DWL Ep.12. Quarantine Pt. 1

"Change is inevitable, growth is optional."

Essentially a live therapy session, as a lot of these episodes tend to be, I share recent loss that I've gone through and mull over I have what it takes to love properly. My fears of loss in life and how my childhood probably moulded me that way. 

Love is fear for me.

Take care of yourself.

The Song of Now  is Tropic Morning News - The National

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I have tested positive for Covid-19. Not much else to do except record a podcast.

Having had to spend days cooped up, my thoughts have wandered on feelings of being trapped, being fearful, not feeling free and wondering if these are new feelings, or just feelings that I'm recognizing during this time

I discuss my relationship with "prayer" and how it is, at its simplest, a practice in manifestation.

I feel like a prisoner at times, and read out an excerpt from My Dinner with Andre to emphasize that point.

Are humans just one of the stages of the Artificial-Intelligence-butterfly's life?

The Song of Now  is Eazy - The Game Ft. Kanye West

This Episodes recommendation is BoardGameArena.com   and also to just take a break.

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After a long hiatus we are back! And we're talking about expectations - expectations in all aspects of life, mostly for the self, but also of everyone and everything else. Do expectations help push to be better, or is it ultimately setting you up for let-down?

"It's the chip on my shoulder that drives me. And its the lack of fulfillment that grows the chip. If I find the fulfillment, I lose the chip, and then I cant find the drive.

The Song of Now/the week/the year is Feeling Whitney - Post Malone

This Episodes (book) recommendation is Why Fish Don't Exist

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Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. - Terry Pratchett. This quote has been providing me much needed solace from the idea that falling into a rut again means that I've made no progress.

A little high and with a case of the giggles I go on an adventure of my thoughts, a true Dylan With Life experience. I propose a way to get rid of nicotine and cigarettes from our society, go on a tangent about my hockey team, discuss 4k nature videos on youtube, and get lost in space

The Song of Now is Details in the Fabric - Jason Mraz.

This Episodes recommendation is an old hilarious Youtube Clip.

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The perfect dictatorship would have the appearance of a democracy, but would basically be a prison without walls in which the prisoners would not even dream of escaping. It would essentially be a system of slavery where, through consumption and entertainment, the slaves would love their servitudes.  - Aldous Huxley

The episode starts off with my thoughts on the American election and the country's democracy, or lack thereof.

Touch on my Sober October, and how November is going so far, which has not been great. 

I discuss my problem with authority, my step-dad and the impact him leaving had on me. My mother and her pain, me not helping then or now and needing to grow up. 

I need to try to force my mind and thoughts to be more energetic and positive, something I'd like to hope is possible with practice.

The Song of Now is Shot You Down - Isaiah Rashad

This Episodes recommendation is the movie I See You. 

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How long do I think I could go without conversing with another human? What is the longest I've gone at this point in my life. Would that lead to a mental break and if it did, how aware of a mental break or  schizophrenic-type mental illness would I be? 

We gotta talk about these youtube ads man. What's next?

At this stage of life I'm growing more and more worried that I won't find a happy path, that after a few years I sour on everything and need some type of change. Is that cycle going to continue?

Vote.

The Song of Now is Colors - Black Pumas

This Episodes recommendation is the board game Sub-Terra.

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Quitting things cold turkey is more effective instead of easing as it doesn't allow for you to continue your bad habits.

Everyone should be rocking invisible socks.

There's a snatcher out there #TeamF*ckSnatchers

Smile.

Things I don't know: What months have how many days,,,

This Episodes recommendation is David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet.

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I don't communicate very well, I also never wear socks whilst podcasting...

Smile.

This Episodes recommendation is The Social Dilemma documentary on Netflix

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I talk about whether or not I believe the protests should be happening. What they mean, what should come of them, and what that may mean for the rest of the world.

No intro music, no outro music, no recommendation, no gimmicks.

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Goodnight Moon is a terrifying book.

When are our phones no longer phones?

Australian wildfires - WW3 - Kobe - Covid-19 ----- aliens and resurrection? 

I propose a new sport league where teams compete in multiple sports instead of just one.

If something has got you frustrated or upset, think about whether it is still going to make you feel that way in 7 days. If you will be over it and it wont be on your mind after a week, then recognize that and don't let it bother you now.

This Episodes recommendation is G.R.I.N.D. by Asher Roth 

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