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Granger Smith
Foreigner Smith here. Welcome back to the Granger Smith Podcast. We put out new episodes every single Monday, and we've been doing this for, I guess, since 2017. So what the format is, as I answer your questions, you email me podcastrangersmith.com we'll put it in the queue. Ant man, my producer, will get them together and I pull these up and I read these questions as if you're a friend asking me a question. Very low key, very relaxed and informal. I don't have a whole bunch of notes in front of me. I'm just going to read the question as if you're asking me in front of a campfire. And the answers will be very off the cuff. In fact, so much so that sometimes I could. I could think about it later and perhaps want to change my answer a little bit, and I don't get that opportunity. I think the podcast is better if you get the first response, the first reaction in my head today, I don't have a guess. It's just me. And the first question comes from Ryan. Once again, the email is podcastrangersmith.com one day. The plan is still to do this live somewhere as I create some kind of podcast tour. And we've been in talks with different people to come to your city and set up and maybe like a theater and have you have a microphone out in the audience and we actually answer them live. That's the. That's the plan. The first question today comes from Ryan, and it says this. Hey, Granger. I'm stuck in a job where the environment is really toxic, and it's starting to take a toll on me both mentally and emotionally. My boss is unpredictable and overly critical, making it hard to feel like I'm doing anything right. On top of that, the office politics are out of control and it feels like no one trusts each other. It's a constant game of walking on eggshells just to get through the day. I thought about quitting, but I'm scared of what that might mean for my family. I'm the primary bread winner, and while I have some savings, it's not nearly enough to carry us for very long if I don't find a new job quickly. At the same time, the stress of staying in this environment is affecting my sleep, my mood at home, and even my physical health. I'm torn between sticking it out and trying to find a better situation. The idea of jumping into the unknown is terrifying, and so is the thought of continuing like this. How do you know when it's time to walk away? From a bad situation, even if the future feels uncertain. What would you do in my position? Thanks for your advice, Ryan. Ryan, thanks for the email, brother. And I'm sorry you're in. You're in a tough situation. It sounds like you've put a lot of thought into this, and it sounds like you're thinking in all the right ways, because what I mean is you're kind of weighing the cost of what it looks like to be out of this job, to remain in this job, to be better in this job. And, you know, something you said in here where you said it's affecting my sleep. I've thought about that a lot lately, more than I have in the last four or five years. And I've been talking to Amber about this because, you know, I, I have some friends that have told me, hey, you know, the more and more we read about sleep, the more and more we. We see how important it actually is. And I think about sometimes my, My uncle, who was a Marine captain in Vietnam, and he was just an early riser, he would get up every single morning at 4am and go for a run. As he got older, it was a walk, walk the dogs. And it didn't matter what time he went to bed. He was up at four vacation weekends, it didn't matter. And sometimes he would get, you know, four hours of sleep several times in the week. And he was always like, I'm fine when I wake up. That's what we do in the Marines, you know, and we ended up losing him. And he, he suffered from pretty severe dementia. And I look back on that and I wonder, you know, the Lord is sovereign in all this, but, but I can't help but wonder if, if we could be responsible, more responsible in the area of sleep, me and my family and you listening. That's something we probably don't do enough in this world today. My friend Heath Evans told me that I need seven hours and Amber needs eight. Men need a little bit less. Women need eight kids. I mean, the kids need 10. I would say sometimes Maverick sleeps 12 hours. We put him down at 8:00pm and or 7:30pm and he gets up at 7:30am or 8:00am but I think it's so important that we take these extra precautions toward getting the appropriate amount of sleep. And so when you say that right in the middle of your email, that's one of the first things that pops out to me. It's like, yeah, if this is affecting your sleep, then that would also affect what you say next. My mood at home. And that would also affect the next thing you say, my physical health. So sleep is going to affect all these things. So if the job is hurting your sleep long term, it could actually be taken years off the end of your life. That's my point. So add that to the worry of what's going on. In this email you say that the environment is really toxic and it's starting to take a toll mentally and emotionally. Now I caution first of all saying that I believe we live in a world now that is we live in a job jumping world that our parents and our grandparents certainly and everyone before that just didn't do. Today you ask any Joe off the street that's middle aged and younger and you ask what they do and there's probably several answers. I've done this, this, this and