WEBVTT 00:00.170 --> 00:04.014 There is a lot of research back in the idea that seeking new information. 00:04.212 --> 00:06.986 Building new skills, and using your brain. 00:07.018 --> 00:09.934 In new ways on a regular basis is one of the best ways to. 00:09.972 --> 00:12.922 Preserve the long term health of your brain. 00:12.986 --> 00:15.386 It can slow aging, reduce your risk. 00:15.418 --> 00:24.618 Of dementia, and keep your brain nimble and clear for the future. Isn't it interesting that the more you use your brain, the more you can use your brain? 00:24.714 --> 00:25.094 How? 00:25.172 --> 00:30.230 Curtis, my pal here, is Joe, and we are dudes in progress. 00:41.230 --> 00:42.294 Hey, Joe. 00:42.422 --> 00:43.738 Hello, my friend. 00:43.904 --> 00:46.202 How's your brain doing? 00:46.256 --> 00:46.986 All right. 00:47.168 --> 00:51.146 The more I use it, the more I use it. The more I use it, the more. 00:51.168 --> 00:53.102 I can use it. I love sayings like that, man. 00:53.156 --> 00:53.918 I do. 00:54.084 --> 00:58.270 I've got one that I use all the time. The older you get, the older old gets. 00:58.340 --> 01:08.330 That's true. I saw someone just recently go, wow, they're definitely older than me. I don't know if they really were or have. 01:08.420 --> 01:09.586 I think we may have talked about. 01:09.608 --> 01:12.738 This before, but it's funny when you go on Facebook or you get a. 01:12.744 --> 01:15.026 Friend request from Facebook or you see. 01:15.048 --> 01:16.134 An old friend that you grew up. 01:16.172 --> 01:26.534 With and according to their picture, man, they look like a 90 year old man with suspenders on and gruffy beard and wrinkled face. 01:26.572 --> 01:29.398 And you think, my gosh, I probably look like that. 01:29.564 --> 01:32.406 Right? I know it. I don't know. 01:32.428 --> 01:34.666 Do you have a fear of growing old? That's not what we're going to talk. 01:34.688 --> 01:36.586 About today, but no, I don't have. 01:36.608 --> 01:37.594 A fear of growing old. 01:37.632 --> 01:39.260 I have a fear of getting old. 01:39.790 --> 01:40.490 Yeah. 01:40.640 --> 01:49.790 Not really a fear. You know what it is, Curtis? That's a really interesting question. There's a lot that I want to do. There's impact I want to make and. 01:49.860 --> 01:52.138 There'S things that I want to accomplish. 01:52.234 --> 01:52.542 Yeah. 01:52.596 --> 01:54.350 And not high lofty things. 01:54.420 --> 01:55.326 Right, right. 01:55.428 --> 02:00.418 But there's some things that I want to see happen and I want to be here for it. 02:00.504 --> 02:02.034 And I want to not only be. 02:02.072 --> 02:08.994 Here, but I want to be vibrant and healthy and focused, energetic and all those things. 02:09.112 --> 02:10.274 I think you're going to like my. 02:10.312 --> 02:13.126 Quote of the week when we get to that, but we're going to be. 02:13.148 --> 02:16.262 Talking about what are we going to learn in 2024. 02:16.316 --> 02:17.686 Last episode, we talked about what we. 02:17.708 --> 02:26.986 Learned in 2023, so we thought it'd be a good time. I know, Joe, and I don't think you are either really high on New. 02:27.008 --> 02:29.674 Year's resolutions or setting goals for the new year. 02:29.712 --> 02:34.720 I feel like it's something, my wife even said this to me today, that. 02:35.170 --> 02:36.686 Something you should be doing all the. 02:36.708 --> 02:47.154 Time, but it's still fun. It's a good time to think of it in ways. And I was during the week off, take vacation time between Christmas and New. 02:47.192 --> 02:48.290 Year's, and I tried to. 02:48.360 --> 02:52.354 I didn't sit down and really get crazy with this, but this episode has. 02:52.392 --> 02:54.354 Motivated me to write some things down. 02:54.392 --> 03:01.158 And that quote that I read from the intro is from a book I bought today. Just searching around one of the things. 03:01.164 --> 03:01.958 I was doing this morning, I was. 03:01.964 --> 03:04.454 Looking, hey, I got to get myself a book that. 03:04.492 --> 03:05.334 A self help book. 03:05.372 --> 03:07.282 And I bought on Amazon. 03:07.346 --> 03:08.754 It's from Mike Bayer. 03:08.802 --> 03:11.914 I don't know. You seem to know everybody that I mentioned. 03:12.112 --> 03:13.722 That's not a name I'm familiar with. 03:13.776 --> 03:13.994 Okay. 03:14.032 --> 03:17.958 Honestly, he's associated with Dr. Phil. 03:18.054 --> 03:18.746 I've heard of him. 03:18.768 --> 03:20.998 He's got a show and famous from Oprah. 03:21.094 --> 03:21.402 Sure. 03:21.456 --> 03:24.510 But I noticed him. I didn't do a lot of research. 03:24.580 --> 03:28.702 On it, but I found this book called best self be you, only better. 03:28.836 --> 03:33.358 And it looked interesting. So that's where I just happened to. 03:33.364 --> 03:34.794 Be looking at a chapter. 03:34.842 --> 03:36.578 And that caught my eye as I. 03:36.584 --> 03:38.578 Was browsing through it after I bought it today. 03:38.664 --> 03:46.094 It's interesting about buying books, Kurt, I heard one of your mentors, and I like him, too, Cliff Ravenscraft. 03:46.222 --> 03:48.054 I heard him talking about how he. 03:48.092 --> 04:08.554 Buys books and pays for books, and what he will do is he will get a preview of a book, like on a Kindle. And as he's reading through the preview, if something catches his eye that he feels is worth the price of the book, just that single nugget. If the price of the book is. 04:08.592 --> 04:11.626 $15 and he reads something very profound. 04:11.818 --> 04:24.974 Or educational or motivational or whatever it might be, if he feels like that little nugget is going to add $15 worth of value to his life, then he'll buy the whole book. 04:25.172 --> 04:34.146 Yeah, well, you're so insightful all the time when I talk to you, Joe. That's what motivated me. There was a chapter in there that. 04:34.328 --> 04:35.826 Seemed to speak to me a little. 04:35.848 --> 04:37.278 Bit, and I wanted to learn more about it. 04:37.304 --> 04:39.142 So just for that chapter, I said, why not? 04:39.196 --> 04:41.238 I will get this book. 04:41.404 --> 04:49.122 If you want to learn how Kurt and I feel about goals and values, go all the way back to episode. 04:49.186 --> 04:53.242 One, the very first episode of dudes in progress. Just go to dudesandprogress.com. 04:53.296 --> 04:55.034 Go all the way back to the. 04:55.072 --> 04:57.974 Very first episode called Goals and Values. 04:58.102 --> 05:01.274 New year's resolutions don't work, and we. 05:01.312 --> 05:08.602 Talk a lot about setting goals and how we feel about setting goals and how I feel about setting goals and goals versus values and so forth. 05:08.666 --> 05:19.538 So if you want to check that out, just go all the way back to episode one. And that brings me to this, Kurt, what are we celebrating today right now? 05:19.704 --> 05:23.262 Oh, you mean is this our one year anniversary? 05:23.406 --> 05:23.954 Can you believe. 05:23.992 --> 05:25.666 I can't believe you forgot that, brother. 05:25.778 --> 05:30.386 This is episode 52, okay? Of dudes in progress. 05:30.498 --> 05:34.710 52 weeks of producing a weekly podcast every week. 05:34.780 --> 05:35.410 Never missed. 05:35.490 --> 05:36.646 Not missed a week. 05:36.828 --> 05:38.894 Miracles never cease. 05:38.962 --> 05:40.262 That's persistence. 05:40.326 --> 05:43.500 Miracles focus, commitment, all those things. 05:43.950 --> 05:46.490 A lot of times we came in wheels of squealing, right? 05:46.560 --> 05:47.162 That's true. 05:47.216 --> 05:51.818 And I can say we technically got it released in that week, right? 05:51.984 --> 05:55.870 It may have been at 1159 59, but, yeah. 05:56.020 --> 05:57.118 What do you do? 05:57.284 --> 05:59.802 I got a question for you. Have you looked at our website lately? 05:59.946 --> 06:02.186 Because you told me to, I think, on Saturday. 06:02.298 --> 06:02.670 Awesome. 06:02.740 --> 06:05.434 And I'm trying to catch up on the artwork on the episode. 06:05.482 --> 06:10.206 Artwork and making sure we get those posts right. There's a big gap. 06:10.238 --> 06:11.438 If you look at our website, there's. 06:11.454 --> 06:15.460 A big gap between episode 24 and episode 47. 06:15.830 --> 06:18.382 There's certainly some catch up catching up to do. 06:18.456 --> 06:20.838 But how do you like the artwork I've put in there? 