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The Biggest Dawg
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Introduction and Humorous Opening
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The Big Dog
ah podcast was for you.
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David Isaacs
Sorry, I started it You're in the middle of talking.
00:00:22
David Isaacs
All right, everyone. it is February 18th today at time of recording. Uh, the session is called the biggest dog. Don't know why thought it was funny, but, um, here with big dog, Brian.
00:00:41
David Isaacs
right Okay. Um, we're to talk about some stuff.
00:00:49
The Big Dog
and do some things yeah
00:00:49
David Isaacs
Uh,
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David Isaacs
Hopefully. well we'll see We'll see how far we get. but Yeah, so how's it going?
Anticipation of Vacation and Relaxation
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The Big Dog
ah it's going alright man getting ready to go on vacation next week and Like I said last week, you know it's my first one in almost four years. So i'm just looking ready to sit by the poolside, drink a mocktail. Because your boy ain't drinking, but he wants to live that lifestyle. So I'm going to have my Hawaiian shirt propped open, let my gut hang.
00:01:24
The Big Dog
And you know i don't know what else you do vacation. I haven't been on in four years, so I couldn't really tell you.
00:01:32
David Isaacs
Yeah, you get you one of those you know drinks that come out of a pineapple. Might have a little umbrella in it. Maybe like a twisty straw or something.
00:01:38
The Big Dog
Yeah.
00:01:41
David Isaacs
Nothing too crazy.
00:01:43
The Big Dog
Exactly. All right. You know what it you know what it is. ah ah But what's up with you man?
Espresso Machine Purchase and Coffee Culture
00:01:49
The Big Dog
How's it going? Fun,
00:01:51
David Isaacs
it's It's going. I bought a Last weekend bought like a $700 espresso machine and yeah, but started making, know, wasn't even going crazy.
00:02:01
The Big Dog
fun.
00:02:07
David Isaacs
know, I, kind of got hooked on it Tuesday through Thursdays in the office. We have espresso machines, started making lattes. So that was just kind of my, you know, daily. And then I was sometimes in the morning working from home, I would go to Starbucks and get a latte. So I figured I could just buy something, start making it at home.
00:02:27
David Isaacs
But the community for espresso machines on Reddit is really snobby i guess like they're like anything like coffee related it's like oh yeah that's a good machine it might be good for you until you want to upgrade like this is a 700 machine like what are you talking about so yeah
00:02:35
The Big Dog
Oh, yeah.
00:02:47
The Big Dog
Right. That's like, that's what restaurants buy. Like, and that's at the high end. But yeah. well
00:02:55
David Isaacs
well there it it goes up it goes up quite a bit you know they were talking about like
00:02:56
The Big Dog
Sorry, go ahead.
00:03:01
David Isaacs
yeah separating like espresso machine and a grinder and like in case you want to upgrade one later on and like all these different experiments that people do with like different grind sizes and how much pressure and you know what it does to the taste and stuff and i'm just like i'm white I'm way too white trash to really get too far into this. You know, like it was brewing beer. It was gardening.
00:03:30
David Isaacs
It was kombucha. Like some of that stuff, like it was just kind of simple enough, you know, compared to what people are doing with, you know, I don't want to have to take 20 minutes to make a coffee and then sit there and like, oh man, this $700 machine really isn't doing it. Like I just kind of wanted to buy it and hope to have it.
Health Impact of Caffeine Overconsumption
00:03:50
David Isaacs
for when I needed it uh but anyways i think it was Sunday started having heart palpitations so that went on for like six or seven hours so I can't uh kind of gave up you know coffee for a little bit and then Tuesday had to go back to work had Monday off but I decided to stay home just because uh then I got up and had like some muscle aches and stuff and Felt better later on in the day, but I haven't had caffeine for a little while. So it was a and kind of a different experience, like going through work and trying to keep that energy up without kind of that caffeine boost.
00:04:34
David Isaacs
Because I guess you really don't see how much you relied on it until you stop using it. But I was reading another article, too, about you know, like high performance and some of these things with like, you're kind of creating an environment to give yourself a sense of urgency. And that's like what you feed off of.
00:04:57
David Isaacs
And with the increase in stimulants, I think that was also kind of part of it. So it's good in the interim, but you're also like kind of burning too hot.
