¶ Fitness Goals for 2024
All right , all right , let's jump right into this .
What are those ?
Man , we quit playing Some nice sneakers over here . Yo , what's good everyone . I'm Dr Me . Welcome to 2024 . I'm joined by my co-host , dr Renee . Actually , it's 2024 . I need to stop saying co-host . It is now joined by my host , my other host , or joined by . We are the host , dr Me , dr .
Renee , you did this last year and quickly I got revoked .
Oh , that was just a joke though , but it's 2024 . We up in our living room , the kids are asleep . And we just going to show y'all a little something different from the Darkos how we do things Right , and normally a lot of shit gets done when the kids get put to sleep .
And what you're going to see and what I want to show you is this pull up bar that I have here , this pull-up bar that I got from Amazon , and we're going to be talking about new year's resolutions this year and one of the goals , one of the things that I want to be able to do , is I want to be able to do more pull-ups , so I want to be able to do
25 wide grip pull-ups by the end of the year . The question is is why ? The reason why I want to be able to do that is ? I don't know . That just sounds like a nice number to use . You should want to stop saying is , is , but whatever , all right . Well , stop hating from the peanut gallery back there .
But 25 pull-ups to me is just like a number that would show overall fitness to me , me . So right now I can only do maybe like six , but I can do more if I do it like this . But I want to be able to do like this , which takes a lot more back muscle working on and I just been ignoring all that stuff . But yeah , that's what we here .
We sharing everything with y'all . Let's see what you got . We sharing everything with y'all , with Doc's , outside the box , the Box , so let's show y'all how we do it . Let me show you how I look when I do it .
I want you to see exactly how I look when I do my pull-ups so that by the end of the year and I'm busting it out you see where I started and where I'm at . So let's see if I can do this now . First of all , I got scrubs on , so should I start with an excuse .
Listen , don't start with the first excuse , okay .
Okay , let's be real .
This is a worldwide exclusive y'all on Docs Outside the Box . Okay , and I'm going to have to make sure your feet are actually off the ground . Oh shit , okay , wait , you might have to go to wide view or something like that . I did go to wide view .
I did go to wide view .
All right , all right , let's go . I'm going to show you . All right . Are we ready ? Yes , you ready , all right .
One , three , four , five , six , seven .
If I do anything more than that it's going to look ugly Seven .
If I do anything more than that , it's gonna look ugly . I was about to bust my lip on that last one man . Hold on a second Hold on . Does this one count ? I don't care .
No , don't count , because you stopped .
That's eight , all right , and that was seven consecutive , seven consecutive wide grip pull-ups , plus I had these scrubs on . If I had a tank top on , I could do more , but yeah , okay . But you know what ? Let's turn the tables on you , dr renee what physically ? Are you gonna be working on hold on ?
Put yourself on there what physically you're gonna be working on to get your uh we get my year right , my 2024 right , yeah , yeah , what you're gonna be working on all right , yeah , yeah , what you gonna be working on ?
well , um , started working out , and started working out about two months ago and trying to be consistent , um which I haven't , so I don't know about what are those right ?
what are those ? They are my crocs . Listen , my nephew gave me these for Christmas .
Okay , so that's what those are . They'll be left now my slippers , but yeah , so I think maybe a push-up or two .
Okay , so you want to do push-ups ? Yes , all right , let's see what you can do .
Okay , usually I do the push-ups like the girly push-ups on . Like you know , got to get on your knees or whatever . I'm going to try to do some push-ups , not on your knees .
All right , for the sake of the show , jump into it . Let's go Okay .
All right , whatever . Help me , lord , now I can come up with my excuses too . I got my what's the name ? My slippers on and scrubs .
Why you keep moving .
Okay , but you move in . Okay , all right , on your mark , get set , go One , that's good .
Two , three , four , five .
All right , that's it . Damn , that's pretty good , Renee . Okay , thank you .
I'm shocked .
I'm dying , I'm dying .
I'm dying . I'm not even gonna lie . I'm actually kind of shocked that you was able to do that .
I was gonna do some marine push-ups , you know some claps in between , but I didn't want to show you up . You know what , I'm not even going to lie . I'm actually kind of shocked that you was able to do that . I was going to do some marine push-ups . You know some claps in between , but I didn't want to show you up .
