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The album is called Swing For The Fences. My name is Tim Ross. Here is a clip! https://youtu.be/y17NnpvHZrQ

The album is out!




STREAM:


https://music.apple.com/us/album/swing-for-the-fences/1487903782


https://open.spotify.com/album/5xfd6jUoJ32CWR1N985H5r?si=E5D4cMVRTnC-ZZdmrrl1kA

PURCHASE:

iTUNES

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081J6TW3W/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_hTk4DbHW5N3H3

they didn’t create it


https://www.amazon.com/Hell-Without-Sermon-Jack-Impe/dp/B005KCZ9L8

What?! NOTHING IT related that you would find interesting enough to learn about on your own time?

Did you do this for the money? That's insane.

No Chef? No Puppet? No Docker? No obscure language? No embedded systems? No Nutanix? No ESXi? No nano server? Nothing IT related tickles your pickle? What about vulnhub? Red teaming? Game development? TELL ME.

/u/ProfFrnswrth -- I can't relate with the sentiment of not having energy after 8 hours. Hell, there are times we were updating systems until 1 or 2 AM and I STILL went home and dicked around in a VM. Do I have an unhealthy passion for this stuff? Probably.

As a child, very awkward, you can imagine, I had a computer and I was trying to play Deus Ex. The colors were terrible and the game stuttered and spewed, eventually freezing on that terrible sound looping: "EEHN, EEHN, EEHN, EEHN, EEHN, EEHN, EEHN" -- being borderline retarded as a child, I didn't think to turn off the speakers, I just ran and told my Dad the computer is broken.

Being a good father, he assumed what all good fathers assume: porn. I was lectured and berated about not getting caught with my weasel in my hand, my dad unplugged the computer and turned it back on. I was defeated, never again to play this game my friend told me about.

The next day, whilst at school, I told my friend, the one in which of whom recommended the game, that my computer couldn't run it, I was doomed.

"What, ho?! Nay! Bringith thine tower to my domicile once within we leavith our studies!" -- Told you, fucking awkward.

So I bring this HP wanna be Blue Bubble Macintosh computer to my friend's house. My friend and his father ripped apart the internals of that poor HP tower, and replaced what looked like the internals to the backup for Johnny Five. Some brown circuit board and a lot of fans.

I was terrified. I was instructed by my friend to take my computer back home and try Deus Ex again. So, I get home and connect everything. Fearful of being sternly spoken to about pornography again, I left the speakers unplugged.

My God, man! It's beautiful! Normal colors, smooth textures, fast movement. But there wasn't any God damn sound! Oh, the speakers, right, so I plugged the speakers back in.

From there, I said "I want to be able to fix anything". It was very humbling and earth shattering to be honest.

I mean, if you think about it, as a preteen, you don't know what a computer is. You use it and you play on it, but you don't know what it is unless you're born into a family that teaches you or you're some Matilda freak that reads CPU and motherboard manuals in your free time.

But here... My friend, my peer, my ALLY! He knew exactly what it took. He took an impossible problem (can't play a video game), and not only made it a reality, he did it with spare parts in his closet LOL!

So, because of him, I am where I am today. Do I know how to fix everything? No, of course not. Don't be silly.

But! I have taken to using scheduled, distraction free time to learn something or get better at a skill. I go into that with a furious frenzy and get shit done. An hour? Half an hour? Five hours? I don't care, I'm going to tackle the living shit out of my objective.

Scheduled, distraction free time? What in the name of Almighty Christ on his Throne is this?!

First, I recommend a very subjective and biased book:

Deep Work

The concept of "Deep Work" is not foreign, but you may not have heard it called that before. It's a great book about finding time to get work done in a world of distractions.

Second, I recommend Earl Nightingale's "The Strangest Secret". You can find the audio on Amazon or Youtube, whichever you prefer. In YouTube he sounds cooler but speaks much quicker.

Earl Nightingale, again, came up with nothing new. This is some Oprah shit before Oprah was out. This broadcast changed my life. It builds off Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich and takes concepts from Philosophy and Religion. The best "Power of Positive Thinking" speech I've heard. Listen to it, and see if it vibes with you.

Anyway, get your goals down, write them. Don't put them in your God damn phone, WRITE IT DOWN. Look it everyday. If you miss a day, you have to see it, you can't just delete it from your phone (yeah, you can rip the paper out of the notebook, but I'd like to think you're not a destructive person ;) ).

You like Podcasts? Yeah? YEAH?

Check out Entrepreneur on Fire. He doesn't talk about tech, sysadmin, hacking, NOTHING. But he's super positive, he is successful, and he loves sharing his tips for success. He markets his little notebook a lot (yeah, I bought one), so take it how you will.

