June 18, 2021: Routine!

I grow increasingly annoyed at how even the most mediocre of occurrences are being magically transformed into feel-good stories:

A true feel-nothing story. Now let's all come together in common cause to support the intern who mixed up the lunch orders in the WandaVision writers' room that one time. pic.twitter.com/yKHEV2aCMR

— Joseph Mallozzi (@BaronDestructo) June 18, 2021

Well, this is cool…

Awesome real-time geomorphology

By @ucdavis
via @pascal_bornet pic.twitter.com/lmBwD4fFwZ

— Universal Curiosity (@UniverCurious) June 17, 2021

Today’s Yes/No…

Cinnamon Roll Pecan Pie? Yes/No https://t.co/qwgZ5zhU1k

— Joseph Mallozzi (@BaronDestructo) June 18, 2021

So, are you all creatures of habit or do you prefer the joyous unpredictability of variety in your lives?  I’m absolutely in the former camp.  I absolute love routine and my days often hinge on these comfortably familiar touchstones.  For instance…

I wake up every morning between 7:30 – 8:00 a.m.

We take Suji for three walks: early morning, early afternoon, and a final stroll at around 7:30 p.m.

I’ll always do a 45 minute workout after the first dog walk.

I will strive to be consistent in my tweeting: one food-relate Yes/No post to start the day followed by a K-pop video spotlight followed by two Stargate-related posts (concept art and playback), and the occasional Dark Matter-related post.

I always check the opening of the markets at exactly 9:30 a.m. and position myself accordingly.

I never eat breakfast.

We always eat lunch at 11:00 a.m. – usually a fairly big meal.

We’ll always follow lunch with chocolate.

For dinner – at approximately 5:30 p.m. –  it’s always oatmeal, protein powder, oat milk, and fruit.

I blog late in the day.

I take a shower every night before turning in (Very Japanese).

Akemi and I will watch one anime episode in bed followed by food-related YouTube  videos.

I’ll stay up an hour (or so) later to catch up on finance and market-related YouTube videos.  Specifically: Finding Value Finance, Kitco News, George Gammon, Steven Van Metre, I.M. Trading Inc., Value Investing with Sven Carlin, FASTgraphs, The Popular Investor, Miles Harris, Daniel Pronk, Cameron Stewart, Brandon Beavis, and a few others.

The weekends = stock research.

Not a lot of room for improvisation but, occasionally I do make time to go off-book (ie guesting on a podcast, walking over to the Japanese convenience store for soon sauce and panko, writing/pitching).  Overall though, I like my routine.

Which, of course, will be thrown out the window when my next show gets green lit.

But I suppose I’ll find a way to make it work.

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