You know what I'm saying ? Look at that . So Look at that . Doc's outside the box , nation . Yo , you see , we don't just podcast . Yo , what do we do ? Yo , we work , we pump iron . Yo , joe , it is the calisthenics department over here .
Yeah , all right , let's , let's , let's get back to how we podcast let's get into the show , okay , so , yeah , so that's for real how we do things , guys . Is you know when the night time comes ? You know that's when we get our , we get our work on . You know , it's just how it is . Let me turn a light on here so we can see it , stuff .
So heading downstairs yep , yeah , we're heading downstairs , so let's go ahead and get ready for this podcast . And we in the studio now , just to give you guys a little different perspective on how things occur here behind the scenes . So we are , in any second , about to switch to our new not to our new studio , but Our regular setup .
Our regularly scheduled programming .
Mm-hmm , all right , and we are good and we are going to switch in three , two , one .
¶ New Year's Resolutions and Achieving Goals
What's up everyone ? It's Dr Nii .
And Dr Renee still Breathing through it .
Turn your mic off Breathing through it . I'm still breathing from them . Pull-ups , yo , Breathing through it . So what's this show about ? Yo ? What is this show ?
about what . This episode Turn your mic off , this episode you mean .
Yeah , so this episode , y'all this episode is about really New Year's resolutions . Why so many people fail , why I failed in the past , why I don't know . I'm assuming you failed in the past .
I sure have why so many people fail yo .
You know , and you know , I think part of the thing with our show is we're talking about paying off debt . Sometimes we talk about money issues that we make or that you can make , but then also at the same time , we talk about how to get like your mind right , and that includes getting more productive and that's just a all encompassing term .
But also how can you get more efficient , how can you get more confident and how can you like use systems right in that buzzword type way you know , to kind of hack yourself into better behavior .
Yeah .
That's what I did last year , or at least attempted to do so , and that's kind of the , I think . Since this is like the first episode of the year , I just think that that's where we should start , which is , how do we get to a point where we're letting people know this is what we do to make ourselves more efficient ?
So let's talk about New Year's resolutions . I'm not going to front .
But technically this is the second episode of the year .
Well , but it's the first one that's recorded in 2024 .
Correct . There you go . You don't want to confuse our audience .
now I'm not going to confuse the audience and stuff . But yeah , you know so audience and stuff .
But yeah , you know , so , yeah , so that's that's the gist of this conversation . Y'all is to if there's anything that you're struggling with or if there's any goals that you've always wanted to to get done . You might be studying for boards or I don't know .
Whatever it may be , there's ways in which you know this show , the topics that we talk about , can help , and let's jump right into it . Okay , so New Year's resolutions . So by the time this episode comes out , I think probably the majority of people would have given up on their New Year's resolution .
They would have been like , yeah , I'm going to eat salad Eat salad , and then let you know they're eating cupcakes or going to the gym , going to the gym or giving up soda , giving up alcohol , whatever it is . In terms of the New Year's resolutions , the statistics show that you are likely going to fail , whether in the first two months . First , six weeks .
Two weeks , two weeks . There's studies everywhere . Hold on .
I'm like if you did two months , that's actually not bad .
You know me , I like stats . So it says that there's a study from the University of Scranton . This is 2014 . Found that only about 8 percent of people are successful in achieving a New Year's resolutions . And obviously 90 , 92 percent failed their resolutions .
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46 of everybody in united states I was like damn .
People are just giving up , man , no , no , no respondents .
Respondents so the stats show that if you're going to make a resolution , more than likely you're going to fail at it .
So yeah , but you don't have to you don't have to you , don't have to you don't have to , and I think that , um , you know the what it came down to , or what it comes down to when you're listening to the show is like , well , why should I listen to the shows ?
I think what we want to show is that through you know our mistakes and also through this dope book right here , atomic habits that I I did a review on several episodes , like last year or two years ago I did a review on this book . We're going to put this on the show notes . This book right here changed how I look at fitness .
It changed how I look at developing habits .
It changed a lot of things about what I think is possible versus not possible , and it really took a lot of the pressure off of me because , you know , this is one of those books that when you look at other people who are really successful and you want to emulate them , you think it's all because they work hard and they are motivated and that's really only a
small part of the picture it really is about . You know , in essence , the systems that they set up around them right . Like you know , just having a gym in your , in your own house , right , and the gym is like it's . It doesn't have to be like a regular gym , but like a regular small home gym .