I'm currently doing this. And my dream is to do this. And everybody before us, starting with my parents generation and everybody before that, they just pretty much worked one job. Either they had one skill and they just did that or they landed one, one kind of job and just did it for 40 years and either did it until they died or did it until they retired because they physically couldn't. But then, then they did something similar after that. And so I think it's admirable to think in that old way of just let's not be job jumpers. And here's where I think part of the problem is. I think we have kind of built this illusion in this country and worldwide. I see it worldwide, this fairytale Cinderella illusion that there's always something better. There's always like you were born for this. Same way I caution against the idea of soulmate, which is a pagan idea. I think we should caution the same way in terms of saying that there's like one job that's mysteriously out there and when you find it, your life kind of just aligns to it magically and the stars just kind of line up and you go, ah, this is, this is what I was born to do this particular thing and now everything else is happy and that's not the case. I do think that certain people certainly are, are better at other things depending on their skill set. But I just think, I just think we, there's no perfect job out there. So although we should climb ladders and, and work hard and grow businesses or grow within companies, we don't have to always be thinking about this is fine for now, but then I'm going to find something better because I know something better is out there. So there's Prudence in here, right? Like, like we're, we're, we're kind of cautioning in all these areas saying, don't be abused by your boss and just stick with it for 40 years. Don't be, don't be someone that, that, that has completely lost the American dream of you could do or be whatever you want to be. Like, let's stay within the guardrails of all this and go, I'm going to think through these things and I'm not going to job jump just because my feelings are hurt or because there's a mysterious, magical job out there that I, that I don't know of yet. Because certainly I see social media people that work it. Okay? That's my foundation. I say all that to. Then say, after all that, I say this. I think it's time for you to get out of this job. From what I've read here and what I believe you're saying, it sounds like this job's crushing you mentally, emotionally, and you are still in it because you're scared to take a step out of it. That's what all this is coming from. You're scared of the unknown, which is a normal fear. If you could say there, what's the, what's the average fear of the average person you would throw in there? The unknown. It's scary. The dark. Why are dark hallways scary? Because at the end, where the darkness is, you don't know if there's a door or not. You don't know if there's a stairway. You don't know if someone is standing in the darkness. But the reality is not the person or the stairway or the door. The reality is the unknown of any of those things. So that's what we got to deal with. You're scared of the unknown. And it doesn't have to be scary. And this is how you do it. You work hard in the job you're in right now. You be respectful to your boss, you're kind to your co workers, you do your job with excellence. You dress appropriately for the gig, you show up on time, and you stay all the way till it's time to leave. You are. You're consciously battling against bitterness, right? So these are all the things you do right now. And then when you go home, you are networking. You're looking for, you're looking through job ads, you're emailing or calling potential bosses, potential new job prospects. You're talking within your friend group that doesn't link back to your co workers, that you're now on the Market for a new job, talking to different people. Hey, I'm, I'm. I think I might be thinking about switching jobs. Here's my skill set. Hey, you're putting together a resume not too long, not too short, right to the point. And as you put these feelers out there, you're still working the other job with excellence. And so there's no fear of losing out on the income. And I think the idea of the new job and as you're working towards that, I think the excitement in that will start to supplement to kind of mitigate the fear. And the emotional mental breakdown that you're getting from the other job will kind of be swallowed up by the excitement that you're getting because you're on the market looking for something new. And this is what you can control. You can't control your boss. You can't control who hires you on the next job, but you could work with that excellence in the old job and be taking small steps day by day towards the new job. You might have to cut back on some bills. I think I said this a few podcasts ago, that you might have to give up some of the luxuries you have in your life. Like maybe that car you have that costs $700 a month. Maybe you have to trade it in at the dealership and get something that's 250, right? And then you just, you put 450 bucks in your pocket and you say, okay, this is working for me. And you do that several times and you take 400 here, 500 here, 600 here, 1,000 here, and you kind of equal out your living expenses and all that. Giving up the car, giving up the Netflix account. You know, giving up all these things is worth your. Is worth getting rid of this, the mental