{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"startTime":1.06,"endTime":3.88,"body":"Hello and welcome to Navigate the day."},{"startTime":4.81,"endTime":6.99,"body":"A daily podcast where"},{"startTime":7.22,"endTime":9.12,"body":"I journal on"},{"startTime":9.75,"endTime":11.99,"body":"Stoicism and kind of just break"},{"startTime":12.37,"endTime":14.89,"body":"down a a writing prompt every day"},{"startTime":15.13,"endTime":17.27,"body":"and a quote. So"},{"startTime":18.13,"endTime":19.96,"body":"this month's theme is"},{"startTime":20.29,"endTime":22.27,"body":"clarity. It is January"},{"startTime":22.49,"endTime":24.98,"body":"3rd, 2003."},{"startTime":26.21,"endTime":28.62,"body":"And the main focus is be"},{"startTime":28.86,"endTime":30.6,"body":"ruthless to the things that don't matter."},{"startTime":32.46,"endTime":35.0,"body":"So I'll go ahead and jump into the"},{"startTime":35.13,"endTime":36.75,"body":"Seneca quote that we have today."},{"startTime":38.04,"endTime":40.29,"body":"How many have laid waste to your life?"},{"startTime":41.86,"endTime":43.54,"body":"When you weren't aware of what you were"},{"startTime":43.54,"endTime":45.47,"body":"losing.How much was wasted in"},{"startTime":46.39,"endTime":48.75,"body":"pointless grief, foolish joy,"},{"startTime":49.57,"endTime":51.61,"body":"greedy desire?And social"},{"startTime":52.32,"endTime":54.38,"body":"amusements. How little of your"},{"startTime":55.15,"endTime":56.99,"body":"own was left to you?You will"},{"startTime":57.8,"endTime":60.27,"body":"realize you are dying before your time."},{"startTime":61.39,"endTime":63.23,"body":"Seneca On the brevity of life."},{"startTime":64.28,"endTime":65.61,"body":"33B"},{"startTime":68.4,"endTime":69.31,"body":"so.That right"},{"startTime":71.15,"endTime":73.27,"body":"there was the quote for today"},{"startTime":73.75,"endTime":76.17,"body":"and kind of breaking it down."},{"startTime":76.77,"endTime":79.17,"body":"It's just dumb, you know, It's just kind"},{"startTime":79.63,"endTime":81.58,"body":"of letting us.Take a look"},{"startTime":82.52,"endTime":85.05,"body":"at what we're putting our attention on"},{"startTime":85.36,"endTime":87.55,"body":"and making sure that it's the right"},{"startTime":87.55,"endTime":89.27,"body":"thing, that it's the important thing."},{"startTime":90.02,"endTime":92.44,"body":"So the journaling prompt for today?"},{"startTime":93.92,"endTime":96.51,"body":"Is what can I say no to"},{"startTime":96.74,"endTime":98.66,"body":"so I can say yes to what matters?"},{"startTime":100.12,"endTime":101.87,"body":"So that's what I kind of.Sat"},{"startTime":102.91,"endTime":104.79,"body":"with today.And I read this"},{"startTime":105.59,"endTime":108.21,"body":"prior to going into my 8 hour shift at"},{"startTime":108.39,"endTime":110.77,"body":"work. And I don't know,"},{"startTime":111.31,"endTime":114.04,"body":"my morning reflection on this was a"},{"startTime":114.15,"endTime":115.46,"body":"little bit different than my afternoon"},{"startTime":115.46,"endTime":117.28,"body":"reflection. And I might have gotten a"},{"startTime":117.77,"endTime":119.61,"body":"little off topic here, but I'm going to"},{"startTime":119.75,"endTime":121.49,"body":"go ahead and read what I got written"},{"startTime":122.27,"endTime":123.76,"body":"down for today.So where can I"},{"startTime":125.05,"endTime":127.45,"body":"better and more readily say no thank you"},{"startTime":127.74,"endTime":129.35,"body":"to situations that aren't moving the"},{"startTime":129.35,"endTime":131.09,"body":"needle for me? The evening before"},{"startTime":131.93,"endTime":133.23,"body":"today's meditation and journaling"},{"startTime":133.23,"endTime":135.23,"body":"prompt, I was actually informed.That I'm"},{"startTime":136.21,"endTime":138.11,"body":"no longer laid off anymore, which I I"},{"startTime":138.73,"endTime":139.96,"body":"know what you're thinking. Wonderful"},{"startTime":139.96,"endTime":141.94,"body":"news