Chapter 9 of The Eight Pillars of Prosperity by James Allen The eighth pillar, self-reliance Every young man ought to read Emerson's essay on self-reliance. It is the manliest, most virile essay that was ever penned. It is calculated to cure alike those two mental maladies common to youth, namely self-depreciation and self-conceit. It is almost as sure to reveal to the prig the smallness and emptiness of his vanity as it is to show the bashful man the weakness and ineffectuality of his defiance. It is a new revelation of manly dignity, as much a revelation as any that was vouchsafed to ancient seer and prophet, and perhaps a more practical, eminently suited to this mechanic age. Coming as it does from a modern prophet of a new type, and cradled in a new race, and its chief merit is its powerfully tonic quality, let not self-reliance become founded with self-conceit, for as high and excellent as is the one, just so low and worthless is the other. There cannot be anything mean in self-reliance, while in self-conceit there cannot be anything great. The man that never says no when questioned on subjects of which he is entirely ignorant, to avoid, as he imagines, being thought ignorant, but confidently puts forward guesses and assumptions as knowledge will be known for his ignorance and ill-esteemed for his added conceit. An honest confession of ignorance will command respect, where a conceited assumption of knowledge will elicit contempt. The timid, apologetic man who seems almost afraid to live, who fears that he will do something not in the approved way and will subject himself to ridicule, is not a full man. He must imitate others and have no independent action. He needs that self-reliance which will compel him to fall back on his own initiative and so become a new example instead of the slavish follower of an old one. As ridicule, he who is hurt by it is no man. The shafts of mockery and sarcasm cannot pierce the strong armor of the self-reliant man. They cannot reach the invincible citadel of his honest heart to sting or wound it. The sharp arrows of irony may rain upon him, but he laughs as they are deflected by the strong breastplate of his confidence and fall harmless about him. Trust thyself, says Emerson, every heart vibrates to that iron sting. Throughout the ages men have so far leaned and do still lean upon external make-shifts instead of standing upon their own native simplicity and original dignity. The few who have had the courage, so to stand, have been singled out and elevated as heroes and he is indeed the true hero who has the hardy-hood to let his nature speak for itself who has that strong meddle which enables him to stand upon his own intrinsic worth. It is true that the candidate for such heroism must endure the test of strength. He must not be shamed from his ground by the bugbears of an imitative conventionalism. He must not fear for his reputation or position or for his standing in the church or his prestige in local society. He must learn to act and live as independently of these considerations as he does of the current fashions in the antipodes, yet when he has endured this test and slander and odium have failed to move or afflict him, he has become a man indeed, one that society will have to reckon with and finally accept on his own terms. Sooner or later all men turn for guidance to the self-reliant man, and while the best minds do not make a prop of him, they respect and value his work and worth and recognize his place among the gods that have gone before. It must not be thought an indication of self-reliance to scorn to learn. Such an attitude is born of a stubborn superciliousness which has the elements of weakness and is prophetic of a fall rather than the elements of strength and the promise of high achievement which are characteristic of self-reliance. Pride and vanity must not be associated with self-reliance, those degrade while this ennobles. Pride rests upon incidentals and appurtenances on money, clothing, property, prestige, position, and these lost, all is lost. Self-reliance rests upon essentials and principles, on worth, probidity, purity, character, truth, and whatever may be lost is of little account, for these are never lost. Pride tries to hide its ignorance by ostentation and assumption, and is unwilling to be thought a learner in any direction. It stands during its little fleeting day on ignorance and appearance. When the higher it is lifted up today, the lower will it be cast down tomorrow. Self-reliance has nothing to hide and is willing to learn, and while there can be no humility where pride is, self-reliance and humility are compatible, nay more, they are complementary and the sublimest form of self-reliance is only found associated with the profoundest humility. Extremes meet, says Emerson, and there is no better example than the haughtiness of humility. No aristocrats, no prince, born to the purple, can begin to compare with the self-respect of the saint. Why, is he so lowly, but that he knows that he can well afford it, resting on the largeness of God in him?  It is they among my disciples who shall reach the very topmost height, but they must be willing to learn. In this saying, the repeated insistence on the necessity for relying upon oneself alone, coupled with the final exhortation to be eager to learn, is the wisest utterance on self-reliance that I know. In it the great teacher comprehends that perfect balance between self-trust and humility, which the man of truth must acquire. Self-trust is the essence of heroism. All great men are self-reliant, and we should use them as teachers and exemplars, and not as props and perambulators. A great man comes who leans upon no one, but stands alone in the solitary dignity of truth, and straight away the world begins to lean upon him, begins to make him an excuse for spiritual indolence and a destructive self-abasement. Better than cradling our vices in the strength of the great, would it be newly to light our virtues at their luminous lamp? If we rely upon the light of another, darkness will overtake us. But if we rely upon our own light, we have but to keep it burning. We may both draw light from another and communicate it, but to think it's sufficient while our own lamp is rusting neglect is shortly to find ourselves abandoned in darkness. Our own inner light is the light which never fails us. What is the inner light of the Quakers, but another name for self-reliance? We should stand upon what we are, not upon what another is. But I am so small and poor, you say, will stand upon that smallness, and presently it will become great. A babe must need suckle and cling, but not so a man. Henceforth he goes upon his own limbs. Men pray to God to put into their hands that which they are framed to reach out for, to put into their mouths the food for which they should strenuously labour, but men will outgrow this spiritual infancy. The time will come when men will no more pay a priest to pray for them and preach to them. Man's chief trouble is a mistrust of himself, so that the self-trusting man becomes a rare and singular spectacle. If man look upon himself as a worm, what can come out of him but an ineffectual wriggling? Truly. He that humbleth himself shall be exalted, but not he that degradeth himself. A man should see himself as he is, and if there is any unworthiness in him, he should get rid of it, and retain and rely upon that which is of worth. A man is only debased when he debases himself.  Why should a man with ceaseless iterations draw attention to his fallen nature? There is a false humility which takes a sort of pride and vice. If one has fallen, it is that he may rise and be the wiser for it. If a man falls into a ditch, he does not lie there and call upon every passer by to mark his fallen state. He gets up and goes on his way with greater care. So if one has fallen into the ditch of vice, let him rise and be cleansed and go on his way rejoicing. There is not a severe in life wherein a man's influence and prosperity will not be considerably increased by even a measure of self-reliance. And to the teacher, whether secular or religious, to organizers, managers, overseers, and all in positions of control and command, it is an indispensable quality. The four grand qualities of self-reliance are one, decision, two, steadfastness, three dignity or independence. Decision makes a man strong. The waiverer is the weakling. A man who is to play a speaking part, houseover small, in the drama of life must be decisive and know what he is about. Whatever he doubts, he must not doubt his power to act. He must know his part in life and put all his energy into it. He must have some solid ground of knowledge from which to work and stand securely on that. It may only be the price and quality of stock, but he must know his work thoroughly and know that he knows it. He must be ready at any time to answer for himself when his duty is impugned. He should be so well grounded upon his particular practice as not to be afflicted with hesitation on any point or in any emergency. It is a truth saying that the man that hesitates is lost. No one believes in him who does not believe in himself, who doubts, halts and waivers and cannot extricate himself from the tangled threads of two courses. Who would deal with a tradesman who did not know the price of his own goods or was not sure where to find them? A man must know his business. If he does not know his own, who shall instruct him? He must be able to give a good report of the truth that is in him. Must have that decisive touch which skill and knowledge can only impart. Certainty is a great element in self-reliance. To have weight, a man must have some truth to impart, and all skill is a communication of truth. He must speak with authority, and not as the scribes. He must master something, and know that he has mastered it, so as to deal with it lucidly and understandingly in the way of a master, and not to remain always an apprentice. In decision is a disintegrating factor. A minute's faltering may turn back the current of success. Men who are afraid to decide quickly for fear of making a mistake nearly always make a mistake when they do act. The quickest in thought and action are less liable to blunder, and it is better to act with decision and make a mistake than to act with indecision