00:05:08
David Isaacs
So it gives you, um, the chance for you to kind of burn yourself out and, um, it's harder to manage stress. There's things about like, you know,
00:05:20
David Isaacs
impulse control and kind of like how leadership or like high performers and like their brain chemistry kind of changes. So they're like talking last week about, know, like feeling like I'm losing something with myself or stuff that I've picked up for a long time that I want to carry with me. And, um, yeah, a lot of that just kind of got me thinking of, you know, how do I get into the the right mindset so it's sustainable and I can,
00:05:48
David Isaacs
you know maintain the same output and productivity, but also you know kind of do some of those tamp downs of you know maybe this will lead me in the wrong direction. like i'm It's not sustainable. like I'm fine for now. But yeah, it really opened my eyes to kind of that thought. And unfortunately, it never really comes until you have heart palpitations for seven hours and feels like your heart's hiccuping for a while and you can't get yourself to calm down.
00:06:24
David Isaacs
But, um, some it's just kind of like that wake up call. And think just looking out for those signals and checking in with yourself. And it's got me at least, um, back to a path of like, okay, you know, let's worry about hydration. Let's try to get through the day and not need as much caffeine or whatnot.
00:06:46
David Isaacs
And, uh, I guess it kind of helps with that too because it's, you know training to be kind of adaptable because I'm not going to have that ability every day. Some nights you're going to get the the best sleep. Sometimes you're going to more stressed than you normally are, but, you know, just trying it to it.
00:07:03
David Isaacs
keep within myself regardless of the situation. I know that was short story long going from lattes to kind of existential crisis about where my mind state is heading and doing some things, but
00:07:16
The Big Dog
Ha!
00:07:18
David Isaacs
Yeah, I unfortunately sometimes jump around a lot and try to, you know, maybe make connections that aren't really there. But if it kind leads me back to a path of like, hey, you know, I think this could be helpful, then it's a good for me.
00:07:36
The Big Dog
Yeah, for sure. Glad you checked yourself before you wrecked yourself. so Always a good life motto
Strategies for Reducing Coffee Intake
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The Big Dog
to have. um but Always lessons to be learned in over-consumption of coffee, I suppose. um i so I used to drink like ah i think of like a 16-ounce Tervis. I used have that twice a day. Now I'm down to about half of one.
00:08:05
The Big Dog
was fill it and then I'll do like a protein shake in there and just for like creamer and flavor. it's like part of my breakfast, like morning routine. So, uh, I'm drinking less coffee.
00:08:18
The Big Dog
definitely feel less jittery. um you know, I feel like not everyone out in the world is is is out to get me. definitely started having like that, that paranoia, but, um, yeah,
00:08:30
David Isaacs
the fear. That's what I call it. It's the, it was like, uh, are you drinking another latte? And like, yeah, but this is my last one. get, if I have three, I start to get fearful. Yeah.
00:08:42
The Big Dog
Oh yeah. I know. It's like, if you you think like that, that coworker across like from you, who's like just constantly staring at you know they're just like looking at their screen and then like you look back and then they start making eye contact cause you've been staring at them for 20 minutes. It's one of those situations. Um,
00:09:04
The Big Dog
Luckily, I'm not experiencing that much anymore. So, um, but yeah, I, I am not getting as great of sleep lately only because of like here in Michigan, it's gone from, you know, teen or below to like forties and fifties. So,
00:09:25
The Big Dog
automatically means i'm like spiraling into a sinus infection so sort of taking some precautions like got a product called nasal fresh it's a nasal irrigation system um just to help like clean out like nose full of snot buildup and all that um it's been very helpful like i can feel like i can breathe a little bit more so um but like my recovery when i wake up in the morning sucks like i just feel not great drainage, you know sore throat.
00:09:59
The Big Dog
Like I didn't, I didn't, uh, I like, I wouldn't, I work from home today.
00:09:59
David Isaacs
Yeah.
00:10:04
The Big Dog
Normally I work from home Thursday and Friday, but if like we're feeling sick or kind of have that we can work from home. Obviously not to abuse it, but um, yeah, so I'm not feeling like the greatest and not sleeping very slow at my lunch hour, just been kind of taking a power nap and it's been helping a lot. So, um, just kind of focused on rest this week.
00:10:29
The Big Dog
Um, as I go get ready to next week for a full vacation of just rest and recovery. So, um, Luckily it's going to be at least pretty consistent weather in Florida. It's be like the eighties. I guess, i think I think it sounds like the low or high forties, low fifties in the evening. So it's not going here where it's like 50 and then like 15 to 20 at night. So got that going for me next week.
