done it with the time that we've done it 124 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:29,600 in. But like nothing flows smoothly. 125 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:32,560 Like anytime we make a little bit of progress with like the 126 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:35,760 business or the competitions or like we close the chapter or 127 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:39,680 door to something and hope to have some time, something else 128 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:42,000 opens and we have less time than when we. 129 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:45,680 Started with it's hard too because like we have friends and 130 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:50,240 family who like contact me to want to hang out or they say 131 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:52,920 like we really miss you guys or we want to hang out sometime. 132 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:55,400 And I'm like, that'd be really cool in like 5 years or 133 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:57,880 something, you know? But it's like, it's hard because 134 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:00,480 literally Robert and I don't like this is the first time 135 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:02,600 we've looked at each other in the eye to have a normal 136 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:04,840 conversation. It's hard to justify going to 137 00:07:04,840 --> 00:07:07,400 hang out with friends when I don't even hang out with my 138 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:11,000 wife, you know? It's rough. 139 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:14,400 It's rough. But again, this is our own 140 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:17,480 self-imposed chaos. Like I've got nobody to blame 141 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:19,760 but myself and I'm not complaining. 142 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:21,640 It is just very stressful at times. 143 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:25,040 But like with the business that's taking up a whole bunch 144 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,880 of attention and detail and focus right now. 145 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:30,000 And there's things that are outside the control, like the 146 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,280 whole cacao, but a crisis situation, which I've talked 147 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:35,080 about, like I just got back from Brazil trying to figure out a 148 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:39,640 way to source cacao directly. And that's just chaos in and of 149 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:42,480 itself. But like everything that we've 150 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:44,880 done, I feel like it's made sense that we've done it that 151 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:47,040 way. So I can't say that I wish I 152 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:48,240 would have done anything differently. 153 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:51,960 Rigel is how old? I don't know, just turned 2. 154 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:57,240 He turned 2 in May so he's two years and like 3 months or 155 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,360 something. I had to call Chris the other 156 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:02,600 day and ask her how old I was. Yes, that's kind of wild. 157 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:04,800 Yep. I'm 32, by the way. 158 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:09,520 I thought I was 33, but I'm 32, so I just came to here, which is 159 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:14,080 good because I probably lost five in stress over the past 160 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:16,640 little bit. But Ryger's rocking him. 161 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:19,360 He's getting bigger, he's getting smarter, he's getting 162 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:24,520 more into everything. Into everything. 163 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:26,680 Very opinionated, lots of personality. 164 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:29,440 We're going to go the homeschooling route in the 165 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:31,400 beginning. It should. 166 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:34,640 Be several years from now so I'm. 167 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:37,200 Trying to, but he's like pretty inquisitive and he's learning a 168 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:38,880 lot now. Like he's learning a lot. 169 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:40,640 Like he's doing swim lessons now. 170 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:43,120 So we go to swim every single week with him. 171 00:08:44,159 --> 00:08:48,040 He's picking that up. He loves swim and what else we 172 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:49,640 got babe. Anything else cooking? 173 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:52,320 As far as the homesteading stuff we've got, we've kind of had to 174 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:55,040 do an unintentional downsize because several of our chickens 175 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:57,800 got. Desolized. 176 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:00,000 Our dog's name is Diesel, if we didn't mention that. 177 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,120 Yeah, so he took a hanker into chickens for a while there. 178 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:05,360 Yeah, we saw. Yeah, it's actually been a good 179 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:07,160 little while since he's gotten anything. 180 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:09,480 So we've got 3 remaining chickens and he hasn't messed 181 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:13,880 with those so that's good. But we are not going to get any 182 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:17,520 more animals until we eat the sheep that we have. 183 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:19,680 We get some. We will probably get more 184 00:09:19,680 --> 00:09:21,160 chickens. We do need more eggs. 185 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,200 We are going to get more chickens, but I really want to 186 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:26,000 like redo things. I really want to like paint 187 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,760 their coop get like a fenced up area. 188 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:31,920 Like I just don't, I don't feel like I can, I don't feel like I 189 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:35,000 can take on more chickens knowing that we do have an issue 190 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:36,640 with diesel. And if we don't get that under 191 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:40,120 control or we get more chickens and it's more attracted to him 192 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:42,680 that we, I need a safe place to put them essentially. 