and make a mistake. For in the former case there is but error, but in the latter weakness is added to the error. A man should be decided always both where he knows and where he does not know. He should be as ready to say no as yes, as quick to acknowledge his ignorance as to impart his knowledge. If he stands upon fact and acts from the simple truth, he will find no room for halting between two opinions. Make up your mind quickly and act decisively, better still have a mind that is already made up, and then decision will be instinctive and spontaneous. Said fastness arises in the mind that is quick to decide. It is indeed a final decision upon the best course of conduct and the best path in life. It is the vow of that soul to stand firmly by its principles whatever be tied. It is neither necessary nor unnecessary that there be any written or spoken vow for unswerving loyalty to a fixed principle is the spirit of all vows. The man without fixed principles will not accomplish much. Seasy is a quagmire under thorny waste in which a man is continually sticking in the shifting mud of his own moral looseness and is pricked and scratched with the thorns of his self-created disappointments. One must have some solid ground on which to stand among one's fellows. We cannot stand on the bog of concession. Shiftiness is a vice of weakness, and the vices of weakness do more to undermine character and influence than the vices of strength. The man that is vicious through excess of animal strength takes a shorter cut to truth. When his mind is made up, then he who is vicious through lack of reality and whose chief vice consists not in having a mind of his own upon anything. When one understands that power is adaptable to both good and bad ends, it will not surprise him that the drunkards and harlots should reach the kingdom of heaven before the diplomatic religionists. They are at least thorough in the course which they have adopted, vile though it be, and thoroughness is strength. It only needs that strength to be turned from bad to good and low. The loathed sinner has become the lofty saint. A man should have a firm fixed determined mind. He should decide upon those principles which are best to stand by in all issues and which will most safely guide him through the maze of conflicting opinions and inspire him with unflinching courage in the battle of life. Having adopted his principles, they should be more to him than gain or happiness, more even than life itself, and if he never deserts them, he will find that they will never desert him. They will defend him from all enemies, deliver him safely from all dangers, light up his pathway through all darkness and difficulties. They will be to him a light in darkness, arresting plays from sorrow and a refuge from the conflicts of the world. Dignity cloths as with a majestic garment, thus that fast mind. He who is as unyielding as a bar of steel when he is expected to compromise with evil and as supple as a willow wand in adapting himself to that which is good carries about with him a dignity that calms and uplifts others by its presence. The unsteady mind, the mind that is not anchored to any fixed principles, that is stubborn where its own desires are threatened and yielding where its own moral welfare is at stake has no gravity, no balance, no calm composure. A man of dignity cannot be downtrodden and enslaved because he has ceased to tread upon and enslave himself. He at once disarms, with a look, a word, a wise and suggestive silence, any attempt to demean him. His mere presence is a wholesome reproof to the flippant and the unseemly, while it is a rock of strength to the lover of the good. But the chief reason why the dignified man commands respect is not only that he is supremely self-respecting, but that he graciously treats all others with a due esteem. Pride loves itself and treats those beneath it with supercilious contempt, for love of self and contempt for others are always found together in equal degrees. So that the greater the self-love, the greater the arrogance. True dignity arises not from self-love but from self-sacrifice, that is, from unbiased adherents to a fixed central principle. The dignity of the judge arises from the fact that in the performance of his duty he sets aside all personal considerations and stands solely upon the law.  Should a judge in deciding a case forget the law and fall into personal feeling and prejudice, his dignity will be gone. So with a man of stately purity of character, he stands upon the divine law and not upon personal feeling. For immediately a man gives way to passion, he has sacrificed dignity and takes his place as one of the multitude of unwise and uncontrolled. Every man will have composure and dignity in the measure that he acts from a fixed principle. It only needs that the principle be right, and therefore unassailable. So long as a man abides by such a principle and does not waver or descend into the personal element, attacking passions, prejudices and interests, how so ever powerful will be weak and ineffectual before the unconquerable strength of an uncorruptible principle and will at last yield their combined and unseemly confusion to his single and majestic right. Independence is the birthright of the strong and well-controlled man. All men love and strive for liberty, all men aspire to some sort of freedom. A man should labor for himself or for the community.  If one imagines that such a condition is freedom, let him know that it is one of the lowest forms of slavery. The time will come when to be a drone in the human hive, even as matters are now. A respectable drone and not a poor tramp will be a public disgrace and will be no longer respectable. Independence, freedom, glorious liberty come through labor and not from idleness, and the self-reliant man is too strong, too honorable to upright to depend upon others. Like a sucking babe for his support, he earns with hand or brain the right to live as becomes a man and a citizen. And this he does, whether born rich or poor, for riches are no excuse for idleness. Rather, they are an opportunity to labor with the rare facilities which they afford for the good of the community. Only he who is self-supporting is free, self-reliant, independent. Thus is the nature of the eight pillars explained on what foundation they rest, the manner of their building, their ingredients, the fourfold nature of the material of which each is composed, what positions they occupy, and how they support the temple. All is made clear so that he who knew not how to build may now build, and he who knew but imperfectly may know more perfectly, and he who knew perfectly may rejoice in this systematization and simplification of the moral order and prosperity. Let us now consider the temple itself, that we may know the might of its pillars, the strength of its walls, the endurance of its roof, and the architectural beauty and perfection of the whole. End of Chapter 9. Chapter 10 of the Eight Pillars of Prosperity by James Allen. The Sleeper-Vox recording is in the public domain. The Temple of Prosperity. The reader who has followed the course of this book with a view to obtaining information on the details of money-making, business transactions, profit and loss in various undertakings, prices, markets, agreements, contracts, and other matters connected with the achievement of prosperity will have noted an entire absence of any instruction on these matters of detail. The reason for this is fourfold, namely, first, details cannot stand alone, and are powerless to build up anything unless intelligently related to principles. Second details are infinite and are ceaselessly changing, while principles are few and are eternal and unchangeable. Third principles are the coherent factors in all details regulating and harmonizing them so that to have right principles is to be right in all the subsidiary details. Fourth. The teacher of truth in any direction must adhere rigidly to principles, and must not allow himself to be drawn away from them into the ever-changing maze of private particulars and personal details, because such particulars and details have only a local right and are only necessary for certain individuals, while principles are universally right and are necessary for all men. Anybody who grasps the principles of this book so as to be able intelligently to practice them will be able to reach the heart of this fourfold reason. The details of a man's affairs are important, but they are his details or the details of his particular branch of industry, and all outside that branch are not concerned with them, but moral principles are the same for all men. They are applicable to all conditions and govern all particulars. The man who works from fixed principles does not need to harass himself over the complications of numerous details. He will grasp, as it were, the entire details in one single thought, and will see them through and through, eliminated by the light of the principle to which they stand related, and this without friction, and with freedom from anxiety and strain. While principles are grasped, details are regarded and dealt with as primary matters, and so viewed they lead to innumerable complications and confused issues. In the light of principles they are seen to be secondary facts, and so seen all difficulties connected with them are at once overcome and annulled by a reference to principles. He who is involved in numerous details without the regulating and synthesizing element of principles is like one lost in a forest, with no direct path along which to walk amid a mass of objects. He is swallowed up by the details, so the man of principles contains all details within himself. He stands outside them, as it were, and grasps them in their entirety, while the other man can only see the few that are nearest to him at the time. All things are contained in principles. They are the laws of things, and all things observe their own law. It is an error to view things apart from their nature. Details are the letter of which principles are the spirit. It is true in art, science, literature, commerce, as in religion that the letter killeth, the spirit giveth life. The body of a man with its wonderful combinations of parts is important, but only in its relation to the spirit. The spirit being