00:10:59
The Big Dog
um Yeah. But yeah, it's kind of just been like my, annoyance because like i knew as soon as it like hit 50 I'm gonna like wake up with like a sore throat and sure enough the next day I did but psych myself I get psyched out um you know I doing doing the best I can to kind of like like I'm still functional like and and I can probably go into the office. It's just just like one of those things that's why people are going to freak out because I have a little muffled voice and you know like maybe a little bit ah thick breathing. I don't want people to get their own impressions. I'm just working from home and um kind of enjoying it and revamping my desk. So it's more of a Lord of the Rings theme. Just
00:11:45
The Big Dog
putting my energy into that when I do have it. Yeah.
00:11:49
David Isaacs
Yeah. So, yeah, kind of along the same themes of checking in with yourself and also... you know, maybe not so much a self-fulfilling prophecy. I mean, I have a hard time when the weather changes as well.
00:12:03
David Isaacs
So that's what I was kind of thinking on you know, Tuesday when I woke up and, you know, I body aches, if that would, because of, you know, the weather change, I'm not entirely sure like what causes it or just like an increase in humidity.
00:12:17
David Isaacs
So it's like our, know, bodies kind of have to adapt your sinuses, your breathing whatever it is, if it's like just the, from pressure, something, i mean, the weather channel, they always talk about like high pressure area, low pressure area. I'm like, I have no fucking idea what this is like. I have somewhat of an idea like, uh, high pressure is like harder to, for it to like shift. And then low pressure just kind of like comes and goes. I think I could be entirely wrong, but anyways, uh,
00:12:49
David Isaacs
Yeah, it, I stayed home on Tuesday too. It's like I, you know, really it just didn't have the energy. Like if have whatever energy I had was going to go into, you know, working for that day, it's not going to be, you know, getting up, getting ready, getting into work late and, you know, kind of slogging around the office for a few hours until I can go home.
00:13:12
David Isaacs
Right. yeah.
00:13:13
The Big Dog
Yeah. Yeah. you know, that's the whole thing. It's like when I wake up or when you wake up, obviously you're going to feel your worst because everything's kind of settled. And once you start kind of get moving, you know, maybe you feel better, but later in the day, but don't know overall just, it's not worth It's like go through the energy of getting ready and and driving into work, especially if you've got a longer drive and you know, that's already takes energy away from you to begin with. So, you know, add it on top. You're not feeling well. It's just just not worth it. So yeah, but, uh, but you took care of yourself on,
Imposter Syndrome and Work Stress
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The Big Dog
on Tuesday. So, um, but yeah, before we were kind of talking, i mean, if you want to chat about it, sounds like you've, you're kind of hitting some more challenges at work, uh, when you are going or when you do have gone in this week.
00:14:06
David Isaacs
Yeah, I mean, it's kind of more or less the same, you know. the And whether it's me or maybe, know, just kind of a mix of everything, but maybe a bit of imposter syndrome or a lot of energy expended, like trying to learn a lot in different domains and kind of how everything functions together.
00:14:32
David Isaacs
yeah, yeah with pulling data and where you pull it from and how you do it and like comparisons and a lot of these other things. Like there's a lot of context that's involved in it.
00:14:45
David Isaacs
So it's definitely like times where I feel like i'm doing all the right things. And, um, you know, it's still wrong.
00:14:56
David Isaacs
And, um, know, it's hard to really put a gauge on like, you know, where I'm at currently because, uh, you know, it's pretty, pretty stressful times. I think for everyone around in the office, there's like a lot of asks going around and a lot of understanding needed presentations to be had in that. So,
00:15:23
David Isaacs
kind of had one of those moments today, another trial by fire or, um, I think like being, learning how to swim I'm being thrown into shark infested waters.
00:15:38
The Big Dog
Right?
00:15:39
David Isaacs
So, um, kind of handling two things at once, but, uh, You know, it's, it's good in that sense, um, of just, you know kind of stimulating work.
00:15:52
David Isaacs
But, uh, you there's like, seems like waxing and waning or like times that feel like I'm doing everything right. And, everything's running smoothly and, uh, talk to coworkers and I'm able to help them out or, you know, I noticed something and call it out. And it's like, oh yeah, know, we weren't aware of this. We didn't see this, et cetera.
