My friends, this is a day in my life. It's March 5th, 2025, here with me, Jerry Banfield. I decided to remove the "I'm a YouTuber" stuff from the title up there, because this is an autobiography and apparently nobody cares how many days I've been on YouTube. So I'm making this technically the next day, but Wednesday was another lovely day.
I woke up at 7 a.m. Laura takes the kids to school today, because I'm going to pick my son up later and she'll be out at night. I had a power yoga flow class followed by tennis on the schedule. I started to film a video about how billionaires are able to accumulate ICP while sabotaging the price. But then the stupid "sign in with Google" prompt pops up and doxes my email addresses all over the screen. So I restarted the video and went off to power yoga, all annoyed about Google. Later I finally took the time to figure out how to disable that prompt in Chrome.
Power Yoga and a Natural Hello
When I got to power yoga, there was a girl I also know from AA who I hadn't seen in a while. So I put my mat down next to her and caught up. My daughter told me a couple of days ago to just be my natural, friendly personality, because that's how I am. I'm grateful when I don't sabotage that by being weird or trying to ignore people. It's nice to feel natural. So I just put my mat down next to her and chatted.
The yoga class was a little intense. We held side plank for a minute and did the other elbow up to the knee. It was a great workout. After the class there was also another girl I hadn't seen there in about a month, so I said hi to her, and then went to play tennis.
Tennis in the Wind
The wind was gusting up to about 20 miles an hour, with consistent 10 to 15 mile an hour winds, and it looked like it might rain. But I told my friend that Thursday and Friday are booked up, so let's just meet and try to play today. We got the first set in and he beat me 6-2. I told him he had more to lose in the wind than I did, because the wind for my play style isn't going to affect me as much.
In the second set he started to spiral. He's a very consistent tennis player. I think he's won all but one set against me in months of playing every week. But this set he started hitting all kinds of shots into the net and wide and over. The wind was getting to him, because when it's blowing one way, you serve one side and need to hit it harder, and the other side you have to hit it more gentle. His short shots, he was trying to place them, but I adjusted pretty well. I was dinking little shots that the wind was just barely blowing over the net, and my serves were dropping extra short. So I was up 3-1, but then it started to rain. We went home, and I was glad we were able to get a game in.
Crypto Videos and Locking Up ICP
I came home and recorded a better version of that same crypto video, one I'm really happy with, and it took off in the views, which I'm happy to see. I got a call scheduled for Thursday and Friday too, which is great. Somebody paid 300 bucks for a new call, and I'd been weeks without having a single call.
Today I put an offer on an account that has 1,500 ICP in it. I'm thinking I want to lock more ICP up instead of holding it liquid. In my experience, the biggest danger with holding liquid is that I sell early. How stupid would it be to dump 1,500 ICP for 100 bucks each and then watch it go up to 500, 600, 700? I know how dumb that feels, and I can't stand to do it again, especially with all the passive income on the ICP. When you sell early you miss out on a huge amount of rewards from that passive income.
So I put an offer in. The account is asking for around 1,550, and I scraped a lot of my liquid ICP together and put in an offer of $1,400 for it. Even if I bought it right now, I can't take control of the account for almost a month, so I'm willing to be patient. Maybe they'll accept my offer, maybe I'll need to put in a higher one. We'll see. But I think I'm going to lock up a lot more of my ICP.
Picking Up My Son and Seeing My Mom's Joy
I go pick my son up from school today, because Laura is going to hang out with her friends. One of her friends is getting married, so she's spending the day before the wedding with them. Laura's mom is kind enough to pick up Madeline from school and take her to her after-school activities. So I go pick my son up, and we have a good time. He listens. I made two new songs, so he listens to those on the ride home. I give him something to eat and then take him over to my mom's house.
He and my mom are having so much fun together, which is such a blessing. You see my mom get to have so much joy in her life, and my son really likes his time with her, which is awesome. I've wondered lots of times what the point of my mother and all the pain she's endured over the years was. Why? Why? And now, seeing her get some joy hanging out with my son and being there, it's like, okay, this is starting to make a little more sense.
I go home and crank out some more videos. I get a crypto review done, watch some of my old gaming videos, which I love, get my autobiography for yesterday filmed, and upload all of it. Then I go to get my son from my mom's house when my daughter comes home, and he doesn't even want to come home. He wants another hour there. My mom says that's fine. So I clean up around the house and finally get my son at 6:30, after he's been over there three hours. I get him home and I get to see my daughter after she's dropped off from school.
An AA Meeting About Resentments
After saying goodnight to the kids, I go to my Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. The same girl from yoga is there again. It's kind of funny to see her twice in one day, when sometimes I might not see her for weeks or months. She brought her dog this time, so I get to pet it a little, although the dog ends up throwing up on my chair. That's no big deal. I have dogs. I know how they are.
It was a great meeting. We talked about resentments, which I thought was just the right topic, since this week for me has been all about releasing resentments toward a family member. It's been extremely therapeutic. It's nice to hear what other people are going through, because that, to me, is how I get perspective and don't feel sorry for myself. I see what other people are dealing with and realize what I'm going through is the same kind of stuff. At the same time, I tell myself, let me not pick up any more resentments against anybody else. Let me do these crypto review videos without resentment, being more matter-of-fact, like, "Hey, this doesn't look like a great investment to me, I just think you all should know that," instead of "I hate this, let's kill it."
Bath, Shower, and a Grateful Night
I get home from my meeting. It's a little chilly and I only wore a short-sleeve shirt, so I don't spend too much time talking afterward. I take my dog on a little walk and then take my bath. I soak in the tub for 20 minutes. The night before, I spent about 40 minutes in the bath and was really in the zone. Tonight I was thinking, man, I've got stuff to do, let's wrap this bath up. So I soaked for 20 minutes, got out, and then took a shower right after the bath.
I hadn't taken a shower since Monday afternoon, and it's now Wednesday night. The shower really leaves you feeling clean. With the bath, you get out and it's like you just soaked in your own filth and spread it around a little bit. I get out, talk to Laura, and go to bed. We're in bed at 10:30, and I'm really grateful for another happy day in my life. If you enjoy these daily entries, you can find more of them in my Life playlist, and I'm glad to have the chance to share this one with you today.