withdrawn the body is useless, and is put away. The body of business, with all its complicated details, is important, but only in its relation to the verifying principles by which it is controlled. These withdrawn the business will perish. To have the body of prosperity, its material presentation, we must first have the spirit of prosperity, and the spirit of prosperity is the quick spirit of moral virtue. Moral blindness prevails, men see money, property, pleasure, leisure, etc., and mistaking them for prosperity strive to get them for their own enjoyment, but when obtained they find no enjoyment in them. Prosperity is at first a spirit, an attitude of mind, a moral power, a life, which manifests outwardly in the form of plenty, happiness, joy. This is a man cannot become a genius by writing poems, essays, plays, but must develop and acquire the soul of genius when the writing will follow as effect to cause. So one cannot become prosperous by hoarding up money and by gaining property and possessions, but must develop and acquire the soul of virtue when the material accessories will follow as effect to cause. For the spirit of virtue is the spirit of joy, and it contains within itself all abundance, all satisfaction, all fullness of life. There is no joy in money, there is no joy in property, there is no joy in material accumulations or in any material thing of itself. These things are dead and lifeless. The spirit of joy must be in the man, or it is nowhere. He must have within him the capacity for happiness. He must have the wisdom to know how to use these things and not merely hoard them. He must possess them and not be possessed by them. They must be dependent upon him and not he upon them. They must follow him and not he forever be running after them, and they will inevitably follow him if he have the moral elements within to which they are related. Nothing is absent from the kingdom of heaven. It contains all good, true, and necessary things, and the kingdom of God is within you. I know rich people who are supremely happy because they are generous, magnanimous, pure, and joyful, but I know also rich people who are very miserable, and these are they who looked to money and possessions for their happiness, and have not developed the spirit of good and of joy within themselves. How can it be said of a wretched man that he is prosperous even if his income be ten thousand pounds a year? There must be fitness and harmony and satisfaction in a true prosperity. When a rich man is happy, it is that he brought the spirit of happiness to his riches and not that the riches brought happiness to him. He is a full man with full material advantages and responsibilities, while the miserable rich man is an empty man looking to riches for that fullness of life which can only be evolved from within. Thus prosperity resolves itself into a moral capacity and in the wisdom to use rightfully and enjoy lawfully the material things which are inseparable from our earthly life. If one would be free without, let him first be free within. For if he be bound in spirit and weakness, selfishness or vice, how can the possession of money liberate him? Will it not rather become in his hands a ready instrument by which further to enslave himself? The visible effects of prosperity then must not be considered alone, but in their relation to the mental and moral cause. There is a hidden foundation to every building. The fact that it continues to stand is proof of that. There is a hidden foundation to every form of established success. Its performance proves that it is so. Prosperity stands on the foundation of character and there is not in all the wide universe any other foundation. True wealth is wheel, welfare, well-being, soundness, wholeness, and happiness. The wretched rich are not truly wealthy. They are merely encumbered with money, luxury, and leisure as instruments of self-torture. By their possessions they are self-cursed. The moral man is ever blessed, ever happy, and his life viewed as a whole is always a success. To this there is no exception. For whatever failures he may have in detail, the finished work of his life will be sound, whole, complete, and through all he will have a quiet conscience, an honorable name, and all manifold blessings which are inseparable from richness of character, and without this moral richness, financial riches will not avail or satisfy. Let us briefly recapitulate and again view the eight pillars in their strength and splendor. One, energy rousing oneself up to strenuous and unremitting exertion in the accomplishment of one's task. Two, economy, concentration of power, the conservation of both capital and character, the latter being mental capital, and therefore of the utmost importance. Three, integrity, unswerving honesty, keeping in violet all promises, agreements, and contracts apart from all considerations of loss or gain. Four, system, making all details subservient to order, and thereby relieving the memory and the mind of superfluous work and strained by reducing many to one. Five, sympathy, magnanimity, generosity, gentleness, and tenderness, being open-handed, free, and kind. Six, sincerity, being sound and whole, robust and true, and therefore not being one person in public and another in private, and not assuming good actions openly while doing bad actions in secret. Seven, impartiality, justice not striving for self, but weighing both sides and acting in accordance with equity. Eight, self-reliance, looking to oneself only for strength and support, by standing on principles which are fixed and invincible and not relying upon outward things which at any moment may be snatched away. How can any life be other than successful, which is built on these eight pillars? Their strength is such that no physical or intellectual strength can compare with it, and to have built all the eight perfectly would render a man invincible. It will be found, however, that men are often strong in one or several of these qualities, and weak in others, and it is this weak element that invites the ignorant to attribute for instance a man's failure in business to his honesty. It is impossible for honesty to produce failure. The cause of failure must be looked for in some other direction, in the lack and not the possession of some good and necessary quality. Moreover, such attribution of failure to honesty is a slur on the integrity of commerce and a false indictment of those men numerous enough who are honorably engaged in trade. A man may be strong in energy, economy, and system, but comparatively weak in the other five. Such a man will just fail of complete success by lacking one of the four corner pillars, namely integrity. His tempo will give way at that weak corner. For the first four pillars must be well built before the temple of prosperity can stand secure. They are the first qualities to be acquired in a man's moral evolution, and without them the second four cannot be possessed. Again, if a man be strong in the first three and lack the fourth, the absence of order will invite confusion and disaster into his affairs, and so on, with any partial combination of these qualities, especially of the first four. For the second four are of so lofty a character that had present men can but possess them with rare exceptions in a more or less imperfect form. The man of the world then who wishes to secure an abiding success in any branch of commerce or in one of the many lines of industry in which men are commonly engaged must build into his character by practice the first four moral pillars. By these fixed principles, he must regulate his thoughts, his conduct and his affairs, consulting them in every difficulty, making every detail serve them, and above all, never deserting them under any circumstance to gain some personal advantage or to save some personal trouble. For so to desert them is to make oneself vulnerable to the disintegrating elements of evil and to become assailable to accusations from others. He who so abides by these four principles will achieve a full measure of success in his own particular work, whatever it may be, his temple of prosperity will be well built and well supported and it will stand secure. The perfect practice of these four principles is within the scope of all men who are willing to study them with the object in view. For they are so simple and plain that a child could grasp their meaning and their perfection in conduct does not call for an unusual degree of self-sacrifice, though it demands some self-denial and personal discipline without, which there can be no success in this world of action. The second four pillars, however, are principles of a more profound nature, are more difficult to understand in practice and call for the highest degree of self-sacrifice and self-affacement. Few at present can reach that detachment from the personal element which their perfect practice demands, but the few who accomplish this in any marked degree will vastly enlarge their powers and enrich their life and will adorn their temple of prosperity with a singular and attractive beauty which will gladden and elevate all beholders long after they have passed away. But those who are beginning to build their temple of prosperity in accordance with the teaching of this book must bear in mind that a building requires time to erect and that it must be patiently raised up brick upon brick and stone upon stone, and the pillars must be firmly fixed and cemented and labor and care will be needed to make the whole complete. And the building of this inner mental temple is nonetheless real and substantial because invisible and noiseless. For in the raising up of this temple, as of Solomon's, which was seven years in building, it can be said there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house while it was in the building. Even so, oh reader, construct thy character, raise up the house of thy life, build up thy temple of prosperity, be not as the foolish who rise and fall upon the uncertain flux of selfish desires, but be at peace in thy labor, crown thy career with completeness, and so be numbered among the wise who without uncertainty build upon a fixed and secure foundation, even upon the principles of truth which endure forever. End of chapter five, end of The Eight Pillars of Prosperity by James Allen.