monster that the current job is, and taking a job that pays a little bit less and you'll be happier in the end. Next question comes from Josh. Says Grange. I'm recently divorced and one of the biggest challenges has been figuring out how to co parent our two kids in a way that's healthy and consistent. My ex and I both love our kids deeply and want what's best for them, but we approach parenting very differently. For example, I'm stricter when it comes to discipline, but my ex tends to be more lenient. This leads to situations where the kids get mixed messages, and that's okay sometimes, but it's also not. I'm worried this inconsistency might confuse them or even make them feel like they can play against each Other play us against each other. Josh says it's also starting to cause a lot of tension between me and my ex. Even though we try to keep things civil, emotions from the divorce start to creep in and small disagreements about parenting can turn into bigger arguments. I don't want my kids to pick up on this conflict or feel like they're stuck in the middle of it all. I know that co parenting is not easy for anyone, but I want to make sure that we are creating a stable, loving environment for our kids. How do you navigate co parenting effectively, especially when you and your ex don't see eye to eye? Thank you for your help and your wisdom that you share, Josh. Hey, Josh. Thank you, brother. I'm sorry for the situation. I hope you know that I personally have. Have not been in the situation, so I would only be speaking my best encouragement to you as a friend. And you already know it's not easy. You. You're out there taking arrows. I talked about this with a friend just today. Sometimes you got to take the arrows and sometimes in order to improve, because I know you're firing arrows too, Josh, in order to improve, you need to fire one less arrow than she does. That would be improvement. It sounds like you're a big hang up. Is. Is discipline and given, given what you're dealing with right now, like you, you can't change what has happened. And ideally parents need, our kids need two parents. Um, and that's, that's God's design, is that kids have two parents and that the, the two personalities. Typically what we would see is the, the dad has authority and more of the disciplinarian than the mom, and the mom has the nurturing, compassion and wisdom in protection. And then the father carries out the protection and carries out the discipline. So that's the partnership. When men and women in the Bible are created equal, they, they are created equal. But that, that does not mean equal roles. That means. That means equal value but, but not equal roles. That's really practical, easy to understand. And that's not the point. And that's not, that's not the point of your email. But, but I do think it's. It's important to remember that when parents break up and get a divorce and it's, it's not as if two equal parts have now split into two and there's one half here and one half here, it's equal. Valued parts have broken up that have, that have different roles and so that now the roles are split and that's where the difficulty that, that you're you're talking about comes in. So what do you do? What do you do? I don't know how old your kids are. You don't say that, do you? No. If you said. If you said how old the kids are, they could start to. It could start to help because as they get older, you could have conversations about this. But what you want to do is always be respectful towards your ex wife. You never want to throw shade on her or talk behind her back or give any illusion to your kids that you're doing things right and your mom's messing it up because. Well, for a lot of reasons. Because. But one of the reasons is that's their mama. So you don't want to put their mama in a bad light. And that concept's kind of lost in split parenting right now. The idea that if anyone. This is kind of a known thing. You talk to anybody about their mama in a negative way, and we get mad, we get defensive, because that's our mama. Dads, that includes you. When you have divorced the mama and that's your ex wife, just because it's your ex wife doesn't give you now a free pass to talk negatively about their mama. Just as a guy in a grocery store or a guy in a bar or a guy in the street or a guy on the football team wouldn't say anything negative about someone else's mama without them being triggered. That goes with the husbands of the ex wives as well. Don't talk about your kid's mama in a bad way. Wives, I can't speak. That can't speak for you. But I could speak to you and say, you should take the same advice. And so as they get older, you could start to just say, you know, your mama loves you so much. She's a great mama, and everything she does is out of love. Now, we do see things a little bit differently when it comes to discipline. And you could probably tell that when you come to my house, I'm a little bit stricter with this. And I told you that you can't eat Froot Loops because it's sugar and it's bad for you, and you could get cavities. And so I'm sorry that when you come over here, my rule is that you can't have Fruit Loops. And when you go to your mom's house, she lets you. And that's not because I love you more, she loves you less. It has nothing to do with that. She just. She doesn't see it. And she's your mama. And so you got to respect her rules when you go to her house, okay? And she has things that you can't do that I let you do. But because we're in