00:16:13
David Isaacs
Um, And there's just like a lot of other times, like, you know, there's times where things aren't as a aligned as I'd like him to be or some of the asks and trying to get like more clarification on what it is we're trying to do, what problem are we trying to solve? Like, so, yeah, I mean, it's not only a lot in like the the data itself, but, know, there's layers and layers on top of that in terms of you know, as far as where I'm at right now, like I guess said, I mean, I can look through data. I can, know, kind of gather insights. I can, know, see where things are going wrong and, um, like a lot of stuff that, uh, kind of things that I'm good at, you know, pattern recognition, process mapping, kind of documentation, process improvement type things.
00:17:11
David Isaacs
But, uh, Like some of the things I understand that are kind of pretty, pretty hard to understand our you know, pretty hard for me to be able to explain to people as well.
00:17:26
David Isaacs
So don't really have like a
00:17:31
David Isaacs
context of what it is. It's kind of hard to do. you know on top of all the other asks and tasks and other things that kind of come through. so it's like, yeah, I would like to, and I guess they kind of alluded to it in the interview process, but you know, when you're facing time conflicts and you're trying to prioritize things and like, what are the things that you want to focus on and in that?
00:17:58
David Isaacs
So I feel like there's like a lot of choices that need be made like throughout the day. I'm like, you know, kind of what to focus on and, you know, which emails that kind of need to respond to right away and when to kind of identify where, you know, ah meetings needed or like hop on a call to kind of understand, you know, what it is we're trying to do with some of these things. Like it's, it's a lot to try to manage. So it's harder to look back and say like, I'm,
00:18:29
David Isaacs
a lot further than I was before because yeah I mean it just seems like uh there's always so much more to learn and uh kind of the company operates and how you present things and and all this other stuff but uh yeah it's uh it's very difficult to like feel good I guess even though I am putting in a lot of effort and a lot of hours and trying to do the the best that I can. Sometimes, you know, that effort doesn't lead what I think it's going to.
00:19:06
David Isaacs
So, yeah, I mean, it's hard to... Hard to reconcile, like if I'm on the right path and doing the right things.
00:19:18
David Isaacs
But at the end the day, you know, I'm just got to keep working at it keep trying. And I think I'll get there eventually. But yeah, it's ah
00:19:36
David Isaacs
I'm tired, boss. Yeah.
00:19:38
The Big Dog
it Right. Yeah. Yeah. That's the, that's the thing that they don't put in the job description. you know, sometimes it's like all the, ah you know, you're, you're basically your own, like a word term, your own boss, you know, you got to, you're responsible for your own development and managing your own tasks, you know, cause I think pretty much every place, especially like in tech or, you know, anything involved analytics, right. Like, um you know, there's,
00:20:08
The Big Dog
managers are kind of busy themselves, right? Like, you know, where their work's got to get done. It's not like they're just sitting on their thumbs either. and You know, so fortunately kind of just always falls on you, you know, to be a little bit self-directive, kind of find your own work, find your own way sometimes, especially like for you and your instance where it's like, this is a fairly new position for them as a company. So,
00:20:36
The Big Dog
ah you know, might not always be rec receptive to, you know, not maybe there, there's a better way for this process, or you found something in the data that, you know, needs, needs improvement or needs more focus on So um yeah, I think you'll get there. It's just, you have to show them a reason, um you know, that what the work you're doing has
Balancing Work and Family Life
00:21:03
The Big Dog
value. I mean, obviously I i think you're doing good work and all that. It's just, I know that I work for a company and well, all my peers and, you know, people who are directly involved or understand what I'm doing, you know, there's, there's people within the company who you think I'm trying to like take their jobs or trying to like pick away at the, the available dollars, um, you know, trying to take money out of their pockets.
00:21:30
The Big Dog
Um, Or yeah, or just like outsource their job to AI, which isn't couldn't be anything further from the truth. um You know, in fact, I'm trying to like, put time back in the day so they can go out and get more business.
00:21:44
The Big Dog
ah But, you know, you just got to present them the value, whether it's the data or the projects that you're doing, or you know, ah you're communicating whatever whatever it is you know show them a different light each time and i think eventually know these these people stakeholders um you know we'll we'll catch on and i think with that like you know maybe it start to feel better and you know kind of lose your imposter syndrome but you know again all this stuff takes time and um if you're working a lot of hours it can lead up to burnout like
00:22:21
The Big Dog
last couple of weeks I've been kind of experiencing ah burnout of sorts where it's just like, it's just my wife's been working constantly and, you know, obviously we need the, we don't need the money, but we need the money type of deal. It's it's nice to have it.