06:20.924 --> 06:26.790 I really like it, and I have a sneaky suspicion. I know how you're doing it, too. 06:26.940 --> 06:30.694 Yeah, I'm using chat, GPT's dolly, AI. 06:30.742 --> 06:41.034 Generated images, and I'm learning how to use that. And it's very interesting. But you can tell there's some real indicators to AI generated images. But I still like them, man. 06:41.072 --> 06:42.202 I think they look cool. 06:42.336 --> 06:43.638 We're having fun with that. 06:43.744 --> 06:55.362 Again, going back to the motivation for me to do this podcast, there were a couple, one that Joe and I have a great relationship, and we have great talks, I think, on Saturdays, and. 06:55.416 --> 06:57.554 Even something we're improving on getting into. 06:57.592 --> 07:07.230 More of a format of a mastermind with our friend Clay. And I just wanted to be intentional. 07:07.310 --> 07:09.090 About things that I want to accomplish. 07:09.170 --> 07:11.382 And so this was a great topic today. 07:11.436 --> 07:12.390 What are we going to learn? 07:12.460 --> 07:14.982 I think, yeah, ongoing learning is something. 07:15.036 --> 07:18.182 I really enjoy doing, and this podcast motivates me to do that. 07:18.236 --> 07:24.506 And I wouldn't have wrote down these things that I want to learn for this year. And Joe, I was going to say. 07:24.528 --> 07:28.038 To you, this is going to be a discussion, not a decision. 07:28.214 --> 07:29.530 I've heard that before. 07:29.680 --> 07:35.790 I haven't decided which one. I'm going to go real deep. Some I've already been working on, and I'm going to continue with those. 07:35.860 --> 07:38.766 But you mentioned artificial intelligence and the. 07:38.788 --> 07:40.494 Things that we play around with, whether. 07:40.532 --> 07:45.114 It'S technically for the website or our podcasting skills. 07:45.242 --> 07:48.434 I enjoy all those things, and those are some of the things that are going to be in my list. 07:48.472 --> 07:50.338 I'm curious to see what's going to. 07:50.344 --> 07:51.378 Be in your list of things you. 07:51.384 --> 07:52.530 Want to learn this year. 07:52.680 --> 07:57.378 Well, before we transition into the meat of the show, Kurt, I do want. 07:57.384 --> 07:58.722 To say happy anniversary. 07:58.786 --> 08:03.158 Happy one year anniversary, my friend for dudes in progress, and let you know. 08:03.164 --> 08:05.126 How much I appreciate you as a. 08:05.148 --> 08:07.858 Friend, as a mentor, as a confidant. 08:08.034 --> 08:19.674 As somebody that I can mentee. Sometimes we go back and forth. You're my mentor, I'm your mentor. We go back and forth and just somebody that I really appreciate having this relationship with. 08:19.712 --> 08:21.110 So happy anniversary, pal. 08:21.190 --> 08:23.386 Thank you. And right back at you. 08:23.488 --> 08:27.790 It's just some of these little things. One of the things is going to be on my list. 08:27.940 --> 08:31.374 I can get started into it. I've already been talking about it, so. 08:31.412 --> 08:34.862 It'S just going to continue with this basic handiwork I've been doing in the home. 08:34.996 --> 08:36.158 So just to be clear, just to. 08:36.164 --> 08:37.218 Be clear, not to interrupt, but just. 08:37.224 --> 08:39.634 To be clear, today's episode is all. 08:39.672 --> 08:44.414 About things we want to learn in 2024. I think you mentioned this earlier. 08:44.462 --> 08:46.562 We did set the stage last week. 08:46.616 --> 08:48.018 For the things we learned, and I. 08:48.024 --> 08:51.174 Think a reflective moment was good to. 08:51.212 --> 08:55.462 Understand what we learned in last year. But these are the things we want to learn in 2024. 08:55.516 --> 08:56.034 Right, Kirk? 08:56.082 --> 08:56.246 Yeah. 08:56.268 --> 09:07.098 And what I was getting at was, it's really interesting. It can be simple things. It doesn't have to be life changing things. When you have a mentor or like. 09:07.184 --> 09:08.922 The relationship that you and I have. 09:08.976 --> 09:11.518 On Saturdays, a little thing like when. 09:11.524 --> 09:12.926 I was working on my bathroom, you. 09:12.948 --> 09:17.258 Mentioned the shark bite for the shut off valves. 09:17.354 --> 09:18.000 Sure. 09:18.610 --> 09:26.546 I had never heard of that. And not that I'm surprised you said it, but I wouldn't turn to you. 09:26.568 --> 09:32.482 For my home improvement necessarily, and you shouldn't. That didn't come out right. 09:32.536 --> 09:35.938 You actually have been a pretty good resource there. 09:36.024 --> 09:36.370 Yeah. 09:36.440 --> 09:37.880 If I was going by. 09:40.090 --> 09:42.854 I know we were having that. Was it a shelf you were trying to put up? 09:42.892 --> 09:43.874 A microwave shelf? 09:43.922 --> 09:48.754 Yeah. During your months to build a little microwave shelf. 09:48.802 --> 09:50.326 I don't know why it took me so long. 09:50.428 --> 09:57.994 That's what was hanging in my memory banks from your Simple Joe podcast. When I listened to that, I was like, when is Joe ever going to get that microwave shelf up? 09:58.032 --> 09:58.614 That's funny. 09:58.662 --> 10:01.934 No, but the point I'm just trying to make. It's interesting when you collaborate with other. 10:01.972 --> 10:08.366 People and whatever the topic is, if you're very focused in whether it's your. 10:08.388 --> 10:10.954 Entrepreneurial things that you're doing or technical. 10:11.002 --> 10:19.122 Things or even just general life experience, it's interesting how getting information from others. I love that. 10:19.256 --> 10:20.818 Me too. Me too. 10:20.984 --> 10:26.418 I want to continue to be a lifelong learner and had stages in my life where I didn't learn a thing. 10:26.584 --> 10:28.326 And didn't learn a thing intentionally, I. 10:28.348 --> 10:30.246 Could say didn't try to learn in. 10:30.268 --> 10:31.254 Their stages in my life. 10:31.292 --> 10:42.038 Like the past year, in the past few years that I've intentionally learned things, things regarding my health, regarding entertainment, relationships. 10:42.134 --> 10:43.002 All kinds of stuff. 10:43.056 --> 10:45.030 So I want to be a lifelong learner. 10:45.110 --> 11:01.280 I think it's very rewarding. I find it just incredibly rewarding. I'm really excited about this bathroom renovation I've been doing. I don't think I told the audience here. Was I telling you Saturday I had a Larry Curly mo moment. 11:02.450 --> 11:08.034 I'm not sure when you mentioned it either. I know you definitely mentioned it Saturday. I'm not sure you mentioned that on the show. 11:08.232 --> 11:20.454 Well, I thought I shut the water off for the shut off valve for the toilet. But as I learned, and speaking of talking with friends, this pipe downstairs has. 11:20.492 --> 11:32.326 Hot and cold water that merges into one pipe and goes up and connects both toilets together. Trying to get more technical than that. And I learned that the reason I do that is so the toilet won't sweat. It's a little bit warm water that's. 11:32.358 --> 11:42.006 Always in the toilet. But I had to leave that shutoff valve downstairs on or else no one could flush the toilet upstairs but the one downstairs. 11:42.038 --> 11:44.254 I had forgotten that I turned that back on. 11:44.292 --> 11:47.978 I thought I had shut that water off, Joe. Well, I found out that I didn't. 11:48.074 --> 11:49.626 When I started to take the shut. 11:49.658 --> 11:52.490 Off valve off in that spare bathroom. 11:52.650 --> 11:54.994 And the water shot at me like. 11:55.032 --> 12:02.526 A Larry Curly Stooges episode. And luckily I was between a rock. 12:02.558 --> 12:09.510 And a hard place. Should I run down and shut off the main water, or should I try to get this valve back on real quickly? Luckily, I got the valve back on. 12:09.660 --> 12:10.802 But I had laughed. 12:10.866 --> 12:12.342 I got a good laugh out of that. 12:12.396 --> 12:15.240 It got really wet, too, because it come out fast. 12:16.810 --> 12:21.306 So did it do any damage? Did you have any good? That's good. 12:21.408 --> 12:23.446 No, just even my pride wasn't damaged. 12:23.478 --> 12:24.762 I got a good laugh out of it. 12:24.816 --> 12:26.586 Yeah, that's awesome. 12:26.688 --> 12:30.554 But if that's the only mistake I make, then again, I'm just learning so. 12:30.592 --> 12:37.150 Much having these little conversations, little tidbits, and it's coming out. It's going well. Yes. 12:37.220 --> 12:38.398 My number one thing I'm going to. 12:38.404 --> 12:45.290 Be learning again, continuing that basic handiwork and renovation in my home. So that's my first one, Joe. 12:45.370 --> 12:45.566 Yeah. 12:45.588 --> 12:48.738 And you've got a good start, man. You've got a good start. 12:48.824 --> 12:49.998 I'm getting more confidence. 12:50.094 --> 12:50.354 Right. 12:50.392 --> 12:51.986 We talked about the more you do. 12:52.008 --> 12:53.282 The more confident you get. 12:53.416 --> 12:54.194 Right. 