This time of the year the one question that people seem to always want to ask is when was Jesus born? Was he born on what we call Christmas Day? Was he born in the spring, the summer, the fall? Well the answer is this. We don't know. Is it possible that he was born on December 25th or sometime around the 25th? It's very possible. Is it possible that he was born some other time? Sure, that's possible also. So the answer to the question is don't know. But here's what I can tell you. Here's what I do know. I know that he was born. I also know that he lived the perfect life and he died. Not only did he die, but he got up. So the question really more than anything else is not when Jesus was born, but when were you born? Were you born? And I'm not talking about born physically, your actual birth date. I'm talking about the date that you became alive in the spirit. And if you don't know when that actually was or if it actually happened, then I'm inviting you to do something this Christmas season.  Why don't you accept what he's done on the cross for you? I can't think of a better or more wonderful birth date for someone to have spiritually speaking. If you have not accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, if you have not trusted what he's done on the cross for you, would you do so now? And if you don't know how, you just simply acknowledge to the Lord what he already knows. And that is you need him. You can't do this by yourself in your own words now, but that you trust what he's done on the cross for you is sufficient. And you trust in that and that he becomes your Lord and Savior. However you want to say it, the Bible says that you can know that you have eternal life. And to everyone else who has already named the name of Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, do something this Christmas season. Share the gospel with somebody. Let them know how much Jesus loves them in spite of all their wrongs, of all their sin. Let them know that nothing that they can do can ever be so bad that God can't save them. And so going forward, it doesn't really matter when his birthday was. All that we really know is that he was born and that he died for us. All because he loved us.


Russia's borders are poorly protected, partisans are preparing for a new attack on this country. The Russian commander who led a group of militias that raided a Russian border area announced that his group will soon launch further incursions in Russian territory. It should be noted that two Russian guerrilla units entered 42 kilometers deep into the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation, controlling some localities for more than 24 hours. Denis Kapustin spoke to journalists on the Ukrainian border with Russia describing himself as the Russian Volunteer Corps. This was said after Moscow announced that it had repulsed an attack on the Belgorod area. Kiev said that the attack was perpetrated by Russian citizens and portrayed it as an internal Russian strife. The Russian Volunteer Corps and Freedom of Russia Legion, two groups that operate in Ukraine, have both claimed responsibility. Cesar August, commander of the Freedom of Russia Legion, said to a Polish TVP World Channel that their operation had several goals and all of them were achieved, according to August. His Legion managed to defeat the Russian armed forces, show the people in the region that the war is not good for anyone, and get the attention of the media. It was a reconnaissance by fire, during which we reached the conclusion that the Russian border is not sealed. It is poorly protected and current security and law enforcement agencies are not capable of repelling attacks quickly or effectively. Freedom of Russia Legion commander stressed. He also mentioned that his military organization is conducting more military sabotage operations and has increasing followers in Russia.


A group under the ages of Waka Community International Foundation has advised Nigerians to gauge in more walks to boost their health and to be able to live longer. The group made a call during a road health work organized in honour of late chairman Lagos State Health Management Agency Board, Dr. Adito Kumboa Lakija. The foundation, which also carried out a demonstration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid, said the action is driven by its conviction to educate Nigerians as well as the world to take personal responsibility for their wellness by walking and eating right as well as getting enough quality sleep. Founder Waka Community International Foundation Lorenzomba said walking has many benefits such as helping to maintain a healthy weight and helping to lose unwanted and undesirable fat. On what makes UCS edition important Director-General of Nigeria Conservation Foundation Dr. Joseph Onoja said Dr. Alakija's life was an illustration of everything impactful. Not everybody can jog, but everybody can work out. And again, walking is a low impact activity. So for those that have arthritis running in their families, you better be careful. Jogging is not bad, but as you get older, and if you're getting as old as people like me are and older, you want to pay attention to the impact on your knees and your ankles. And jogging is not the ideal thing at that point. Walking is low impact, so it's fun. As a board member, we thought that as NCF, as an organization, we thought that we should come out to work with his family and his organization, the Q-Life, and all other people that he was associated with when he was alive. It's quite instructive to know that during the work last year, the edition of the work last year, he was part of the work. So that was why we thought that it was necessary to come and use this opportunity to honor a very honorable man. We have trained many organizations, more than 4,500 in Lagos, on how to respond to emergencies. So those who participated in this work will also gain the benefits of getting the tips. But it's also a chlorine-chlorion call, especially to you, the press, to call people's attention on the need to conduct CPR and first aid training for their staff, for individuals, for churches, because that alone can provide 50% chances of survival. He was very passionate about walking, and so this is in his memory, in loving memory. He would have turned 66 tomorrow, and yeah, it's been amazing, a great turnout, great people, and so pleased for all that it's been today.