00:22:40
The Big Dog
Well, like we haven't seen each other a lot. It's really just been like my son and I for like the last, we'll call it two weeks. um You know, so it's been harder bit and, you know, I, my wife and I kind of had like a short little blow up fight about it of like resentment from me i was starting to build up. And, and I just had to express that to her.
00:23:01
The Big Dog
Um, and again, from her perspective, it's hard to see that because of all the work she's done and, you know, she's tired and all that too. But, um, you know, we just had to have kind of a a real conversation and just kind of align with things and,
00:23:20
The Big Dog
I think we both came out on the better side of it for both of us. um Actually, as a matter of fact, after we finish this podcast, know, it's like I got go finish packing clothes. You know, I just haven't had time or energy last couple of weeks to do it. And my in-laws are driving down the floor down Friday, so I got to get that done. You know, it's all...
00:23:48
The Big Dog
It's tough, but, um you know, it's the conversations will will will be had and and, you know, people will see things from a different light. It just takes time.
00:24:01
David Isaacs
Yeah, I mean, I think that's the main thing, you know, with a doing some of the stuff. A lot of what I do isn't exactly visible.
00:24:13
David Isaacs
It's not like... you know, shown a lot. There's a lot of, uh, you know, collaboration within my team and with other teams and, you know, I just want to work, right. I just want to take care of the stuff that I need to take care of. And that'd be the end of it.
00:24:31
David Isaacs
A lot of time for some of the projects and stuff that were given to me um, be able to take that time and, uh, you know, kind of schedule out that time to work on it.
00:24:45
David Isaacs
Right. So i don't feel like I'm rushed all the time, but, uh, yeah, it, it comes with time. It comes with trust. It comes with, um, you know, kind of that visibility and speaking up and, and all those things.
00:24:58
David Isaacs
So, I mean, that's the main thing at like a big company is like, you know, how do you really find your role? And, um, know, I felt like I did and felt like I was in a better groove and, and these things. And, um, you know, last couple of months have just been a ton of urgent requests.
00:25:15
David Isaacs
Um, So yeah, I mean, it's kind of been tough to find my way. of Once I find my way, then it's like, okay, how do I find my groove into kind of taking care of some of these things as they're supposed to happen? but I mean, have a few things that are supposed to be done before the end of the quarter.
00:25:40
David Isaacs
that I haven't started on yet. I've got, um you know, some process improvements for some processes that I'm supposed to hand off to somebody else that have a good amount of tech debt in it.
00:25:54
David Isaacs
And I mean, like, you know, from when I started, I mean, it's basically like credit card debt. Like it's, it's gotten harder to pay off because I've kind of removed myself from understanding exactly how it works.
00:26:11
David Isaacs
so when i come back to it i have to like retrain myself for that so it's like a whole other aspect of it of like yeah i mean if i was able to get all the way through it it would have taken a lot less time but now it's like i have to relearn you know how things work i have to you know vet the data to make sure that things are coming back the way that i expected it to and and what have you but um Yeah, I mean, I think it's just kind of the cycle of things like I don't really get discouraged even throughout the day. It's like I really don't have time to even really care that much about, you know, how this presentation went or how I presented myself or a lot of the stuff that i put a lot of time and work and effort into like that just didn't show.
00:26:57
David Isaacs
You know, I think that's just kind of life, you know. Sometimes you do put in a lot of effort and a lot of work and It's just either not reciprocated or it doesn't lead you to where you thought you were going to be.
00:27:12
David Isaacs
uh, I don't like a lot of other people have it worse and, um, just the, the opportunity and still having the opportunity is enough for me to try to seize it, you know? So we're just keep on trucking along. And that is the the mantra of the biggest dog.
00:27:34
The Big Dog
Exactly. Oh,
00:27:40
The Big Dog
but yeah. What's um what have you been doing? besides drinking coffee to your own stuff, I've been doing in like your your team, your downtime.
00:27:51
David Isaacs
I'm trying to get back into reading, but I haven't, I haven't really had like the the mind state for it. There's like a shift that happens. You know, at 15 minutes when you start reading, like your brain just, or at least my brain like fights me. That's like, you could be watching YouTube. You could be doing, you could be watching TV. You could be doing something else. but it a And I haven't had the power to kind of qualm that. Like I already dread like those 15 minutes until I can like actually start reading. So I haven't been doing that.