12:54.392 --> 13:00.758 And I remember the days of you building stuff out of wood pallets, and. 13:00.844 --> 13:02.978 Those were always cool projects. 13:03.154 --> 13:06.582 And moving into home handiwork is. 13:06.636 --> 13:07.142 Yeah, awesome. 13:07.196 --> 13:08.840 You got some good momentum here. 13:09.290 --> 13:09.894 It's true. 13:09.932 --> 13:11.178 It started proud of you. 13:11.264 --> 13:13.382 It started with just getting free pallets. 13:13.446 --> 13:22.934 And going on YouTube and buying some. There's another one. You gave me that advice. Why don't you just get the ryobi battery powered tools? 13:23.062 --> 13:24.426 Yeah, the whole ryobi kit. 13:24.458 --> 13:24.894 I got those. 13:24.932 --> 13:25.326 Yeah. 13:25.428 --> 13:28.974 Now, all you professional do it yourselfers out there, all you guys out there. 13:29.012 --> 13:43.374 May rail against Ryobi, but I've used ryobi for decades. I have one toolkit that has lasted me for 20 years, battery powered toolkits. And I've just had to buy new batteries for them. But they work wonderfully. 13:43.502 --> 13:46.390 And for the ods and ends and stuff that I need to do around the house. 13:46.460 --> 13:47.142 I love it. 13:47.196 --> 13:47.750 Yeah. 13:47.900 --> 13:51.094 Honestly. So I live in a pretty good. 13:51.132 --> 13:53.266 Location for getting to stores. 13:53.378 --> 14:07.754 So Home Depot is five minutes from my house. And it's interesting, a woman that is a cashier there. There's one woman who lives across the way from me in my backyard, who's a cashier there. 14:07.792 --> 14:10.698 And there's a woman I used to work with at my first job at. 14:10.704 --> 14:13.834 The bearing manufacturer, and she says hi to me. 14:13.872 --> 14:15.120 She says, how's your. 14:15.490 --> 14:18.686 So I'm in there all the go in. 14:18.708 --> 14:19.774 I have a thought in my head. 14:19.812 --> 14:26.130 I just pop over. I might not need to buy it right now, but I got an idea. But quite honestly, I really like Lowe's better. 14:26.200 --> 14:27.890 I was down at Lowe's today. 14:28.040 --> 14:29.906 I had a great trip down to. 14:29.928 --> 14:31.026 Lowe's today because I'm trying to figure. 14:31.048 --> 14:43.318 Out the flooring of this bathroom I ripped out. I had great success during the vacation. I got all of the first layer of plywood off, including the flooring that. 14:43.324 --> 14:47.506 Was on it, if you want to call it flooring. I don't even know what this stuff is. This old stuff is so brittle and. 14:47.548 --> 15:02.314 Garbage really thin, but I got that all off. I'm trying to think of the depth that I need the thickness of the plywood in addition to this vinyl flooring that you, I think, again, we talked. 15:02.352 --> 15:04.854 About the, what do you call it, LVT? 15:04.902 --> 15:05.910 Luxury vinyl tile. 15:05.990 --> 15:07.710 Luxury vinyl tile, yeah. 15:07.780 --> 15:09.374 And I was at Home Depot and. 15:09.412 --> 15:11.166 I had a thought, and I was going to ask the woman that I. 15:11.188 --> 15:16.282 Know, can I get a sample of this flooring so that I can gauge the thickness? 15:16.346 --> 15:21.694 They tell you it's five millimeter or six millimeter. And then the plywood is a certain by inches. 15:21.822 --> 15:23.378 I'm trying to figure it out. 15:23.544 --> 15:26.670 It's easier. Just have a sample and lay it on the floor, see how it fits. 15:26.750 --> 15:28.626 And I go down to Lowe's and. 15:28.648 --> 15:30.278 I was looking at a couple things. 15:30.444 --> 15:33.986 And would you believe they had samples right there in the open that I grabbed. 15:34.018 --> 15:34.562 No kidding. 15:34.626 --> 15:37.138 And it was also a way serve. 15:37.154 --> 15:42.166 Two purposes because my wife has to decide which one she wants. She doesn't really want that wood flooring. She wants something that looks more like. 15:42.188 --> 15:44.806 A marble or a stone, I think. So I picked up a couple of. 15:44.828 --> 15:48.694 Those and at least I got that conversation going. But you know what? I nailed the thickness because I already. 15:48.732 --> 15:53.440 Had some plywood that I bought and it was perfect. So I was really excited about that. 15:53.810 --> 15:54.126 Yeah. 15:54.148 --> 15:55.534 So I love going down to, and. 15:55.572 --> 16:01.166 Lowe's seems to do, I seem to like their selection of things. I got those shark bite shut off. 16:01.188 --> 16:02.560 Valves down there at. 16:04.450 --> 16:05.346 I guess, I. 16:05.368 --> 16:06.626 Guess your first one is you want. 16:06.648 --> 16:12.082 To continue to learn basic home repair stuff, right? Absolutely. 16:12.216 --> 16:15.794 I'm going to continue that into this year. How about you? 16:15.832 --> 16:17.540 What's your number one? 16:17.910 --> 16:19.778 Well, these aren't in any particular order. 16:19.864 --> 16:20.918 I didn't put these in. 16:21.004 --> 16:24.406 I have 1234-5678 things that I want. 16:24.428 --> 16:25.446 To learn in 2024. 16:25.468 --> 16:28.886 And I'll just talk briefly about each. 16:28.908 --> 16:30.686 One as we go, and we'll just go back and forth. 16:30.738 --> 16:34.554 And if either one of us have more than the other, then that's fine as well. 16:34.672 --> 16:38.550 But my first one is to learn active investment strategies. 16:38.710 --> 16:42.122 I've always invested in passive investment strategies. 16:42.186 --> 16:48.542 Meaning, or passive investments, meaning my 401 and some savings accounts and things like that. 16:48.596 --> 16:53.438 But no real active investment investments, like where I do a little bit of. 16:53.444 --> 16:57.614 Research on a company and think about, okay, how do I think this investment. 16:57.662 --> 16:58.882 Is going to do? 16:58.936 --> 17:00.594 And maybe I'm going to put a. 17:00.632 --> 17:14.902 And I want to learn more about active investment strategies. Now I may learn that they're not for me, right? Yeah, I may learn that. Hey, I'm just better off just sticking stuff in the s and p 500. 17:14.956 --> 17:16.486 Or 5000 or whatever they call it. 17:16.508 --> 17:18.674 And letting my money grow as it grows. 17:18.722 --> 17:21.226 But I just want to give it a shot. I want to see if I can. 17:21.248 --> 17:22.630 Really hit some winners. 17:22.710 --> 17:23.002 Right. 17:23.056 --> 17:23.322 Okay. 17:23.376 --> 17:26.106 But again, learning is about learning, and. 17:26.128 --> 17:28.054 I want to learn about active investment. 17:28.102 --> 17:29.994 Strategies and see if it's for me. 17:30.112 --> 17:32.426 It's interesting you said that just today. 17:32.528 --> 17:38.142 And I remember a friend of mine, he's a programmer, and he was talking about, I don't remember how he was doing. I think he had a little side. 17:38.196 --> 17:42.894 Project where he was thinking about writing a program, and I'm not sure how. 17:42.932 --> 17:46.386 He was getting this information or if he was or wasn't or he was. 17:46.408 --> 17:54.590 Thinking of how to get it, but the investments that our politicians make in Washington, congresspeople. 17:54.750 --> 17:55.410 Yeah. 17:55.560 --> 18:00.774 And how interesting. They do very well. So he had an idea, and as. 18:00.812 --> 18:04.758 I was preparing for this podcast, and I was walking past the television my. 18:04.764 --> 18:10.918 Wife'S watching and on the news, it was like a little stinger, or they're. 18:10.934 --> 18:12.186 Trying to tell you what's coming up. 18:12.208 --> 18:18.460 And it was an app that will tell you what Congress is investing in. 18:18.990 --> 18:20.022 No kidding. 18:20.086 --> 18:20.794 So there you go. 18:20.832 --> 18:24.670 A little tip for you to add to your ideas. 18:25.170 --> 18:26.030 I want that. 18:26.100 --> 18:27.054 I don't know if that's real. 18:27.092 --> 18:29.966 I just literally heard this an hour ago. 18:30.148 --> 18:30.638 Awesome. 18:30.724 --> 18:36.034 I thought that was interesting. I'm with you, and I'll just tag one of mine. There is. 18:36.152 --> 18:42.574 We've talked about this already, again, continuing the financial education. I'm thinking again in terms of retirement. 18:42.622 --> 19:16.670 Too, and how to prepare not only financial education, but also even what's my lifestyle going to be like in retirement? Thinking about what? That it's not that it's far enough in the future, but so many people, I don't think, put a lot of thought into it. They just one day think they're going to stop doing everything, quit work, and I don't know what they're not thinking at all. They have no plan. So I don't want to be one of those people. Financial education is not something I spent a lot of time in. Same thing. 