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5. Why I Stopped Microdosing, 75 HARD, Letting Go Of Your Old Self!
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I really get personal in this episode talking about my life experiences and the videos I post on social media. I dive into the fitness challenge 75 Hard that I'm currently doing. I explain why I stopped microdosing and what I have learned from Microcycbin. Also discuss what you shouldnt do when breaking up with your partner.
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Moi's Journey: Microdosing and 75 Hard Challenge
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Welcome back to another episode of Unlocking with Moi, yours truly at a bike. I got a lot to talk about this week. It's been a very interesting week for me. I actually stopped microdosing. Can you imagine that? I've been, you know, talking about how I'm never going to stop microdosing and I've been, you know, following the protocols with Microsoft for the last six months.
00:00:28
Speaker
So definitely gonna dive into that. It's very, very interesting. And I'm almost halfway through 75 hard. I'm on day 36, so I thought this would be a good episode to kind of dive deep into the challenge and, you know, how I'm feeling and what I'm doing with the challenge. And also I realized this week that I have been
00:00:54
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letting go of my old self in many different ways as of recently.
Microdosing Insights and Personal Growth
00:01:01
Speaker
So let's start with why I stopped microdosing. Now I'm not going to stop forever. It's just, let me, let me try to explain this to you. So for the last six months, I've been following microsibons protocols five days on and two days off.
00:01:23
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and I've been doing that every single day, right? Now, the owner of Microcybin, I've been doing a lot of Zoom calls with this guy, very, very intelligent person, somebody that I look up to and I listen to and I learn from every single time I have a conversation with this guy. And I remember almost, I think it might have been
00:01:53
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one of the first zoom calls i had with him one-on-one and he was talking a lot about building a bridge with the medicine and creating a a container and i'm gonna be honest i didn't have a fucking clue what this guy was talking about i was like what what like all i knew was take the take the microcybin feel good yeah yeah
00:02:21
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but there's a lot more to it. There's a lot more to it. And, you know, we've been doing weekly, weekly zoom calls and with your Simon and, you know, we're constantly talking about like building a bridge, creating a container. And this past Saturday, I was, I explained to him that, you know, this week I, I never, I didn't micro dose. I didn't feel the need to micro dose.
00:02:48
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And I was like, correct me if I'm wrong, but like, I feel like I have been using the micro dosing as a tool. I've been building a bridge with it and creating this container of like knowledge that now I could just take with me. And that's just engraved in my brain for the rest of my life. So I created this container with you by using the micro dosing. And he was like, yeah,
00:03:17
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He's like, that's exactly, that's exactly what I've been talking about. But it just took me a long time to understand that fully. Like I had, it had to happen to me to understand. And he always says things to me that I don't agree with right away, but I'll have these moments, like, like what I just said. And I'm like, Oh, I'm like, yeah, now I get it. It just, it takes me a long time.
00:03:45
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sometimes to get what he's saying, but he's just had such an impact on my life in such a short time. And yeah, so yeah, like I was saying this week, I just didn't feel the need to micro dose. And I believe that that's what micro dosing is all about because it's not meant to take forever. If you really use micro dosing as a tool,
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and like really be aware of everything that's happening in your body. When you take the micro dose, the micro dose brings you down to like a calm state of mind, like a, like a even playing field. It's almost like you get to start over. You get to train your, your thought patterns. You get to make new thought patterns. You know what I mean? So when you use that correctly over time,
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you won't really need to microdose anymore. Now don't get me wrong, I probably will microdose again when I feel the need to. Like, I don't know, maybe if I'm having a fun day hiking or something, then yeah, I'll microdose or something like that, but lately I've just been not feeling the need to. It's like I've done the work on myself. I learned a lot about myself while microdosing, and I just don't feel the need to take it.
00:05:16
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And I still have a couple bottles here sitting around. I haven't taken it. So I think that's pretty cool. It's not something that you need to take for your entire life. A lot of people will say it's expensive or whatever, but it's not expensive. It's an investment in yourself.
Sharing Experiences and Building Connections
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If you are looking to better your life, learn a lot about yourself,
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Like retrain your mind and just get smarter in the process then micro dosing is it like micro dosing is the fucking bees knees I just feel I feel like personally I have evolved a lot like a lot in such a short time and
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And I realized the other day that I've been letting go of my old self in many different ways. So what I realized when I'm posting on Instagram, these videos of me talking, I always say, I used to be like this. I used to be like that. And it's like I'm, so every video that I'm posting on there, this is also something I wanna talk about.