Hello, hello, it's Shabo and Nick Che coming back with another video today I'm starting a new series on my channel called directors cut Which is basically where I go through my past films whether it's short films music videos Just any type of creative projects where I've been the director of it and kind of break down the process of you know Not only the shooting but also the editing what I'm thinking and the entire process that goes behind making an entire film now Thank you to the sponsor this video skillshare as many of you guys know I am a self taught creative filmmaker and photographer and freelancer so everything I've learned has been online whether it's through YouTube tutorials Or places like skillshare where they have so many different courses offered to learn just about anything whether it's graphic design Directing editing to make sure to stick into the end of the video But today I decided I'm going to be starting with my very first short film which was entitled summer time I made it last year for one of the film classes on campus It was an entire semester-long project and this was actually our final grades So a lot of work had to go into it for pre-production Casting location scouting the whole shoot took about two two and a half days editing took about a week long Sound design color grading. There's a lot of different things. I went into the short film But today I'm just gonna be breaking down a few of my favorite scenes and kind of show what exactly I was thinking If you haven't already seen the entire film I highly recommend checking it out before you watch this video Just so you can get an idea of the entire flow of things and so that way I can just focus on a few different scenes from this film So just to give you a little bit of background about summer time It is about two artists living in New York City. One of them is Kate Weathers who's a jazz saxophone musician He's currently auditioning for a lot of different gigs and jobs, but he finds out that it's not only getting harder for him to You know get his dream job But he's losing sight of the whole reason he started getting into music And that was simply for the love of it and his girlfriend in the film helps him recognize the real reason He started it and kind of brings them back to his roots. So that's what the entire film is about It's inspired a lot by Lala land Which is one of my favorite movies and you'll see a lot of similarities in between them for the casting of this I reached out to my good friend from high school. His name is Chandler Singhs He currently attends the Manhattan School of Music and he is a musical theater major and he's done a lot of acting before We've actually shot another short film together So I thought it'd be fun for him to work with me on this project And he also brought along his good friend who plays the girlfriend Nancy in this film So let me just break it down I'll kind of just play through a little bit and we'll see you from there. So mr. Withers How long have you been playing saxophone? Six years ma'am. I I See you're studying with Professor Collins. How's that been going? It's been great.  So what are you playing today? All the things you are Whenever you're ready So in this first scene, I kind of wanted to show that there's a little bit of tension in this room You can kind of tell that Kate has been going through a series of auditions and that this judge who was played by once again Motor Chandler's friends is just kind of disinterested not really paying attention to you know him his teacher or anything He's really talking about which is why I decided to go back and forth between just a straight camera angle going face-on They should kind of show that just juxtaposition that they're not in the same frame at the same time until later on in this Set, you know when it comes to filmmaking the essence behind it is storytelling now in that scene I could have easily you know done an entire scene of him actually going through playing the saxophone and going through the entire Audition but that wouldn't be necessary for the storyline Especially for a short film where time is so essential that I just decided to cut to right after the scene when the audition results are already out If you notice right there There's a subtle glance between Chandler and the judge as she's posting the audition results And then she walks off and you can see Chandler hurries and gets up and approaches it Little Easter egg all the names that are on these results are actually friends from my high school band So I thought it'd be fun to just kind of plug their names in there If you know it's right before this there's a very subtle camera movement that kind of pans down as Chandler's hand is tracing that and I Just wanted to show the movement of you know He's very anxiously like trying to find his name the hard part about the short film was that I was filming in New York City Which is obviously super crowded very hectic and it's hard to find a quiet place where we can set up all our equipment and actually film So luckily I was able to get funding through Princeton to rent out an Airbnb for a night so that we could film this bedroom scene Which is supposed to mimic like an a modern apartment house for the two of them Well, what'd you play I played all the things you are again Now the really hard thing about short films or films in general really is you have to have so much coverage and so many different Camera angles and setups that if you don't go into the shoot without Pre-production and planning the shots out ahead of time. You're gonna be completely lost You're gonna be wasting your actors time You'll be wasting a lot of money if there are dozens of people on set So as a director, it's really important for you to have a clear vision of exactly what you want the shot to look like How are you gonna set the camera angles before you even go into the setting so for this shot since it is a very Tight-quarter. I was using a lot of different angles Not only like at the front of the bedroom from but also from the side of the bedroom so that I could kind of maximize the space and get Different angles and show different coverage So that kind of first scene of him like hitting the bed laying down I got it from the side obviously now this next dialogue when it comes to dialogue If you don't know and something that I didn't really know going into editing or filmmaking itself was that when you when you Cover a dialogue scene. There's always, you know an over-the-shoulder Covering two people if that makes sense So there's two people talking right here You're gonna have the camera facing this person you're gonna do their take maybe two or three different times Then you're gonna switch the camera to the other side Then you're gonna film this person do the same thing maybe film that take two or three times and then you fill in the cover Shot so you know him lying on the bed him getting up anything that you're gonna need to fill in those little details Now one of my favorite parts in this entire film is this little montage sequence Which honestly didn't take the longest to film because I knew exactly how I wanted it to look I knew the pacing of it I knew the shots that I had to give before I even started filming that I just went bam, bam, bam And we were able to get through it really quickly obviously when it comes to montage The whole point of that is to show a progression of some sorts and for this progression itself is showing how Kate is going through So many different trials and going through a bunch of different practices going to different auditions and you know And failing multiple times but still getting back up and that's just the whole progression of this montage sequence So just that like one scene of him walking and transitioning from different outfits I mean like it's obviously like very simple and like you know exactly what I'm doing But Chandler just had like four different shirts in his backpack He changed out of them real quick and we filmed just him walking against a different background And I knew exactly how I wanted it to look so he would stand there I would walk about like 10 steps away from him place the camera on the tripod because I knew I had to keep that distance The same and just film that four different times Now if you notice here There's kind of a very subtle reference that will be you know mentioned later in the film But Nancy tying up these ties for him You know to show that he's going to different auditions that he's getting ready and that she's being supportive of him all along I also kind of wanted to show the progression of Nancy and Cade's relationship as the auditions begin to wear on him So you can tell that he's not as interested He's falling asleep because he's so tired and that this is obviously causing conflict within their relationship as well So right there that's a little reference I mentioned earlier with the ties is like when he's doing it by himself He realizes that Nancy's not there to do it for him And