00:28:29
David Isaacs
um, sauna bag, been pretty consistent with the sauna bag for a while. Um, and I wanted to start working out again, but I also haven't gotten around to doing that. So, um,
00:28:42
David Isaacs
not really, not really much of anything, you know, besides hanging out with friends. I, uh, actually went and got couple massages over the last couple weeks.
00:28:52
David Isaacs
So that's been nice. Just trying to, you know, reconfigure my body and, uh, in the hopes that I can know get back to the gym. But yeah, i think I got I don't know as, as far as like the,
00:29:09
David Isaacs
eight hour work day or whatnot. I'm generally like seven 30 to whenever I think it's, you know, my brain stops working. so it's, it's hard to, it's kind of hard to take time to do kind of like some of that stuff throughout the week. Cause i mean, it's not manual labor by any means, but for me, it's just like very mentally dense work.
00:29:30
David Isaacs
So you get finished with it and I just like have enough energy to get home. And by the time I get home, it's just like, okay, well I have, you know, three or four hours before I have to get ready to go back into work because I got to get enough sleep to kind of recover for the next day
00:29:49
The Big Dog
Yeah. Um, yeah, it's like all the shit that I get from like my manual labeler friends. It's like, well, you work in an office. So, you know, you, you know, you're not, you're not putting a toll on your body just, you know, I'll, so I'll say that to make it sound polite, but, um,
00:30:11
The Big Dog
yeah that's the thing that's like especially like a high level job where it's like you know i'm i'm a master your business analyst and it's like yeah i mean yeah i'm sitting on my butt for most of the day but like also i'm like trying to solve like real world business problems and you know we're trying to like turn a penny into a pound you know like we're trying to find new revenue streams we're trying to find new processes to streamline things we're trying to like you know, save money. We're trying to, so we can, you know, all the different things all the while sitting on our butt. So it's like we're a sedentary, sedentary lifestyle. um so we're kind of like already working on ourselves to begin with. And now we're trying to also, you know, like I'm not trying to make it like we're like, you know, NASA scientists or doctors here, but it's not like we're just like, just sitting here staring at an Excel sheet all day. I mean, maybe that's,
00:31:08
The Big Dog
most of my day, but you know, I've, I've got to hop on meetings. I've got a you know, cater to all forms of different communication to different people. Like I have to be prepared for, be prepared for these meetings. I have to come up with a slide deck. Um, it's all right. So right. Code. I have to plan out architecture, which still is hilarious to think about.
00:31:30
The Big Dog
um because I'm like still not the best UI designer, but um you know, it's, it's come a long way since I've started this job. It's a whole different skillset that I've had to learn.
00:31:43
The Big Dog
um and that's the other thing too. It's like, mean, I'm manual labor people are learning new skills every day, and just like, but we are as well. You know, it's like, you were to ask me six months to a year ago, if I knew how to actually design a page and what I'm looking at and I mean, i probably could have given you a ah general, a very very generalized idea of what it would look like, but I wouldn't be able to tell you. I mean, project management, like um umm not what was it, CMC, I think, or CPM,
00:32:22
The Big Dog
I'm not like the fancy certified project manager. I have it through my certification through Google. So that's, you know, a decent start. um All of these skills I've had to acquire and spend times that like not at work doing this, you know, then on top of that, raising a child and all of that, but you know, that's neither here nor there. It's, but you know, to add to your point, it's like, we're, we're doing a lot mentally. so like we're working on our brain muscle and, uh, you know, as part of my recovery, when I come home, uh, I, I make sure to finish my 10,000 subs for the day.
00:33:04
The Big Dog
Sometimes it'll take 90 minutes on a walking pad, but I'll, I get there and I feel better. You know, I get like that, I guess like dopamine rush of,
00:33:17
The Big Dog
reaching my, my daily goal. Um, so, and you know, physically I'm getting better and feeling
Exercise and Mental Health Benefits
00:33:25
The Big Dog
better. So, um, you know, maybe just doing the opposite of what you do all day.
00:33:33
The Big Dog
even so for like half an hour, like think that goes a long way into like, uh, your sort of recovery process or, or, uh, we talked about it last week, your,
00:33:45
The Big Dog
Like you're coming back into society, coming back into mentallyre mental restart, I guess I'll call it.
00:33:56
The Big Dog
So, yeah, I mean, there's a lot that goes into it. It's very tiring, may seem boring most, but you know or we are doing a lot of exhausting things at the end of the day.