193 00:09:42,680 --> 00:09:46,400 So like I want to build a structure like a fenced in area 194 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:50,360 for them and that way they can have free reign. 195 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:53,440 But if Diesel is starting to show signs he wants them again, 196 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:55,840 then they have a safe place to go and we just won't let them 197 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:56,640 out again. So. 198 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:58,160 Yeah. But I mean, hopefully we'll know 199 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:00,720 a lot more about his temperament after the training session. 200 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:03,160 And yeah. He'll hopefully have a little 201 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:04,880 bit more. He's going away for two weeks, 202 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:07,960 so it's going to be interesting, but it should be really good. 203 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:11,360 He is a really good dog though, super smart dog, very protective 204 00:10:11,560 --> 00:10:13,680 like everything. He's already protective, which 205 00:10:13,680 --> 00:10:16,160 is interesting because everything that I've really read 206 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:19,840 has like their protective instinct kind of hits around age 207 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,720 2. And with him being only seven 208 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:24,640 months old, it's actually pretty good. 209 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:28,480 Like we were walking around the property without me and Rigel 210 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:31,480 were walking around the property and there was a noise. 211 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:33,400 One of the sheep made a noise, but he didn't know it was the 212 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:38,160 sheep. And he totally got like all up 213 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:43,080 in ruffles because they he just was like, who are you? 214 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:44,720 What are you doing? It was pretty cute. 215 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:46,760 I was actually like, so impressed with him and like, 216 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:49,680 thanked him 'cause you could just tell he was like going into 217 00:10:49,680 --> 00:10:52,880 protect protective mode. And yeah, huh. 218 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:56,040 You love diesel? Rigel loves tractors. 219 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:59,720 Yeah, you want to say tractor, Tractor, tractor. 220 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:03,360 He also loves motorcycles, but he pronounces that one Nemo. 221 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:07,000 Can you say a motorcycle? I don't know if you guys can 222 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,000 hear that, but OK, let's not play with. 223 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:12,120 Those ones. But I'll tell you one thing, 224 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:17,000 like before I had a kid, before I had a wife, I was like, I 225 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,200 can't have a wife until I get the business dialed in because 226 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:21,360 she's just gonna be a distraction. 227 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:24,960 And that led to a whole bunch of disarray. 228 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:28,400 I realized that I made a mistake, brought Crystal back 229 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:30,640 into my life, and she's only been a positive for the 230 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:32,960 business. Then I was like, I can't have a 231 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:36,320 kid until I get the business solid because kid will just be a 232 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:38,280 distraction that is. Facts. 233 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:42,200 That is probably facts. That is probably facts. 234 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:48,040 But I'm OK with that distraction because what's the point of 235 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:51,080 having a business if I don't have a legacy to leave it to and 236 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:53,080 someone that would take it over. And he may not even want the 237 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:56,400 business, but like he gives me reason to do everything that I'm 238 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:59,800 doing. Like he is my wife for a lot of 239 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:03,560 things, for everything. And that's a positive. 240 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:06,200 That's a good thing. But there is definitely no 241 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:10,080 moment of solitude. There's no moment of relaxation. 242 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:13,280 There's no moment of let's take a deep breath and just recenter 243 00:12:13,560 --> 00:12:15,560 like that doesn't exist in our lives right now. 244 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:18,640 I mean, while you're at work, you could have a moment. 245 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:22,800 I mean, I've got moments alone, but it's never like my my my 246 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:26,840 thoughts are never at peace. Like my mind is never in a 247 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:29,520 tranquil state. It's always just total chaos. 