19:16.740 --> 19:17.886 I think maybe, like you said, the. 19:17.908 --> 19:28.514 Passive stuff years ago, it was easy just to throw it in a 401k in a certain mix and forget about it. So I want to be more active in that also. 19:28.712 --> 19:30.100 Yeah, I agree. 19:30.630 --> 19:35.394 And like I said, I may find that active investment strategies aren't for me. 19:35.432 --> 19:38.290 I may find that picking stocks aren't for me. 19:38.360 --> 19:42.710 But I'd like to give it a shot, at least on a small level, see what happens. 19:42.780 --> 19:43.526 I like it. 19:43.628 --> 19:45.106 The other one I had was woodworking. 19:45.138 --> 19:46.422 But we mentioned that, too. 19:46.476 --> 19:53.900 And recently we talked about buying the miter saw, which was a fun. I would like to put some more. 19:54.350 --> 19:56.714 Work projects into my miter saw. 19:56.752 --> 20:02.406 And then also probably a table saw. I was looking at a table saw that I was thinking of some projects. 20:02.438 --> 20:03.886 To work with, seeing every time I. 20:03.908 --> 20:27.638 Looked at YouTube videos. Those are two of the big tools that often these woodworkers are using that I didn't have. I've always used just my ryobi battery powered tools, and so any tools like that for woodworking. So I would have to come up with some projects. It's always something that I think would be useful. I want to build, like, maybe a vinyl record stand is one of the. 20:27.644 --> 20:30.982 Things to put in my office. And I got some other ideas of things. 20:31.116 --> 20:33.670 So continuing my woodworking. 20:34.730 --> 20:38.860 So my next one is create an online course. 20:39.630 --> 20:49.754 Now, here's what I mean by that. You can go to Google and look up online courses, and many content creators have online courses, but I want to. 20:49.792 --> 20:52.186 Just learn the process and learn how. 20:52.208 --> 20:57.982 To do it at a small scale. Just pick a subject that I know, that I know about and see if. 20:58.036 --> 21:00.414 I can create a little half hour online course. 21:00.532 --> 21:05.630 I have the software for it. I've signed up for the software, and. 21:05.700 --> 21:06.494 I have it already. 21:06.532 --> 21:08.306 It's paid for, and it's just sitting there. 21:08.408 --> 21:13.438 And I want to learn how to do this, Kurt. I want to learn how to create an online course to see if it's. 21:13.454 --> 21:16.882 For me, because passive income is very. 21:16.936 --> 21:22.294 Important to me as I go into retirement, and that kind of dovetails into my next one. And we can talk about that. 21:22.332 --> 21:30.314 But specifically, I want to learn how to create an online course, and I have a couple of ideas. A big saying that I use is. 21:30.352 --> 21:31.962 Memories are better than stuff. 21:32.096 --> 21:48.158 And I thought, maybe I can create a little online course about that saying, or maybe I can create an online course, just a little online course on minimizing an office. Something like that. Just something, not the subject matter isn't important. 21:48.324 --> 21:50.560 What's important is that I learn the process. 21:51.090 --> 21:54.958 What types of things do you think you don't know that you're going to. 21:54.964 --> 21:56.786 Be learning as you go through that process? 21:56.888 --> 22:05.214 I have a couple of thoughts on. I like this idea, too. It fits well with one of my things that I want to learn. 22:05.272 --> 22:07.954 It's one of those things with all my technology background. 22:08.082 --> 22:11.270 Video is not one of my specialties. 22:11.610 --> 22:12.310 Right. 22:12.460 --> 22:14.806 And you see videos on YouTube that. 22:14.828 --> 22:18.086 Are done really well, and what are. 22:18.108 --> 22:20.522 The techniques they're using? What's the software they're using? 22:20.576 --> 22:22.262 Is that the type of thing you're. 22:22.406 --> 22:26.250 Yeah, definitely. In recording an effective video, but also. 22:26.320 --> 22:29.340 Formatting the course and understanding the process. 22:29.710 --> 22:31.830 I know that online courses exist. 22:31.910 --> 22:34.106 I've taken online courses and I've completed. 22:34.138 --> 22:36.862 Online courses, but just how to create. 22:36.916 --> 22:37.822 It, I don't know. 22:37.876 --> 22:40.720 From soup the nuts. How do they do it? 22:41.250 --> 22:42.798 I have a couple of courses that. 22:42.804 --> 22:46.850 I've spent a lot of money on, but I don't want to go through. 22:47.000 --> 22:48.786 That extensive of a process. 22:48.888 --> 22:56.402 I just want to simply create one. Just create a beginning to end how to online course. 22:56.536 --> 22:58.786 You can do some research on courses. 22:58.818 --> 23:00.506 That you've done or are you going. 23:00.508 --> 23:02.534 To look at other courses and see. 23:02.572 --> 23:04.246 What kind of aspects of the way. 23:04.268 --> 23:07.126 They present them that you like? 23:07.228 --> 23:10.362 Yeah, I might find a small, cheap course on how to create a course. 23:10.416 --> 23:19.898 In fact, the place where I bought the online course server, or whatever it might be, has a couple of courses in there. 23:19.984 --> 23:24.686 Okay, so I might just take something simple. I might go to udemy or check out YouTube or something like that. 23:24.708 --> 23:27.566 But just something clean and simple that. 23:27.588 --> 23:30.654 I can take from beginning to end. It may be only 15 minutes long. 23:30.692 --> 23:34.660 It may be half an hour, but something simple. 23:35.830 --> 23:42.110 I have an account with udemy that is offered free to me through my local library. 23:42.270 --> 23:43.378 Wow, that's awesome. 23:43.464 --> 23:56.006 Yeah. I often think of that in this area of learning in 2024. I would love to incorporate udemy into that and see what they can offer. 23:56.108 --> 23:57.542 Some of these areas I'm looking into. 23:57.596 --> 24:28.206 Also, and online courses or how to create online content is definitely one of them. Yeah, love it. All right, I'm going in no particular order, but the general topic of health, again, continuing the weight loss. I'm proud of what I accomplished during the holidays. I had lost ten pounds before thanksgiving. And I love to report, and I'm going to report right now, I didn't put on any weight through the Christmas. 24:28.318 --> 24:29.282 Awesome, man. 24:29.416 --> 24:30.994 And that was really, I can remember. 24:31.032 --> 24:43.110 Years ago when I was an avid member of the gym at work. Their weight control program for the holidays was don't gain weight. 24:43.530 --> 24:46.626 Wasn't to lose weight, just don't gain weight. 24:46.658 --> 24:49.740 It stuck in my mind this past. 24:50.110 --> 24:52.010 And so I'm really happy. 24:52.080 --> 24:55.194 I checked the scale on Monday and. 24:55.232 --> 24:57.180 I was pretty much where I was. 24:57.710 --> 24:59.658 The last month or so, so I'm happy about it. 24:59.664 --> 25:00.582 Congratulations, pal. 25:00.646 --> 25:01.402 That's awesome. 25:01.536 --> 25:05.438 Now you on the other hand, we'll see. 25:05.524 --> 25:07.466 But I also included I probably gained. 25:07.498 --> 25:09.214 A little bit of weight. I got on the scale this morning. 25:09.252 --> 25:15.490 And I'm about where I started in December, but it's nothing to be proud of. 25:15.560 --> 25:15.938 Okay. 25:16.024 --> 25:21.854 I'm including in the health, the mindfulness and meditation. I almost bought a book on meditation. 25:21.902 --> 25:22.962 That I was looking at, too. 25:23.016 --> 25:32.486 I want to continue in incorporating that in the importance of mental health, I think is the area I want to. 25:32.508 --> 25:35.426 Continue to focus on. I wrote down some things like patience. 25:35.538 --> 25:41.690 I am not a patient person. And the chapter that I was speaking. 25:41.760 --> 25:43.434 Of earlier in this book that I. 25:43.472 --> 25:57.210 Just purchased was about health, but also this positive self talk instead of the negative self talk that I feel. And sometimes I take a little survey. 25:57.290 --> 25:59.054 And you feel like you're bad in this area. 25:59.092 --> 26:16.530 And then as I read the question, well, I'm not real bad, but I can improve there. I'm not happy with some of the self talk sometimes and just basic general self care that we've been talking about, the sleep and all those kinds of things. Exhaustion and. 26:16.680 --> 26:20.886 Yeah, just good blood pressure, low that dovetails into. 26:20.988 --> 26:22.566 Yeah, I want to learn how to. 26:22.588 --> 26:26.102 Get into great shape as a man in my mid 50s. 26:26.156 --> 26:26.470 Yeah. 26:26.540 --> 26:36.346 Can I get into great shape? Can I lose a bunch of weight and build muscle and really get into great shape over the next year? 26:36.448 --> 26:37.946 It's going to take some commitment, and. 26:37.968 --> 26:40.218 I want to learn how to do that. 26:40.304 --> 26:40.938 Yeah. 26:41.104 --> 26:43.274 That's part of my things. I want to learn. 