this situation and I wish we weren't, you're going to have to go by my rules when you're in my house, and then you're going to have to go by her rules when you go to her house. And those rules, sometimes they don't go to each other's house. So these conversations you could have with a 6, 7, 8 year old that you can't have with a 4 year old that don't quite understand it yet, and these are the difficult conversations that come with split parenting. And I don't think there's inconsistency there. You're worried about inconsistency and confusion. I don't think that that is there. If you lay it out like I just did, where you're just, you, you tell them, when I discipline, I, I do it this way. When your mama disciplines, she does it this way. I'm not saying that your mama's doing it wrong, but this is my house and my rules and that's her house. And hurles just be very clear on that. And I don't think that creates inconsistency. It creates inconsistency if they don't know that's not communicated and they just go in there. Like I said, Dad, I thought I could have Froot Loops. And you go, your mama let you have those Fruit Loops. I don't know why she does that. That just tears your teeth apart and messes up your belly and, and gives you pimples. You shouldn't eat that sugary stuff. You know, that's throwing shade on mama. Do your best to stay away from that. Josh, I'm sorry you're in the situation, man, and I hope this helps just a little bit.
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Ant Man
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Granger Smith
From, whatever platform you're listening to this podcast on, I would encourage you to check out the YouTube version of this. Every podcast that we do, we put it out on YouTube as well. On my YouTube channel, Granger Smith. Super easy to find. If you go to YouTube and search for Granger Smith podcast, it should pop right up for you. And you might be listening to it on there right now as we speak. But a lot of people aren't. A lot of people are on the other platforms. Uh, YouTube's good for a few reasons. One, you could see me, hey, we could have these conversations. Sometimes I watch videos on here and commentate them and you could watch the videos with me. Uh, and the other thing that's really cool is you could, you could comment and I do go through those comments. And so that's encouraging. If you go to the YouTube version, you hear something, maybe one of the questions, and you, you want to double down on something or you want to refute me on something or agree with me, whatever it might be, you can comment right there. And I see that. And it's, of course you could email me podcastrangersmith.com like all of these emails and say that. But sometimes that idea might get lost because you'll say, hey, Granger, I at the certain episode you said this and so many weeks might have gone by and I already forgot. So if you go to that YouTube actual video, that version, then I'll see that and that's helpful. Another thing you could do to help this podcast is on the other, another platform, Apple, if you're listening on Apple podcast, you could give me five stars or four if you're not inclined to do five. And you could, you could also rate it and comment on that, give me a, a rating of some sort. That helps the podcast, but that, that, and that's great and I hope you do it. But that doesn't help it as much as you actually sending it to somebody. So if you, you know, I always provide these for free for the listeners. And the, the, the best way for me to get a return for giving out the free podcast is for you to share it. So that would be, that'd be great for me. And then lastly, if you want to ask a question, email podcastrangersmith.com like, who says, hey, Granger, I'm a longtime follower and fan. I'm curious to know your opinion on population growth. Do you think we will run out of farmland if we keep developing it to support new homes? This is something I struggle with. I can't wrap my head around the fact that we are called to reproduce as Christians, but we only have a limited amount of farmland to sustain us. It seems counterintuitive. How do we approach this in a godly way? Wow, Stephen, that is an interesting question. I don't think of all the questions. I have never gotten one quite like this. Like, I usually think that a lot, a lot of questions are just the same, reworded differently. This one's not. Steve, that's a great thought. And you know, I have thought about this before and it does. It bothers me. Absolutely. I have, every time I've moved somewhere in my life, part of the, of the decision of moving there, it kind of sits upon this, this idea of will, the, will the neighbors develop this land and turn it into Like a trailer park or at a neighborhood or an industrial park, you know, and it's. It's always a little. It's always scary to. To move someplace and think, man, right now, I love this. I love sitting on my back porch and looking at these trees, and maybe one day a bulldozer will come in and knock them all down and they'll put. They'll put a. A Target in a Hobby lobby here, right. Right behind me. And so it is definitely. It's definitely a fear, but. But I don't think. I don't think it's a. It's. It's necessarily anything that you and I have to think of in our lifetime. And there's. There's a lot of ways to approach this. And another thing that kind of comforts me, for instance, is, you know, I've heard people. The next city over from where I am now is Austin. Austin