248 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:33,000 I've got World War three raging in my mind at all times, which 249 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:36,360 is what I signed up for, so I'm not complaining, but it is kind 250 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:39,800 of exhausting at times. But you come home, you see 251 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:44,040 Raji's all happy and it makes it all worth it. 252 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:52,360 You know, we have a we started the podcast in 2016, 253 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:55,080 consistently published 2 episodes since 2018. 254 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:59,280 Started it out recording in that big walk in closet I had in 255 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:04,040 Spokane, WA in the basement. And Fast forward to today, 256 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:08,880 episode 700 with Raiji sitting next to a seat in mosquito pizza 257 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:14,520 and making a bunch of noise and messes and having you. 258 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:18,240 It's like kind of crazy. It's kind of crazy. 259 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:20,320 You've seen the timeline of events unfold. 260 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:24,960 Makes me excited for what the next 100 episodes of time will 261 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:27,280 bring. What do you anticipate in a 262 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:28,960 year? Like we're doing roughly about 263 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:33,840 episodes 100 every year. What is this next year going to 264 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:36,160 consist of? I honestly don't know, like all 265 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:39,280 I do is just spend my time with Rigel and like try to do as much 266 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:43,040 work as I can. I spend all my days with Rigel 267 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:48,760 so just growing him really and hopefully doing some stuff on 268 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:50,840 the homestead and stuff. It's really hard for me to make 269 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:57,560 any decisions on the home stuff or really do anything because 270 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:01,640 because I I either need someone to help with him or. 271 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:03,920 Why are you eating like that? You don't ever eat like that. 272 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:06,480 You're just making a you goob or what are you doing? 273 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:12,400 Yeah, or I need help, you know, lifting something big or 274 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:14,920 building something or whatever. That would be nice to have 275 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:20,200 Robert alongside with four. But yeah, I don't know, it's 276 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:24,280 just so I I think that we could do a lot of stuff with the home 277 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:29,080 stuff, but I don't know that I see it in the next year. 278 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:32,680 Like it's just, I just see a lot of crazy twists and turns with 279 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:35,040 the business right now. I hate inefficiencies, and 280 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:37,200 there's a ton of inefficiencies in our life right now, which is 281 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:39,480 frustrating, especially with this whole year's theme being 282 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,680 recalibration. And I feel like we are certainly 283 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:44,880 recalibrating certain things, but there's so many things that 284 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:47,080 have come in outside of our control. 285 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:51,120 And it's like we have to hurry up and wait until we resolve 286 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:54,720 issues here before we can start refining things elsewhere. 287 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:57,320 And that's frustrating because like I said, I hate 288 00:14:57,320 --> 00:14:59,080 inefficiencies. There's just a bunch of those 289 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:03,080 right now. And it's like you just have to 290 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:06,840 embrace that chaos. Like when I look at how you 291 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:10,800 responded during my competitive season and like, you weren't 292 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:12,320 able to train as much as you normally would. 293 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:14,360 You weren't able to be on top of everything that you normally do 294 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:17,960 because you were helping me and wrangling Rigel. 295 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:19,400 Yeah. It was like we got back from a 296 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:20,960 trip. I unpacked, I cleaned 297 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:23,960 everything, I got everything ready, then I prepped all 298 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:26,200 Robert's food to prep Rydel's food to prepped my food. 299 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:29,760 I packed everyone up and then we loaded up and when did the whole 300 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,720 thing all over again? It was like there was no. 301 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:35,640 But like, you had to sacrifice a lot of the things that you would 302 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:40,360 want to do, you know, solely. We just kept saying. 303 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:42,760 That it was like a season, like that was just a season. 304 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:46,920 And I feel like we're in a season right now on a macro 305 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:50,040 level, like our life, our family, our existence is like 306 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:53,600 just a season of chaos. And I'm just trying to be 307 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:56,240 present through it all. Like I'm frustrated that things 308 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:57,920 are inefficient. I'm frustrated that things are 309 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:00,640 getting. There's so many ends that are 310 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:02,560 not tied up. There's so many loose ends or so 311 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:05,920 many things that are just frustrating to me with my very 312 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:07,920 much so type A organized mindset. 