26:43.392 --> 26:44.906 Like it? I like it. 26:45.008 --> 26:47.534 All right, what's your next one? 26:47.652 --> 26:49.038 Well, that was my next one, but. 26:49.044 --> 26:52.800 I'll go ahead and give you a new one here. I tell you what, I'll give you two in one. 26:53.330 --> 26:54.910 I talked about how to get in great. 26:54.980 --> 26:56.018 I wanted to learn how to get. 26:56.024 --> 27:03.474 In great shape as a man in my mid 50s. So when I talked about creating an online course, I also want to become. 27:03.512 --> 27:06.730 An expert in artificial intelligence, chat, GPT. 27:06.830 --> 27:09.286 And similar types of things, because I. 27:09.308 --> 27:11.606 Think that will help me in the future. 27:11.788 --> 27:23.322 Create a business, create some kind of business that I can take into retirement and through retirement, and I'm putting those two together, become an expert, those actually three. 27:23.376 --> 27:27.706 Create an online course, become an expert in artificial intelligence or chat, GPT and. 27:27.728 --> 27:31.466 Similar types of things, because I've already. 27:31.488 --> 27:32.938 Have some momentum in that area and. 27:32.944 --> 27:36.494 I have a real keen interest in it. But I really want to become an. 27:36.532 --> 27:38.862 Expert in those things, somebody that people. 27:38.916 --> 27:41.118 Can go to for how to, when. 27:41.124 --> 27:44.846 It comes to chat, GBT, how to, when it comes to using artificial intelligence. 27:44.958 --> 27:47.922 In business and life and creativity, and. 27:47.976 --> 27:50.306 It may lead to a business that. 27:50.328 --> 27:52.654 Can take me into and through a retirement. 27:52.782 --> 27:53.266 Yeah. 27:53.368 --> 27:59.846 It's a great area and I added it to one of the subtopics of. 27:59.868 --> 28:00.646 What I'm looking at. 28:00.668 --> 28:03.574 And you and I have been dabbling in this. 28:03.692 --> 28:05.794 I just got an email from Jason van Horton. 28:05.842 --> 28:10.278 Remember, he was part of an online business course. 28:10.444 --> 28:11.062 Yeah. 28:11.196 --> 28:13.850 Wow, didn't we both buy that years ago? 28:14.000 --> 28:16.086 Yeah, Internet business mastery. 28:16.118 --> 28:17.818 That was like the original how to. 28:17.824 --> 28:19.386 Make money on the Internet course. 28:19.488 --> 28:19.754 Yeah. 28:19.792 --> 28:22.558 I really always like the host of. 28:22.564 --> 28:24.240 That show and I still get an email. 28:25.410 --> 28:26.734 I get it through. 28:26.932 --> 28:27.674 Not indeed. 28:27.722 --> 28:32.542 What's the. He uses LinkedIn. He uses LinkedIn for some reason. 28:32.596 --> 28:34.522 I must have subscribed to him on LinkedIn. 28:34.586 --> 28:38.674 And he had a good post that I got today on some of the. 28:38.712 --> 28:43.566 Software tools that are based on artificial intelligence. Descript was one of them that I've. 28:43.598 --> 28:50.646 Been using, we're using to record right now, squadcast, that's part of descript, but. 28:50.668 --> 28:52.502 He had some others that he was mentioning there. 28:52.556 --> 28:52.870 Yeah. 28:52.940 --> 28:56.550 All these different tools that are incorporating artificial intelligence. 28:57.050 --> 29:04.634 I'm curious on where I can use those to help my side hustles also. Yeah, lots to learn there. 29:04.672 --> 29:05.866 Lots of new things happening all the. 29:05.888 --> 29:07.274 Time is a big year for it. 29:07.392 --> 29:10.438 Here's something you might not expect, Kurt. 29:10.534 --> 29:10.842 Yeah. 29:10.896 --> 29:13.290 I want to learn how to play their harmonica. 29:14.130 --> 29:15.774 That one came out of left field. 29:15.892 --> 29:16.560 Yeah. 29:17.250 --> 29:26.658 I want to learn how to play their harmonica. I've always had a keen interest in the harmonica. I've always been interested in playing the harmonica. In fact, I've bought a harmonica in. 29:26.664 --> 29:29.746 The past and just never really did anything with it. I couldn't tell you where it is. 29:29.768 --> 29:36.180 But I love the sound of a harmonica. It looks not easy to play, but. 29:36.870 --> 29:39.778 It looks like it's something that you can pick up and play anywhere. 29:39.874 --> 29:40.518 Right. 29:40.684 --> 29:41.954 Sitting on the back porch. 29:42.002 --> 29:42.214 Yeah. 29:42.252 --> 29:43.718 Well, for sure it's easy. 29:43.884 --> 29:44.358 Yeah. 29:44.444 --> 29:45.426 That part just holding. 29:45.458 --> 29:45.894 It's easy. 29:45.932 --> 29:46.182 Right. 29:46.236 --> 29:47.800 I don't know how you learning it. 29:48.650 --> 29:49.254 We'll see. 29:49.292 --> 29:53.258 I don't know. I can blow on one. 29:53.344 --> 29:54.074 That's what I know. 29:54.112 --> 29:56.326 But I really want to learn how to play the harmonica. 29:56.438 --> 30:11.998 I've had. Of all the things I've tried to learn in my life playing an instrument, I have had miserable experience. If I were to try to tackle something that I've never accomplished, this goes back to grade school. 30:12.084 --> 30:13.842 I can remember the music teacher making. 30:13.896 --> 30:16.482 Fun of me because I just could not. 30:16.536 --> 30:17.778 And I love music. 30:17.944 --> 30:46.140 I'm a listener of music, but making music, I don't think it's in my repertoire, but I've tried playing guitar and my wife has bought me guitars and lessons, and my son is my wife gets some really interesting Christmas presents. And I don't even know what this thing is. It's almost like a drum. It's a single little bongo thing, but when you hit it, it's almost like. 30:46.510 --> 30:52.634 A chinese instrument and you can play a tune. He picked it up and he just started playing it, and he started sounding good right away. 30:52.752 --> 30:54.538 He said he's seen videos on it. 30:54.544 --> 30:56.618 And he was really excited to get that as a gift. 30:56.714 --> 31:01.566 I was like, he's got such a talent for it, but not me. You didn't get it from me. 31:01.588 --> 31:03.190 Here's something we need to ask ourselves. 31:03.290 --> 31:09.570 When it comes to learning new things is when do you stop? When do you realize. 31:09.990 --> 31:10.642 Yeah. 31:10.776 --> 31:11.806 Playing the harmonica. 31:11.838 --> 31:13.362 Well, I thought I might like it. 31:13.496 --> 31:15.746 It's not for me. There is that balance right. 31:15.768 --> 31:17.254 There is that balance when you have. 31:17.292 --> 31:17.494 Okay. 31:17.532 --> 31:20.134 I'm frustrated because I'm just learning, and I'm new at learning. 31:20.172 --> 31:28.150 I'm frustrated. Or is it time to just say, yeah, maybe I'll try the kazoo? 31:28.490 --> 31:34.954 I was looking into this chapter of this book. I'm just, like, breezing through it. He was talking about going back. 31:34.992 --> 31:36.714 He said he was going to. I think when he's talking about going. 31:36.752 --> 31:51.326 Back to school to get an advanced degree or was. Yeah, after college, like the master's degree. And he started going back to school and just could not get into it. And you're right. 31:51.428 --> 31:53.122 Where's that point where you just say. 31:53.176 --> 32:11.846 This isn't for me. You don't want to quit. But sometimes it probably is the best thing to do. I like that question. Well, getting into softer things. Again, no particular order cooking and the. 32:11.868 --> 32:13.014 Things I like to get into. 32:13.052 --> 32:21.254 And I've talked about this slow cooker recipes. I'm talking about easy stuff. I like simple and fast things. 32:21.292 --> 32:23.046 That thing I like about the slow. 32:23.078 --> 32:25.014 Cooker, you just throw all the ingredients. 32:25.062 --> 32:26.234 There and you just let it go. 32:26.272 --> 32:29.242 But you get this delicious meal. Love a sit down. 32:29.376 --> 32:30.060 Right? 32:30.430 --> 32:34.140 So I'm really interested, and it's simple things. 32:34.510 --> 32:36.954 And I don't need to make my own barbecue sauce. 32:37.002 --> 32:39.550 I watch these cooking shows and that kind of thing. 32:39.620 --> 32:41.070 And my daughter in law is. 32:41.140 --> 32:43.210 She's so good. She should be a caterer. 32:43.290 --> 32:45.490 And I was over their house, and. 32:45.640 --> 32:47.330 She'S gotten into baking now. 32:47.400 --> 33:17.222 And my wife bought her for Christmas, the starter. Like, how do you make the sourdough starter? She got her bread, starters kits and all this stuff. I like doing that, too. I would love to do pizza and pizza bread. So my wife bought me one of those outdoor pizza stoves for Christmas. She got it at a Black Friday deal at. It's. It's not one of the famous brand names. 