This last part is what no one wants to hear. Everyone knows this and rolls their eyes:

Take care of yourself. Seriously. Drink coffee, that's fine, but don't drink 6 - 10 cups a day. If you have a desert, that's fine too, but don't rely on cakes, cookies, Starbucks, Monster, Redbull, etc. as your daily driver. Eat fruits and vegetables. No, not V8/Naked/Sunny D. Eat some celery and hummus, or a salad with lettuce, kale, and olives.

Short on time? Almond Milk + 1 Orange + 1 Cup of Kale + 1 Cup of Spinach + 1 Cup of mixed berries + 1 Banana + 1 scoop Sunwarrior Protein powder. Or whatever. Don't use whey or casein. Don't buy into this hype that you need 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight or any other dumb shit bro-science that's out there.

Exercise your body: go for long walks, brisk or light jog. Calisthenics, too. Burpees, push-ups, situps, squats. Don't be one of those bench press monkeys either, do real exercises. Deadlift, Squat, Overhead Press. Don't have barbells? DON'T CARE. Goblet Squat, Farmer's Walk, Lunges, Man-Makers (Push-up + Dumbbell row), Dumbbell swings, dumbbell snatches -- Get to work. Ton of programs on the internet, and you can YouTube the exercises.

If you want to study, learn, stay abreast of tech news you can make time to do it. Schedule time, write it down, and stick to it. Don't be afraid to unplug. Leave your phone and go for a walk without headphones. Go bike riding at a park or through the woods. Go sit at a beach or pool without anything. Just listen to the birds squawking and screeching. You'll enjoy it.


Well this escalated quickly:

TL;DR

Deep Work - Book

EoF - Podcast

The Strangest Secret - Earl Nightingale broadcast

Diet and Exercise

Git Gud

If you don't have it yet, you can listen to this 30 second preview on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Orgy-for-One-Explicit/dp/B07B69FHN3

You can buy their albums on AmazonMP3 as well.

NSFW Album: http://www.amazon.com/Nsfw-Explicit/dp/B005QUXX3K/ref=sr_1_cc_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1318258155&sr=1-2-catcorr

Strawberries & Cream Album:
http://www.amazon.com/Strawberries-and-Cream-Explicit/dp/B00CI7BBYW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1374397948&sr=8-2

Man, oh, man... once and only once I went to the bar with something to prove. I told myself I'd buy one beer, and every single other one had to be bought by a stranger via one of the tricks in my book.

Bit of advice: when you're drinking with a purpose, it rarely ends well.

We told the story on the latest comedy album: https://www.amazon.com/Real-Brian-Brushwood-Born-Explicit/dp/B00QTJQEUQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1474039932&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Day+The+Real+Brian+Brushwood+Was+Born

Have you ever tried Feldenkrais? Classes for it are really calm and not really "exercise". There are some good options for doing it at home, too. I've liked this guy's audios: https://www.amazon.com/Feldenkrais-Classics-1-Ryan-Nagy/dp/B0094B98BS/ref=sr_1_1?s=dmusic&ie=UTF8&qid=1496605248&sr=1-1-mp3-albums-bar-strip-0&keywords=feldenkrais

I'm really curious about Pilates but I decided to stop my yoga practice about a year ago until I got some clarity on my physical rigidity and perfectionism. (I get into... TRY HARDER TO RELAX! HARDER DAMN YOU! So it got quite weird and unwholesome.) But the machines are so alluring to me! And the focus on doing small movements correctly! So seductive.

$17.98 on Amazon right now http://www.amazon.com/Night-Attack-Too-Talk-Explicit/dp/B00QTJQ3X4/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1418782261&sr=8-4&keywords=night+attack

https://www.amazon.com/Hypnobirthing-Peace-Relaxation-Positive-Pregnancy/dp/B00QN2G84Q/ref=sr_1_2?s=dmusic&rps=1&ie=UTF8&qid=1539121427&sr=1-2-mp3-albums-bar-strip-0&keywords=hypnobirthing&refinements=p_85%3A8755839011

Lol, here you go. Should have posted it in the first place.

Hey, guys. You wondered about the alphabet and how it got into alphabetic order? I listen to another podcast called The History of English. The host (Kevin Stroud) put out an audiobook of just exactly that. The History of the Alphabet.

I HIGHLY recommend the podcast, as well.

ALSO, while I'm thinking about it, I became curious about alphabet songs in other languages/alphabets as well, and found this video on YouTube showing the Arabic alphabet and its sounds. Then he sings the song at the end.