it's just this kind of like somber sad, you know emotion that he's feeling just because she's not there to Support him on this kind of last audition now for this entire film. I wrote directed edited produce Soundgraded color graded everything about this whole film I did by myself, which is honestly like one of the most difficult processes But also one of the most fulfilling processes because everything that went into this project was my own work and I had full creative control and Not that I would do that exact same thing in the future because I know that there's value in working in a team But it gave me a lot of freedom taught me a lot of things about you know Myself as a director as an editor as you know just a producer and everything that goes into making a film But I realized the difficulties of this especially when I was filming this scene right here Which is um outside of Central Park in New York. It was pretty cold I was trying to do sound while filming on a gimbal and not having another sound person to do it Really in my backpack. I had the sound recorder I might them up with lavalier mics, which are like the little mics that you know kind of go right here Recording as I'm like checking audio with my headphones walking backwards and making sure that they're getting the lines correct And honestly like that was super difficult But it's it's not one of like the best film scenes, but it shows that like you can do this with a one-person team Now this last scene it was very serendipitous That we found a flower stand right outside of where we are filming because I had that vision in my head of like He would go and get flowers before he showed up and luckily like by the grace of God It was there right around the corner So we bought these flowers and then you see he brings them to Nancy to kind of make up and show that he you know Did what she told him to do played it for the love of it And that it all ended up working and that's the whole point of this whole film is to show that You know you do what you love because you love it Not because for the fame or the money or anything like that And I think the whole message of this film was just dedicated to artists everywhere in that You need to pursue what you do because once again, you love it You're genuinely passionate about it. You can't stop thinking about it and for me. That's obviously filmmaking I wanted to tie in obviously my love for music, which is why I you know integrated the jazz aspect of it I was able to work with some really great actors got funding from Princeton was able to film in New York We did this in about two days, which is actually you know pretty decent timing Considering it was just about a three-man team no budget at all really very minimal gear I was shooting on one camera one lens a tripod and a gimbal and some mics and that was literally about it No lights no makeup no costume nothing none of that so I just kind of wanted to show that it is possible to do with one person and that You know, there's a lot of value to be gained from it. 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Today, we will be opening heavy first edition Labrador Nightmare packs. What's up guys, we're back with another epic video. Today, we're going to be opening heavy Labrador Nightmare first edition packs, as you just saw, as well as a Burst of Destiny booster box. Hopefully, we can pull the Destroy Phoenix Enforcer. And also, I will be doing a big giveaway today. We have Legendary Duelist Synchro Storm booster box. We'll be giving away to one of you guys. All you have to do is like this video, be subscribed, let me know your favorite potential pull in the video. Could be Destroy Phoenix Enforcer, could be Starlight Stratos, could be anything from first edition Labrador Nightmare. The box and the giveaway and the box that we'll be opening at Burst of Destiny was sent by Maniac Packs. And as you guys know, they have a website where you can buy booster boxes, et cetera, do pre-order. So, you guys can go check them out down below. You can use code ruxen for 10% off on anything you buy. Now, let's get into this opening. We have a first edition Burst of Destiny box, which is still a very hot commodity right now. Pretty awesome set. Sword Souls, Destroy Phoenix Enforcer, Starlight Stratos, other Starlights as well. I mean, it's just very exciting, so we have this. We have five first edition. These are heavy, so they should all have foils, ultra rare, super rare, et cetera. Also, before we get started, I wanted to mention, on Monday, I will be opening an entire first edition case of Chaos Impact. If you don't know what that is, it has Starlight Rare Masquerana, which I will pop up the price on the screen.  Now, let's get into the opening. We have Burst of Destiny first edition. Synchro Storm Booster Box giveaway, guys. Just make sure to enter that. The Leerless cards are pretty popular right now. We've got the magic cylinders. We've seen that in the auction series. Net Cascade. We've got the Flounderies and the Magnificent Map. This is actually one of the best ultra rares in the set. It was over like 12 bucks last time I checked, but it may be different now. Of course, pop the price up. All right, so good start to the opening. We've already gotten a good card. Next up, another Burst of Destiny. Good start, nice ultra rare. Can we pull a Starlight? Can you imagine? Let's just do like this. We have Sword Soul of T- Sword Soul, that's good. And then the Mimicking Manator Bug. Yeah, that card's annoying. All right, Royal Penguin, very nice. Burst of Destiny again. Let's get ourselves something good. We've got the Apex Predator, the Reptile Line, the Rebuilder, Sonic Tracker, and the Soushi Ship Uniclass. Okay, we've got the Soushi Ship, cool. In the next couple of packs, we're gonna go into our Labyrinth of Nightmare. Our first one, it's heavy. So hopefully something crazy like a Necrophilia, Cyanate, Crosswipe, Giant Starfall, Sword Soul Assessment, and the Ice Jade Cradle. Okay, nothing too crazy there. Let's go into the first Labyrinth of Nightmare. The only thing I know that has been pulled from these set-up packs is Gemini Elf. So there's probably not a Gemini Elf in here. However, Dark Necrophilia, all those other Ultrarare, I think he said there was a Superport as well. So the other five from the box. So we should potentially get two Ultrarare if that holds up. So we have a Lightning Blade, very nice. Garuda the Wind Spirit, the Emperor's Holiday, Gross Ghost of Fled Dreams, and this should be our foil, theoretically. What will it be? This monster feeds on the dreams of an unwary sleeper dragging the victims into eternal slumber, very nice. And we have a Mask of the Accursed, a Super Rare right off the bat. It's pretty nice, pretty nice star. We got a Super Rare. We will take that, very cool. Okay, so we're leading up to those Ultrarare. We got a Miracle Dig, Lightning, Conger, Dancing Fairy, and the Wyrm Drake. Those old school cards are awesome. Next burst of deaths. I'm super excited about the cast impact to opening Monday. I think it's gonna be really fun. So you guys should come if you are able to be there for the live stream on YouTube. Hopefully we'll get that mask arena. What will we get here? We got the, ooh, the Qingying, the Sword Soul Syncro. He's actually pretty decent, I think that's a good pull. Next burst pack. So far we've got two Ultras, no secrets, obviously no star lights.  DD Assault Carry, we've got the Mimicking Man-Eater Bug. We've got the Magic Key, Transferlamine. Okay, not too amazing there, but we've got many more packs to go. 24 total in the box. I think we've opened about a quarter of it. Break of Destiny, Heritage of Light, Flip Frozen, and the Heavy Interlock, another Super. There's a Super in every pack in these new sets, as you guys, most of you guys know, I think. Not like the old school anymore when there was just rares, no, rare or Super Rare, you know, wear or foil, I should say. Heritage of Light, Flip Frozen. Super Natural Danger Zone, look at the Gukin Sunship. All right, keep going, keep going. We will get to the next Labyrinth of Nightmare pack soon, but I want to pull some fire out of here. Can we get destroyed Phoenix Enforcer? That would be pretty awesome, magical cylinders. Gukin Sushi. And the Bayonet Punisher, another Super, all right. Let's go into our second Labyrinth of Nightmare first edition pack. Can we pull something big? We have The Saint Joanne, Empress Mantis, Spirit of Flames. Gerudo the Wind Spirit, and here we go. Will this be the card? Fire Princess, sintering is a little bit off on this lady, but not too bad. And that reminds me, I did send in some cards to PSA for a PSA return video soon, so we should have one of those coming in the next couple of weeks, hopefully Fire Princess off-center, but very cool card. I do like that one. We got the Deal of Phantom, Flying Fish, Crimson Century, and Miracle Dig. Theoretically, we should have two Ultras in the last three. We will see if that is the case. If we