Or like how much time do you have set for yourself to read , or how much time do you really want to spend with children , and all those different things . Like how do you set up those systems to make sure that that stuff always occurs and stuff .
So that's what we're talking about and since I've done this book , the biggest thing that I wanted to work on was I wanted to become an athlete . Remember that , yeah , I wanted to become an athlete . I felt as though , being a trauma surgeon , which I got something I want to say real quick and I was thinking about this .
You know I do a lot of thinking in the shower .
A lot of people do a lot of thinking in the shower .
Because I'm always thinking , like why do I do this show , like why are you listening ? And I think that the key thing for people to understand is that there's a difference between becoming a doctor versus being a doctor .
Oh yeah , oh yeah .
And the lessons , like some people will be like well , being a doctor is tough and it's like , yeah , it's tough , but it's a different type of skill level than going through the process .
Right , and I think that's the whole point of the show is , is we want to give you the tips and tricks as you are going towards becoming a doctor , but then , once you are a doctor , or once you are whatever health care professional , the goalposts change .
Yep , and all the things that you use to get you to becoming a doctor A lot of that stuff changes actually . Right , like , becoming a doctor is one of the hardest things that you can do . Not many other people can do this .
Right .
Right . It requires a certain level of dedication , reading , comprehension , perseverance .
Right .
But then once you become a doctor , particularly in today's age , you're basically a high-priced employee . You could be Right .
The key is if you choose to be if you choose to let yourself , you could be Right the key is if you choose to be , if you choose to let yourself , you could be .
And I think that I think , when you think about that topic and talk about atomic habits , I always think about this thing of like if you don't create a schedule for yourself , somebody else will . Oh yeah , if you don't create habits for yourself , somebody else will .
Like , if you aren't intentional about your career , somebody else will be intentional about your career .
Yeah , you know and maybe not even your career that someone will be intentional about , because they're not being intentional about your career , they just being intentional about where you need to be and how you going to show up .
Isn't that crazy , though ? Like if you're not like cognizant of that .
They're not thinking about your career .
Like that's just like . Everything just gets reduced to that . You just become a person who fills a schedule A butt in the seat , yeah , yeah . Well for me . I was in my , you know , late 30s , 40s and I was not happy with physically how I was looking .
I was not taking care of myself , living a typical trauma surgeon life which is , you know , 24 hours on here , 24 hours on there , 24 hour shifts here , eating hotel foods , if I was doing locums when I was doing locums and then , once I switched completely to locums , I'm in extended stay .
Hotels don't have time to make meals and , you know , cholesterol is going through the roof , almost pre-diabetic , and you know , I just knew that there needed to be a change , I just didn't know how to make that change .
What is almost pre-diabetic Is that like pre-pre-diabetic Did I ?
say almost pre-diabetic . I think I was pre-diabetic , then you got me there . You be listening yo for real , I do be listening , because if you almost pre-diabetic , that means you ain't near diabetes . I think technically on my hemoglobin .
A1C , I was pre-diabetic . I think I be listening .
Yeah , you be listening , I be listening . Anyway , damn this girl the audience , yo For real for'd be listening , I'd be listening . Anyway , damn this girl Yo the audience . Yo For real , for real yo . But yeah , I was struggling
¶ Achieving Physical and Mental Health
, for real . I was struggling , I think , from a mental health standpoint also , like there's this you know I'm hard on myself , you know we tend to , we just type A individuals , we tend to be really hard on ourselves .
Well , the reason why you can't physically get your life together is because you don't want it hard enough , which is tough right , because work is hard already .
Right , that's what we tell ourselves . Yeah , you must not want it hard enough , and it's like you know . There could be other reasons besides . You just don't want it badly enough that could interfere with you being successful at something .
Yeah , so I , I agree , then I think this book . I read this book um way before the year started yeah , I think 2022 no , no , I read this book 2021 , I think , no , no , you might be right . We're going into 2024 .
We're in 2024 .
So I read this book in 2022 , before the actual beginning of the year . So this wasn't like a New Year's resolution type of book . It was just a book that I wanted to read and from whenever I finished reading it , I knew exactly how I was going to do it and I'll just leave it to you , like this I'll give you . Let's just jump right into the results .
Like I've been working out at least on average five to six days a week for the past , two years now . You know , I've lost weight , I lift more , I have less back pain . Mentally I'm in a better place because I feel like I'm more in tune with my body . I feel like actually exercise is like therapy for me , right ?