is, like, very progressive, very liberal. And I've known people there that have, like, one acre of land, and they think that if you don't touch it, then that's the way Mother Nature, as they would put it, intended for it not to be touched by man. We have seen recently in the news with the. With the fires in California, that when you do that and man doesn't intervene and instead just lives and doesn't. Doesn't work the land at all, it not only becomes very dangerous for fires because of the underbrush, but it ends up. The unkempt land, ends up being pretty ugly and pretty dead. I think about this in my. That I have some woods behind me, and since I've been here, I've gone through a lot of those woods and taken out some of the vines that get up into the oak trees and taken out a lot of the thorns that have grown in the. In the brush, on the ground. And when I do that and I pull away the brush and I pull away the thorns and the. And the big vines, you see the new growth coming in. You see the pretty flowers in the grass, and then you see the trees start to thrive when you cut off the dead branches and you prune them as they go up. And the land just gets more vibrant and prettier and healthier as man, as commanded in Genesis, cultivates the land and works the land. So there is a sense, Stephen, that man working the land, even if it's developing it is better for it. I've definitely seen neighborhoods go into cotton fields, that the cotton fields have lost all their nutrients and they're kind of worthless, or there's some kind of rocky land that, that was valueless and the neighborhood goes in there. And then what happens with the neighborhood, a good neighborhood, is that they put a couple trees in every front yard and a couple of trees in every backyard. And the, and over time the trees get big and the neighborhood gets older and it's, it actually creates a bit of a forest in a, in a land that used to be just rocky cotton field. So there are positives. Even though they're harder to find, there are positives in development. And I could probably go on and on with some more ideas like that, but I think ultimately this is not something you and I are going to have to deal with because I live in Texas and I see millions of acres of undeveloped land. Maybe if you're sitting in New York City and you're going, man, is there anything else we could possibly develop? I don't think we can, but in America we have millions and millions and millions of acres. And so I say if we do it responsibly, then man should come in and develop and do it with integrity and do it with excellence and do it with class and do it with keeping the original owner in mind, keeping the farmer in mind. And you have a lot of farmers that lose their land to development, but then now they have a few million bucks to go and get an even prettier piece of land farther out of town. I see this happen to farmers all the time in central Texas. I don't think they're too sad when a developer comes in and buys their old grandpa's farm because they have so much money now in the bank that they get to go and, and share that with others and disperse it among their grandkids and get another farm somewhere else. I don't see too much sadness when it comes to that stuff. So, buddy, I love your heart. I love that you see that the bulldozers come in and you get a little upset because I know that feeling. But as we go out and intend to, to tend to the land and multiply, if we do it with it with integrity and love, I think it is a good thing. Next question comes from Michael says, hey, Granger, been trying to get in shape for a while now, but it just can't seem to stay consistent. Life always seems to get in the way. Between a demanding job, family responsibilities, and just trying to keep up with the day to day life, I find it hard to carve out time for exercise. I tried starting out workout routines and meal plans and for a couple weeks I'm all in. And then something happens. Work gets hectic and kids need extra attention and then I lose the motivation to keep on going. Before I know it, I'm right back where I started. It's so frustrating. It's not just about losing weight or looking a certain way. I really want to feel healthier and have more energy to keep up with my family. I know it's important, but sticking with it feels impossible when everything else seems to be so urgent. How do you stay motivated to prioritize fitness when life gets busy? And do you have any advice for making it less overwhelming and more of a long term habit? Thanks for taking your time to read this, Michael. All right, Michael. Yeah, it's a good question, man. And, and how do I answer this? Because you could always tell with somebody how much they want something, how much they desire something by the result of it and the progress of it in their life currently. So if you, you say my kids lives are a huge priority for me, being there at their sporting events is a huge deal to me. Granger. And then you're out every week playing golf and missing the sporting events and you're with your buddies, I would say it looks like golf is the main priority here, not the kids. Right. That's easy to see. Super practical. Same thing with working out. Same thing with staying in shape. When you say you began this whole email saying, I've been trying to get in shape for a while now and I can't seem to stay consistent, I would say if you can't stay consistent and you've tried it for a while, then you just don't really want it as much as you want other