33:17.366 --> 33:18.486 It's from Westinghouse. 33:18.518 --> 33:22.034 It looks just like that, but it uses wood pellets. 33:22.102 --> 33:24.426 I love my outdoor cooking. I love my barbecue. 33:24.538 --> 33:32.282 I built my own smoker, and I have that flat. What's the Blackstone grill that I love learning stuff onto? 33:32.346 --> 33:33.014 The griddle. 33:33.082 --> 33:33.934 Yeah, the griddle. 33:33.982 --> 33:40.062 Oh, that's fantastic. I love that thing. Now, building pizza, my pizza. 33:40.126 --> 33:43.874 Outdoor oven and slow cooker recipes are the cooking that I'm interested in. 33:43.912 --> 33:44.910 Nothing fancy. 33:45.070 --> 33:45.442 Yeah. 33:45.496 --> 33:48.242 My next one is really interesting, and. 33:48.376 --> 33:53.574 I got a preview of your list, and this is one that I'm surprised that we share, and we can talk. 33:53.612 --> 33:54.502 About this a little bit. 33:54.556 --> 33:54.806 All right. 33:54.828 --> 33:55.400 Okay. 33:56.010 --> 33:58.166 I want to learn how to. 33:58.348 --> 33:59.622 Well, let me ask you. 33:59.676 --> 34:00.554 I'll just put it this way. 34:00.592 --> 34:15.658 I have done it in the past a couple of times. I have one, and I know how to use it in an emergency, but I really want to learn how to handle, shoot, and know my way around a gun. 34:15.834 --> 34:16.560 Yeah. 34:18.850 --> 34:19.518 I know. 34:19.604 --> 34:21.086 You mentioned there was something on my. 34:21.108 --> 34:25.022 List that caught your eye, and I didn't realize that was the one. 34:25.156 --> 34:28.594 It didn't necessarily catch my eye. I was surprised that it was both. 34:28.632 --> 34:32.082 On my list and your list. Yeah, I just didn't expect it. 34:32.136 --> 34:32.546 Yeah. 34:32.648 --> 34:49.434 Well, maybe if I explain a little bit. Well, my dad had guns. He grew up on a farm. They had guns on the farm, and I lived in kind of a rural area. We have a good friend that has. 34:49.552 --> 34:52.874 Some farmland, and their family has an. 34:52.912 --> 34:58.106 Extensive arsenal of guns. And my wife wanted to learn, and. 34:58.128 --> 34:59.386 So we went up, and we've done. 34:59.408 --> 35:04.270 This on a couple of occasions, and they have shotguns and pistols. 35:05.170 --> 35:06.638 I remember as a kid having a. 35:06.644 --> 35:09.662 BB gun with a scope. Real nice one, too. 35:09.796 --> 35:11.146 My buddies and I, we would shoot. 35:11.178 --> 35:33.858 Targets, and so I have that in my background. That kind of gives me an interest here, too. And I love history, I'll tell you, they had Joe, the m one grand from World War II, and every time. I've always watched movies, especially if you think of the band of brothers, that gun always seemed. 35:34.034 --> 35:35.080 I don't know. 35:35.690 --> 35:36.582 I was like, really? 35:36.636 --> 35:40.082 Is that the. Just to look at it, I was like, that gun. 35:40.226 --> 35:40.658 I don't know. 35:40.684 --> 35:43.238 Just didn't seem that special to me. I don't know what the words I'm. 35:43.254 --> 36:02.974 Trying to get out, but my friends had one, and that gun is amazing. And it's accurate from. It's so accurate from a long distance. It's heavy. It's a heavy duty, and it packs a wallop. It's such a nice. It was fun to shoot. 36:03.022 --> 36:04.174 It was so fun to shoot. 36:04.222 --> 36:10.370 And my historical juices were, like, freaking out shooting this gun. 36:10.950 --> 36:12.606 I was like, one of the paratroopers. 36:12.638 --> 36:18.642 From Band of brothers. And there's a scene in band of brothers. I'm not saying that I, like, go. 36:18.696 --> 36:22.198 I want to hurt harmony, but there's a scene where. 36:22.284 --> 36:23.640 But if you had the chance. 36:24.010 --> 36:25.638 If I had to, I would like. 36:25.644 --> 36:26.918 To have an n one grand in. 36:26.924 --> 36:29.990 My hands from World War II. 36:30.070 --> 36:33.622 He takes this shot. He's a paratrooper that's having difficulty. 36:33.686 --> 36:50.302 He's having PTSD. And the officer, sergeant Winters, is trying to get him to shoot, and he stands up and he starts firing his weapon. It has that really distinctive sound where the pin pops out and, you know, your clip is empty. So it's a kind of unique thing. 36:50.436 --> 36:53.520 But, yeah, he takes this shot, and I'm just thinking of that. 36:53.970 --> 36:56.506 It's a decent shot he's taking, but. 36:56.548 --> 36:58.690 That thing is so accurate. You don't have to be a good. 36:58.760 --> 37:11.080 Marksman to hit what you're shooting at. But, yeah, I don't know. Does that explain. It's also a safety issue in the home, fearful of home invasions and that kind of thing. 37:12.170 --> 37:22.422 I'm confident that the little gun that I do have, that if I had an intruder that, given enough advanced notice. 37:22.486 --> 37:24.346 I guess you would say, knowing that. 37:24.448 --> 37:32.910 I had time to go get it and put the bullets in it and do all of that, I'm fairly confident that I could take an intruder out. 37:33.060 --> 37:33.870 Okay. Yeah. 37:33.940 --> 37:37.310 You just aim for the big part. You just aim for the body mass. 37:37.460 --> 37:49.410 But I really want to understand, have confidence, gun safety, handling a gun, have confidence in it. Maybe go. Maybe use it as a recreational activity, go to the gun range every once in a while. 37:49.480 --> 37:49.810 Right. 37:49.880 --> 37:51.986 Things like that. And I was really surprised that we. 37:52.008 --> 37:53.540 Both had that on the list. 37:54.150 --> 37:56.674 I would have never thought it would be on your list, and you probably. 37:56.712 --> 37:58.470 Never thought it would have been on my list. 37:58.620 --> 38:01.302 That's very true. It's funny that we never talked about. 38:01.436 --> 38:02.934 Yeah, yeah, I like it. 38:02.972 --> 38:04.326 Interesting. Yeah, definitely. 38:04.428 --> 38:07.266 We have a lot of these serendipitous moments, Joe. 38:07.458 --> 38:10.134 I dig it. What's your next one? 38:10.172 --> 38:12.234 Yeah, this is a big one. We danced around it a little bit. 38:12.272 --> 38:33.694 But I have the same interest. I have a side hustle that does quite well. I'm quite proud of my Disney travel podcast that has a really good Patreon following and that I really enjoy. And also the travel agency, really that my wife and her friend do all the work, but they make a nice income there. 38:33.892 --> 38:35.614 And I'd like to have another income. 38:35.662 --> 38:40.434 Source, just as you talked about and been exploring this for a little while. 38:40.632 --> 38:46.166 And we've even had some conversations starting about this. Maybe it would be to extend the. 38:46.188 --> 38:58.406 Travel podcast into other areas. I'm thinking of different topics of snowbirding, maybe tours, group tours, something that has. 38:58.588 --> 39:01.626 A community building aspect to it. But all of the things that go. 39:01.648 --> 39:20.078 Into learning that the social media. I don't know if I've had this conversation with you. I've noticed a real dip in my download numbers. So there are there things in my current podcast that I could do to try to increase downloads there. 39:20.164 --> 39:27.490 The social media, what's going on in that area? Could I bring YouTube into it, artificial intelligence, all that? There's so much. 39:27.640 --> 39:35.300 The great thing about that area, it hits a lot of my interests and passions in learning. 39:35.750 --> 39:37.294 There's so many areas to go. 39:37.352 --> 39:41.878 You got to be careful what you focus on, because I could spend the. 39:41.884 --> 39:43.746 Whole year see a lot of shiny. 39:43.778 --> 39:45.862 Objects right in that area, for sure. 39:45.916 --> 39:46.520 Right. 39:47.050 --> 39:50.380 But I think that's one other thing that I like about it, too. 39:51.150 --> 39:53.210 Well, here's the beauty of the business. 39:53.280 --> 39:54.298 That you have now. 39:54.384 --> 40:20.162 You talked about your Patreon and you talked about the travel agency, but also you have built an incredible community over there. People that love you and people that you love quite honestly, and they can be a tremendous resource for promoting your show. I think that if you engage those relationships, you can certainly continue to move. 40:20.216 --> 40:21.618 Your show forward, because I know a. 40:21.624 --> 40:23.380 Lot of those people, and they love you. 40:24.470 --> 40:35.926 I love them. We've got great relationships. And yeah, I'm excited to maybe grow that even some more in the future this year. 40:35.948 --> 40:42.086 So I definitely have on my list start a business that'll take me into and through retirement. I've not identified it, and I'm not. 40:42.108 --> 40:43.714 As far as long as you are. 40:43.852 --> 40:46.106 But this really needs to be a focus for me. 40:46.128 --> 40:51.114 In 2024, I thought it was going to be more of a focus in 2023. 