Because that is the time when I'm working out . I'm not thinking about anything related to work , I'm not thinking about anything else that's stressing me , it's just me really focusing on something that I'm really concerned about , which is my body . Stuff is no joke , but for me this is therapy because you know , the job is so stressful .
It's very easy to , you know , lose track of taking care of yourself because you're so busy putting all your effort into taking care of other people and , as a result , you get a lot of neglect .
That stress adds up , that cortisol level adds up , depression kicks in , possibly , and you develop like a mentality of like it don't matter , just get it done , take care of the patients . Next thing , you know , you end up with a lot of issues .
I think for me , I just don't want to have those issues and the fact that I , for 45 minutes or however long can be , can focus on that , like I feel good about myself afterwards , and to me that's been the biggest achievement and look , you can go back to that previous episode to listen to the specifics of Atomic Habits .
But let me look at my notes real quick . I'm going to give you five quick tips , or sorry , five quick main points of this book , which is number one , the power of tiny habits . Number two , the four laws of behavior change . Three , habit stacking and environment change . Four , the importance of identity .
Six , or sorry , five , five what did I say I mean listen alfred , give me some shit . Five , five , continuous improvement and feedback , and one , two , three , five . Those are all the five main points of the main points of the book .
I'm not going to get into specifics and bore you guys , but if you read the book , if you go back and listen to the review , we talk about that and in some form or fashion I've gotten all of these points . I've had to reread this book at least two to three times .
I listened to it on audio book , I've read it and I just I feel like I'm at a point now where you know it started off like painful , like I started off doing T25 , something that if I did T25 when I was in , you know , in college training , or even if I was in the beginnings of residency , I'd be like this is nothing .
But after so many years of just working and not taking care of myself , t25 was kicking my ass , renee , kicking my ass sometimes , being a fitness professional , I'm like why do I do the things that I do ?
because I want to look good . Here we go , there , you go , grab a shaunti right here . How you feeling I want to leave .
Yo , but I stuck to it , yo . I stuck to it , yo . And you know , alfred , if you can throw in some B-roll here and there , I stuck to it , you know . And one of the things that the book teaches you to do first is , you know , really focus on who you want to be right .
That's the whole notion of identity change and that whole notion of okay , well , listen , I just want to be an athlete . So if I want to be an athlete mentally , then that means I got to start doing things that athletes do . So I got to get some athletic clothes right . I've got to , you know , be a little bit healthier with how I eat .
I got to drink more water . And then I got to exercise , and for me I just said well , listen , I think exercising five to six days a week is OK for me . And exercise was anything . That's how it started off . It was like I don't care what it is , don't have to be lifting , whatever it is .
Ten squats .
Ten squats . I was always going to continue that . So for be lifting , whatever it is , 10 squats , 10 squats . I was always going to continue that . So for me , I said , look , I'll do t25 . It's a six-week program , it's dope y'all 25 minutes for six days a week and it's basically dedicate 25 minutes to just working out , getting your heart rate up .
It's high intensity training . I love it . I'll put the link in the show notes , and if I couldn't do it , then it would just I would have to do some type of physical activity . 10 squats , 10 squats , she right , right , yeah , I've seen you do it .
And then the next thing is is I needed to be able to create an environment that was really like embracing of this , and that was either , you know , making sure that in my hotel room there's enough space to exercise , or even , after call , making sure , as soon as I walked through that hotel door into my room , my shorts are there , my sneakers are there , my
socks are there . The you know , everything that I need to work out is there are there the you know , everything that I need to work out is there , so I just I just made it , as you know , warm and inviting as possible .
And then the other thing that the book also teaches you is you need to be able to track your results , you need to be able to have accountability and you need to be able to prove to yourself that you can do the work . So , for me , something as simple as just having a calendar and having the workouts on the calendar Monday , you're going to do this workout .
Tuesday , you're going to do that workout . Thursday of next week , you're going to do this workout when I'm done , just X-ing it off and making sure that every time the calendar is there , there's a marker there and I just X it off . Boom , boom , boom . And then , over time , those X's add up right , boom . And then over time those x's add up right .
And when you get to a point where it's really tough like you either are sick or maybe you had a rough day and you get in home late or you just don't feel like working out I could always look at that calendar and say , hey , do I really want to break the chain this time ? And I'm like hell , no , I all that work .