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So in the wake of the Atlanta spa massacre, Senator Tammy Duckworth demanded that Biden's administration include more Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and she even threatened to withhold votes on any nominations going forward if he didn't actually increase representation for members of the AAPI community. Now she ultimately backed down on that threat almost immediately. Nonetheless, this spawned a conversation on the view where they talked about identity politics and representation in government and Megan McCain ended up saying things that are just outrageous and to be polite what she said was ironic but it's much, much worse than that. Take a look and then I have a lot to say about this. I believe that what makes America exceptional is the fact that we're a meritocracy that you can be anything, that you can come from anywhere and go and have success in any capacity. And I think the question Democrats have to reconcile with right now is whether or not race and gender are more important than qualification. So if you have someone who is more qualified, who happens to be a white straight person, who is more on paper, has more experience in whatever field they're being nominated for than a minority with less experience, are we now in a place where this matters? And there's a lot of really interesting politics going on in the country right now and I'm going to give just two really quick examples. One is Harvard University and Ivy Leagues are actually being sued right now for not letting Asian American students in at the same rate that they are letting Black students in because they are not being considered by Ivy League students in the same vein as minorities, as any other minority is. Another example is in the recent stimulus package money was given to minority farmers but that excluded women farmers. And so we're going to a place where even if people need money, even if people are qualified to get into Ivy Leagues, race and gender is more important than your skill qualifications, the content of your character. It is not what Martin Luther King Jr. preached. I think this is a very, very slippery slope. I was very surprised to hear someone like Tammy Duckworth say something like this. She got a lot of blowback from a lot of people, not just on the right. And I think this is actually just the natural progression of identity politics and I will say just to put a cap on this, the view is 25 years old next year. We've only had one Asian American host co-host this show. So does that mean that one of us should be leaving at some point because there's not enough representation? We're talking about is identity politics more important than qualifications of a job? And I think that's a question going forward that the progressive left is going to have to reconcile. OK. Now to that last point, I think that Abby Phillips on Twitter made a really great point. There have been more view co-hosts who are children of famous people than view co-hosts who are Asian. Does she really think that's because there aren't enough Asian people with the right qualifications? And that's precisely the case here. Now Tammy Duckworth, I don't necessarily know if the media was misrepresenting her view or she didn't argue her point persuasively enough. But she actually submitted a list of qualified members of the AAPI community to Joe Biden before the shooting took place and he rejected all of them. So I don't think she's necessarily arguing just pick anyone who's Asian so long as they're Asian. That's the only qualification. I think she is saying that she wants qualified members of the AAPI community in his administration. Having said that though, Megan McCain kind of oversimplifies the point she was making, although they did bring this up in that segment as well. So I think that obviously qualification matters. But the point overall is that there are enough qualified Asian American and Pacific Islanders that Biden could have included in all she's saying is I want some more representation. And sure, there's a difference between descriptive representation that is the identity and substantive representation, meaning how someone governs, how they represent a particular community. But Megan McCain, she has absolutely no self-awareness whatsoever. And she says, I believe what makes American exceptional, what makes America exceptional is the fact that we're a meritocracy. Is that so? So she likes that if you are qualified for a position, that is how you get a job and move ahead. So explain to me, Megan, precisely what qualified you to get the job on national television that you have right now. Explain that to me. I'll wait. It couldn't possibly be because you won the Lucky Sperm contest and happened to be the daughter of the royal John McCain. Is that is that the case? We all know that her existence on that show disproves this idea that America is a meritocracy. That'd be great if that were the case, but it's not the case. People get ahead in America all the time for being born, for having lots of wealth. And it doesn't even matter that they're not qualified. Donald Trump, a reality television show star became president. So how can you with a straight face in 2021 argue that we live in a meritocracy? It's laughable at this point. And she says, Democrats need to determine whether or not race and gender are more important than qualification. Now the answer is obviously both of those things are important. Representation matters. Of course, the identity matters, but it's not everything. For those of you who disagree, I mean, if you want to see a female president, would you accept Sarah Palin as president or Carly Fiorina? Would I be satisfied with someone like Milo Yiannopoulos representing me as a gay man, representing members of the LGBTQ community? Would trans Americans be comfortable with someone like Blair White speaking on their behalf and representing them? Of course not. So the identity is just one aspect to representation. What representation means in actuality, I would argue, is a combination of descriptive representation and substantive representation. That means we actually have members of marginalized communities represented in government and in media. But at the same time, marginalized communities don't just get people who look like them to pay lip service to those issues, but not actually fight for them. We need people to actually push for policies that benefit these communities and benefit members of the working class and the poor.  We'll get right into college, young man. You just you just got a grant. That's not the way that it works. What it means is what affirmative action means. And what a lot of people don't understand is that if you are someone who does study really hard, work really hard, then there are other aspects of your record that they can consider. Did you let's just take college admissions, for example, if you played in any high school sports, if you did any charity or whatever or volunteer work, and if you happen to be from a marginalized community, these are things that they can consider as benefits, as pluses. Not the main reason why you get admitted, but that's kind of what people try to argue is that, well, you know, this really qualified white person was passed up for this unqualified black person when it comes to a job or college admissions. But in actuality, the overwhelming majority of the time when race or gender is considered, at least when it comes to admissions and jobs is specifically on the basis of qualification, not solely because of race or gender, even if that is one of the factors used to, you know, determine whether or not someone should be admitted into any particular institution. No, I think that nuance is required here. The Democratic Party, like they've gone out of their way to kind of bastardize this conversation for purposes of political expediency. I mean, we all sought first hand back in 2016 with Hillary Clinton versus Bernie Sanders when he said rightfully so that she is an establishment politician. She said, well, how can I be establishment? Because I'm a woman. You'd consider a woman the establishment. And that obviously is very hacky. It's a lazy argument.  It'd be like if I were to say what you're going to criticize me. Is it because you're homophobic?  Now, Democrats do do this, right? Democrats do this all the time. Corporate Democrats. But in actuality, I don't think that average people truly believe that, you know, you can't consider the totality of somebody's identity, their actual race and ethnicity or sexual orientation and gender identity. That's one aspect. And serious people aren't going to argue, Oh, we'll just let someone into a position specifically if they're from a marginalized community. Of course, they have to qualify. But there's more nuance that's required. Sometimes white people qualify specifically because they are from wealth or they can afford a tutor to get a higher SAT score. So these are all things that we have to take into consideration to make society more equitable. And that's the overall point. This is about equitability. But Megan McCain of all people shouldn't make any of these arguments because she got there specifically because of identity politics. She is on the view not because she's qualified because she very clearly doesn't have any talent whatsoever. She's a talentless hack to be as polite as I possibly can be about Megan McCain. But she's there because she's John McCain's daughter.  So for all people to make this argument, Megan McCain is the very last one who should be making this argument. Of course, identity and qualification matters. But she should be lucky that in her instance, that actually wasn't the case. Because her identity overrode the qualifications that she lacked. They thought, Hey, John McCain's daughter would be fun to have on the show because she's John McCain's daughter and maybe that'll get more ratings. So let's bring her on.


Hey y'all, what's up? My name is Sonali. Welcome to a new weekly vlog. This week is extremely exciting because I'm getting my final veneers. I currently have my temps in. I've had these since like August, I think 16th or something like that. And I'm getting my finals September 8th. So it wasn't like a whole month. And thank God, cause I'm just like so ready to see my like final teeth. We are going to change some things about the temps. So I'm like kind of nervous and like really excited to see the finals. I'm also going to do like a full video on veneers, including like the cost and the whole process and all of that kind of stuff. So definitely keep your eyes peeled for that one. But today we are going to do a little target trip. It is actually Labor Day. And it's funny cause my friends were like, do you have Labor Day off? And I was like, I guess, like I work for myself. So I guess I do. I don't have any shoots. I don't really have like too much to do. I'm actually going to go to Target to pick up some stuff for a brand sponsorship. And it's actually been on my list to go to Target to see their fall stuff. And you know, just maybe pick up a fall candle or two. I don't have too many candles at home. I feel like especially in the summer, I don't really burn candles as much as the fall. So I feel like I've used up like a lot of the good ones that I have. The last couple of candles standing are more like bougie ones. And I feel like so greedy. I only want to burn them for special occasions. So anyways, I've heard that targets are really cheap and so good. So I'm excited. I also have not had any pumpkin spice yet because I feel like it's not like officially fall yet. And I'm not one to do the whole like early setup for fall and Christmas and everything like that. I think that'll definitely change when I have a house. I have an apartment and I don't really decorate it like too crazy anyways for holidays. So maybe that's why. But I mean, it doesn't really feel like fall here in Austin. I do live in Austin if you guys are new.  