The Corner of 8th & Insanity
Today’s Mantra:
I AM inviting in new experiences,
new perspectives and new possibilities,
that are in alignment with my Highest Good.
345a - Yin Yoga & Breath work
430a - Yoga Nidra / Prayer
5a - 730a Weight room: Heavy Legs
Warm up
3mi Walk @ 10%
Dead hangs 3x 60s
Air Planes 4x10/s
Barbell Deads (5x8)
Barbell Squat (5x6)
Lying Leg Press (3x8)
Ham Curls (4x8)
Leg Extensions (4x8)
Split Squats (4x8/s)
Calf Raise (5x12)
Burnout Split Squats
8a Breakfast
830a - 1130a Trade/Write @ Desk
1130a - 1p Read, Breathe & Lunch
1p - 2p Stocktwits Community Rip Pod w/ The BOYS
2p - 3p Trade & Write
330p - 7p - Family Time & Dinner
7p - 8p Walk w/Tulip
9p - Rest & Recovery
The ones who won’t bow to evil don’t walk alone. They’re an invisible army, a legion of hearts. And when you choose goodness over gain—when you sow knowing darkness may reap—you still stand among them.
The Corner of 8th & Insanity
Take a breath, brother. Look back. Not to dwell, not to replay old wounds, but to remember what you’ve walked through. The storms you thought would swallow you didn’t. The seasons you feared would strip you bare ended up forging the steel in your spine. You survived—but more than that, you were shaped.
Every trial you endured was chiseling you into a man who refuses to bend when life leans heavy on him. Even when you didn’t see it, you were becoming. Becoming the man who carries weight with honor, who stands in fire and doesn’t flinch, who can look his younger self in the eye and say: We made it. And I’m proud of who we’ve become.
This is the path of the masculine: to be tested, stretched, broken open, and rebuilt stronger. The moments you cursed were the very moments that carved your foundation. The storms weren’t punishment—they were training. Initiation. They stripped you of illusion and left you with only what is real: your breath, your will, your heart.
So stop tormenting yourself over what isn’t clear yet. You don’t need every answer today. You’ve already seen miracles—moments when the world bent in your favor, when strength came from nowhere, when a door opened you didn’t even know was there. That wasn’t luck. That was proof that you’re carried, that there is purpose woven through your fight.
Be grateful for what has unfolded—the bruises, the scars, the wisdom. They are evidence of your becoming. And then, open your chest to what’s ahead. The masculine heart doesn’t cower at the unknown—it meets it head-on. What’s coming isn’t meant to crush you; it’s meant to call out even more of the man you already are.
Stand tall. Breathe deep. The world needs men who have walked through fire and stayed true. You are one of them. And the journey ahead is already moving in your favor. I love you, LFG
Beyond “Love and Light”: A Trader’s Path to True Power
The markets don’t reward illusions. If you’ve been around long enough, you know this truth: fantasy gets liquidated, reality gets paid. Yet outside the charts, a similar trap is waiting for many traders—the New Age mirage of “all love, all light, high vibes only.” It looks harmless, even uplifting. But like a bad trade dressed up with false signals, it hides a deeper agenda. One that erases identity, weakens discipline, and keeps you from becoming the kind of operator who can survive and thrive in the arena.
The Lie of “High Vibe Only”
The New Age conditioning says:
“Don’t focus on the negative.”
“Stay positive and it will all flow.”
“Boundaries block your abundance.”
On the surface, it sounds like optimism. But in practice, it’s toxic positivity—the same kind of delusion that keeps traders holding losers because they “feel good about it.” Just as charts demand you acknowledge both strength and weakness, life demands you integrate both light and shadow.
When you deny fear, anger, or pain, you don’t erase them—you blindfold yourself. And a blindfolded trader is a dead trader.
Boundaries = Risk Management
One of the most dangerous lies out there is that boundaries make you unspiritual. That to say “no” is to be “closed off.” In trading terms, that’s like saying stop-losses are unfaithful to the market.
No—boundaries are sacred. They’re stop-losses for your soul. They preserve your capital—emotional, mental, and financial. They allow you to stay in the game long enough to catch the asymmetric setups that change your life.
Without boundaries, every manipulator, distraction, and toxic narrative can run through your account—both in markets and in life. Love without boundaries is exploitation. Trading without risk management is ruin. The principle is the same.
The Courage to Feel the Loss
The markets will force you to feel—losses, frustration, fear. Just like life, these emotions are not “low vibe.” They are feedback. They sharpen you.
The trader who numbs out, who chants affirmations while ignoring red flags, is the one who blows up. The trader who feels the sting, journals it, learns the lesson, and recalibrates—that’s the one who survives long enough to catch a generational run.
The same goes for spirituality. You don’t transcend your emotions by ignoring them. You master them by facing them head-on and extracting the signal from the noise.
The Programming of Passivity
Understand this: there’s a reason the New Age narrative discourages conflict, anger, and boundaries. It keeps people compliant. Just as Wall Street wants the crowd to buy tops and sell bottoms, the system wants you docile, “love and light” while being drained of your energy, money, and will.
A trader who believes boundaries are ego will never walk away from a bad deal. A trader who thinks anger is “low vibration” will never fight for their own capital. A trader who sees negativity as taboo will never confront their losing habits.
Compliance isn’t awakening. Compliance is liquidation.
Spiritual Maturity = Market Mastery
Being a mature trader is being a mature human. It means you integrate:
Light and shadow → Bull runs and bear markets.
Love and boundaries → Big winners and hard stop-losses.
Peace and courage → Calm execution and bold conviction.
True spirituality doesn’t erase your edges—it forges them. It makes you sharp enough to cut through noise, steady enough to hold a position, and grounded enough not to sell your soul for short-term dopamine.
Lets Wrap It Up, LFG.
The New Age whispers: dissolve, transcend, float away. The market demands the opposite: embody, ground, execute.
You are not here to become “high vibe nothingness.” You are here to become a weapon—disciplined, sovereign, and unshakable. To love fiercely, but with edges. To risk boldly, but with stops. To walk with light, but never deny the shadow that teaches you discipline.
That is the trader’s path. That is real spirituality. Anything less is just another bad trade dressed up as enlightenment.
LIVE FEARLESS, NOT RECKLESS.
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