Or if I do break the chain , the key thing is don't break the chain two days in a row , because once you break the chain two days in a row , then that is a new habit . There you go , you got it and that's how Nii did it , you know . So throughout this whole discussion I hope you guys saw a little bit of some of the B-roll that we showed .
I'll show you some of the B-roll of me , of some of the calendars that I've used . But for two years I've just been kind of using calendars and just kind of X-ing off and gotten to a point where I just don't want to disappoint myself by doing it .
Yeah .
You did a good job .
That's what's working for me , you did a good job .
Thank you .
Why are you looking at me like that ? Tell me you love me . You all right .
You just can't even say I'm looking sexy .
I said you bringing sexy back . That's what that means . Hello , is that not what that means ? Yep , go ahead , be going , do that thing . Go ahead , be going .
So I know I'm sexy , I'm looking good , I'm looking good . So , dr Renee , what is it that you're working on ? Do you have a New Year's resolution ?
I think it's to well . This is my resolution last year and I was very much like those people who did not fulfill their New Year's resolution .
What was your New Year's resolution ?
Last year it was to be more organized . Boy , do I need to be more organized ? It's funny , because I'm organized about some things and then other things I'm very loose on . But the things that I'm very loose on are now starting to pile up , you know , and interfere with just my productivity .
And the other day , someone said something to me that I thought was very interesting and described me in a way that I was like oh man , like that , what you just said like describes me . And what she said was she was talking about herself , but she was like she finds herself to be , to be practicing productive procrastination .
Describe that . What is that ? What is ?
so productive procrastination is . Productive procrastination is when you are procrastinating by doing other things that make you feel like you're productive . You might need to , you know , clean up the house , clean a certain room in the house , whatever , Right .
And instead of doing that , what you do is you might go on your computer and work on something that you know . Let's say , oh yeah , I got to do this . You know , I got to do a post for you know , for something , Right , you have to . You have to post something on Instagram , Maybe .
Maybe you do have an online business , but you got , you want to post something on Instagram . So what you do is you take a long time to do this post because it's got to be perfect , and you do iterations of this thing when you know you got that damn work to do .
You ain't gonna to do it Right .
You know in the back of your mind that , literally , this post could have been done in five minutes , but you spend so much time on this post instead of cleaning up that room that you know needs to be cleaned . So you feel productive because at the end you actually put the post out .
So
¶ Productive Procrastination and Getting Organized
my story is opposite actually . So I let's say I need to do the podcast or I need to work on the podcast .
Yeah , I hate like clutter , so I'll actually clean the room instead of working on the thing that productive right , because it's for me like cleaning the room doesn't require thought , right , so it's very easy , it's work , but it doesn't require thought . So I'm just like , oh yeah , I gotta move this here , move that there , move this there , move that there .
Oh , three hours later I guess I'm gonna go to bed and I didn't do what I needed to do for the podcast but you feel good , because clutter is gone . Exactly the clutter is gone , but the clutter of a what is accumulating on a to-do list is building up .
So I got I got you there , so you're trying to get more organized . Yeah , I'm trying to get more organized and stop this productive procrastination that I do , and you know , there are certain systems that I think I do need to set up in order for that to happen .
You know , I think I don't have , I don't , I don't think I have enough spaces , so what that means is , like you know how everything should have a space , right .
Like everything in its place . This is a safe space . No , not like that .
No , but everything in its place . But if you don't have the place , then all the things kind of just accumulate and they just go to whatever space you do have , which might not be the appropriate space , but it's a space , yeah .
I got you .
You see what I'm saying . So , yeah , I think I need to be more thoughtful about how I set up the room , basically set up the system , set up the room in order to be more organized , so that things have its . You know , everything has its appropriate space .
So when should we check in on you and make sure that you're doing your work ?
Check on me in March .
But that affects all of us though right . Because that affects I can tell by your organization . Your organization determines how quickly the kids or what time the kids go to bed what time you're cooking ? What time ? Just in general , all of that stuff is happening and stuff . And I could tell the more , the more blustered you are or the more overwhelmed you are .
The kids be going to bed , like at one in the morning .
OK , you know what ? That is a damn lie . My kids are usually in bed by 8.30 , the latest Usually .
What happened today ?
What do you mean ? What happened today ? You were home today . The kids were in bed by what ? 8.45? .
You're getting more , they're getting later .