00:34:12
David Isaacs
Yeah, and it all adds up. It comes from like, okay, well where are you at with your foundation and the you know kind of energy levels that you have?
00:34:23
David Isaacs
Kind of similar with like exercise, right? It's like, I'm not going go back to i'm not gonna go to the gym today and haven't worked out in a while and try to put 225 on the bar Like maybe some people would be able to do that, but, um, you know, you got to kind of build your way up.
00:34:37
The Big Dog
Right.
00:34:43
David Isaacs
And when you're dealing with, you know, I'll be at manual labor office work or whatnot. Um, it's like your brain's a muscle. You got to exercise it and you got to, you know, similar to your body, you got to eat right and sleep well and, you know, kind of increase your energy envelopes as you can.
00:35:02
David Isaacs
And it's good to hear that, you know, you stick to that 10,000 step goal. That's awesome to, you know, get to get to doing that.
00:35:15
David Isaacs
I'm guessing most days you're able to accomplish it. So regardless of kind of the and day you've had or whatnot.
00:35:24
The Big Dog
Yeah. um You know, it prior to the pandemic and getting an office job, I was working retail. So i was, you know, even back then the goal was still always 10,000 stops. And I'd reached that by like noon, I think, um or halfway through my day.
00:35:42
The Big Dog
so like, I didn't really see a point to tracking it. Well then, you know, you kind of fall out of that habit and then you change your lifestyle completely by, by doing office work and your sedentary to, you don't realize it and then all of a sudden gain, you know, a hundred pounds.
00:35:57
The Big Dog
So it's like, Oh, cause I got to start doing the 10,000 steps again.
00:35:58
David Isaacs
Thank you.
00:36:01
The Big Dog
um but just one of small things that i remember what made me successful of staying in shape and, um, you know, giving me energy when I needed it. Um, and that helped certainly it's helped my seasonal depression because like I was,
00:36:22
The Big Dog
just was The weather was just really starting to get to me. but that i this Walking pad has kind of safe saved my mental health in a way. So, was one of best purchases I've ever made.
00:36:32
David Isaacs
Yeah.
00:36:34
The Big Dog
Yeah.
00:36:35
David Isaacs
Yeah. That's awesome. and I try to do the same thing with like a golf simulator league and then everyone kind of backed out. So I haven't had as much to do you know over the winter.
00:36:44
The Big Dog
Bummer. Bummer.
00:36:47
David Isaacs
But besides the gym, which I still need to get back to, I've got to figure out something to do you know about that. But In any case, you know, it's those small steps, you know, or those 10,000 small steps you do every day.
00:37:06
David Isaacs
And then, you know, also just kind of checking in, right? And like, well, I want to, you know, what's the next step for me? What else do I want to accomplish with doing this?
00:37:17
David Isaacs
Or... know, it's exercise related and you're just like mental health related or, some other form of personal improvement. And, um, you know i think that's where kind of get stuck in some ways. Right. Cause the, uh, some of things like I can, especially at work, like I can handle, I can take on, like I already have this, let me just spin this out real quick.
00:37:40
David Isaacs
And, um, know, there's kind of some of that block cause you feel good about like, you know, getting a task and being able to finish it very quickly. Well, but the projects and those things, I think like the coding camp really humbled us with, you know, well, you got to build out like your plans and your steps and your foundation and how to build from that.
00:38:00
David Isaacs
And, uh, that's kind of something harder that, uh, I haven't been able to do just because my mental state has just been, know, jumping from concepts. I don't really have too much knowledge in. So then I have to learn about it to be able to,
00:38:16
David Isaacs
put something together and send it over. That's somewhat legible. And then, um, yeah, doesn't really allow me too much time to kind of focus on some of the conceptual stuff of, you know, kind of what would be the best way to do this?
00:38:31
David Isaacs
How do I start, you know where do I start with and that? Um, but, uh, yeah, for you or me or anyone, I think the, uh, small steps and those habits and, uh, kind of what we talk about, like, you know, no matter, how fast you're going, where you're going, and kind of what life throws at you. You know, there's things with you that you value and you want to carry with you.
00:38:56
David Isaacs
And, uh, it's good to hear like some of the things that you're able to carry with you, regardless of the situation.