things in life. When we're talking about working out, that's not a bad thing. That's not like reading the Bible. What I would say if we're talking about spiritual disciplines and reading your Bible, I would say there you must drop other things to feast on the word of God because man cannot live on bread alone, but from every word that comes from the mouth of God. So as you would not skip a meal, you cannot skip your personal devotional time with the Bible. But we're talking about working out. I think that's very important, but not as important as some other things. But I would say this, Michael, in the same way I would be talking about spiritual disciplines. I would say, I bet you, I bet you don't ever skip lunch and you might not ever skip breakfast. And I would say your lunchtime is about an hour, probably 45 minutes at the least. A slot in Your day for what you're asking. Because what you're asking is you're asking for me to help you with your schedule because you're busy and things come up. I don't know where you work. I wish I did. I don't know your work routine. I wish I did, because I could directly help you with that. But I would say if it's not waking up early, which is the number one recommendation would be set your alarm 30 minutes earlier. You don't have to go to a gym. You could do a workout online, and you don't even need weights. Or you can go to Academy Sports and buy some of those adjustable dumbbells that, you know, you. You. They go from £10 to £60, and they're just two units. And you could adjust it. You could buy those and a bench, and you could pay a couple hundred bucks and be in and cancel the gym membership and do this in the garage. Set your alarm 30 minutes earlier and do that. Or like I said earlier, if that's not possible, if getting up earlier is not possible, because what we talked about earlier with sleep, then I would say skip lunch. And if that sounds shocking to you, then I would say that you must not be that serious about it. If you. You like to eat, eat a big bigger dinner. And my brother Tyler, I'll tell you what, that guy's crazy. He only eats dinner, and he's been doing this for years. And that's just the way he is. Like, I'll say, hey, you want to go to lunch? He'll go, yeah, but I'm not gonna eat. He has trained his body in this way where he doesn't even get hungry. Now. He'll eat 2,500 calories at night in one sitting, because he could do that, but he doesn't eat breakfast or lunch, and it sure does free up his day a lot. So he'll go with me to lunch, but he'll just sit there and drink water. So. Have you ever thought about that? I mean, there's a thousand things we could talk about, Michael, but I would say, I bet you haven't thought about that. I bet you haven't thought that lunch is an option. And if you go to work every day, you probably do. Then there's. There's probably a gym that costs 20 bucks a month. That's walking distance or a quick drive from wherever you work. And you can get off for lunch like you usually do. So you get off at. You say you usually leave at noon and come back, like, 1:15 to work, leave at noon, go to the gym. It takes 10 minutes to drive there. Now it's, it's 12:10. You work out for 30 minutes, it's 12:40. You get dressed, you take a shower if you need to at the gym, have it all in a bag, and you hit the road at one and you're back at the office at same time about 1:10-115. So you've just traded one thing for the next. And you will feel better for this and you'll feel healthier if you're, if you're like, man, I can't skip food like that. Then take a couple protein bars in the bag and eat some high calorie protein bars or a high calorie meal replacement supplement, powdered form, mix it with some water or some almond milk or something like that, shake it up in a little one of those little shakers. You'd be good to go. Once again, it goes back to, how bad do you want this? Like, are you really serious about this? Because we can go down a whole list of options. I would say maybe one of the problems that you're having is you're thinking about the workout as too much of a time commitment and you're not thinking that you could do what you need to do in 30 minutes. I hesitate to talk about me because we're all so different and we're all motivated by different things and we all physically benefit from different kinds of exercises. But I've done, I've done strength training. I'm not a big cardio guy. I'm not a big, definitely not a CrossFit guy. But I've done, I've done like, chest on Monday, back on Tuesday, legs on Wednesday, shoulders on Thursday, in arms on Friday. I've done that for maybe 20 years. I remember doing it in high school, before that. So a long time. I, when I was on the road touring, I did it in the mornings. I always found a local gym. I had a membership at Anytime Fitness and Planet Fitness and a monthly membership at each of those. It was like 20 bucks. And so wherever city I went to, there was always either an Anytime Fitness or a Planet Fitness. And if there wasn't, then the venue I was playing suggested something else that was almost always free to go work out or sometimes a $10 day fee sometimes. And so I worked. There wasn't an excuse not to do it. And so I, I have several workouts for each of those different muscle groups. I said on my phone, on my notes app, so I could go in there and there's little videos. I could press play. And they're like 35 minutes each. So when I want to do a chest workout, I could find any gym in the country or some adjustable