But I said usually , what does that mean ? So usually so if six days a week the kids are in bed between 8 and 8.30 , the one day On New Year's Day . Oh , please , that's New Year's Day me Come on what time do they go to ? Bed . That's New Year's Day . That's New Year's Day , the day on New Year's Eve .
On New Year's Eve , what time do they go to bed ?
OK , you know what Shut this podcast down .
All right , so we're checking with you on March right March . We're checking with her on March to see if she's working on her resolution or building a system .
But so when you're doing , this is this I know you talked about spaces and solutions and all that stuff Like what are you going to go as far down as like identity change , because that's what the book says is the most lasting type of change is ? I am an organizer , I am the Haitian version of Marie Kondo . Like , shouldn't you be doing it ?
Marie Kondo , is that how it is ?
Oh , marie , okay , Marie Kondo .
That's the Haitian Marie .
Kondo , marie Kondo . So are you going to do an identity ?
I'm .
Marie Kondo Okay , so she's going for an identity change ? Okay , okay , let's do it , let's do it . So my New Year's resolution for this year that I'm working on is as people don't know but in 2025 , I want to take a sabbatical . So I want to make sure that we're saving up enough for the sabbatical .
So , just making the financial budgeting things that we need to do on a monthly basis to make sure that the money is going into an account that is going to be saved and not touched , so that when 2025 comes and we're doing a sabbatical , there's no stress .
So 2024 , your New Year's resolution is to be a lazy bum who doesn't work . For wait which year ? For 2024 . It's to work up to the point where you can be a lazy bum who doesn't work .
No , 2025 is when that's going to occur .
That's when you become the lazy bum . Yes , okay , gotcha .
Moving on , moving on , moving
¶ New Year's Resolution and Family Focus
on . What's the next question ? The next question I have for you is what's the New Year's resolution that you gave up on that you regret the most ? Exercise Really yeah .
Have you tried this in the past or yeah , I mean , I think that's always part of you know , I think that's always in the back of my mind . Something that I want to do is exercise more , and not not necessarily , like you know , hardcore exercise , but like literally kind of , like you said , just any sort of consistent movement .
You know what I mean , consistent movement . So , whether it be , you know , four days a week , six days a week , whatever it is , but that's probably the one because you know when . So , for me , you know , that's kind of why I picked up exercising again and I didn't want to do it as my New Year's resolution .
I wanted to start to like what I started , I think , in November . I didn't want it to be my New Year's resolution because I felt like I would be more likely to be like , you know , just holding off , holding off . But you know , the last time I exercised this consistently was like 10 years ago . Yeah , it was like 10 years ago .
Wait this right here , yeah the last time I , right now you've been working out for how long now two months but we did t25 together yeah , we did t20 .
We did do t25 , but that was a 10-week stint . The last time I was consistent in just making sure and I remember I did T25 because you were like , oh , just come on , just do it with me . I didn't really do T25 because I wanted to do it . I did T25 because you asked me to do it and I was like , all right , fine , but do you want to work out ?
Yes , I do want to work out . Now I do . Yes , now , I actually want to do it .
I see the difference now .
So now this is something that you actually want to do right , like I want to do it , I want to be consistent with it , you know , and you know I can't say , oh , I didn't want to exercise , like I don't want to say that , but I don't . I also wasn't like convicted , like you know , because , remember , you asked me on the show the last time .
You were like , well , you know , what are you going to change , what system or what identity are you going to have ? And we went back and forth on that episode as to what my identity was going to be and I was just like , lo and behold , she failed Exactly .
But you know , but that's important , right , because part of that was that it wasn't intrinsically from me . This was something that was like , yes , I'll do it because you're asking me to do it .
You know what I mean , whereas this time it's not , and I didn't want to couple it with the New Year's resolution , because I did feel like if I coupled it with the New Year's resolution , I was going to fail less likely to succeed the organizing .
I feel like I could do that as a New Year's resolution , because what I see as the resolution is setting up the systems and that's not necessarily something that should take an entire year to do , but that's very important though to set up the systems , because in the book , the book says that we , according to you know , clear it's , we don't rise to our goals .
So whenever you make a goal , it's like this aspirational type thing , like we don't really rise to our goals in the setting of stress we actually fall down to , like the systems that we have .
Right .
Right . So it's like , like you said , like if you can create a system that is , for the most part , foolproof and that is going to direct you towards a positive habit , even on your worst days , the shittiest days , you always going to fall back down on that system .
