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Post 1937, Day 261 of 2017
- 2,453 days since I started this blog -
- 2,453 days since I started this blog -
This was one of my most exhausting weekends in a while.
Due to having a gig Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, and getting involved with the sound - my new PA going for its shakedown cruise - every day was a little more work than the last, until Sunday, when almost all I had to do was set up my bass rig and play.
Very rewarding, though. All the gigs were successful, and I am comfortable that I can use the PA and that it is, at a minimum, adequate for what it is intended. This is especially true since I had some difficulty setting up the monitors, and eventually solved that problem. However, that was one of my most exhausting gigs ever. When I just play bass, I can load-in and load-out (bass to car, gear from car to set-up-and-ready-to-play, gear back to car, bass to apartment [my rig lives in my car]) in under thirty minutes! Add a PA, and load-in, setup and load-out time is more than tripled! Setup time becomes dominant, even for a modest PA like mine.
We'll see if all that is worth it. I think, for those occasions when I need it, it will be. The real test of its' worthwhileness is if it gets me new opportunities.
Today, I closed my trading account. Not for lack of success, but because I didn't like its role in my lifestyle. It was crazy successful: In just over fifty weeks it gave me a 30% return. But it also pulled my attention towards the stock market for up to six hours a day, and not times of my choosing. Further, I was approaching it less and less objectively, more like a sport or gambling, and the bad feeling of losing (a minority of the time) was worse than the good feeling of winning.
So, out. Once it settles, I'll go back to my half-hour/five times a week portfolio review, done any time between 5pm and 9am. That's the mode that brought me success (11+% average annual returns for seven years) in the first place. I have greatly exceeded my conservative goals of 2% per year. And with the reinvestment of my trading money in dividend stocks, if I had to start using the dividends for income, I would net a very nice income boost, even after taxes.
This week, I have no gigs! Saturday, I'm going to see Sir Paul McCartney at one of the worst concert venues in the US, but I'll be able to say I saw him.
I continue to live in gratitude.
Due to having a gig Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, and getting involved with the sound - my new PA going for its shakedown cruise - every day was a little more work than the last, until Sunday, when almost all I had to do was set up my bass rig and play.
Very rewarding, though. All the gigs were successful, and I am comfortable that I can use the PA and that it is, at a minimum, adequate for what it is intended. This is especially true since I had some difficulty setting up the monitors, and eventually solved that problem. However, that was one of my most exhausting gigs ever. When I just play bass, I can load-in and load-out (bass to car, gear from car to set-up-and-ready-to-play, gear back to car, bass to apartment [my rig lives in my car]) in under thirty minutes! Add a PA, and load-in, setup and load-out time is more than tripled! Setup time becomes dominant, even for a modest PA like mine.
We'll see if all that is worth it. I think, for those occasions when I need it, it will be. The real test of its' worthwhileness is if it gets me new opportunities.
Today, I closed my trading account. Not for lack of success, but because I didn't like its role in my lifestyle. It was crazy successful: In just over fifty weeks it gave me a 30% return. But it also pulled my attention towards the stock market for up to six hours a day, and not times of my choosing. Further, I was approaching it less and less objectively, more like a sport or gambling, and the bad feeling of losing (a minority of the time) was worse than the good feeling of winning.
So, out. Once it settles, I'll go back to my half-hour/five times a week portfolio review, done any time between 5pm and 9am. That's the mode that brought me success (11+% average annual returns for seven years) in the first place. I have greatly exceeded my conservative goals of 2% per year. And with the reinvestment of my trading money in dividend stocks, if I had to start using the dividends for income, I would net a very nice income boost, even after taxes.
This week, I have no gigs! Saturday, I'm going to see Sir Paul McCartney at one of the worst concert venues in the US, but I'll be able to say I saw him.
I continue to live in gratitude.
Food and Diet
Today's Weight: 201.9 lbs.
Today's Weight: 201.9 lbs.
Previous Weight (9/15/17): 201.2 lbs.
Net Loss/Gain: + 0.7 lbs.
Diet Comment
I'm glad the weekend's eating, not overall bad, but with some deliberate departures from the plan, didn't result in a worse outcome today. I thought it was going to.
Food Log
Breakfast
5:05pm, at CoreLife Eatery:
Lunch
11:40pm: Curry: Cauliflower, kale, spinach, lentil curry, turkey breast and prosciutto.
Dinner
1:20am: Walnuts and cheese.
Liquid Intake
5:05pm, at CoreLife Eatery:
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| Tuna poke salad with: Kale, cabbage, mesculum greens, cucumber, carrots, scallions, ginger, edamame, avocado, tuna poke, sesame seeds, almonds, walnuts and miso-sesame dressing. |
11:40pm: Curry: Cauliflower, kale, spinach, lentil curry, turkey breast and prosciutto.
Dinner
1:20am: Walnuts and cheese.
Liquid Intake
Espressos: 1; Coffee: 0 oz.; Tea: 0 oz.; Water: 118+ oz.;
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