00:39:05
The Big Dog
yeah, um, I even started doing some, like, light workouts, like, um, you know, I was doing 50 squats, um, 50 heel raises, and couple other different exercises, um, not too strenuous, but they make me kind of work up a squat enough, and, um,
00:39:28
The Big Dog
kind of rebuilding the muscle that I've lost and, you know, converting that, trying to turn that motion to muscles Arnold would say, um, just to get started and in paces. Um, still not fully ready to go back to a gym, just kind of mentally. um but again, I'm kind of building that foundation to, to go back and to start. So, um, just like my mental blockage of,
00:39:57
The Big Dog
you know, feeling like I'm being judged, even though i'm probably not. And I like 99% sure I wouldn't be, um, even if I were, it wouldn't matter. I'm not there for them there for me. So, um, you know, putting up the confidence to step in the one like Matthew McConaughey said, the hardest part about going to the gym is putting your shoes on. So, so I've been able to do that part again.
00:40:27
The Big Dog
we're getting there. I just got stay positive and, and put this, uh, like condo, uh, timeshare type thingy we're going to in Florida has their club center club, uh, has like a ah gym.
00:40:46
The Big Dog
So, and a movie theater. So two birds with one stone, i don't know what they,
00:40:51
David Isaacs
Heck yeah.
00:40:52
The Big Dog
I don't know what they have playing, but it's anything recent, oh I'll take it just ah you know just to feel good. um
00:41:04
The Big Dog
Yeah, man, it's all about incremental steps and really just respect the hustle, so so to speak.
00:41:18
David Isaacs
Yeah. Focus on the process. Success will follow. And, um, you know, sometimes it just lags that success and the steps that you're taking.
00:41:31
David Isaacs
But really the, uh, what they say? Like the, uh, it's not about the destination. It's the journey.
00:41:42
The Big Dog
Yeah, there you go.
00:41:43
David Isaacs
And, uh, yeah so like lord of the ring style mean most of those movies was about the journey like it was very there wasn't too much about know actually being in mount doom i think that only made up like a small percentage of the movie but um you know having to adapt and be resilient and figure out ways to tackle some of the problems that you're deal with every day and i think um
00:41:52
The Big Dog
All right.
00:42:13
David Isaacs
It's kind of like something for me is that I deal with it a lot at work. So don't really want to have more problems to deal with, I guess.
Procrastination and Self-Improvement Challenges
00:42:25
David Isaacs
So maybe that's why I don't, uh,
00:42:30
David Isaacs
don't deal too much with like personal improvement things. and similarly to how I said, like, it feels good to be able to tackle a problem in the same day or in a short amount of time, with, uh, you know personal improvement in whatever case it is. I mean, it's, it's easier to procrastinate, but, uh, those things add up over time and it's a lot harder to, you know, break even.
00:42:57
David Isaacs
similar what I was talking about earlier. It's like credit card debt, you know, the, APY on that is pretty, pretty high. So it's hard to get back to even, but, uh, you gotta, you gotta take your, uh, you gotta start paying it down, you know, because, uh, eventually it's just going to keep eating away at you until it's no longer sustainable.
00:43:08
The Big Dog
Nice.
00:43:21
David Isaacs
So that's, uh, kind of my thought. And I'd like to give more thought to, and, hopefully that'll be like the first step kind of this, uh, personal improvement, mindfulness journey of just, you know, maybe like just take a, get back to journal and take a note at the end of the day. It's like, you know, how do I feel? how do I think the day went?
00:43:43
David Isaacs
Um, maybe a few notes what I'd like to, you know, work on and the next like couple days. And, see where that goes so yeah maybe that's uh something i'll start with tonight and uh i'll report back but um that's pretty much all i had don't know if you have anything else
00:44:04
The Big Dog
Uh, no, mean, um, you know, it took Gandalf almost 20 years to get back to Frodo to tell him that he had the one ring. So, you know, everything else is in comparison. So, uh, I breeze. So, you know, just take it one step at a time, do your research, hunt for Gollum and visit me in Aetherith. Um, do your thing.
00:44:27
The Big Dog
but I'll, I'll end it on that.
00:44:30
David Isaacs
Yeah. Find out what's important to you. And work on a process to get there.
00:44:41
David Isaacs
Take the small steps. Don't fight the Balrog all the way up the hidden steps to the top of the Yeah. Right. Okay. morea
00:44:53
The Big Dog
Yeah, not Misty Mountains.
00:44:58
David Isaacs
okay Goodbye, everyone.
00:45:02
The Big Dog
Bye-bye.