That's the worst that could happen , which is exactly what you want to happen what you want to happen Right . I like that Okay .
So , so , yeah , so that's what I want to do . I want to be very intentional about having a period of time when I'm working on the systems and then you know if the playroom , for example , gets really crazy and messy .
That's fine , because now I have a system to fall back on this goes here , this goes there , this goes there , this goes there . Boom 're going to worry about focus on for the entire year . We were really good at doing this on a yearly basis when we were paying off debt .
Once we paid off debt , we kind of went into like autopilot mode and we had kids and all these different things . So we are picking that back up . So for 2024 , you want to let them know what the family theme is .
I forgot no , I didn't . It's she forgot no .
I didn't . She thinks she's buying herself time right now . No , I didn't , let me continue . Let's keep stalling so you can it's family focus yes , okay , you had me going for a second . I thought maybe you was BSing for a second . No , no , no . Family focus yes , okay , you had me going for a second .
I thought maybe you was BSing for a second , no no , no , no , Family focus .
So we want to be able to focus more and be more intentional on things that we're doing as a family , for the kids , for us as a couple . So we just you know , it's easy to go on autopilot .
Yeah , we've been on autopilot .
Yes , we've been on autopilot for a while , so you know just again . But I think that that also falls in line with kind of me being organized as well and figuring out in our schedules like all right , what are the things that we are going to do . So does that mean that we have some family fun activity ? You know , every week .
You know a couple of hours a week , you know .
So something like a game night or something like that yeah , like a game night or something right . And then we got to have like a date , something Right , where we are enjoying each other's time , just me and you .
We're not talking about the finances , we're not talking about the finances , we're not talking about podcasting , we're not talking about any issues , we are just enjoying each other . So that could be a movie , that could be a bootleg Bootleg . You know how it is . I still go to Newark downtown .
You know what I'm saying Get out of here , get my stuff , you know what I'm saying of Newark downtown . You know what I'm saying . Get my stuff and and play it on what your DVD player was to check it out . Shout out to the check it out , man , I'm saying check it out , right .
But whatever it is we focusing on , for me , basically the best , the best way I could , just I could describe it as addition by subtraction , right like Instagram is off the phones now .
Um yeah just really focusing on us yeah and go from there yeah but it's got to be attentional , intentional yeah , it can't be you going . You want a factor too . You want a factor meal too yeah , yeah , it can't be that that's your date night from for the last . I don't know how many weeks you want to eat a factor with me .
Sure , I'm thinking about you , you are . So , yeah , I'm going to hold us to that Also . We will give you guys an update on that . But yeah , you know , that is . That is basically why we're focusing on 2024 , is because , you know , I think , financially we kind of all , we , we , I think the behaviors have been ingrained in now .
Yeah .
We don't overspend too much . Actually , we don't really overspend , but we're not monitoring like we were before .
Right , right .
And we kind of fell off our savings goals and we need to get right back into it .
Right , right .
Just so that you know I can go and be lazy in 2025 . It's not going to happen . Nowall , I'm not gonna get lazy in 2025 , but I still want to take my sabbatical in 2025 .
Yeah , so that's what we're doing and we will keep you guys updated , as that book just fell , as you can hear on the podcast or see on the audio version and the video version what I said I said video , didn't I ?
no , you said as you can see on the audio version . I'll . You said as you can see on the audio version , alpha replay that for everybody , or see on the audio version . I be listening .
I said as on the audio version and then on the video version .
Let's see who's right , Alfred .
Represent me . Right , alfred ? All right , y'all , we will be right back . All right , alright y'all , we will be right back . Alright , y'all , we are back . Check out Dr Renee's cheap ass 2024 glasses me cheap what's ? The prescription on them . Bad boys 2024 . That's all in your sight .
I got 2024 vision below .
go ahead and let us know what you think about Dr Renee's cheap glasses .
I got 2024 vision .
So listen , guys , we're going to have a real bit of fun on this next segment . Alfred , go ahead and cue this up .
I'm Haitian , of course I drive a Toyota . I'm Haitian , of course . I've been dropped off to school with this car . I'm Haitian , of course I drive a Toyota . I'm Haitian , of course . I've been dropped off to school with this car . I'm Haitian , of course . My mom's a CNA . I'm Haitian , of course . Our garage is a storage room for the free .