00:06:42
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This is all stories or things that I've experienced in my life, right? I'm not just talking bullshit of just, you know, stories I've heard of other people or I'm just making shit up. Like every video that I talk about on Instagram is something that I have gone through personally in my life, right? And I talk about those things because I feel like
00:07:12
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a lot of other people can relate to these videos that I'm posting. And that's like, that's the goal, right? Like I have gone through these things that have been hard in my life. And now I've done all this work by using the micro dosing. I'm letting go of my old self. I've realized now that like everything that I was going through, right, is wasn't wasn't really,
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right? Because at that point in time in my life, all these things that I was going through, I didn't know any better. And I was just letting my emotions just take over. Now I look back on my old self and I'm like, wow, you really were just letting
00:08:04
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Everybody control you you're like it like other people's emotions control you I was basing all my decisions on other people like I wasn't even living my own life anymore, right? so Yeah, like all those videos that I post it's it's about personal experiences that I've had and you know, I'm I guess me talking about that and putting it out there and
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you know, writing, like journaling every day about my progress. It's like, that's my way of letting go of my old self, if that makes any sense to you. So I've been on such a, such a journey in the last couple of years. It's, it's, it's actually wild to really think about the person that I was a couple of years ago to now.
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And I'm pretty fucking proud of myself
Understanding the 75 Hard Challenge Rules
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to be honest. I'm really proud of myself. Yeah, but I have no one to thank, but Michael Simon, honestly, since I've been with, since I've been with Michael Simon and, you know, I've been doing those protocols, you know, looking up to Jay, listening to everything that he has to say. I've just become a way better person.
00:09:27
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way better person. And that's when 75 Heart comes into play too. Like, you know, I am 36 days in now. I haven't drank any alcohol. These are the rules for anyone that's listening and don't know what 75 Heart is. I've talked about it before, but you go 75 days with no alcohol.
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Not even a sip like nothing you have to follow a diet You have to work out twice a day for 45 minutes each each workout and one workout has to be outside No matter if it's rain snow lightning. It has to be outside You read 10 pages a day you take one progress picture a day and you drink Is it a gallon yeah, you drink a gallon of water so
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By me doing the 75 hard, and I've been following it to the T, and I've been microdosing, and I've been having these Zoom calls with just really intelligent people. I'm not partying now. I used to go out a lot, I used to drink a lot, and I'm not doing that now, so I'm really just focused on Adam.
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And I'm really just trying to be my best. I'm just trying to do my best. And I know that I have a lot of room to grow because there's never an end point, right? There's no ending-ness in growing. I feel like I'm just steady, steady evolving. There's so much to learn in this world and there's so much potential for people in this world that don't even realize it.
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A lot of people are just kind of stuck in their lives and that's it. They don't look to evolve as a person, right? There's definitely a lot of people out there that look at somebody like me and think I'm weird or just make fun of me or talk shit about me just because I am
00:11:48
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doing all this work on myself, right? There is those people out there. And trust me guys, there's always gonna be those people. There's always gonna be somebody that's gonna say something, no matter what you do. There's always gonna be those people. And you know what? Fuck those people. They don't matter. They don't matter. You are the five people that you hang around.
00:12:16
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And I know that in the last month, I've just been hanging out, me and Rebecca, just around my family sometimes, but I've just been focusing a lot on everything that I'm doing, right? And I'm surrounding myself with like-minded people, right? And I do find that I have definitely changed a lot.
00:12:39
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in just the last month, just by not going to the bars, not drinking, not getting fucked up and feeling like shit, and waking up with hangovers, and then you're ordering greasy food. Honestly, just the drinking part has changed my life tremendously, right?
Life Changes: Quitting Alcohol and Moving On
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Because it's so easy to get into this routine of you work all week, you get off on the weekend,
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Okay, you hate your job, so let's just go celebrate and get fucked up all weekend. Go to the bars, go downtown, you drink all weekend, you're getting up, you're feeling like complete garbage. All that work that you just did all week at the gym, now you're just eating like crap. You're super dehydrated for the entire weekend. You're not getting enough meals. And all that progress has probably just gone to shit.
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So then one day you try to get back to the gym, but you're still dragged out from the weekend and it's just a cycle. It's just a constant cycle. And I used to do that for years. See, see how I just did that? I used to do that for years. That's my old self. I have been, it's, it's so, it's so wild that when you start noticing things you say and how you talk to people,
00:14:06
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Like I'm constantly talking about the stories that you say to yourself, the stories that you make up about yourself or stories that you tell the other people. Like for example, I have to talk about this because this happens so many times in this world with many people, right? For example, you and your partner, right?
00:14:36
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You've been in a relationship, maybe you've been married for a long time, and you guys decide to part with. But there's no being civil, right? You guys hate each other at this point that you're breaking up, and any time that you're around your friends, you're just talking mad shit about this person,
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You're talking about all the bad things that she said, and you build up so much resentment that you literally hate your partner, someone that you've been with for years that you've one time loved. But now it's just, you guys just hate each other. So for the next couple of years, right, you build up this big story to yourself about, and then you even tell others,
00:15:27
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about how much you hate this person. You can't stand to hear their name. You can't be in the same room with this person. You can't go to the same party as this person. And you say that you have broken up or got a divorce, but have you really? It's been what, two years and you're still hating this person. You can't even hear this person's name without getting upset or angry.