dumbbells and press play if I have a bench and do a 30 minute. Every hotel, by the way, that I've ever stayed in has something to do, you know, some kind of exercise room. Some are better than others. But when I go to a speaking engagement now, I will always get up that morning, I'll get my coffee, I will read my bible, I'll do my devotion, I'll fill out my journal, I'll do my Bible memory, and then I will walk downstairs at the hotel to the gym and I will do my workout and then I'll come back to my hotel room and start my day. And by the way, I skip breakfast typically. So that's. How bad do you want it, Michael? How bad do you want it? One more thing. Having a plan before you get to that day is pretty critical. So for instance, if I'm in a hotel per se, I will check in, go put my bags up in the room and then I'll go back down and I'll say, where's your, where's your fitness room? And they'll say, second floor into the hall. So I'll go get an elevator out of the second floor. I go to the end of the hall and I peek in there just to look at it. And I'll go, okay, they got a bench, they have dumbbells that go up to 50 pounds. They have two treadmills and like a medicine ball. And then I'll go back to my room and then I'll know in my mind I know tomorrow is shoulder day. And so I've got a, I've got a little video on my phone that will work for the dumbbells that go up to 50 pounds, a treadmill and a medicine ball, and that'll work for my shoulder day. So that's my plan. And then I look at, I look at my schedule and I go, okay, the best time. Because my morning's going to start about 8:30. That means I need to be in that. See, I'll get up at 6. It's a, I'll look at my watch, It's a, it's 10:30 right now. So I'll try to get in bed. And then I need seven hours. So if I can get to, if I'll read a little bit, if I can get to sleep by 11, then I'll wake up at 6, that's seven hours. I'll get my coffee and, oh, and I get, I literally get up in the hotel room. This is every time I'm in a hotel. And I will get that coffee that's in the little plastic bag and there's a cup for that little plastic coffee maker. I'll take the cup out of the plastic bag and I'll set it in the coffee maker and I'll get the coffee pod and I'll put it right next to it and then I'll get my water bottle and I'll put it right next to that and I get it all set out. So then my alarm goes off at six, I go over there, I put the, I take the, the, the cup of the cup for the coffee, fill it with water, put it in the machine, put the pod in, hit power. I take my iPad, I hit start on my daily reading plan in my Bible. I start reading and I go through the reading and I, I do my little journal, I drink the coffee and then by now it's 6:45, I go downstairs and I go in at 7:00, I'm, I'm working on my shoulder workout and then I, I go from there back upstairs and now it's, you know, it's 7:15, 7:20 and I could check some emails, get dressed and I'm out the door at 8 to whatever I need to do. But, but that comes from the planning of the night before. It would be harder if I woke up that morning at 6 and been like, okay, let's see, is there coffee in this place? Or they have breakfast downstairs. I wonder if they have a gym. And if they do have a gym, I wonder if they have free weights. Like, yeah, I don't want to do that. It's so much better to have a plan. So that's my hotel plan. I have my home plan. But for you, Michael, get your shoes ready, get your shorts and your T shirt that you're going to wear. Get your little earbuds that you're going to listen to the workout on. Lay them all out the night before. Look at your watch. Know your plan. If you're going to do the lunch thing, put it in your bag real neat. Your wife says, what are you doing? I'm getting my, get my gym bag ready, put your shoes in there. Hey, here's a, here's another side note. If you don't have good gym shoes, go buy some. I'm not an advocate for buying junk or new things just to buy new things. I'm not. But for some reason, if you have shoes that you like, like gym shoes that you like, it will help motivate you for some strange reason. So what I mean is, don't have like hybrid like these. These will work. These will be okay. You know, I wore them in the mud yesterday and the in the field, but they're okay. No, get you some gym shoes, you know, get you some modest gym shoes. Put them in the bag. Put your clothes in there and put your, put your little Ziploc bag with protein powder in it. Throw you a little, a little protein bar in there. Something high calorie, Zip it up, put it right there by whatever you got to take to work or put it in your truck. The more you prepare the night before, then you get up that next day and there it is, ready to go. The planning is out of it. It's just waiting for you to execute the plan. How bad do you want it? That's the question. Love you guys. Email me podcastrangersmith.com don't forget to go to YouTube and go to this video or any of the podcast episodes and comment below specifically on that. Things you like, things you don't like. And then if you're listening on Apple, make sure you give me a five star and a review. And above all that, send it to a friend. Love you guys. See you next Monday. Thanks for joining me on the Granger Smith podcast. I appreciate all of you guys. You could help me out by rating this podcast on itunes. If you're on YouTube, subscribe to this channel. Hit that little like button and notifications bell so that you never miss. Anytime I upload a video, it.