But this morning I did my Sammy Clark form workout. I also walked on the treadmill and I also need to start reminding myself to charge my iPad because I really like to see the workout on like a bigger screen instead of my phone. I feel like I can barely see it. But I feel really good today. And I think I'm gonna have some friends over for Bachelorette. I feel like the dates with Bachelorette are so weird now. Like it's today, tomorrow, then next Tuesday and then the Tuesday after that. I'm like, what is going on? But I'm honestly most excited for the show after the Bachelorette. It's called Claim to Fame and it's so good. If you guys have not watched it, I'm pretty sure you can binge it on Hulu just like you can Bachelorette. It's kind of like a game show, but it's honestly so interesting. I'm going to a different target than I usually go to because I live in the East side. So there's one like right down the road in Saltillo. But I've heard that the ones in South Austin are way better and bigger obviously because I was gonna go to the one near UT. I was just like checking where all the products I need to get are in stock. And I actually did a pickup order and then one of the things was like canceled or like they didn't have it in stock anymore. So I was like, okay, I'll just go to one of the bigger targets so I can do the whole fall candle thing because I know their stock will be better in all of those categories. And I am gonna do a little bit of grocery shopping while I'm here. I am feeling really motivated to like eat a little bit cleaner. I mean, last week was pretty good, but this week I want to do it even better and even cleaner I guess. But actually I'm getting ice cream with a friend today. She asked me and I have been wanting to try this place out. It's called Zeds and they do ice cream from like real fruits and like I think they make it there and it's wild. So I'm very excited about that. We're going today, but after that I'm gonna eat like definitely cleaner. I'm very excited that I woke up with motivation but I keep seeing these TikToks that are telling me that you can't rely on motivation like it's all about discipline. And I've never really thought about it like that. So I'm really taking that to heart and taking it all in and trying to channel that energy and really just like discipline myself. I mean, it's way easier said than done. But I'm gonna go into Target and let's see what we can get. I'll do a little haul afterwards. Back home from Target, I feel like I don't want to show you guys everything because most of it is just boring grocery stuff. I don't think I'll be really strict with counting calories or anything, but I did want to share with you guys some like lower calorie snack items. I was binge watching a bunch of like fitness videos and one of the girls said she ate a rice crispy treat as like her treat. It's like 90 calories per bar, which honestly they're probably mini size, but I feel like anything to just give me that little satisfaction of a sweet thing, you know? The other day I made Kodiak pancakes, but I've heard a lot of good things about like the already pre-made like waffles and pancakes. So I'm gonna try that out. I got frozen edamame.  When I went to Costco, people were telling me that these were the best pickles ever and pickles are very low calorie. The ones I got were like circles and they were like flat circle pickles, but these are the spears. And I was shook when I found these because I didn't even know that that brand came in spears. So I'm very excited about those. These fruit snacks are only 80 calories per pouch. And I, again, I feel like it's something that can like really quickly satisfy my sweetness cravings. I just saw this and I was very curious because it's just as zero sugar in big letters, but it's 35 calories for four pieces. So I wonder if it's like the same texture as a Jolly Rancher. I've gotten these before. These are the Lily's milk chocolate covered caramel. I love me some chocolate and caramel. Not that this is like, I don't know if this is really low calorie, but this is a lot more protein. I have been wanting to try this Bonza pasta stuff. It's made from chickpeas. I also got some canned pumpkin because I saw some like smoothie recipes that they put pumpkin in. And then I also could not pass out apple cider because I feel like this is just very like full cozy vibes. All right, so for my candles, I got this one. It's very cute. It's the salted honey one. One thing about me is I don't really like candles that smell so, so like poignant, pungent, pungent. I don't know what the word is. Basically, if it smells like too crazy, I'm like, that will give me a headache. So this one's very like sweet, but like subtle. And I love that they're like soy blend candles. I remember Ryan telling me that I should not be burning back and body works candles. Like no hate on them. Like I do miss the smells, but I feel like soy candles are just a little bit better for you and just like the space you're in. But this one is a clove and black currant. It's more like a fresh smelling one, like a clean smelling one. I feel like I always compare things to that volcano scent. It's not exactly volcano, but it's still that like really nice clean scent with a touch of fall. So I got those two. I love target candles because they always come in really, really cute jars. And then I just got some stuff for the ad I'm currently procrastinating filming. I also didn't want to check for some Labor Day sales because I feel like there's some things I kind of just like want to refresh. Like I definitely want a floor lamp to put beside the couch. We just have a big like basket of blankets and it's just like always so messy. And also I feel like I want like one light on, but all of these lights are so bright at night. So I thought getting a floor lamp would be more like vibey, you know? So I want to look for that. I was looking for a rug and there were two rugs that I was deciding between, but both of them like did not have amazing reviews.  Part of me just wants to like wait to buy a house and then like go ham and get all new furniture. Cause like I also want like a new couch and like a new TV stand, but I honestly don't even know when that will be like when we actually purchased a house. But I will say like I'm keeping my eyes open and stuff like that. Cause I feel like prices are dropping and all that kind of stuff. We're in this lease till next November. So I'm really not in a big rush, but knowing that I also don't want to wait like more than a year to get a new rug. Cause I feel like it just like looks a little bit dingy. So I still might keep looking. I'm going to put on some music cause I feel like that might get myself to like get in the mood to film stuff. So I'm going to film this ad and shower. Also, since Bachelorette is on today and tomorrow, I think me and my friends decided we'll just do like a little get together tomorrow since like it's labor day and people just want to get their lives together today, which I totally understand, but I'm still watching it tonight.  Wish me luck. Cause I don't have a drill at home and I feel like they always use drills to make it go really fast. Hopefully it doesn't take that long. Oh my God. Okay, so I got most of it off. It is almost five and I have an ice cream date with my friend, Shireen. I got my gel off. I totally forgot that you have to like vial the nails before you like soak them. So that wasted like a good 10 minutes, but they are off and I'm about to paint my nails with this color. It is force of nature. It's the new SE fall line and I'm very excited about this color. Hopefully it looks good on me, but bachelor is starting in a few minutes and it's on today and tomorrow. So my friend literally was just texting me. She was like, on the way. And everyone's like, I think we decided to do tomorrow but you're welcome to come watch. But I was literally in panic mode when she sent that. I started throwing everything into my bedroom and the other room because it was a mess in here and I was not expecting them to come. So I was like freaked out because obviously I don't want people to see my place the way it was. It was a disaster. But she is just gonna come tomorrow and I am going to get to painting. Good morning, happy Tuesday. I worked out this morning again with the form app and I am trying to just like walk a little bit on the treadmill after. So I did that and then I really quickly made some like overnight oats. I mean, they're not really overnight. Like if it's like over 30 minutes, like it's good enough for me because I'm going to a coffee shop. I'm going to Annie's day and night with my friend Alexis. We're gonna do some like computer work and we're also gonna take some photos. I got my Birkenstocks on and they are actually so comfortable and lightweight. And these are the dupes. And I'm like really, really shook. And they honestly look exactly like the real Birkenstocks. So I'm very happy that I found this dup and decided to save my money there. But yeah, this is the fit of the day. I think I'm gonna do an outfit change into something a little bit more comfy because the place we're going to is just like an all white coffee shop. And so it's perfect for pictures but I'm wearing my favorite skims body suit. This is, ooh, I don't even know. I'll link it down below. It is so comfortable and the material is like thin but it also like snatches you in a weird way. Like I don't know, I'm not complaining because I love this body suit so much. I was actually gonna purchase some more but I might actually just go to the mall and see what they have because I have an event on Thursday and I don't have a dress to wear to it. So I wanna look at the mall. I also have to return those like Abercrombie cargo pants. Everyone's saying to go down a size and get the mediums. So I might try them on if they have them there but I don't know if the low-rise thing is my cup of tea anyways. So I'm on show with Lavender. I got a Hibiscus tea and a lemon pound cake. Is it good? Do you like it? Yeah, it's so good. You can try it. No, you're good. I brought some overnight oats. Yes, this place is really cute. And the bar, I love the green. Making my returns but I have to come back to Abercrombie and I'm trying on some new pants. I've seen these everywhere. I feel like I should get them. They're very cute. I love like a good slack moment. I'm back home and I'm making myself an early dinner because my friends are gonna come over for the bachelor. We're probably just gonna have some snacks but I wanted to make these cucumber sushi boat things and I just cooked up shrimp but I did not cook enough and I don't really wanna cook more. So I'm just gonna stick to what I have but I also made some ripe rice. It's still cooking. And ripe rice is rice made from vegetables, I believe. So I think it just has like more protein. I'm not really sure. But I realized that my white rice was expired. So what about for me? I'm gonna coat one of these sides like in half and then we get to scoop it out like a little boat. It's very satisfying actually. Okay, so I got the plate, cucumbers, gonna stuff some rice in the cucumber. But we're gonna put the shrimp on top. Honestly, I guess this is a good amount of shrimp just because these cucumber things are so like narrow. So I didn't know how many I could fit like on it. I guess I could honestly just eat it by itself. These are my favorite sushi sauces for like any kind of sushi dish. And yes, I'll probably use them all. This is like a new one that I have found to really, really like. This is