had a one secret, two Ultra Box, which is usually the case. Penguin, Cyanet Crosswipe, Giant Starfall, Sword Soul Assessment, Flow and Deris in the Dreaming Town, all right. Brave Driver and the Finglin. Yeah, nothing insane so far. I mean, those super eras are nice from LON, but we have not pulled in. Oh, I guess the map for Ultra Rare is actually very good. Let's see about here. The Scary Sea, okay. Wow, the secret rears are really hiding in this box. Can we pull the Destroy Phoenix Enforcer or the Starlight Stratos? I'd be okay with that too. The Ice Chain, or any Starlight, honestly. I don't, it could be the worst one. Ooh, the Flounderies and Impin. I don't think this is really the one you're looking for, but Flounderies did get a lot more popular. So maybe this is okay, I'm not sure. All right, our first secret of the box. Next one, Starlight. Come on, Starlight out of one box. Never done that before. Break the Destiny. I usually have to open multiple cases. Add Lipdom, which, you know, just makes sense without Rare it is, but just consider yourself lucky if you've opened one boxing on a Starlight. You did very, very well. Magicky Battle, we got the Abyss Keeper, we got the Penguin Squire, Mimikin Man-Eater Bug, the Meowst Click. All right, Meowst Click, okay. Let's go to another Labyrinth of Nightmare. First edition. Can we finally get an Ultra Rare out of these five packs? Let's do this. We have the Fusion Gate. Maybe Yokuta, the Portrait Secret. That guy is so creepy. A portrait cursed by the artist, and it is said to bring ill fortune to anyone who owns it. I mean, why would you want to own that?  That's ill fortune to me, like that's scary enough. The Dark Door, okay. This kind of looks like the portrait, honestly.  Okay, probably not the Ultra we're looking for. The Centering is, oh my, that is really bad. The name seems like a little bit pushed to the left as well, but all right, that's an interesting one, Royal Command. Why is this like, it looks super thick. Like even for being off-center, it looks very odd. I don't know why. Okay, an Ultra Rare, all right, we'll take it. We got a Flame Dancer, Fire Sorcerer, the Curse of the Masked Beast, and the Biomage. Okay, that was definitely not what we were looking for in terms of the Ultras, but let's see what else we can pull here. Breed Builder, Codel, Sushi Ship, Night Flight. Flow Underies and Snow, so it looks like this is a Flow Underies pack. Yeah, I think this one's definitely worse than the Impin. But, you know, that's two secrets. You know, I guess we got our ratio, can't really complain. Let's see if there's anything else in this box. Hopefully, I think the map, honestly, is like more expensive than those secrets. We'll see, I'm not really sure though, I haven't checked the prices in a little bit. Ooh, Ultra Beechover, Absolute Heracles. Yeah, this one's not good. I think those other ones were better. Still a lot of packs, so maybe we can hope for the infamous three secret box. That would be pretty nice. We'll take that. Cynet Cascade, Magicky Battle Sonic Tracker, Night Flight. Flow Underies and Eggland, we are, this is the Flow Underies box for sure. Okay. Rebuild Deer, Codel, Sushi Ship, Night Flight. Magicky Spirit of Apartheid. All right, Apartheid, we will take that. Let's keep going. We still have two more heavy Labyrinth of Nightmare packs, so hopefully those will be absolutely fire. Bisckeeper, Penguin Squire, Mimicking Man-Eater Bug. The Rocket Calibur, I don't really even remember this card. We opened a lot of the set and I don't remember this card, so I'm guessing it's not fantastic, but we will take Next Heavy Pack, Labyrinth of Nightmare. Been all right to us. I mean, we pulled some all right stuff. Definitely not bad cards, but we're looking for a little bit better. Let's see if we can improve right here. Dark Necro Fear, Lady of Salem Flames, we got the Drugonic Attack. Spiritist Lady, Shining Abyss, and... Oh, and it was the Dark Necro Fear! Okay, the sinnings from side to side is not bad, but top to bottom is pretty bad. This is what I always see the Dark Necro Fear is looking like. I already have a PS8 10 anyway, so I'm still really happy about this. Also, I have one of these for sale on TCGPlayer. I just remembered that, that I got out of a collection. It was actually pretty minty, so now maybe I'll just take that down and have two of them, that's pretty cool. That is a big pull. Dark Necro Fear is one of the best cards in Labyrinth of Nightmare, so that is an awesome one. We've got Magic Cylinder speaking to Labyrinth of Nightmare. Sword Soul Assessment, we've got the Sinai Cascade, we've got the Branded in Red. That is awesome, we've got the Necro Fear, so that was totally worth the opening. Necro Fear is a pretty big card, and it's classic, it's super scary. We gotta check the artwork out after this. Heritage of Light, Flip Frozen. Sinai Cross Wipe, we've got the Flunderies of Unexplored Winds. Yeah, let's just take a quick look at this. Just look at that. Holding a baby doll with a hole in its head, which is very creepy, but very awesome. All right, we've got a few more packs of Burst of Destiny, then we will go into the final L.O.N. Labyrinth of Nightmare, the Rebuildier has returned again. The Rabina, we are pulling an entire Flunderies deck right here, basically. Two more packs. Burst of Destiny, once again, shout out to Double Distributor Dry, we got the, oh yeah, what am I saying? Shout out to Maniac Packs for sending us this box, and the box for the giveaway, so make sure you guys go check them out if you're interested in getting some stuff. Magic Key Battle, Sonic Tracker Night Flight, Magic Key Spirit of a Part 2, cool. And the final pack of the video. Make sure to enter the giveaway for the Synchro Storm Booster Box. Here we go. I'm super excited about Chaos Impact on Monday, guys. Make sure you guys come hang out for the live stream. We have Earth Bound Spirit, final heavy pack. They've all been heavy so far, which is nice. Grave Robbers Retribution, like they're supposed to be, but sometimes they're not, you know what I mean? Gadget Soldier, we've got the Fairy Guardian. Oh, and a D-Fusion. Okay, that's a pretty good one. The Centering is actually much better on this one compared to all the other ones, so that is not bad at all. We will definitely take a nice D-Fusion. Looks really cool at least. We've got the Spirit Elimination, here's Eric Ferry, Cyclone Laser, and Headless Knight. 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on. It's Wednesday afternoon, four o'clock for a favorite time for Hawaii, the state of clean energy. My name is Mitch Ewan. I'm your senior host today. I'm joined by my junior host, Jake Fudell, and our guest, Richard Ha, a long-term friend of mine, a friend of Hawaii, a master banana farmer from the Big Island, but that's not all he does. He's also a hydrogen enthusiast, geothermal enthusiast, and most recently is leading a team to help our Kapuna in developing do-it-yourself face masks. For those of you who can't get one, you can't find one, for love of money. So we're going to be talking a lot about the virus, like everybody, maybe everybody's getting tired of that, but I think this is a positive conversation in how you can self-help yourself. And Richard and his team from Hawaii Energy, Hawaii Sustainable Energy have done a really great job in pulling together a program on how you can make your own masks, and they actually have a guide on how to do it. And so I'm going to break off and say hello to Richard. Richard, hello. Aloha. And also Aloha to you too, Jay. So Richard. Hi, Richard. Sustainable Energy and our face masks, just a little introduction. Yeah, well, we were involved in Energy Things for a long time, 10 years or so, or even longer. And then recently, we focused on the existential threats of climate change and declining fossil fuel. And so we were busy doing that and working with HALCO and PGV and their the efforts to bring online PGV. And then this virus thing popped up and took over and got, you know, it became so serious that we figured, oh man, we better focus on this and try to help where we can. So that's how come we're here. Did you pop up the first little slides just to help us visualize what we're talking about? So here you see on this first slide is a homemade mask and all the makings and what it takes to make one of these things. So Richard, tell us a little bit more about what we're seeing here and the kind of materials that we're going to be using. Yeah, you know, it's the kind of material everybody has because the way it is right now, the N95 masks, the health providers, you know, the hospital people need the mask. So what we wanted to do was to see if we could make masks for the rest of the people. And if we succeed in doing that, then maybe we can release more N95s to the caregivers. So everything you see in our video is actually, we started this more than a week ago and we did some research and, you know, because there's a lot of interest in