I'm Haitian , of course . I can't go because my mom had a dream . I'm Haitian , of course we have a jaden . I'm Haitian , of course we have spaghetti for breakfast .
I'm .
Haitian . Of course the function starts four hours late . I'm Haitian . Of course I won't date a Haitian man Oof .
I really like these videos . You really like these videos and these videos are , of course , I'm Haitian I these videos , you really like these videos and these videos are , of course , I'm Haitian I . So , dr Renee , yes , you've been wanting to do a video like this .
Yes , right , obviously , most of the people who are doing the video , they're walking around and doing something , but we potting , right , so why don't you go ahead and take it ?
Okay , so of course .
I'm Haitian .
Let's see All right , let's see .
Damn . She took them glasses off like watch me do this , watch me be real Haitian .
Of course I'm Haitian . Right , that's what you want me to do , yeah .
Okay , I'm .
Haitian .
Haitian right .
That's what you want me to do . Yeah , okay , I'm Haitian , of course . I say instead of potato chips , you didn't like that one ?
Yeah , you didn't like that one . Well , that's where you're going to stop , though . Actually , I'll let you get one more . Go ahead One more , do one more .
There's a lot ? Okay , do one more . Okay , I'm haitian . Of course , I throw water after you when I don't want you to come back to my house . That's what we do .
You don't like that one no , okay , you gotta do something like we see you do , like when . When has someone thrown water after someone ?
doesn't , they don't like them and they don't want them to come back to the house .
That doesn't happen , though , okay , fine , okay , move on , okay fine .
Okay , I'm Haitian . Of course , I'm going to put some urine masquerade on your chest when you have a fever , instead of taking you to the doctor with a 105 fever .
That's good , because you actually did do that to me . Yes , and it worked right , all right , it did work . So , for all you haitians out there , if you see this and you agree with what she's saying is you know , make sure you know , represent her right , make sure she representing y'all , right , you know I'm saying so , I'll do one .
I think mine , well , mine , is very self-explanatory . I'm gone yen of , was it ? So is it ? I'm Ganyan , of course I . I'm Ganyan . Of course I take a shower with this net exfoliating sponge right here . If you are watching on YouTube , you know exactly what I'm talking about . If you see this in a Ganyan's shower , you know he's real .
This is what I use and I've been using this since I was what ? Two years old . But y'all know what I mean . I know what you mean . Boom , did I win that one ? You won that one , I won that one . There you go , boom , yeah .
So , for those who are listening on the podcast experience , the audio version , you need to be checking out the video version , because I just dropped . I had a mic drop right there . Yeah , a mic drop right there .
We gotta do something for the takeouts .
Alfred , do you even know what that is , what this is ? Do you know what this is ? Because I think this is more of like outside of the United States people . You know ? Well , somebody is selling this now on Instagram Instagram yeah , I saw that they sound they sound it for like they make a mad money .
Make it bank because you know how much I got that for in Ghana .
I don't even want to tell you the folks in probably the equivalent of like five cents , folks in Ghana . We need to get y'all to raise the prices up , you know , but it's crazy it's crazy but listen y'all . That's the end of this episode . Let's just get on out for this right , because this is also 2024 .
We're looking at stats and y'all don't be making it all the way to the end of our episode and we don't like that . So we're trying to make our episodes shorter , but also getting it to the point , and I see what y'all saying put it in the first 30 minutes and then go from there .
So that's what we do some outtakes too , yeah , we're going to start doing some outtakes , so make sure you pay attention . And those outtakes we can't put at the end of the show because they're not watching at the end of the show . Well , maybe if we say we're going to do outtakes at the end of the show
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they'll get to the end of the show , maybe that 2024 for the Darkos , and we also hope that it's going to be a great 2020 for 24 .
2024 .
For y'all also . Yo , listen yo before I mess this up anymore . Yo , I am Dr Knee . I'm joined by Dr Renee , who's not as drunk as Dr Knee still is for the new year and this is Docs Outside the Box yo . A fusion of money , medicine and pop culture . We're going to catch you guys on the next episode , y'all .
Peace . Happy New Year , Peace , peace peace , peace , peace , peace , peace .
I need to get something to do this next segment . I'll be right back , okay .
So just keep it recording . Can you get my glasses please ? Yeah something to do . This next segment I'll be right back . Okay , so just keep your recording maybe we should play some music no-transcript .