called Yuzu. And it's more of like a citrusy ponzu sauce. And then here is like the eel sauce. And then of course we got like our spicy mayo. Sauce makes everything better. And honestly, a little appetizing. Like how good does that look already? Probably should have started with the Yuzu. Honestly, I don't even know how good this is gonna taste because it's not like sushi rice or anything. But I feel like it'll be okay. Gotta give it a little bit of sweetness. Should we do a taste test? I hating on camera because a lot of my friends say that I look terrifying. Like I look so mad and angry when I eat. I feel like the sauces definitely make it more like sushi, but it's so good. And I feel like now that I'm having to my hand, like it's a good portion. So I'm very happy. Just did a quick rinse for these wine glasses because half of them have not been used for a very long time. So I just wanted to rinse off any dust or anything. And then you can see behind so the cookies are over there. I didn't wanna put them in yet because my friends are coming very soon. And I don't want to have to like wait for people downstairs and then the cookies like over bake. Cause my place has like a key fob. So it's hard to get up here if you don't have a key fob. So that definitely is annoying when it comes to having people over cause you have to like literally let them in and go all the way down. I know like some apartment complexes or like at least the newer ones, which honestly this place was brand new last year. So I wish they had, you know, better technology like that. But one apartment I went to recently here in Austin, my friend sent me a QR code that I could literally just scan and I would be let up. And I was like, that is so smart and so convenient. Cause half the time like my friends know where they're going now. Like obviously the first time if somebody comes here I don't mind getting them. But like if they know how to get here, it's just so annoying. Especially if I have more than one friend come over and they come at different times and then you have to like go down, come back up and then they text you they're here and then you have to go back down and come back up. But overall I'm very, very lucky that this place has like really good security, especially being alone because my last apartment complex was more of like a condo style.  So there wasn't like too much security. I mean, there was like a gate for cars, but that show was never closed and it was pretty much always broken. So I'm very grateful. I just wish the technology was better. You know, it's 2022, we can do better. I finally lit my candle that I got yesterday and it already smells so good. And this is kind of like the setup for tonight. I wish I had even more seating, but we're working with what I have for now. So I have that poof. I believe that's from CB2 and this is a makeshift poof. There's like a bunch of pillows under there. And Sofie's loving all these comfy blanket vibes, aren't she, Sofie? You're loving this, Sofie. She loves bachelor nights because she gets to see all her aunties and they love her, don't they, Sofie? Yes. She loves that ball, guys. This has been torn apart, but honestly I love playing ball. Wait, Sofie. I love using this ball to play ball with her because I can like not hold the slobbery part and I can just hold the string and it's dry. Hey y'all, it is Friday and I feel like the last two days have been just like, you know, nothingness, but also like there's stuff going on. And then I just didn't really feel like vlogging and I didn't wanna force myself.  Then I was thinking like Monday and Tuesday's footage was so fun, so I wanted to like put up that footage and I'm doing fun stuff today, but I still don't really feel like vlogging, like especially when I like miss like two days of the week that I'm like, oh, well, then it's not a week in my life. So I'll just stop now. But I really, really need to like get out of that headspace. I don't know if the right word is like imposter syndrome, but it's like especially because I've been doing these week of my life vlogs since like the start of the year, I just don't want to be like super repetitive doing anything. And I don't know, I've just been a little bit in my head about my vlogs the past two days, but that stops now because I think I told you guys this quote in the beginning of the week, well, actually I don't really know the exact quote, but basically on TikTok, somebody was saying something about like stop waiting for you to get the motivation, like you need to discipline yourself. So I was thinking about that when I didn't wanna vlog today, but then I was like, wait, this is literally my job, even though I don't make like that much money on YouTube really at all, I still like love putting out these YouTube videos and I know come Sunday, if I didn't have a YouTube video, I would be sad. So anyways, we're vlogging today, we're doing it, I have some fun things planned, starting off with an early morning shoot at 7.51 and I'm meeting up with one of my blogger clients, her name is Bijal, and she shoots a lot of like Indian and Indo-Western. I honestly just heard of that word. It's basically like Indian, like maybe what are these blouses with like nice slack pants, like kind of like American and Indian like mixed together. I've never heard of that until I started working with her, but anyways, her outfits are always so beautiful. So we're actually here on UT's campus and I came here the other day for Gachu and it was like the most busy I've seen it and I shot here before COVID. So I'm like, damn, like people are really back and going to class. And I'm just like, this is not just a photo location anymore for me because I love to shoot here. There's so many different locations in one spot. So it's great for not only grads, but like high school seniors, couples, bloggers. So we're gonna shoot today and then later I'm going to the grand opening of a new summer moon location. Ryan's gonna be very jealous. And also Ryan's gonna visit soon. I think in like two weeks or something and I've already made plans to visit him in October and then in November I'm gonna go home and in December. So we got all of our plans to see each other. I feel like every day I'm realizing like one more thing that I'm like, ooh, lemon moon's kind of nice.  I'm gonna set this up. I'm trying to be more active on my TikTok on my photo account. Just got done with the shoot. I'm home now. I'm going to go in and shower and then get ready for the summer moon and grand opening but the shoot went really, really well.  Of course, one more thing I have to like think about because I barely really post on my own photography Instagram but like I know that so many people follow me and find me through my Instagram and I could only imagine like what TikTok could do for me. So I'm trying it out. I'll report back if it, you know, does well. If you guys wanna follow it and support it will be right here. It is just Sonali Productions. I recently saw a TikTok saying that like longer form like video content is doing really well and just like original audio. So I'm testing that out and I just looked at my TikTok that I posted yesterday. It was like going through my old photography photos and it was like at least like around two minutes and it's actually almost at 1000 views which is really good for that account because I barely have any followers. So very happy about that. Guys, my sister just texted me and she was like, I just got like a new iPhone and I was like, oh, like why? She was like, oh, I wanted a better camera and blah, blah. And I was like, okay, like what phone did you get? And she was like the 14 and I was like, do you mean the 13? And she was like, no, I pre-ordered it. Like I can pick it up next week. And I was like, screenshot, like you're lying. And she screenshotted it and I missed the keynote yesterday. What, like what? I never missed an Apple keynote. I'm like Apple's biggest fan. I love my Apple products. I'm always so interested in seeing what the new iPhone is. Like it is like the best day when I get to find out what it is. And I'm so shook. Like what the frick was I doing yesterday that I didn't even see any of that on like my feed on any social media. I'm so, I'm so shook. Anyways, I just went straight to YouTube because we are Googling it and we're gonna find out what is different. I have the 13 Pro right now and I feel like I probably will get the new iPhone just because I literally take all of my like videos and photos and everything for work with my iPhone. So I am most likely gonna get it but let me update you guys on like what's different and everything. At the most impressive iPhone camera system yet has a 48 megapixel quad pixel sensor allowing gimbal-like stabilization for all your action scenes. Something I love to do is to compare like the specs. So we'll choose this one and then that one. I guess we'll just keep the other one. Okey-dokey. Same kind of like width and everything.  And what's the Pro Max? Okay, maybe I need to do a little bit more research. I do love this like purple color. I wish that was on the Pro Max because I'll probably end up getting that if anything. But okay, here's the camera stuff. The one I have now is 12 megapixels and this one is 48 megapixels. The zooms are way better on the new one and also the low light is a lot better. You can go down to camera and like really see all the specifics of everything. They said the selfie camera was gonna be a lot more sharp and also the wide angle on the back lens which I do love to use that one so that is very exciting. And then also some new updates to the video camera. It's gonna be like a lot more stabilized. The new front camera has a little bit of a lower aperture so that lets in a little bit more light and also blurs the background more. Didn't purchase it yet but I wanted to do a little bit more research before I actually pressed the button.  There's no option to pick it up anywhere here which is so weird, usually there is. So I don't know about that because my sister said she was gonna be able to pick it up next week and I'm like well that would have been really nice and cool but anyways, so I was gonna go to the summer moon thing with my friend but she just said she wasn't able to and then I was thinking maybe I'll just like skip it because like obviously I don't wanna go alone but I did promise the brand I would go and honestly like when it comes to these events sometimes like it's just good to show face and obviously I really like summer moon coffee so I'm guessing it's gonna be on the house and it's NB caves but I just mapped it and it says it's only a 15 minute drive so that's not bad at all. So I think I'm gonna go and put on a cute outfit, maybe listen to a podcast on the way there. I don't have to stay for like too long. I'm not really sure who's gonna be there or like who got invited or whatever but last night I went to the event alone but like I knew like my influencer Austin friends would be there but I feel like since this is more of like a coffee shop grand opening I don't know a lot of the food bloggers and also it's funny because sometimes whenever I do get invited to like media dines and like food blogger events I don't recognize anyone because they don't post their faces in anything because it's just the food.  