00:15:57
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So really you didn't, you didn't even break up because you're just dragging this on. Right. And trust me, I said, for example, I've been in these situations. I have. And the best thing to do, the best thing to do if you break up with your partner and you know, both of you guys are like this. The best thing to do is to just cut ties.
00:16:26
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I know it's easier said than done, but the best thing to do is just cut ties. Cut ties, no communication, and honestly, you're gonna be probably 20 days in and you're gonna be like, oh, oh shit, I didn't think about my ex today. And even people with marriages, right, like if you have children and you guys get a divorce,
00:16:56
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The children will pick up. They'll know that you guys hate each other. So, I don't know. It's just wild to me how
00:17:09
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when you're not in the right state of mind and you're not fully grown that this is what happens when people grow up, or not grow up, when people break up, it's just you guys hate each other, you're fighting, you're just creating a story of how much you hate this person. It doesn't have to be like that. When you're mature,
00:17:35
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about the situation, right? You guys both realize that, okay, this is not going to work. Um, and that's okay. Right? Like everybody is not compatible. Like how many people out there are with somebody right now and they're not compatible. They argue all the time. They have nothing in common, but they stay together. But that makes zero sense to me.
00:18:04
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makes zero sense to me. You're just wasting your time. Like this, this life, precious life that you have is so short, but you're going to spend years of your life with somebody that you don't even really like. Like that, that doesn't make sense to me. Like if you're with somebody like that, just move on, just, just realize that you're not compatible, break up and move on.
00:18:32
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And like, if you see this person, just like, oh, hey, hi, just be friends. That's normal. That's what a mature, grown person would do, right? So, yeah, the best thing, like I said, the best thing that you can do if you're in that situation is just move on. Be civil, be respectful, and do your best.
00:19:00
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I said do your best, right? A lot of us out here are just doing our best. That's all you can really do in life is your
Maximizing Effort in Challenges
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best. You know what I mean? I'm trying to do this podcast. I'm not trying, I am doing this podcast and I'm trying to do my best with it, right? So I'm trying to keep these podcasts interesting for when you're listening to it.
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You know, when I do 75 hard, I'm just giving it my all, doing it my best. The micro dosing, I'm doing my best. Instead of just quitting on yourself, just do your best. Do your best. And if you try to, okay, for example, if you start a new fitness program, right? And, you know, you start it, but it's way too hard
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Don't just quit, right? Talk to your fitness coach or your fitness trainer. Tell them, listen, this is too hard. But like, I'm not quitting, I'm gonna do my best. Maybe we can switch it up. And then you'll just continue to do it, right? Instead of just giving up on yourself. Like 75 hard is tough. It's more like a mental challenge than anything. And I'm doing my damn best, but I'm not gonna quit.
00:20:26
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Like yesterday was the rain was literally going down sideways. It was pretty cold though. And, um, I was like, all right, we're going for a run now. So I went out for a run and I don't know why, but I remember that when I was boxing, I used to be able to like skip for like 10, 15 minutes straight, just breathe this up my nose and that's,
00:20:52
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It's pretty, that's pretty good. Like your cardio is pretty good when you can do that because most people when they do cardio, they're breathing through the mouth. There's gasping for air, right? So yesterday when I was running, I was like, okay, let's try to run a kilometer just by breathing through my nose. So that's, that's what I done. And then I was like, I keeps going at the start. It was really hard. It's actually really hard to not open up your mouth and breathe through it. Um,
00:21:18
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But yeah, I ran 6.5 kilometers, and I was just breathing through my nose, and I was like, okay, let's just keep this going. Like, let's go home, do a cold plunge, and we'll still continue to breathe through my nose, so I did that. And yeah, it was a little, I always try to challenge myself like that. And doing 75 hard is a big, long, long challenge.
00:21:45
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And I find that for me, to keep my mental health really good, I need to have something to look forward to. And that's what 75 Heart is for me. But while doing the 75 Heart, I'm making these little challenges like running and only breathing through my nose, just to see if I could do it.
00:22:11
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If I never had something to look forward to in my life or something that I was working towards, honestly, my mental health would probably be pretty shit.
The Mental and Physical Health Connection
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Like I just, I can't picture a life without fitness. Fitness is more than just muscles and looking good. Fitness is going to make your mental state healthy and strong, right?
00:22:39
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Like doing 75 hard, doing these cold plunges, running in the rain, running when it's cold out, running when you're super tired, doing these outside workouts in the cold. Like it's, it's all just testing my mental, my mental state, like my mental toughness. It's, it's more like a mental game than anything. Some days like I'll come home and I'm, I'm after working out at the gym.
00:23:05
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I'm after doing an outside workout. I have a basketball game. The days get busy. And then it's like 10 o'clock at night, 11 o'clock at night, and I'm like, oh man, I still gotta go read. I still gotta go do this. So if anybody out there is looking to do seven, five hard, and you wanna test your mental toughness, then I would recommend doing it.
00:23:34
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But anyways guys, I hope that you took something from this episode and I just want to thank you for tuning in and listening. And we'll see you on the next one. Have a good day.