40:51.312 --> 40:55.082 I got a PS five, PlayStation five for Christmas. 40:55.146 --> 41:00.058 It was part of the reason I mentioned to my daughter, and she told my wife, that's how this works, Joe. 41:00.074 --> 41:15.282 For Christmas presents, we've talked about financial stuff, and I had a Sony card that had lots of points on it. And I was thinking, what can I use these points for? And my boys play online with the PS five. 41:15.416 --> 41:16.594 One of my sons talked to me. 41:16.632 --> 41:20.278 About, hey, why don't we play that Call of Duty online? 41:20.364 --> 41:21.046 They always do it. 41:21.068 --> 41:25.826 And I've never really done online, but I had some games and my PS. 41:25.858 --> 41:28.294 Four wasn't working and I didn't play a lot. 41:28.332 --> 41:33.286 But I've been really enjoying it since Christmas. I've been playing golf and a shooter. 41:33.318 --> 41:35.898 Game on there and I have actually enjoyed it. 41:35.904 --> 41:38.742 So I think I'm going to continue that hobby. 41:38.886 --> 41:42.022 And it's relaxing and it's not watching tv. 41:42.166 --> 41:46.206 And so far I'm enjoying. It's challenging. That's a lighter one. 41:46.228 --> 41:47.374 We got to do things to have. 41:47.412 --> 41:49.040 Fun too in the new year. 41:49.410 --> 41:50.160 Absolutely. 41:50.690 --> 41:59.374 So just to review my list real quick, and I'll ask you to review yours, just to review my list. Active investment strategies. 41:59.422 --> 42:03.650 I want to learn more about active investment strategies. I want to learn how to create an online course. 42:03.800 --> 42:05.666 I want to become an expert, a. 42:05.688 --> 42:09.518 Real expert in artificial intelligence, chat, GPT and similar items. 42:09.614 --> 42:10.966 I want to start a business that. 42:10.988 --> 42:13.442 Will take me in and through retirement. 42:13.586 --> 42:24.566 I want to learn how to get in great shape as a man in his mid 50s, how to really get into great shape. I want to learn how to play the harmonica as hard or as easy as that may sound to you, Kurt. 42:24.678 --> 42:26.614 And I want to learn how to shoot a gun. 42:26.742 --> 42:28.538 Awesome. That's an awesome list. 42:28.624 --> 42:28.874 Yeah. 42:28.912 --> 42:30.870 I'm going to continue my basic handiwork. 42:30.950 --> 42:34.362 And home improvement, woodworking, getting that same. 42:34.416 --> 42:36.990 Financial education, similar what Joe was saying. 42:37.140 --> 42:52.110 And health areas. I'm looking at weight loss, weight control, and mental health. And those things that self talk that is negative, get rid of that, be more positive, more, have more patience. 42:52.270 --> 42:54.386 Cooking, I'm looking at different areas of. 42:54.408 --> 42:56.546 Cooking that I do enjoy. 42:56.648 --> 42:58.534 And the side hustle, the current one. 42:58.572 --> 43:03.682 That I have, and even creating another income source that could carry me through retirement. 43:03.746 --> 43:05.654 Something that I would enjoy, be passionate about. 43:05.692 --> 43:08.646 Similar to what I'm already doing in the travel space. 43:08.748 --> 43:09.330 Possibly. 43:09.410 --> 43:16.246 But there's so many great areas to research there and entrepreneurship. And then we talked about the gun. 43:16.278 --> 43:18.762 Safety and shooting course I'm thinking of doing. 43:18.816 --> 43:21.686 You have to get certified here in Connecticut. 43:21.718 --> 43:22.846 I'm not sure how it works in. 43:22.868 --> 43:25.166 Ohio, but there's courses that you can. 43:25.188 --> 43:26.638 Take for that and then just continue. 43:26.724 --> 43:30.298 My fun and enjoyment with video games. 43:30.474 --> 43:31.294 You know what? 43:31.412 --> 43:32.554 I'm going to expand. 43:32.682 --> 43:36.990 I'm going to get a little more detailed on my gun thing as well. 43:37.140 --> 43:38.546 Here in Ohio, you can get a. 43:38.568 --> 43:44.114 Concealed carry carry license here in the state of Ohio. And with that comes all the things. 43:44.152 --> 43:44.946 That I want to be able to. 43:44.968 --> 43:47.426 Do with the guns. I'm going to be more specific with. 43:47.448 --> 43:52.546 That because I can shoot a not, I don't want to learn how to shoot because I can shoot a gun. 43:52.578 --> 43:57.138 But I want to go deeper into that knowledge and get my concealed carry. 43:57.234 --> 43:57.494 Yeah. 43:57.532 --> 44:03.642 That course, as I've looked at before, gives you all of that content that will get you there. 44:03.776 --> 44:04.170 Perfect. 44:04.240 --> 44:05.846 What's your win for the week, Joe? 44:05.878 --> 44:06.682 That was fun. 44:06.816 --> 44:10.054 Well, I am back to work. That's my win for the week. 44:10.192 --> 44:13.150 I'm back to work and I'm back in the swing of things. 44:13.300 --> 44:18.506 But more than that, I've reengaged my morning and evening journaling. 44:18.618 --> 44:19.422 Oh, good. 44:19.556 --> 44:32.594 So started. I've not done it at all, quite honestly, in a while. And so I've reengaged my morning and evening journaling and that process. I opened up a brand new book. 44:32.632 --> 44:35.074 And this was my resource of the week last week. 44:35.112 --> 44:41.670 So I opened up a brand new journal, a book of blank pages, and I'm going to fill it out for this year. 44:41.820 --> 44:44.818 I was walking through Walmart and I don't know if you ever noticed, there's. 44:44.834 --> 44:49.846 A section there of faith based books. And there was a journal there and. 44:49.868 --> 44:51.094 I opened it up. It caught my eye. 44:51.142 --> 44:54.106 I didn't catch the title, but it. 44:54.128 --> 44:57.750 Had a journal in categories of scripture, like a scripture. 44:57.910 --> 45:01.254 And it had it already filled in for you, but it had a gratitude. 45:01.302 --> 45:03.646 Section, a wellness section, and there were. 45:03.668 --> 45:05.118 Different questions for each. 45:05.284 --> 45:06.478 I almost bought it. 45:06.564 --> 45:10.254 I was thinking of you. There's a prayer there and some other things. 45:10.292 --> 45:11.358 So I don't know. 45:11.524 --> 45:12.654 I like that idea too. 45:12.692 --> 45:14.498 Joe, how about your win? 45:14.664 --> 45:16.514 My win for the week is a. 45:16.552 --> 45:23.934 Brand new washing machine that was delivered really yesterday. So we've been talking about the bathroom. 45:23.982 --> 45:25.054 That I've been renovating. 45:25.182 --> 45:28.040 The dryer and washer are there and. 45:28.410 --> 45:30.822 They'Re in the way of me putting the flooring in. 45:30.876 --> 45:38.918 So it was interesting that the washing machine broke down last week. And it was actually a very good. 45:39.004 --> 45:40.658 Time because I was able to rip. 45:40.674 --> 45:53.066 The floor out because I took the washing machine out because it wasn't running. And the repair guy has come to repair it twice before. He's a really good talk about having a resource again. Know who, not how. 45:53.248 --> 45:55.962 He's a fantastic repair man. He's very reasonable. 45:56.026 --> 45:57.534 I love people that you can talk. 45:57.572 --> 46:00.974 To and he's honest with you. And he said it's probably time to replace it. 46:01.012 --> 46:01.214 Now. 46:01.252 --> 46:05.338 We've tried to repair that we've done this twice before. This will be the third time. 46:05.524 --> 46:07.374 I think it's just a lemon. 46:07.502 --> 46:11.614 But my wife was so excited and my daughter to get a brand new washing machine. 46:11.742 --> 46:18.390 And the bonus was when we unhooked it and I took it out, the hoses were leaking. 46:18.970 --> 46:19.478 Yeah. 46:19.564 --> 46:23.640 And here's my expertise in shutoff valves. Now we got another problem. 46:24.730 --> 46:28.546 The washing machine shutoff valve apparently needs to be replaced. 46:28.578 --> 46:29.686 And I was looking at it. 46:29.708 --> 46:32.298 It was much another complex thing for. 46:32.304 --> 46:33.194 Me to figure out. 46:33.232 --> 46:39.706 And when he came over, I asked him his opinion. He basically explained to me it's probably something I could do. 46:39.888 --> 46:41.018 And we also want to put a. 46:41.024 --> 46:46.286 Little box in front of it. It's just like a cut out. The sheet rock was just cut with. 46:46.308 --> 46:48.046 A knife and it's just exposed there. 