this now and it's popping up on the internet, you know, daily. So we put it together and there's a video you can copy, but you can, you know, anybody can do it. You can sew it by hand or you can use a machine and the materials, you know, like cotton, for example, you know, there's a list of materials and it's effectiveness and the cotton is up to 60% effective. But if you're not wearing a mask, you don't have any protection, if you're wearing a mask, 60% is better than nothing. You know, in a short way to explain it, it's like this, you know, when you you're instructed that six feet is a safe zone and whenever you're closer to people than six feet, then you really got to be concerned. The N95 is meant to be 95% effective at one foot and somebody sneezed right in your face. So that's super good. So let's think about when you go in places where there are a lot of people that you're interacting with and maybe you have to do that, you know, like if you're going to buy food, for example, or if you're a teller at a bank and you're dealing with people, you know, a lot of these service things, face to face, you're not really trying to be, you know, safe one foot away. What you're trying to do is where whatever can get you to the safety of the six foot distance. And so if you think of when you go shopping, you might be three, four, five feet away from people. And if you get a mask that's 60% effective, well, that's certainly better than nothing. But it works two ways. It works for the person wearing the mask, because the main thing is that 80% of the people that are transmitting the virus don't even know they have it, because there's no symptoms during that time. So that's the scary part. So that's why we've got to do this. Yeah, yeah. We've been told now for the past three weeks or so.  That the mask is good to protect the other guy. So, you know, and traditionally, this has been the case in Asia and other places, you wear a mask, not for yourself, but to protect the other guy so that your droplet, so to speak, will land on the mask and not him, rather than the other way around. I mean, they say this, if you are looking to protect yourself, the mask is of no use, a little use. Now, what you're saying is different. You're saying it's a two way street. And I want to tell you, I kind of, I've always agreed with that, because I couldn't understand, you know, what the real distinction is. But how do you answer the people who say that it's only good one way? It's only good to protect the guy on the other side of the mask, not you. What do you say?  Because this is so serious. And it's, I'm not talking about the older people or anything at this moment, anybody, you know, that has to go in closer than six feet. Anything you can do, if you put a towel around your face, would help you some. And that some is better than nothing. So it's not complicated. You don't really need to have 95% mask. What you need to do is cut your risk. And this does that. Yeah.  They're coming. They'll be here soon. And we're going to have a whole big force, you know, these, all these companies are redirecting their manufacturing assembly lines to make masks. And you'll see, you're going to get these N95 or better masks all over the place, every state, including Hawaii. But we actually don't have enough masks now. And if you went down to, you know, Walmart or Longs or name it, they don't have any masks. No masks for you. If you went on Amazon, lots of luck. So you don't, you don't get masks commercially, and you don't get masks for the government. But here you are involved in this DIY thing.  We're going to be knee deep in masks, masks from your federal government, masks from your state government, masks from the commercial sector, from Walmart and Amazon, you name it, it'll be all over us. What's going to happen to all the masks you make, which are only 60% effective?  If it's 65% effective, we're going to use that. Throw in the one we made, but we're going to use what we can use. You know what they call that? Common sense. Yeah. Yeah. Well, come back to something is better than nothing. That's what it is. Absolutely. And you know what? Everybody can do it. And we got to do it really fast. There is no way that we can reasonably expect to have a flood of masks within two weeks, let's say. It ain't going to happen, but can we get everybody a mask in two weeks? I bet we could. If we put all our mind to it, because you know what this is? This is the Aloha style. We take care of each other. Just like you say, when you wear a mask, you're really protecting the other person, because when you protect the other person, then you lessen the risk for everybody. So we help each other that way. So it's the Aloha way of doing it. But you know, Richard, there's one other thing that's very Hawaii about what you're doing. And that is the notion of dry goods. You know, remember all those, you're old enough to remember all those dry goods stores everywhere, every little town, every city, every corner had a dry goods store, and you could buy fabric and you could sew things with or without a sewing machine, and you could make dresses and shirts and pants and everybody, every family was doing it. This I think is deeply ingrained in the Hawaii local culture, don't you? Yeah, absolutely. I was amazed. We were just on a call this morning, and then, you know, the lady told me, oh, yeah, I'm making a mask. I just made one. I'm going to make another one today. And then I had another conversation with, and they're doing that. I flipped me out. I never even imagined. It's just a start. So let's have a look at the next slide that shows some of the different fabrics. You want to comment on this, Richard? Yeah, but, you know, people can read it for themselves, yeah? Because, first of all, I cannot see that good.  One of the most effective is just an old t-shirt, cotton t-shirt. You know, that's the one that's 60%, yeah? So people can make their own choices. So would you put that t-shirt? Would you double it up in layers, or it's just like a single layer? I guess just... There's different ways of doing that. Yeah, so, and you know, in some cases, you make a little pocket, and then you put something in there. You know, but I don't want to say something that I have not actually checked, but I read a little bit that you could use something like, you know, those disinfectant wipes and put it inside there. Oh, really? Sounds reasonable. We've got to check it, yeah. Yeah, right. Yeah, if you make it out of a t-shirt, maybe you want to make it out of a logo t-shirt. For example, these masks that your team, your volunteers are making, they could have a Hamakua Springs farm, for example, all over the front of it. So everybody would know you built Goodwill, or an energy slogan on some kind. Well, for that matter, and this is the most important suggestion I can make, they could be Think Tech Hawaii masks. They could be Hawaii, the state of energy masks. You could really get some publicity going. Yeah, absolutely. Really? Just in case everybody's wondering, we do have a link at the final slide through the website or a link to where you can get the full instructions in great detail on how to make a variety of masks, not just a simple one, but there have been various degrees of complications or technology, like Richard was saying, one is wrong with a pocket that you can then stuff whatever you want inside that pocket to cut back the flow. So I recall when I was going to college, way back in the day, one of my very old professors had actually been in the world, World War I, and he had been a developer of the original gas masks they used in the trenches. And they used a whole variety of stuff to this is when they were having chemical attacks with chlorine and various other bad things, mustard gas and all that kind of stuff. So, you know, all the humans have been developing this stuff for a long time. So let's have a look at some of the other slides. We can talk about these as we walk away through it. So here's a slide that talks about the different types of materials. I notice pillowcases are also an option. I guess one of the high thread count ones would be better if you can afford these very high thread count sheets. I guess my other question I have is, what about washing them?  