Just like trying to make conversations and meet people and then it always ends up being like a really big food account that I literally follow. It's funny that it works out that way. So maybe I'll see some food bloggers but anyways, I'm going to go to the event, push myself and we're gonna do it. Even if it's just for like 10, 15 minutes getting the free coffee, let's do it. I kind of like did a quick slick back pony. My hair is just dirty. I didn't have to use any products which was honestly great but I do wanna wash my hair today I think that I put on a quick face of makeup and this is the fit for the summer mood opening. I don't know if I have to like dress really nice but it's okay. I'm just gonna go on this. Got my set active leggings on. I usually get the Sculplex but this Black Friday I'm definitely going to get a lot of the luxe form. I feel like their Black Friday sale is like so good. So I go crazy and I feel like that's the one time of year I buy from set active and then I have my Aloe sweatshirt on and then some new balances. Just pulled up and I swear I've been to this summer mood like multiple times. So I'm a little confused because I'm pretty sure they said this was a grand opening and I like made sure it was the right address even though they didn't really say an address but the only BK's location that they have on their site is this one. So hopefully I'm at the right one but I'm not really sure. I guess we'll find out. Keep you guys updated. Update, we got the goods but I drove to the wrong location because they sent me a DM inviting me to this event. The grand opening is tomorrow but I guess today was like the influencer event but tell me why they didn't send me an address. Like was I just supposed to like know where it was? Like I went on their website to make sure that this was like the only BK's location and yeah I like Googled it, I mapped it and this was the only BK's location and obviously since it's new it probably doesn't pop up on the maps but like why didn't you give me the address if it doesn't pop up on the maps? Like I'm so confused. So basically I walked in there and I was like hey like is there another BK's location? Well at first I saw the open sign was off so I was like okay maybe this is the influencer event and like obviously I don't know anyone but then there was just like so many people working on their computers like college kids and I was like okay like is there another like BK's location and yeah so they gave me the address it's like 22 minutes away and it's already like 11 so I was like I'll probably just not go cause it ends at 12 and I couldn't make it for 30 minutes but like do I really wanna like spend another 22 minutes driving there when they didn't even give me the address you know? Anyways so I was just like I'll just like get something here cause I was really excited to get some summer room and I haven't had it in so long cause this coffee is so good and like I don't drink coffee usually but like as you can tell it's like a lot of milk and cream and sugar and all of that like it's a very like sweet milkshakey taste and I love that which reminds me I need to take my lactate pills before I forget but yeah that was kind of sad I guess cause I was excited to go but whatever I think I've been like really not hard on myself but okay I don't know how to explain this the right way but I was telling Ryan this the other day and I feel like when plans like get switched around or like you know my appointments get canceled literally two appointments got canceled this weekend it's happened before where like honestly just like it doesn't ruin my whole day but it kind of just makes me feel like all jumbled in my head and I feel like I can't even get anything done for the rest of the day cause I was like that had to happen for me to like be home at this time it's so weird maybe I'm like so much of a planner that it really really really messes my head up and it sucks it really does so like whenever plans like this don't go the way it's supposed to I'm just like okay well like now what which obviously I have the rest of the day I really don't know how to explain it I really really want to start living with like less expectations for everything honestly like that kind of sounds like sad but also I might just be happier that way you know what I mean like if I go into something with no expectations it could just be so much better than well not that I expected cause I don't have any expectations I feel like this is very dramatic for just like a little influencer coffee event but I've been really feeling this way about like a lot of things and I'm just like why am I feeling this way I don't want to feel this way but like something in me is just like so messed up when like my plans get messed up I don't know it's weird anyways a brand just emailed me that I need to do some edits by end of day and they want me to like replace a clip with some other clip that I don't think even exists like they want me to like put more of their product in and I like shot on location so I'm just gonna like pull something out of thin air and hope it exists and hope it's fine and sometimes like I really just love to work in my car and just like vibe out in my car because I'm like constrained to this one little spot and I feel like I actually get things done like I can kind of concentrate so I think I'm gonna pull into some shade and knock this out really quick I also don't think I told you guys that yesterday the appointment that got canceled was literally getting the final veneers yeah so I was supposed to go in at 12 originally and then they were like oh like our machine's not working can you come in at one like it's getting fixed or something like that I was like yeah sure I'll come in at one they knew I had an event to go to later that night and so I told them about it so they were gonna order me some reverse numbing cream because I was just worried about being swollen there so pushing it to one was not ideal but I was like okay I'll take it and then they called me back later and then they were like hey we might just need to reschedule you we haven't even gotten to our first client of the day and I was like okay whatever that worked out because honestly I didn't wanna be super swollen or just in any kind of pain because when I got my temporary veneers it hurt and I actually watched a veneer video yesterday that said the finals hurt even more than the temps so I was like amazing so I didn't wanna be in pain for this event and it turned out that this event was huge like I have been going to like a couple of influencer events and they're more like intimate I would say like I mean they still have like a good bit of influencers there but this one was like a party and it was for Aldo and I'll like kind of like post some footage on the screen right now but I was starstruck because I saw so many like famous people I mean there was like a lot of people from Netflix shows I'm friends with Kiki from 20 somethings in Austin he was there but then there was a lot of other people from I guess the circle and the ultimatum which I only watched the circle season one so I only found out about those Netflix cast members being there and like who they were after the event if you guys have been watching YouTube for a long time you know who Andrea Russet is and she was there and I was like this is crazy I said hi to her because I was like I've just been watching you like for so long and then Lauren Zima was there guys I was like freaking out was telling all my friends in there like who is that? I'm like how do you not know this? She is dating Chris Harrison AKA like the guy that made Bachelor famous and then also she's an entertainment host I can't remember what channel it's on exactly but I think it's entertainment tonight if I'm correct I haven't really been paying attention but she is an entertainment host and I literally went to college thinking I was wanting to do that so I have always looked up to her and I just think she's awesome I'm trying to think who else there's this TikTok famous couple I think her name's Christy Christy maybe I don't know I think they live in Houston so they were there and obviously all my influencer friends in Austin I was like very happy to see all of them but I think I did tell you guys that I went alone and so I was kind of proud of myself for doing that but like honestly right when I got into my Uber I recognized some people so that was really really nice but very caught up guard that it was like that big of an event last night because I was just like not mentally prepared for that but anyways just thought I would tell you guys that I'm gonna go drive home I actually realized that the specific TikTok that I need to edit is actually on my computer I usually edit on my CapCut app on my phone but I think that when I just like randomly edited on my computer I was like amazing the only one so yeah gonna head home and then I'm going to take Sophie to Zilker at 1 p.m. I put Sophie in her little carrier because I think Maddie's gonna bring her dog too we're gonna go to Zilker and take the pups out for a long run and I felt so bad because I forgot Sophie's favorite ball at home and I literally put it on like the dresser to remember and I forgot it but luckily I found two balls in the car thank God I would have felt so bad but she loves that carrier mostly because I think she's like scared that me and Ryan are gonna like abandon her whenever we bring it out because it just means like we're traveling because we always take her with us kind of like to the airport with it I don't even know I don't know why she likes it so much but maybe she feels safe in it what do you what do you say Sophie? so me and Maddie just got to Zilker and there's like no one here not one person this park is huge guys there is like nobody what the heck apparently like the parking lot was closed because they're having Zilker relays or something I just found some prime parking no oh Sophie's pooping better clean that up hi Louie are you loving it? he's obsessed the city we got a really nice shaded spot Sophie are you loving it? are you loving it or are you hot? both oh hello Sophie Sophie's like um can you like go do you want the treats? we're home from Zilker I just gave Sophie a bath Sophie so clean one thing about me if I get like a little bit sad I tell myself I'm going to order myself sushi for dinner and there's this place that I've been actually really really wanting to try I'm pretty sure you can only get it on UberEats and he's about to be here it took about an hour to get here but it's from this place called Salmonie Salmonie I don't even know how to pronounce it but I'm gonna give you guys a sushi haul so we got a lot of food don't judge I really just wanted to try everything but I got two rolls and then some Nagiri it looks so good oh and then also some wasabi because I feel like I've just gotten into it recently and I kind of wanted to put it like in my Nagiri I didn't eat it with that everything looks really good I guess when you get take out sushi it's not as pretty but it still looks amazing I want to try the Nagiri first I love Nagiri oh shoot I didn't realize like everything came with wasabi I did not need that extra wasabi okay well oh my god it came with ginger too what the heck all of them did I kind of was under the impression it's gonna come with it but okay let's try the toro first I think I'll take a bite of it without weight is this a toro? cheers gonna dip it in some ponzu sauce it tastes so good though fun fact but also really sad fact I do not know how to use chopsticks I really try to learn but I swear I cannot get it down I literally need to go in for lessons because of how much I eat sushi I should know we've been outside watching the sunset just getting a little bit of air before we both sit on the couch the whole night like little potatoes and so we were out there for kind of a long time and I was just like getting into my fuels feeling this whole day has been kind of an emotional rollercoaster and I'm like I should check my birth control pack and see when my period is coming because I'm like oh why am I feeling all these feelings in one day but I just was like looking at the setting and was like I am so so grateful to have this life I'm also just feeling so grateful for like my friends here that you know can keep me company while Ryan's gone and my parents and obviously Ryan and honestly mostly Sophie she just makes me honestly want to cry okay don't do it she's not actually an emotional support animal but like holy shit yeah she she is she's my emotional support animal and I'm so glad that Ryan didn't take her home because I knew I would need her with me I feel like this is so cringy but anyways I'm just very grateful right now these are happy tears I think we might watch a Netflix movie or something or maybe start a new Netflix series I'm like still watching the Echo show but like honestly I don't like to watch it at night because I get a little too scared alone so I don't think I'll put that on because it's a like eerie show and I think with all these emotions I might need like something funny and I need like a replacement for Never Have I Ever because it was just like my funny like feel good show a lot of people have said like try watching The Office because obviously Mindy Kaling apparently helped to write both or something but I low key refuse to watch The Office because Ryan had a phase where he was obsessed and I like watched like an episode or two and I just like literally did not understand how it's funny so I just don't know if it's like my humor like I don't know if I like get their jokes so yeah if you guys have any like feel good like comedy just fun shows let me know but I'm gonna end the vlog here just a few days in my life I hope you guys enjoyed it you guys aren't already following me on Instagram and Tiktok go ahead and do so it's so underscore gnarly without the G and I'll see you guys in my next video bye