46:48.068 --> 46:51.806 So I'm probably going to do something put like a little front box in front of it. 46:51.828 --> 46:54.894 But anyways, I got a brand new washing machine and some great advice on. 46:54.932 --> 47:00.482 Fixing the shut off valve for the washing machine. It's not a problem when it's hooked up, right? 47:00.536 --> 47:01.826 When it's hooked up, it's fine. 47:01.928 --> 47:15.430 It's not a problem. But anyways, yeah, that's my win for the week. And it's a good thing because my underwear drawer was getting really low, so I told him. He got a laugh out of that. 47:15.500 --> 47:17.318 Joe, I'm glad his name is Joe, too. 47:17.404 --> 47:21.274 Joe, I'm glad you're here, dude, because my underwear drawer was getting really low. 47:21.472 --> 47:24.070 That's funny. That's really funny. 47:24.230 --> 47:26.314 We're all caught up too in about a day. 47:26.432 --> 47:31.434 So I guess that brings me to my resource for the week. And this is something that I've used. 47:31.472 --> 47:33.726 At work in years past and something. 47:33.748 --> 47:35.406 That I've even used here at home. 47:35.508 --> 47:49.074 In years past, but I haven't in quite a while. It's a large wall calendar and I just ordered one on Amazon. And I have a spot right here on my wall that's perfect for it. And I like using these. 47:49.112 --> 47:55.426 And I don't know why I stopped, but you can plan your year in advance. It's your whole year at a glance, right? 47:55.448 --> 47:55.842 Oh, wow. 47:55.896 --> 47:59.446 It's a big, large wall calendar. I don't know, 36 by, I can. 47:59.468 --> 48:00.854 Look at my Amazon right now and. 48:00.892 --> 48:02.918 It'S a year 36 x 48. 48:03.004 --> 48:03.350 Wow. 48:03.420 --> 48:11.626 So big, large wall calendar that I can put all the big rocks in, all the planning in and just review. 48:11.728 --> 48:13.962 My year at a glance and see. 48:14.016 --> 48:18.406 The progress that I'm making and the things that I want to get done and so forth. 48:18.598 --> 48:19.690 I bought one of those. 48:19.760 --> 48:21.606 I got it right here on my desk. 48:21.718 --> 48:22.946 I got the Walmart. 48:22.998 --> 48:24.174 It's month by month. 48:24.212 --> 48:26.922 It's a big one on a desk calendar. 48:26.986 --> 48:27.630 Oh, cool. 48:27.700 --> 48:28.766 I never use it. 48:28.868 --> 48:30.842 It's covered with all kinds of junk. 48:30.986 --> 48:31.802 That's funny. 48:31.866 --> 48:35.298 I like your idea of putting something up on the Wall. You can see I had one of. 48:35.304 --> 48:39.874 Those magic marker ones, but I put my vinyl record collection, I replaced it. 48:40.072 --> 48:43.060 So that's what this is. This is a wipe off large. 48:43.430 --> 48:44.190 Gotcha. 48:44.270 --> 48:45.874 Yeah, I gotta look that up. 48:45.912 --> 48:46.994 I like that. 48:47.192 --> 48:48.618 Well, my resource is boring. 48:48.654 --> 48:51.890 It's similar to my win for the week. It's a speed queen washing machine. 48:51.970 --> 48:52.690 Joe. 48:52.850 --> 48:56.610 Front load or all top loading. Clean all that underwear. 48:56.690 --> 48:56.934 Yeah. 48:56.972 --> 49:04.458 And it's made in America. He said it's one of the only things that he sells of these. Yeah, he said. 49:04.544 --> 49:09.302 I was really worried because remember the shortages with so many different things during the pandemic. 49:09.446 --> 49:15.518 And I know at some point in conversation we were worried, and these have come back. 49:15.604 --> 49:17.518 So he has no problem getting. 49:17.684 --> 49:22.382 I was doubtful of his date that he was delivering, but he delivered right on time. 49:22.436 --> 49:24.334 He said, refrigerators are tough to get. 49:24.372 --> 49:30.002 But the speed queen washing machine, it's high quality. It's supposed to be well made. 49:30.056 --> 49:31.250 It's supposed to last us a while. 49:31.320 --> 49:33.074 But that's my. 49:33.272 --> 49:35.234 Hopefully I won't need one for quite a while. 49:35.272 --> 49:37.970 But if I do, I'll look at speed queen, man. 49:38.040 --> 49:40.070 There you go. Made in America. 49:40.490 --> 49:41.398 How about that? 49:41.484 --> 49:44.726 What's your quote? Let me know how it works out for you. 49:44.748 --> 49:46.054 Oh, it's going great, by the way. 49:46.092 --> 49:47.442 Much better than the old one. 49:47.596 --> 49:50.934 My quote comes from Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi. 49:50.982 --> 49:51.578 Yeah. 49:51.744 --> 49:57.850 Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. 49:59.150 --> 50:00.540 That is awesome. 50:01.630 --> 50:03.934 I thought you were going to say one that I saw when I was. 50:03.972 --> 50:06.686 Doing my research, but I didn't see that one. 50:06.868 --> 50:07.262 Yeah. 50:07.316 --> 50:08.494 Say that one again. 50:08.692 --> 50:15.278 Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. 50:15.454 --> 50:17.266 And that's always the balance, right? 50:17.368 --> 50:18.020 Yeah. 50:19.030 --> 50:25.358 How do you live life in the focused, vibrant way that you want to live life and just squeeze every ounce. 50:25.374 --> 50:31.350 Of juice out of life today, but still, you got to make plans for tomorrow. 50:32.090 --> 50:33.126 You got to learn. 50:33.228 --> 50:38.690 Learn as if you were to live forever. Actually, it's in reverse. Live as if you were to die tomorrow. 50:38.850 --> 50:40.822 Learn as if you were to live forever. 50:40.966 --> 50:42.378 Well, I resonate with that because I. 50:42.384 --> 50:49.210 Think learning is living for today. I get an excitement of learning new things. 50:49.360 --> 50:50.506 I can really appreciate that. 50:50.528 --> 50:54.846 A lot of people, they think you can't teach old dogs new tricks, and. 50:54.868 --> 50:56.526 They just say, hey, what's the sense. 50:56.548 --> 51:12.318 Of learning new things? I totally disagree with that. And that's where my quote comes from. Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. Henry Ford. 51:12.414 --> 51:14.014 That's a really great quote. 51:14.062 --> 51:17.074 Henry Ford is good for a lot of quotes. If you look up some of his. 51:17.112 --> 51:37.018 Quotable stuff, he's really good. But it reminds me of somebody that, an old sales trainer that I had years ago, and he said, there's really two. When you look back at somebody's career, you have two types of people. You have the person that has one year of experience, repeat it 20 times. 51:37.184 --> 51:39.820 And then you have the person with 20 years of experience. 51:40.670 --> 51:41.914 I want to be the person with. 51:41.952 --> 51:43.100 20 years of experience. 51:43.650 --> 51:44.400 Right. 51:45.410 --> 51:48.890 Not just stuck in my old, stagnant ways. So I love that from Henry Ford. 51:48.970 --> 51:50.702 He talked about an old dog. 51:50.756 --> 51:52.174 You can't teach an old dog new. 51:52.212 --> 51:59.618 Tricks, but you can teach a couple of old dudes new tricks. And I plan on being that. 51:59.784 --> 52:03.006 I agree 100%. Take us home, Joe. 52:03.118 --> 52:04.142 Good show, Kurt. 52:04.206 --> 52:05.380 Really good show. 52:05.910 --> 52:07.474 I'm glad we planned. 52:07.522 --> 52:09.634 We talked about last year, last episode. 52:09.682 --> 52:13.414 And this year, this episode. And I think we have a good. 52:13.452 --> 52:20.698 Mindset when we talk about these things together, they start to feel a little more real, too. 52:20.864 --> 52:22.780 Yeah, definitely. 52:23.310 --> 52:26.010 So our website is dudesinprogress.com. 52:26.080 --> 52:27.722 Dudesinprogress.com. 52:27.776 --> 52:30.150 And that's making some progress. 52:30.230 --> 52:31.710 Dudesandprogress.com is. 52:31.780 --> 52:33.534 In fact, I think I fixed our. 52:33.572 --> 52:34.974 About page a little bit. 52:35.012 --> 52:41.918 It was in construction or under construction page. I did some work there. 52:42.004 --> 52:46.194 I'm catching up on our episode. So dudesandprogress.com is our website. 52:46.312 --> 52:47.602 If you want to reach out to us. 52:47.656 --> 53:20.794 Dudes@dudesandprogress.com. Is our email address. Dudes@dudesandprogress.com and if you see fit, if you feel motivated somehow in the next year to support what we're doing here, we would love that in many ways. You can go to dudesandprogress.com slash support, dudesinprogress.com slash support. And we would certainly appreciate you contributing to our Patreon account. Remember, Kurt, progress is better than perfection. We got to keep moving forward, even. 53:20.832 --> 53:25.694 If I'm getting old, Joe. I got a big birthday coming up, but I'm going to keep learning anyway. 53:25.892 --> 53:27.740 Absolutely. Talk to you soon, my friend.