Spotted this on YouTube and thought more Bitcoiners might like to know about it too. Plus, if you live in this area, you might like to show this young man how to accept Bitcoin as payment. :)

#149 Of 365 Forward Steps Notes Wisdom On The Web The greatest, most abundant resource on planet Earth is also its least understood and utilized. Its unlimited supply is found virtually everywhere, anytime, and under all circumstances, even though few recognize its real value. What is this most precious collective resource? It is our relationships. (Link is below)

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Use Your Relationships to Realize Real Life

Discover that who you are is all you need to be https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/realize-real-life/ @forwardsteps

Life Power Tip Get to know yourself more each day so that your actions and choices are increasingly aligned with your ‘heart and soul’. Get to know your own personal agendas so that there is less and less chance of running your life to someone else’s. Action Make certain that your friends and family know how much they mean to you. Challenge If everything that can be done has been done then it is time to let go! Quote It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy. -Mother Theresa Clearing Get your carpets and furniture upholstery professionally cleaned. Question What are you most excited about in your life, and why? Affirmation I choose to feel that I am producing the desired results. Uplifting Extra Getting there is half the fun, the other half is the fun that we have along the journey. Take a breather and remember to lighten up, making time for laughing at ourselves. I think you’ll enjoy some of these 88 humorous self improvement quotes that I’ve collected there for you. We can all do with a good laugh. (Link is below)

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88 Fun Life Thoughts Are Only Half The Fun

Enjoy a free ebook with 88 fun thoughts about life https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/getting-there-is-half-the-fun/

Enjoy today’s video too! It's very old and basic, yet you might still like it. To see all Forward Steps Notes to date, just search my posts using "Of 365 Forward Steps Notes”.

GM A lovely 28C day here today.

GN Nostriches 🧡🌙💤✨ Here's a cool "freedom" quote from the movie we watched tonight. Fun fact, Mark Wahlberg used that line in two movies, 2 Guns (2013) and Play Dirty (2025).

Watching a very fun movie with my husband tonight. 🧡✨🍿🎥🎬

IMDb

Play Dirty (2025) ⭐ 5.9 | Action, Crime, Drama

2h 5m | R

Yep, connecting everything we do in our lives to a large government data base is a super idea. 🤭🤣😂🧡 Not to mention the honeypot for hackers (state or private). 🤡🤡🤡 Video description: A massive lithium-ion battery fire inside a government data center in Daejeon, South Korea crippled nearly all government services. Hundreds of battery packs went into thermal runaway, firefighters fought through the night, and the nation’s digital backbone was left offline. In this video, I break down what happened, why these UPS rooms are being retrofitted with lithium-ion, and why that’s a dangerous trend for critical infrastructure worldwide.

Listening to 🧡✨ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Intro - Australian Cryptocurrency Tax 00:46 How the ATO Tracks / Monitors Crypto Trade 01:39 New Crypto-Assets Reporting Framework Explained 02:21 How does the ATO Treat Crypto | New Treasury Laws Amendment 02:37 Is Bitcoin Money? 03:07 Is Bitcoin or Crypto Tax Free? 04:10 How Crypto Tax Works in Australia 04:37 What is a Taxable Event in Crypto 04:50 Do you only pay tax on crypto when you CASH OUT 05:07 Sold crypto for Fiat (AUD or Foreign money) 05:17 Do you owe tax on crypto if you swap crypto | Why is Converting Crypto on Coinbase a Taxable Event? 05:35 Transferred crypto between entities 05:48 Received crypto Income (employment, freelancing, trading, mining, staking, airdropping, yield farming & business or retail) 06:04 Use Crypto for Personal Use to buy goods or services $10k or more 06:14 Gift crypto to Friend, Spouse or Wife, Wikipedia, GoFundMe 06:30 Donating or Gifting Crypto to registered on ACNC or DGR charities 06:48 Lost, stolen, or unrecoverable crypto 07:01 Capital Gains Tax Cryptocurrency Australia INVESTORS ((Individuals, Sole Traders, Partnership, SMSFs & Trusts) 07:36 How to Calculate Capital Gains Tax for Investors 08:05 Crypto Tax Treatments for Non-Investors (miners, traders, airdrops, yield farming, freelancers, employees, businesses, retailers) 08:31 Avoid Double Taxation in crypto 09:00 Capital Loss Carryover Explained 09:18 How Much crypto tax you pay or What tax rates apply 10:38 When is Crypto Not a Taxable Event 11:11 Outro

What a great explanation (start at 2:30 mins. in) of how our energy system is structured and how renewables fit into the grid and how it's being integrated. Topher uses poker chips to explain. Even though it's Australia specific, this likely works in a similar way in your own country. 🧡✨ Well worth your time to watch. Description from Topher's video: Our Energy Market pay the MOST for power... not the LEAST. And it does it on purpose. And when combined with unreliable wind and solar our 'Bid Stack' system creates perverse incentives for power producers to exploit. I explain it all with the help of my poker chips in this video!

#148 Of 365 Forward Steps Notes Wisdom On The Web The 4-7-8 Breath (also known as the Relaxing Breath) is the perfect, portable stress antidote, as it puts the practitioner in a relaxed state almost immediately. Conscious breathing takes various forms. Dr. Weil believes each variety can be a useful tool for achieving a desired mental or physical state. As the Zen Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh puts it, “Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor”. (Link is below)

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4-7-8 Relaxing Breath Exercise

The 4-7-8 Breathing Exercise is utterly simple @forwardsteps https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/4-7-8-relaxing-breath-exercise/

Life Power Tip Get the right tools for the job. Once you are clear about where you want to go and you have set targets for your goals, it is time to start looking for everything you will need for getting the job done. It may include specific times for visualization, conversations with certain people, the right speed for your computer, a new web domain, a good headset etc. Begin listing the resources and set yourself up for success. Your lack of resources must never become your reasons for not moving forward. Action Make an appointment to have a massage. Challenge Identify your bottlenecks and do something to streamline them. Quote It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so much misery is produced in the world. -William Cobbett Clearing Get your calendar up to date with holidays, birthdays, or get-away days. Question What are you enjoying the most in your life? Affirmation I choose to always be focused on the result I want to produce. Uplifting Extra Life often feels heavier than it needs to be. Many of us carry habits, worries, routines and obligations that no longer serve us. These attachments can drain our energy, cloud our judgement and quietly steal opportunities. Learning to let go is not about giving up or losing control. It is about creating space for curiosity, growth and freedom. Letting go is a small act with surprisingly big results. Life feels lighter when you release the things that hold you back. Learn how to identify attachments, manage fear and grief and create practical systems to let go, reclaim energy and focus on what truly matters. Small steps can lead to profound freedom. (Link is below)

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Let Go of the Things That Hold You Back

Reclaim energy and focus on what truly matters for profound freedom https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/things-that-hold-you-back/

Enjoy today’s video too! To see all Forward Steps Notes to date, just search my posts using "Of 365 Forward Steps Notes”.

GM/GA Yep, late today. Had a few other jobs to do first. Won’t be here too much today. :)

GN Nostriches 🧡✨🌙💤