313 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:15,960 But when I stop and think about it all in 80 years or whenever 314 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:19,280 I'm on my deathbed, I'm not going to be like, hey, I'm 315 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:22,880 really frustrated that we didn't get another 20 minutes to record 316 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:26,120 this podcast and then there was a bunch of background noise. 317 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:30,840 But I will be grateful for the fact that Rigel was with us, you 318 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:35,200 know, And I feel like if I just embrace that with an air of 319 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:39,280 appreciation for the things that we do have going for us, it 320 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:42,280 makes the chaos and inefficiencies tolerable. 321 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:46,080 Yeah. You know that's just me. 322 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:49,280 Yep. What do you think Reggie? 323 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:52,800 How you doing on time babe? You got to leave in 5 minutes. 324 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:56,320 Yep. You are kind of bringing back 325 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:58,720 some Lady Savage stuff potentially. 326 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:01,480 Am I? Maybe I shouldn't have said 327 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:03,760 that. I don't know. 328 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:08,000 I don't know. I, I've been obviously like 329 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:12,599 we've talked about is like, it's been chaotic in our lives and 330 00:17:14,079 --> 00:17:16,359 I've honestly just been like keeping things afloat. 331 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:22,359 I feel like I make sure Rigel stays healthy and alive and fed 332 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:24,599 and all of the good things that children should be. 333 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:30,360 And I keep our household running and I try to keep Robert from 334 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:35,400 losing it. Yeah, like, I mean, Robert's 335 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:38,600 been travelling a lot and he has a lot more travel through the 336 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:40,600 rest of the year. And Rigel and I have just been 337 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:42,040 staying home. I've been staying home with 338 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:46,040 Diesel and the sheep and the chickens and the child and all 339 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:48,000 the things. So I feel like I've just been 340 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:54,240 like staying, but I have not been, I'd say I would not be as 341 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:56,760 on top of like my nutrition and my workouts and things like 342 00:17:56,760 --> 00:17:59,120 that. Like there's a lot of reasons to 343 00:17:59,120 --> 00:18:01,960 not and but there's also a lot of reasons to do it. 344 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:04,920 So I thought about bringing back my Instagram. 345 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:07,160 I've had a lot of people reach out and say like, hey, like it 346 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:09,520 would be nice if you just brought back the Instagram so I 347 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:13,000 can reference back to it. No, you can have those later. 348 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:19,400 OK. But because like I did have like 349 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:22,160 all my pregnancy stuff from Rigel and all that, like it was 350 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:25,360 nice for people to reference back to or share my page with 351 00:18:25,360 --> 00:18:27,360 other people. But it's also just a really good 352 00:18:27,360 --> 00:18:32,560 way for me to kind of like keep myself accountable and stuff. 353 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:35,800 I haven't like tracking my we'll have it when we go. 354 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:38,440 Bye bye. OK, in a little bit, just a 355 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:39,560 little bit. We're going to get in the car 356 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:43,360 soon. So yeah, I don't know, I, I may 357 00:18:43,360 --> 00:18:44,520 end up bringing it back, I may not. 358 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:48,160 But for now, my Lady Savage website is actually turned off, 359 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:53,040 which is kind of crazy for me. But I am from time to time time 360 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:55,600 accepting new clients. But I just don't have a website 361 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:59,600 for them to sign up through. So I just been directly emailing 362 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:01,840 them and things like that. So I pretty much turned 363 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:04,840 everything off with Lady Savage. You are going to get more 364 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:07,920 involved with the core stuff too though, which is an outlet for 365 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:10,200 you, which is good. Yeah, I'm trying to take my time 366 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:14,920 as I, I like ease back into things because Rigel is starting 367 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:16,760 to get to the point where he can. 368 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:21,080 He can be a little bit more independent and I may get a 369 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:23,280 little bit of help here and there, but when we have help, 370 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:25,160 like he's never fully gone from me. 371 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:28,360 He's still in the same room or the same building or whatever, 372 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:30,840 even when someone else is watching him. 373 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:35,000 So it's really it's, it's just me trying to balance my time and 374 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:39,600 my energy and, you know, nap times and making sure I get rest 375 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:42,400 and fed and all the things. So it's just been like a huge 376 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:45,520 balance for me as being a toddler mom. 377 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:48,040 So it's a lot different than being a baby mom. 378 00:19:49,360 --> 00:19:50,840 They're two totally different worlds. 