The Corner of 8th & Insanity
Today’s Mantra:
I AM slowing down and taking care of myself.
My positive energy is rippling out
and my peaceful actions are making a difference.
I AM shining my light into the world.
5a Yin Yoga & Breath work
530a Yoga Nidra / Prayer
6a - 8a Weight Room - Heavy Back
Warm UP
- Walk 3.5mi @12%
- Weighted Pull ups (4x8)
- Cable Wood Chops (4x12/s)
- Barbell Rows (5x6)
- Face Pulls (3x15)
- Dumbells Rows (4x6)
- Barbell Curls (Straight Bar - 5x8)
- Lat Pull Down (Neutral Grip - 3x15)
- Cable Curls til Burnout
815a Breakfast
830a - 1030a Trade & Write / @ Desk
11A - 1230p Lunch @ French Meadow
1p - 3p Trade & Write
3p - 8p Family Time
8p - 9p Walk w/Tulip
9p Rest & Recovery
The rarest love isn’t for what you own, but for what you think. When someone values your mind over your possessions, they touch the part of you that outlives the material—the part of you becoming.
The Corner of 8th & Insanity
The Power of Letting Go: Becoming a Magnet for Alignment
We live in a world that glorifies the chase. Hustle harder. Push more. Force the door open. And while there’s a time for effort, there’s also a deeper truth the warrior learns on his path: some battles are not won by fighting harder—they are won by stepping back, grounding deeper, and trusting that life is already moving in your favor.
Every time you stress about how something will happen, you create resistance. You’re gripping the sword too tightly, shaking your own hand. That stress blocks the flow, clouds your vision, and blinds you to opportunities standing right in front of you.
But when you let go—when you release the need to control every outcome—you stop fighting the current and start moving with it. Trust is not weakness. Trust is strength. It takes more courage to surrender than to clench your fists. It takes more discipline to ground yourself in faith than to spiral into fear.
When you allow yourself to be led, you become magnetic. Doors open where you thought there were only walls. The right people appear, not by accident, but by alignment. Opportunities present themselves, not because you forced them, but because you prepared yourself to receive them.
A true warrior knows: you don’t chase what’s already meant for you. You don’t beg what is already written into your path. You stay ready. You stay open. You stay rooted in your faith, no matter what storms try to shake you.
So remember—life isn’t asking you to chase. Life is asking you to receive. To stay aligned. To trust that the battle is already turning in your favor. To hold your ground with quiet power, not frantic motion.
Because the deepest victories don’t come from forcing life into submission. They come when you let life meet you where you are—grounded, surrendered, and unshakable in faith.
The Trader’s Edge: Nervous System Recovery
One of the most underrated skills in trading isn’t chart reading, pattern recognition, or even risk management—it’s recovery. The ability to regulate your nervous system after you’ve been triggered by the market.
Every trader gets worked up. You miss an entry, you chase a breakout, you size too big, you watch a green position turn red. The adrenaline spikes, your heart races, your breath shortens—and suddenly you’re not trading the market anymore, you’re trading your emotions. That’s where tilt lives. That’s where accounts get wrecked.
The edge is in how fast you can come back. The trader who can reset quickly—who can breathe, regulate, and return to a calm, grounded state—is the trader who stays in the game long enough to catch the real opportunities.
It’s not about never getting emotional. It’s about mastering the art of coming back to center. The faster you recover, the faster you can see clearly again. And clarity is where good decisions come from.
This is a muscle you can train. Every time you catch yourself before spiraling—every time you choose to step away, reset, and re-center—you’re building resilience. You’re telling yourself: I don’t have to trade out of emotion. I can wait for alignment.
The strongest traders aren’t the ones who never tilt. They’re the ones who know how to recover, regulate, and return to their edge.
In a market that punishes the reactive, nervous system recovery is alpha.
LIVE FEARLESS, NOT RECKLESS.
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