What is up? Welcome to my channel. So for today's video I am going to be doing one of my most requested tutorials Literally for months. If you didn't know right now I'm in the middle of a series trying to get up a look with every single Natasha Denona and Pat McGrath palette that I own. So this one was the most requested. It's one of my favorites I wanted to get my favorites out of the way. This is the Natasha Denona gold palette I actually already do have another tutorial on this palette up on my channel It is in conjunction with my review of this palette. It's more of a green look So since I already played with the greens and blues in this palette I wanted to play with the golds because it is a gold palette after all This is the look we will be doing. I hope you guys are excited for this tutorial. So let's just get into it From the gold palette. I'm taking the shade Dijon, which is a beautiful mustard color And that's going to be our transition color. So let's put that everywhere Next I'm going for this mid-tone brown Which is called a teak and I'm taking a more precise blending brush And I'm focusing that on the inner and outer corners and then blending that across the whole crease just to begin The depth in the look Now we're going in with a deep brown which is the shade log and using an even more precise blending brush I am blending that focusing in the outer and inner corner Especially and then using windshield wiper motions just to kind of meet the two ends Using the Giorgio Armani power fabric concealer and the A18 brush from Anastasia I'm creating a spotlight halo eye. So it is going to be cut crease at the top So I am working on getting that definition on the top as well Taking the shade Oro, which is one of the standout golds in the palette I'm first going to use my finger to apply the initial base color because that's what's going to give it the bam With the texture of the shadow just fingers are best and then I'm using a detailed brush to kind of fill in the rest of the concealer So taking Kava, which is a sheer color with really just glitter I'm applying that to the middle of my lid just to add a pretty sparkle effect on top of the gold And then I'm going to be taking sparks and that's another glitter shade and I'm just applying that straight to my inner corner All right now we're ready to move on to the face. I'm taking the Catrice HD liquid Foundation, which by the way is my brand new favorite Drugstore foundation. It is amazing and I'm just blending that into my skin with a beauty blender For anyone curious this foundation has a soft matte finish. It's very blurring to the skin Um, it's not very natural like you can tell you're wearing makeup But it's just such a pretty and perfect finish and it's literally $11 like please go out and purchase this foundation right now Next I'm taking the Fenty Beauty Profilter concealer now I've had this guy for a while and haven't really played around with it too much I have mixed feelings about it. Sometimes I wear it and I love it and sometimes I wear it and I'm just not too sure But it has decent coverage. So yeah Next I'm taking the classic Cody Airspun like $5 powder from Walmart And I'm just using that to set into my face pressing the powder into wherever I wanted it So I picked up this city bronzer from Maybelline a couple days ago And you will see it in a haul, but I've been loving it for well the two times I used it But I'm using that to warm up my face Now I'm taking this peachy deep color from the Natasha Denona blush duo And I'm just applying that to the apples of my cheek. Not many people talk about her blush duo They kind of smell weird, but they have really pretty colors and I love the formula of them They just pick up on the brush so well Now I'm taking this new Maybelline highlighter that I found which will be in my upcoming haul as well This is in the shade 250 am I tripping or was this like supposed to be the Nicki tutorials one and they like change it I don't know. Let me know All right heading back to the palette to finish my lower lash line I'm just mixing those two brown colors that we use and I'm applying them straight to my lash line to really define the eye Using a lot of the dark brown color To finish off the face makeup, I'm using the Catrice Dewy Glow fixing spray, which again is new to me But I think I like it. I think I do Going in with the Pat McGrath lip liner and contour that is just what I will be using to shade in the lips first Next I'm taking the Stila liquid lipstick in the shade Carmelo and I really hate the formula of this But love the color so I'm just blotting it in with my finger just patting it into the lips just to get the color there And of course I had to be super glossy in my lips So I'm using the Pat McGrath dare to bear lip gloss, which is one of my all-time favorite nude lip glosses Oh my gosh, and the lights was getting so annoying. This is why I don't film at this time of day And here we have it the finished look. I hope you guys enjoyed this tutorial Let me know what palette you would like to see next and I will see you guys in the next video Remember to subscribe. Bye


All right, we're now going to solve part two of our example problem of calculating the acceleration of a fluid particle going through a nozzle. If you recall back, this was the problem statement that we had and what we were looking for is ways of computing the acceleration of a fluid particle going through a nozzle. We were given the velocity field here and we did the first approach using the substantial or the material derivative to compute the acceleration and the second part is to do this from the Lagrangian perspective and so that's what we're going to do now in this part of the problem. Part two using the Lagrangian technique where we follow a particle. So what we're going to do is we're going to begin by assigning the particle position xp with the new variable f and that function or that variable will be a function of time and therefore we can say that the velocity of the particle is equal to the derivative of f with respect to t. And so what we can do is we can write out dxp by dt equals df by dt and that's equal to the particle velocity. Well, we know from the problem statement what the particle velocity is. It's given right here. So let's pull that into our expression.  Now what we're going to do, we're going to separate the variables. We're going to get the apps on one side and the time on the other side. So we have an expression like that. Now we are going to want to integrate that. So let's write out the expression again. And we were told that this is t equals 0, x equals 0. So at time 0 our particle is at the beginning of the nozzle, at position x equals 0. And we're trying to find at time t the particle is at position f and we want to know what the acceleration is and so that's what we're going to work for in this problem. So we're going to integrate the equation above and the way that we're going to go about doing this integral is we're going to use the substitution method.  And then we can write du by df is 1 plus, it's 1 over l. And from that we can write du is equal to df over l and df is ldu which we can then substitute that into our integral. So what we're going to do, we're going to take df and we're going to sub it in here and we know from our substitution u is there. So let's make that substitution. And then what we're going to have to do is adjust the limits of the integration. So let's do that before we make the substitution. The limits of integration for 0, u will equal 1. And at f, u will equal, that would be 1 plus f over l. So those will be the limits of our integral when we make the substitution. So what we have, we have integral from 1 to 1 plus f over l, du over u is equal to integral 0 to t, this is an easy integral to evaluate. It basically works out to be, you can pull v1 out and we have v1t minus 0, so that is equal to v1t. So the right hand side is easy. The left hand side, du over u, if you look back at your integral tables, you'll recognize that that is a natural logarithm. And did I forget something here? Just a moment, we have du by df, du is df by dl, df is ldu. So df, I forgot the l here, I apologize for that. There should be an l, and the l could be pulled out because that's a constant.  And if you check ln of 1, it turns out to be 0. And that will be equal to v1t on the right hand side. Finally what we're left with is l, natural logarithm of 1 plus f over l equals v1t. So that's an interesting equation, but it's not very useful. What we want to be able to do is we want to be able to isolate f and express it as a function of time. And then that would tell us where our particle is within the nozzle. So let's go ahead and rearrange that and see what we get. So that's what we get for the particle position expressed in Lagrangian. So as a function of particle location and as a function of time, I should say, as you'll notice we have t as being the variable. And if you recall, we are looking for the acceleration of the particle, or the acceleration of the particle is just going to be the second derivative of the particle position with respect to time. And so let's evaluate that and we get this expression. So this then tells us what the particle acceleration is as a function of time. It is expressed as the, through the Lagrangian method, versus, versus if we go back, I think it was, where was it, right here. This was the acceleration that we obtained using the Eulerian. And that is where you just determine the acceleration at a given point in space. With the Lagrangian, what we're doing is we're determining acceleration at a point in time. And consequently, that would be for a particle starting at the inlet at time t equals zero. So there's an example of using both the Eulerian and the Lagrangian for calculating the acceleration of a particle. Eulerian is the more clear and more straightforward method. And that's typically what we'll be using throughout this course, is the Eulerian approach. But the purpose of the example is just to show you the difference between the two methods.