So I expect that you could put it in your washing machine with some really good detergent. Wash all those little germs out with bacteria. Yeah, that's one of the things that we made sure we could do because, you know, the rubber slipper folks, if they can, the idea of buying a mask and throwing it away, it pretty soon starts to cost money and the masks themselves cost a lot of money. But if you make it yourself and then you wash it with soap and, you know, like what you're saying, then you can reuse them. Make two, three, you know, just have them stand by and rotate them. Yeah. By the way, you know, this video, there's a video in here that people can watch and learn how to do it. It shows how to do it. Right. So let's have another question about washing. You know, my memory is not exactly on this, but I recall that one of the problems with these masks is that, you know, they accumulate virus in a dangerous setting. The virus is on the outside of the mask, although I suppose it could be on the inside too. And so I think they throw them away in a medical setting. I think they throw them away because they're not convinced that the mask will hold up after washing. And they're not convinced that, you know, the washing will remove all the virus either. So I wonder if you've addressed that and whether, you know, or we just fall back on the notion that it's better to have something even if you've washed it than have nothing at all. Yeah. Well, if you wash it with soap, the soap works the way you wash your hands. Yeah. It takes the virus apart. So the most effective thing you can do is wash it. Here it doesn't stand up well to heat too. So if you actually have a dryer and put it on, you know, super hot, that it'll basically cook them as well. I don't know the science of that, but I do know the science of soap. You know, there are devices out now not vouch for how popular they are, but there are devices out now on the web and elsewhere, which are ultraviolet light. And apparently hospitals use these when they want to sterilize a room. They just have these robots that move into the room and shines a strong hope about that light all over the room. Nobody in the room, just a robot. And then when they finish, you know, the room is supposedly sanitized. And I wonder if one alternative to washing would be to run this ultraviolet light over it and kill the virus that way. It's just a thought. And I'm not even sure that ultraviolet light does what we want it to do. But that might save the mask. You know, misrepeated washings are going to, you know, they're going to have an effect on the mask. And after all, it's supposed to be, what, not airtight, but it's supposed to be close to that. And it's supposed to be, you know, stretched tight against the skin. So there's no way anything can enter from the sides. And a lot of the masks have been criticized because the loose, you know, the ones that are less, you know, less popular than the N95 masks are the ones that open on the sides. And then the virus can get in from the sides. So you don't want to break the seals, so to speak. And I think, well, this is one possibility for cleaning them without damaging the stretch fabric. But that goes to another question, Richard. Where are the patterns? You have patterns? Because you got to take the shirt or cloth and you got to cut it in exactly the right way, right? How do you do that? Yeah, it's all described in that video, the presentation there. Everything, if you had nothing but the sewing needle, you could start to make one. Yeah, so everything is there. We took the time and I got to give Laurie Farrell credit for this. She did a lot of work, you know, and anyway, so I wanted to talk to you a little bit about common sense.  If it lands on cardboard, it'll be available for 24 hours. If it lands on plastic and stainless steel, it'll last maybe two, three days. Let's say three days. And then it's not able, it's not viable anymore.  Now, how do you get your stuff from the bag, from your other safe zone, which is your car, into your safe zone? So now you remember I said that it could only last for three days? Well, what if you did this? You took all the stuff that is wrapped in cans and stuff like that and left it out for five days. Now the virus is all gone.  And this is what is missing to this whole discussion. We need education and we need the time now when everybody's home for the Department of Education and the State to step up and do instruction stuff on TV and show kids how they can contribute to a safe zone. Then they understand why they're doing what they're doing. They got to do this now. It's the education part. But when you think about it, you say, oh, but they sanitize the store at night and then in the morning the kupuna can come in. Yeah, but they have used to it in the aisle and watch people touch this and put them back and no way I think when they sanitize they can. So you got to assume that you can bring it home with you. So you got to start to think like that. Absolutely. And the washing hands is very, very, very, very important and probably we should include washing our face with some regularity as well. So let's look at the next slide just to look at some other common sense solutions. So the next one after that. So there you see a set of just ordinary plastic ties you find in the supermarket tie up a plastic bag that can be incorporated in the construction of your mask and the instructions that Richard's team of together tells you how to do all that.  So you get that you don't get a kind of a access port for the germs to come in through the sides or the tops or whatever. So this is what I call a MacIver solution. You know MacIver that used to be a TV show. He could make anything out of anything. He'd be locked in a room and he'd have like just a newspaper or something and he could make a weapon out of it. A weaponized newspaper by rolling it out on the garden comes in. And this is kind of what you guys are doing. So I have another question. Let me say one thing about the fit. You know the fit of these masks are meant to kind of follow your face and you don't like the N95. I have N95. I walked around with them and evaluated it. It's kind of stiff and I like the idea about making a mask that's kind of flexible and fits your face you know. You might not have all the total stuff in it but and not only that you're not expecting somebody to sneeze right in your face. Right. So we can look over the world like when somebody says oh it's going to leak in. What's going to leak in? Three to four or five feet and going to leak in and it's going to kill you? No I'm sorry. That doesn't make any sense at all. When you put the mask on it improves your chances. Yeah. And I want to make this really clear. Let me explain this first. What we should be teaching is safe zones. We should be teaching okay how do you maintain a safe zone? Where is your safe zone? It's your home. How do you do that? First of all if you walked inside there and didn't move for four days it would be an automatic safe zone because the virus would all be inactive. Yeah. So now it's up to you to maintain it. Then you have a car as your safe zone. Okay what does that mean? It means you can drive all over the island. No problem. So it's a pretty big safe zone. Then if you can go anywhere that there's nobody within six feet that's huge.   Yeah and how you clean off your mask. So it doesn't carry virus from what you picked up. Yeah. Yeah exactly wash them or put them in the plastic bag with the deed on it and tell you when you can use them again. You know one thing I hope you'll cover Richard is where do you get the people to do this? The volunteers I mean I'm reminded of the UK Boris Johnson went out and he requested that 250,000 volunteers to help deliver food to people. Kupuna. They have Kupuna in the UK too you know and deliver food and all this and that was yesterday in 12 hours time he had 440,000 people who volunteer and so this is begs for volunteers doesn't it? How are you getting the volunteers? You know we got people already talking to people it's a movement I can tell you I can see it happening it's a movement we're not going to have any problem getting the volunteers.   Yeah and you know what is the objective of this it is what what are we trying to achieve first of all we're trying to get our whole island and state from here to when there's a vaccine in other words we got to find a system that works from now to a year from now if we get something before then lucky but we got to get from here to there and the reason for it is because then we can have some stability and then you know like for example here's a good one and it's really important social equity is extremely important try to think about I was in the line talking to a lady that was the checkout and just asking her and telling her I didn't have the virus but I was practicing and then I could see that she was talking to me about this and then I could see that when when when the virus comes we'll start going up which we know it will she's going to have to choose between her job and her family it's not fair to put our people in in that place we we got to take care of these kind of people we got to get massed to them immediately and then we got to make it so that okay let me see to find out who's wearing masks because I'm afraid to go to some place where they're handing you out of the takeout window and the moment that means they're only three feet away from you it could just blow it right on top of you and you don't know right but if they were wearing masks it's a different story and if we all knew who was the they they start to get that mentality mentality hey we do so in weird normal because the danger of health is serious but the