Arabic Alphabet on Youtube

I've been finding Steven Gurgevich's hypnosis sessions really helpful. I've noticed a significant increase in my level of calmness since I've been listening to them. I've got Heal Yourself with Medical Hypnosis (general purpose; not just for medical issues) and Relax Rx.

https://www.audible.com/pd/Heal-Yourself-with-Medical-Hypnosis-Audiobook/B002V0PYAI

https://www.audible.com/pd/Relax-Rx-Audiobook/B00B7M0QOU

Audible has several others and there are more on amazon in digital music. Even if the idea of hypnosis doesn't immediately appeal to you, maybe get a single session for 99¢, such as Progressive Relaxation, to see if you find it effective.

https://www.amazon.com/Progressive-Relaxation-Induction/dp/B01N5CYP0E

If you do decide to try this, I hope you find it as helpful as I do.

EDIT:

I also highly recommend Anna Wise's The High Performance Mind — an excellent set of guided meditations. And again, you can get single tracks for 99¢.

https://www.amazon.com/High-Performance-Mind-Anna-Wise/dp/B0026ETBO4

I would start by understanding who you are, because ultimately that is the question for everyone.

Try checking out some lectures by Alan Watts. I had heard of him before, but I was really introduced to him via Akira The Don's Wattswave IV (and more recently there is Wattswave V). You can listen via YouTube but they are also on Amazon Music if you use that service.

If Akira's music doesn't suit you, try Everything: The Alan Watts Talks and/or his lectures on the below website. You can listen and follow along there (it has transcriptions). It is through his words and deeper study (most recently, attending a Zen Buddhist retreat) that life truly blossomed in front of me.

https://www.organism.earth/library/author/10

When you finally find out who "you" are, you won't know how to describe it and can't place a name on it. Therein lies the answer.

I highly highly recommend you keep doing this mindfulness exercise during your sessions. If you're having trouble getting in the zone, there are some guided meditation tracks out there that are really helpful.

I'm not talking "imagine yourself on a peaceful beach" guided meditations, which are pleasant but don't really train any skills other than relaxation. I mean actual mindfulness practice.

I highly suggest the last 2 tracks from this album, which you can buy individually:
http://www.amazon.com/Urban-Meditation-Vol-1-buddhify/dp/B00HNYWRF2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1405107602&sr=8-1&keywords=buddhify

Rest is for when you're tired and need a break. Scan is when you want to develop clarity and awareness more deeply.

From Volume 2: http://www.amazon.com/Urban-Meditation-Vol-2-buddhify/dp/B00HNYYNV8/ref=pd_sim_dmusic_a_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0AZ4YJ3HV55EC7P4XFWS
Rain is excellent for stress, anxiety, worry. Switch and Sense are also good general mindfulness practices to develop both clarity and relaxation at the same time.

In terms of montages, I'd ask you to keep anode on F3 but try the left styloid (behind the ear) for the cathode. You can also try anode on F1 and cathode behind the ear. You might be impressed with the results -- it's not necessarily a good thing to suppress the right prefrontal cortex. Some studies have shown benefits, which is no surprise, but some studies have also shown harm because there are important emotion processing centers all across the right PFC.

I found a [link] (https://www.amazon.com/Green-Hills-Earth-Leonard-Nimoy/dp/B00LKU8Q6Y) to an .mp3 copy on Amazon for cheap if this is the same one.

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Roberta Shapiro's Goodbye Anxiety
This isn't music exactly, but it's guided meditation specifically for anxiety. I've been using it at least once daily for the last month+ and it really helps to relax me. It's free to stream if you have Amazon Prime. She also has another "album" devoted to specific anxiety issues like driving and flying.

I don't know if you like this kind of thing, but I enjoy listening to these pregnancy affirmations.

Buy the mp3 of this 1950's speech by Earl Nightengale and listen to it over and over, it will give you the secret to success in life.

So you mentioned that you are going to see a doctor, but are you seeing a therapist? I really think it would help with your anxiety. If you have any questions about seeing a therapist, I'd be glad to talk to you about it (I'm not a therapist myself, but I've been in therapy, and can tell you about my experiences).

In the meantime, something really helpful for relaxing in order to sleep is listening to a guided meditation. I like Roberta Shapiro's "Goodbye Worries" and Belleruth Naparstek's "Meditations to Relieve Stress." It may seem a little hocus-pocus, but at least try it if you haven't before. At first, I was so anxious that I couldn't sit and meditate on my own, my mind was flying around all over the place. So I listened to these guided meditations, and they would calm me down enough that I could sleep OK. It also teaches you how to calm your mind on your own, and that's a great skill for someone with anxiety. I have them downloaded on my phone, and I carry earbuds with me, so I can always just take a little break during the day and listen for a few minutes if I need to.

try this, it's helped me a lot:

http://www.amazon.com/Goodbye-Worries/dp/B004DBXRBG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331986757&sr=8-1