and and and whatnot. But"},{"startTime":142.99,"endTime":145.42,"body":"however I wasn't, I just wasn't sure"},{"startTime":145.81,"endTime":147.71,"body":"that I was happy with that. So the"},{"startTime":147.92,"endTime":149.67,"body":"company that I work for, it's not"},{"startTime":150.01,"endTime":152.63,"body":"exactly aligned with my my goals or my"},{"startTime":152.77,"endTime":154.68,"body":"plans that I have.And with that being"},{"startTime":155.4,"endTime":157.48,"body":"said, I obviously need income, even if"},{"startTime":158.39,"endTime":160.83,"body":"that now means only working Tuesday"},{"startTime":161.07,"endTime":163.36,"body":"through Thursday. And at first I wanted"},{"startTime":163.81,"endTime":166.0,"body":"to say no. Like I I wanted to"},{"startTime":166.57,"endTime":168.78,"body":"say that I would be leaving immediately"},{"startTime":169.17,"endTime":171.95,"body":"and that if this is my new schedule"},{"startTime":172.27,"endTime":174.07,"body":"that that I'm out of here. But I'm"},{"startTime":174.33,"endTime":176.01,"body":"learning that I don't have as much of A"},{"startTime":176.01,"endTime":178.61,"body":"fondness of changes. I thought and"},{"startTime":178.83,"endTime":180.98,"body":"I I'm just, I'm not.Vibing with it,"},{"startTime":181.78,"endTime":182.61,"body":"you know.This"},{"startTime":184.65,"endTime":185.98,"body":"isn't the first time the schedule has"},{"startTime":185.98,"endTime":188.53,"body":"been changed or abruptly altered for"},{"startTime":188.81,"endTime":190.45,"body":"me.And it probably won't be the last."},{"startTime":192.65,"endTime":194.12,"body":"As long as I'm here, they're they're"},{"startTime":194.12,"endTime":196.55,"body":"still kind of new and it's just a lot of."},{"startTime":197.54,"endTime":199.84,"body":"Not knowing what's coming next for"},{"startTime":200.34,"endTime":202.41,"body":"me and I'm I'm amazingly"},{"startTime":203.14,"endTime":204.61,"body":"dumbfounded by the way the world works"},{"startTime":204.61,"endTime":206.06,"body":"sometimes. Like maybe I'm missing the"},{"startTime":206.06,"endTime":207.71,"body":"point of it. And then"},{"startTime":209.04,"endTime":210.89,"body":"if that's true, then I could see this as"},{"startTime":210.89,"endTime":212.56,"body":"an opportunity, I suppose. I don't"},{"startTime":213.18,"endTime":214.66,"body":"really see it that way.But."},{"startTime":216.76,"endTime":218.67,"body":"I guess I could could sit here with this"},{"startTime":218.82,"endTime":221.04,"body":"as more of an opportunity than a setback."},{"startTime":221.91,"endTime":223.77,"body":"And other setbacks in my past have sent"},{"startTime":223.77,"endTime":225.69,"body":"me over the edge. And it wasn't too long"},{"startTime":225.95,"endTime":228.46,"body":"ago that I would have not returned."},{"startTime":228.95,"endTime":230.39,"body":"Even when they said that I wasn't laid"},{"startTime":230.39,"endTime":233.08,"body":"off like I I usually wouldn't have,"},{"startTime":233.39,"endTime":235.21,"body":"or at least in the past have."},{"startTime":237.06,"endTime":238.85,"body":"Just said no thanks. Like I'm I'm gonna"},{"startTime":239.05,"endTime":240.67,"body":"dip dip out if this is how you're going"},{"startTime":240.8,"endTime":241.23,"body":"to.Umm."},{"startTime":243.67,"endTime":245.75,"body":"And now I'm not being like that. I'm"},{"startTime":245.91,"endTime":247.91,"body":"I'm, I went in and I'm still there."},{"startTime":251.49,"endTime":252.58,"body":"And I guess you could call that"},{"startTime":252.58,"endTime":254.94,"body":"maturity. Now that I understand the cost"},{"startTime":255.21,"endTime":257.39,"body":"of the things that I want, I understand"},{"startTime":257.57,"endTime":260.03,"body":"that moving, removing that main source"},{"startTime":260.29,"endTime":262.5,"body":"of income, however decidedly less it is"},{"startTime":262.68,"endTime":264.21,"body":"now, it's still not going to be"},{"startTime":264.67,"endTime":265.98,"body":"beneficial for me in the short term."