danger of economic system collapsing is as dangerous so we've got to have stability this gives us stability so who is going to actually get the mass Richard can I get one can Mitch get one you know who are you going to distribute it to and who's going to decide and who's going to actually deliver it what's the method of delivery uh the people are going to take care of their families their friends and they're starting to do it now you know and and you know take a big business that that does they don't really want to lay off the workers well you want something for the workers to do buy them a sewing machine buy them several sewing machine and make shifts and then give them away you know you know how the the rest of the people will look at a business that does that they will definitely be back to support there so that's what's going to happen and this this is what is going to happen I mean it's gonna within days it's going to happen yeah and thank you for for for letting me say this you know because this is all coming sense right and this is all our stuff we're talking well you know what you really touched on a very important point and that is we're all we're all locked up where you know we're in a kind of self-imposed quarantine or you know we're required one way or the other to stay at home and it's been a week or so it's going to be more it's going to be maybe a lot more and we're all going to get bored and wonder you know what what to do and of course there are those people are going to break through and they're going to say I'm going out I can't stand it anymore and those people who are just going to take naps all day and do completely unproductive things but making masks is productive it also that this whole discussion suggests to me that what we need to do is spend that time protecting ourselves not only by making masks but by refining the way we keep we keep the virus off us by creating a safe zone by washing more and more often by finding little tricks in life to get the virus off and keep it off because ultimately you know there are a lot of people going to get this no matter what they do but you have to think that if you take special care and they keep itself specially clean you probably have a better chance not to get it at all you know yeah and and you know and I'm not uh this guy Chris Martinson mentioned that you know with the masks the chance of getting a bigger virus load is less and and the problem now is the virus is so strong that it overwhelms our our immune system the younger people with strong immune system their their luckier but uh if if you can lessen the virus load maybe you give your sense your your your body a chance to fight back a better yeah exactly okay we have a couple we don't have scientific proof for that but it's common sense right common sense common sense goes a long way because you know sometimes you've got to govern yourself by that and I and what I hear you're saying Mitch is you're about to close the show but I want to be clear that immediately after this you're not closing the show I'm telling you anyway that right after the show is over I'm going to take a shower I'm telling you now okay I think this is everybody's team this but this is what you're essentially talking about Richard is there all these little cartoons you see here are ways to you know build that safe zone yeah yeah and we need help there yeah we need help from the department of education right to teach the kids to to put out instruction videos stuff like that on how you maintain your safe zone all these things are very important yes so who's going to do that though I mean who's going to take that kind of initiative now you guys have taken that initiative you actually said you made a video I didn't realize that this was also a video that you had is this is this a made in Hawaii presentation that you guys put together well we pulled stuff from here and there yeah okay but but this is a total local local style stuff yeah right very good yeah okay and it's mainly because they in no way we're going to give up we're just going to roll over and die there's no way that's going to happen as a matter of fact you know we were thinking in terms of energy the two existential threats which still sits below this coronavirus when this is done we still got to deal with that but imagine this where's where will Hawaii be Hawaii will be you know incredible spot because we will have geothermal energy and the geothermal energy is is is free now the heat is free and will be free for thousands of years while fossil fuel I mean we know the Russians are going to raise the price or the price is going to go up we we have no control of that but we have control of using our resource and then the next step is when it when fossil fuel starts to decline so far that we have to find an alternative what is that alternative it's likely hydrogen right Mitch absolutely hydrogen yeah so how do we do hydrogen two ways we can go take the hydrogen from from natural gas and then you got to buy the natural gas you got to take the hydrogen out then you got to pay for get rid of the carbon and then you can carry it around and and you have a clean fuel on the other hand you could make it from electricity yes you run electricity through water and you get your hydrogen oxygen right so so now it's a matter of being very clever and working with the utility and and and and and shaping in such a way that we can develop a hydrogen ecosystem you know in other words you do something that people start to move in that direction and and what little happened is Hawaii will be the leader of the world because the longer we wait the more the prices of fossil fuel will go up always won't so we'll be competitive the further we go into the future yeah next slide please so this is just a little uh public service announcement um you know i'm highlighting uh you know the team that put this together and why we're doing it and i'm going to cut now to our final slide okay so in red um the link to all this information uh that everybody can go to i also put in a plug for you there richard the sustainable energy hawaii which is organization and you have a great little logo there the light bulb and the uh and the sailing canoe out there that's great yeah nicer yeah so a really good takeaway from this is with everybody who's watching this and grab that uh website uh link and get onto the website and see the whole thing and in slow motion and you can read i mean there's a lot more i just we just grabbed a few little frames uh out of the overall presentation but they have very very detailed instructions on how to set up your sewing machine how to actually sew these masks um it's really really well done so i'd like to congratulate you uh Richard on doing that it's not me you know we we have a hell of a team you wouldn't believe you know it's it's it's amazing i my job is just to not it look wise yeah well but you had the idea Richard and that's the important thing and you came up with this right and that and that's the leadership part yeah you're making take about you're allowed to do that i don't know where to stick myself i think the information that we got out today was really worth uh worth the extra 15 minutes i think jay would agree with me and so that's okay i'm signing off jay always wants me to sign off quickly so that's it hello hop okay all right let's take a shower all right everybody in the shower all right


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They could be trade shows trainings, you know charities I just got invited to an event in Mexico with Clickbank great event by the way the Clickbank Platinum Summit But when you go to these events, you've got to go into them with a different mindset than what you think You're not really going in there to try to get business as a matter of fact something Of an event that I would not go to would be something like Chamber of Commerce Because a Chamber of Commerce event they even bill it as to how to get business from other people by going in a room And they all exchange information and it's just a whole mismatch of people trying to get business off everybody else So I just don't like that kind of event. That's not my kind of thing and I don't think it's effective either I've never seen anybody come to me and say I go to Chamber of Commerce meetings and I get so much business out of it Because it just doesn't happen. Okay, so here's the steps. You should do number one And this is where most people really mess up Introduce yourself without trying to explain what you do.  