379 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:53,320 They're both busy, but different busies. 380 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:59,720 So yeah, as I say, busy Rigel's unpacking the entire bag that I 381 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:02,560 have to pack in about 5 seconds so that I can run out the door. 382 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:05,280 Yeah, yeah. Let's, let's wrap it up there. 383 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:12,200 But it's kind of fitting that he's here being chaotic, because 384 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:14,400 this whole thing is, yeah. I mean, this is what I mean. 385 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:16,000 Like he, he literally doesn't ever go away. 386 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:18,480 Like he's never been watched away from me. 387 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:20,840 I think Ellen watched him one time for like 30 minutes. 388 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:26,120 But he is always with me and he doesn't want to be away from me. 389 00:20:26,120 --> 00:20:27,880 And that's OK. That's the season that we're in 390 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:31,840 right now. But it's it is the chaos that is 391 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:33,400 our life. I think I think we'll be very 392 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,960 grateful and again, like we're not going to think about how 393 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:39,120 stressed we were during this phase. 394 00:20:39,120 --> 00:20:42,080 We're going to think about the positive memories that we made 395 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:44,960 with him. And I think that's what it's all 396 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:46,960 about. Like I subscribe to this daily 397 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:51,080 Dad newsletter and like a lot of parents put. 398 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:53,560 That in the. Bag regret not spending more 399 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:55,480 time with their kids and I'm definitely gone a lot like you 400 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:57,280 spend much more time with him than I do. 401 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:02,240 But I'm grateful that we don't send him off to be watched 402 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:04,560 somewhere like he's not in daycare all day long. 403 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:06,200 He's with you. Not that there's anything wrong 404 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:08,160 with that. For each, each family does their 405 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:09,560 own thing. There's people that are out 406 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:12,680 there judging me right now for never having someone watch him, 407 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:15,480 and that's OK too. You're allowed to judge me, but 408 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:17,720 it's just not. It's not for our family. 409 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:20,480 Even though it adds additional struggles, it's not for our 410 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:23,000 family. Yeah, I think the whole concept 411 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,720 of embracing the chaos is that much more amplified because we 412 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:29,440 have taken him on to the extent that we have. 413 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:32,680 But I can't imagine doing it any other way. 414 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:35,840 Yeah, when we when we decided to be parents, we knew that this is 415 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:40,000 what we wanted. So we're just in the thick of 416 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:43,120 what we decided we wanted. Well, now that we have 20 417 00:21:43,120 --> 00:21:45,960 minutes to talk to each other, not unattractive, but. 418 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:48,400 You're really handsome. Yeah, well, you, you. 419 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:50,120 You're quite attractive yourself, babe. 420 00:21:50,120 --> 00:21:51,600 I do love you. I do love. 421 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:54,560 You. Hope that I'll see you some more 422 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:58,000 sometime soon, so. I will let you guys know that we 423 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,800 have decided to have dedicated time together in the morning. 424 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:05,520 So we, it's a new, it's a new thing that we're, we're like 425 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,560 trying to make happen, but it's been pretty successful thus far, 426 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:10,760 right? Yeah, more or less, yeah. 427 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:12,560 Relatively so. Yeah. 428 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:14,200 All right. Rides was crazy. 429 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:16,280 She's getting around the appointment. 430 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:18,360 We appreciate y'all for tuning in. 431 00:22:18,360 --> 00:22:20,160 We love y'all. Thank you for listening to 432 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:23,680 episode 700 of the podcast. We'll keep them coming. 433 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:26,280 And we got some exciting things in the works from a business 434 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:29,560 standpoint, from all kinds of things, from a family 435 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:32,000 standpoint. So more things in the works. 436 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,120 Appreciate y'all tuning in. Love you babe. 437 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:36,480 Love y'all for listening. We'll talk to you next time. 438 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:38,840 Say bye, Raji. Bye.