#1473, Wednesday, July 22: Different strokes...

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Post 1473, Day 203 of 2015
- 1,664 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

This weekend demonstrated that I can still learn things. Especially about myself and my friends. This time, a matter of style.

In a city-mouse/country-mouse situation, I found myself in the unusual position of being the country-mouse. Usually, among my friends and fellow musicians here in Central New York, I am seen as the City boy in the group, because of my New York City background.

Showing my friend around, bringing him to my different scenes, the difference in style between the two of us, brought up in the same neighborhood, although his parents had a very successful business, so he didn't have the barely-getting-by squalor of my home.

He has inherited his father's business sense, and joy of entrepreneur-ship, making me his complement - I have a pretty good grasp of finances, but business? I don't have any business sense, in fact, I don't even like to think about it, and, further, there isn't an entrepreneurial bone in my body.

On a trip to the Finger Lakes wine country, he asked about the business at every stop. To me, it seemed rude, but apparently, it doesn't ruffle the servers in the tasting rooms we visited. Not only didn't they mind, they engaged and humored him. Me? I thought he was somewhat missing the point.

But he likes to talk to people, and business is what, in general, he likes to talk about.

And he does like to talk. He is what we used to call a 'motor mouth'. Always talking. At the end of wine trail (we really just 'put a toe in' with only four stops), he was exhausted, went in for a nap. I went off to play a gig. I'd done all the driving, he'd done all the talking.

That is what exhausted him. And he slept right through my gig.

Sometimes, I got a little irritated, finding all the talking in general tiring, and the business talk, the pricing emphasis sort of... boring. But you know what? When that happens, I take a mental step back and ask myself, what is the lesson here, what can I learn, and why am I negative now?

That break in being judgmental, at looking at my internals instead of someone else's is when I learn to value it for what it is, and not make judgment on it. Initially, it is practice at patience. And tolerance for different styles of communication. And a reminder that my way isn't necessarily right, a reminder to be humble.

My friend was being genuine, having fun the way he has fun. Although it is not the way I conduct myself, he isn't bound by that. He was having a good time, and as his host, that's exactly what I wanted for him. Stylistic differences aside, we were engaged in the same thing, and both, ultimately, enjoying ourselves.

My mood changed, irritation vanished in the space of a second, as I evaluated what was happening real-time.

It was a good day, and a good visit.

Food and Diet Section

Today's Weight:                   207.4 lbs

Previous Weight (7/21):           207.6 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:                - 0.2 lbs

Diet Comment

A virtual day-over-day tie. Much better than a weight gain. That will come tomorrow, after a (relatively) high-carb dinner.

Food Log

Breakfast
Protein shake with almond-coconut milk, kefir, kale, large organic egg, whey powder (36g protein), hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), raw organic cacao powder, fermented coconut water, chia gel, moringa leaf powder, cinnamon, celery and stevia-inulin blend.

Lunch
At Core:

Steak, bacon and bleu cheese salad: Chopped romaine + mesclun mix, grilled steak, bacon, cranberries, walnuts, tomatoes, gorgonzola, and bleu cheese dressing with a touch of sriracha. Not shown: Cup of beef and pork bone broth.

Snack
A Quest bar.

Dinner
At Eskapes:

Grilled burger with bacon and Jack cheese, lettuce, tomato, and chipotle mayonnaise on a garlic roll with a simple salad with crumbled blue cheese. Not shown: Thanksgiving (cream of turkey) soup appetizer and oatmeal cookie dessert. 

Snack
A Quest bar.

Liquid Intake
   Espressos: 4;  Coffee: 0 oz.; Water: 90+ oz.; Shot of Jameson's

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