It just sounds way too salesy to me And that's really not what you should be doing anyhow at any of these events You should be acting interested in other people and what they have to say number two goes without saying but Seems like nobody's doing it be prepared Show up with a business card show up with some information in case somebody does want it I can't count how many times I go to an event and people don't have business cards or they don't know how to transfer their Information from one phone to the other. They're just totally not prepared that you know if they had their perfect customer standing in front of Them they wouldn't even know what to say to them. So when you go in there make sure you're prepared number three dress Appropriately now. What do I mean by that? Well, I mean that if you are in a business setting and you want to sell business services And you want these people to see you in your business setting dress as if you were in that business setting So if your normal course of business is you're an attorney and you wear a shirt and tie then you should wear a shirt And tie to that event however if you're a graphics media person and you like wearing wild t-shirts and jeans You should definitely dress that way when you attend the event because that way they can see you exactly the way You're going to be because however, they see you at that event should be how you look when you're not at that event There should be no difference number four This is a tough one for everybody act interested in whatever they say they do now This is kind of a tough thing because some people say well Most people's jobs are so boring and it's so dull and guys. I just can't listen to it Well, then you won't do well at networking events Okay, your whole job at a networking event is to make other people feel good too many people will go to a networking event And they say well, I hope I'm gonna get something out of it. I hope something good out of it comes for me Well, how about you're the person that makes that event good? How about you're the person that makes other people feel good? How about you're the person that makes that event for other people?   Well, what exactly does that mean? They know that you're trying to mask what you're doing and it does you zero good to do that Number six make an offer and here's what I mean by make an offer Offer to help them with anything they need help with if they need help if they need clients If they need information make sure that you're a source that they would want to go to say I know these people are I know these things or I can help you out with that And if they see you as a person who's actually giving when they actually do need your service Maybe they'll turn to you But your whole goal is to help other people when you get to these events Number seven everybody that you come in contact with that you want to stay in contact with make sure you contact them So many people forget that they get back from the event the next day the next week and they never email them They never call them. They never send them a note. They never do anything and they expect to get business out of it Business is going to be gained from a relationship and the way you bond the relationship is you stay in touch with people It's hard to do. I mean I do this over the years with some of my friends And I'm still friends with people for you know 30 40 years I guess now But I try my best to every now and then touch base with them ask them how they're doing How's their life going because you never know when you can help that person or that person can help you Which you've got to be proactive because most people don't do this So every single person that you come in touch with at that networking event Make sure you contact them after the event. Let them know it was nice talking to them Let them remind them who you are remind them what you can do for them and you'll get a lot more out of that event Number eight attend as many events as you possibly can now at this point I get invited to a lot of different events and I really can't attend every single one But I attend as many as I possibly can because I know it's important. It's a numbers game I may go to two or three events and nothing comes of it And then the fourth event something big comes of it I make a lot of money and I'm not going to them for that reason. However I know it's it's a series of numbers the more numbers that you put up the more events you attend The more people you meet the better your chances of actually increasing your business and building your business You've got to meet more and more and more people never stop doing that Number nine act as if now. What do I mean by that? What I mean by that is act as if you are already successful And that doesn't mean being aloof or being stuck up. It just means trying to seem confident in what you do I remember here to interview the other day with Robert Downey Jr And the question was asked of him now He's been iron man in all these marvel movies over and over again And asked him if he ever gets nervous going on the set and his reply was every single time Now you would never know that from seeing him act on screen But he said he just goes out and does it even though he's nervous every single time I do recommend a book by mel robbins called the five second rule And basically the book will walk you through it But it's basically saying you're going to start at five and count down to one And then you're going to do the thing that you're nervous about doing and that may be just walking up to somebody and introducing yourself But I highly suggest you read that book It's a great book and it will kind of get you out of your shell out of your bubble And you've got to realize everybody's nervous.  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What I mean is that the reason you're not good at it is because of things you're doing that are very easy to fix and once you do them and once you know them it's going to seem easy to you.  So firstly you're probably trying to do a million different techniques you're trying to do reality checks 10,000 times a day meditate an hour a day as well as reading and getting inspired as well as your normal life right if you try and do that you're just not going to work you're going to get burned out probably discouraged I mean this has probably already happened you know so let's just be real let's just slow it down reduce the pressure on yourself and just try and take that expectation away a little bit so you can relax you don't need to do it tonight you don't need to do to lose a dream within a week or even a month okay just relax and take the pressure off yourself. The next thing is your the foundations are probably wrong you know the basic things that you should be doing chances are you're not doing them you know maybe this is a kick up the backside for you to try and remind you that you should be for example sleeping eight hours a night going to bed at the same time waking up at the same time and this is so boring you know I feel like I'm boring myself saying this but this is how you do it not just lose a dream this is how you get more energy these things had the biggest impact on me and my energy is to wake up at 6 30 in the morning go to bed about 9 30 that simply is the trick you know to do that and to meditate first thing in the morning that's one thing and then the next thing is what I call the foundations or the non-negotiable stuff every day think of our bodies like a machine this is the stuff you need to do to keep the machine running and so the first one within the first half an hour you need to be moving physically moving jumping up and down doing press ups doing squats going outside letting the sunlight in breathing in fresh air drinking most people don't do that this it takes some hours to get going and even then they don't move much they get into their cars and they go and sit in their offices you need to be moving your physical body you know a lot first thing in the morning and if you do that I promise you everything else will seem easier everything else will seem easier and then the next one is you need in the evening you need to be doing the opposite you need to be not moving and you need to be reducing the amount of light that comes into your body and into your eyes cut down on your screens turn ideally turn your screens off you know turn your internet off and don't look at it stuff at least not in the evening in the last two or three hours before bed and the same goes for eating you should be eating much less during the evening in fact that earlier you have your last meal the better your sleep will be and these are just absolute basics these are the foundations and most vast majority of people that ask me for help are not doing these things and I don't know why because I talk about them a lot and if you've followed me for a while you'll know that but it's really important so that's probably the reason you suck at lucid dreaming or at least while you're finding it difficult now not that that's a bad thing okay it's fine just be aware of that and be aware that if you're not doing those foundations you're wasting your time trying to do various complicated techniques or even worse trying to use a lucid dreaming supplement of some kind or you know use binaural beats and that kind of stuff you don't need that you need to be doing the basic things correctly and often then do all that other stuff the fun stuff right