},{"startTime":267.11,"endTime":269.86,"body":"So what I'm saying no to is my impulse"},{"startTime":270.09,"endTime":271.63,"body":"to leave outright.While burning the"},{"startTime":273.03,"endTime":274.66,"body":"bridge thoroughly, as an enjoyable as"},{"startTime":274.66,"endTime":277.18,"body":"that sounds, I can't let trivial things"},{"startTime":277.31,"endTime":279.62,"body":"prevent me from seeking and growing into"},{"startTime":279.75,"endTime":281.29,"body":"the life I want and deserve."},{"startTime":282.61,"endTime":284.82,"body":"As I devote more of my time to studying"},{"startTime":284.82,"endTime":286.78,"body":"emotions and life design, I have to"},{"startTime":286.78,"endTime":289.22,"body":"remember that I have to meet reality on"},{"startTime":289.51,"endTime":291.63,"body":"realities terms. There are no skipping"},{"startTime":292.25,"endTime":294.4,"body":"steps.This human condition of ours,"},{"startTime":295.28,"endTime":296.79,"body":"I'm not the only one with it, and I"},{"startTime":296.92,"endTime":298.42,"body":"guess I should take solace in that"},{"startTime":298.54,"endTime":300.71,"body":"truth. Much as I would like to say yes"},{"startTime":301.18,"endTime":303.03,"body":"to my anger, I've decided to go on this"},{"startTime":303.18,"endTime":304.87,"body":"path to better deal with the trials and"},{"startTime":304.87,"endTime":306.75,"body":"tribulations that I find myself in.It's"},{"startTime":307.82,"endTime":309.29,"body":"the whole reason I'm sitting here with"},{"startTime":309.29,"endTime":311.08,"body":"these journaling prompts and with these"},{"startTime":311.08,"endTime":313.24,"body":"quotes and learning about Stoicism in"},{"startTime":313.42,"endTime":315.21,"body":"the first place.So I cannot let my"},{"startTime":316.35,"endTime":318.33,"body":"superficial ideals of how I think things"},{"startTime":318.33,"endTime":320.85,"body":"are should be going ruin what I already"},{"startTime":321.17,"endTime":323.12,"body":"have and what I'm working on for the"},{"startTime":323.44,"endTime":324.78,"body":"future, because at this point I'm"},{"startTime":325.51,"endTime":326.44,"body":"working for future me."},{"startTime":328.27,"endTime":330.25,"body":"And I mean that kind of wraps up kind of"},{"startTime":330.25,"endTime":332.56,"body":"where my thoughts were on this. I"},{"startTime":333.43,"endTime":335.33,"body":"I'm kind of just stepping back a little"},{"startTime":335.75,"endTime":337.58,"body":"bit.And instead of letting my"},{"startTime":338.33,"endTime":340.19,"body":"impulse of.I don't know,"},{"startTime":340.93,"endTime":343.34,"body":"rejection or whatever it is,"},{"startTime":343.84,"endTime":345.43,"body":"it's probably a little bit of fear as"},{"startTime":345.57,"endTime":347.66,"body":"well. I'm I'm not going to let that ruin"},{"startTime":348.23,"endTime":350.01,"body":"what I have going on right now.Thank you"},{"startTime":350.88,"endTime":353.08,"body":"for tuning in to navigate the day."},{"startTime":353.95,"endTime":356.04,"body":"With your host Keegan and"},{"startTime":356.55,"endTime":358.71,"body":"my various journal entries.Thank"},{"startTime":359.52,"endTime":361.46,"body":"you Keegan, for listening because these"},{"startTime":361.46,"endTime":363.63,"body":"really are for myself, just as a"},{"startTime":364.24,"endTime":366.53,"body":"record of what I'm going through and how"},{"startTime":366.66,"endTime":368.97,"body":"I'm handling my emotions so that I can"},{"startTime":369.09,"endTime":371.44,"body":"go back, take a look and see how I can"},{"startTime":371.6,"endTime":373.69,"body":"handle them better in the future. So"},{"startTime":374.42,"endTime":376.04,"body":"thank you and if you are"},{"startTime":377.14,"endTime":379.14,"body":"joining me on this journey, thank you so"},{"startTime":379.32,"endTime":380.45,"body":"much for that.Have a good one."}]}