Watching The Hangover. Still ridiculous and funny all these years later. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1119646/

Sad. Some stray cat got into our yard this morning and killed a bird. 🥺

Gorgeous clouds today after a good lot of rain during the past couple days. 🧡

#71 Of 365 Forward Steps Notes Wisdom On The Web I really loved this short story about motivation and adversity, from Alan Cohen. I asked Alan if I could publish it to my Forward Steps site and share it with you. If adversity does not put you off, it will strengthen you. If you need no recognition from the world, yet simply take deep reward from your adventure, it is worthy indeed. Les Brown said, “Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it”. Wayne Dyer echoed, “Motivation is when you take hold of an idea. Inspiration is when an idea takes hold of you”. If you want something enough, you will find a way to do it. (Link is below)

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Remember! It's Your Baby

It speaks to you in your quiet moments and stirs you when you think about it https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/remember-its-your-baby/

Life Power Tip Consciously seek out people or places that inspire you. Motivation and inspiration need to be managed just like any other emotion in life. You do have a choice about feeling motivated and inspired. Recall all the times that you were excited to be alive and reflect on the events that produced this feeling. Could you re-create these types of environments for yourself? Action Figure out what you need to do, to keep a holiday spirit. Challenge Define yourself by what is in your head and heart, rather than your bank account. Quote Every evening, write down the six most important things that you must do the next day. Then while you sleep your subconscious will work on the best ways for you to accomplish them. Your next day will go much more smoothly. -Tom Hopkins Clearing Clean that mess in the cupboard under the sink in your kitchen! Question Do you work with the Laws of Attraction or do you still work on changing external things to alter your ‘world’? Affirmation I choose to have energy. Uplifting Extra Self awareness is one of the most important things any of us can develop. Being and remaining self aware helps you to not only live your life peacefully and have a fairly smoother time as you go about your day, it also enhances your overall experience of life. In this busy world, where we are almost always involved in hectic activities, lacking self awareness can cause quite some damage in our lives, as well as other people’s lives. In this brief guide, take a deeper look at self awareness and how you can build and maintain it in the long term, to increase your opportunities for peace and happiness. It’s a guest post contributed by David Oscar, who is a huge meditation and mindfulness enthusiast. (Link is below)

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Expanding And Maintaining Self Awareness

In this brief guide, take a deeper look at your own self awareness https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/self-awareness/

Enjoy today’s video too! To see all Forward Steps Notes to date, just search my posts using "Of 365 Forward Steps Notes”. I had already sent these one a day for 12 months though to 9 May 2026. Then started anew on 10 May 2026.

GM

GN Nostriches 🌙✨ Well, we won, although it could have been a bigger lead and better game. 🧐

Lovely sky at around 5:45pm this evening. It's now 7:30pm and we're watching my Lions 🦁 playing West Coast Eagles. Just watched the Fremantle match against Port Adelaide too. 🧡

#70 Of 365 Forward Steps Notes Wisdom On The Web Listen to Edward James’ free book The Secret Of Becoming Rich. I used to have a download for the book, however it is no longer available, so I hope you do like to listen. Edward was a consultant for online/offline companies and helped the everyday man and woman become more wealthy and successful. (Link is below)

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The Secret Of Becoming Rich Free eBook

Get The Secret Of Becoming Rich free ebook and listen to all 27 chapters in the audio https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/secret-of-becoming-rich/

Life Power Tip Confronting our fears is the definition of courage. How fearful you are is determined by what you pay attention to. What do you pay much attention to and what could you do to shift the types of things to which you pay attention to reduce the level of fear that you experience? Action Feel good about yourself just the way you are. Challenge Decrease the speed at which you walk everywhere. Quote Every day and in every way, I am getting better, and better. -Émile Coué Clearing Clean out your washing machine, including filters. Question Do you stop to ‘listen’ to your feelings? Affirmation I choose to feel increasingly alive. Uplifting Extra This version of Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu was translated by J. Legge. James was a Scottish sinologist, missionary, scholar and prolific translator of classical Chinese texts into English. Tao Te Ching has served as a foundation of philosophy & wisdom. Older than 2,000 years, Tao Te Ching is a classic of spiritual reading. Collect the free ebook download, see the video and listen to the audios. (Link is below)

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Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu

The Tao Te Ching has served as a foundation of philosophy and wisdom https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/tao-te-ching-lao-tzu/

Enjoy today’s video too! To see all Forward Steps Notes to date, just search my posts using "Of 365 Forward Steps Notes”. I had already sent these one a day for 12 months though to 9 May 2026. Then started anew on 10 May 2026.

GM

GN Nostriches

Listening to @Joe Nakamoto Chapters: 0:00 The questions no one in Bitcoin wants to ask 01:15 The Oslo Freedom Forum: dismantling dictatorship 02:03 Q1: Would a real Bitcoin country spy on everyone? 03:34 "Stay quiet, or you are next" — Claudia Ortiz 04:00 A censorship law with a privacy label 04:52 Q2: Chivo, your face, and your money 05:47 Mike Peterson: "Privacy is a right" 06:11 The biometric honeypot leaks 07:22 Q3: Who was Bitcoin Country actually built for? 09:20 Punching up, not down 10:10 Q4: Why is Bitcoin Country so cosy with strongmen? 10:54 "F*** the media" — Stacy Herbert 12:22 Q5: But Joe, what about Europe? 13:25 Protect your privacy (sponsor) 13:43 Q6: Why keep a nation under emergency rule? 15:12 "I'm neutral" — the man who lost three months 16:35 So, is Bukele a dictator? 17:42 Why journalism matters 18:30 Outro

#69 Of 365 Forward Steps Notes Wisdom On The Web If you’ve ever caught yourself searching for lasting fulfillment outside yourself; suddenly found yourself mentally spinning ideas such as: “If I could only find the right partner, then I’d be happy…” “If I could only earn X amount of dollars, then I’d feel at peaceful and secure…” “If I could only lose that extra weight, then I’d feel beautiful…” Then, you’ve experienced what renowned spiritual teacher Gangaji calls the idealization trap. Click here to enjoy one of my favorite short videos from one of her many talks. I know it’ll make a difference to you, right now, today! I’ve mainly posted this link here for simply introducing you to Gangaji because I’ve enjoyed so many of her sessions in Youtube on a lazy Saturday afternoon. You might too. Start with the one I added here for you. (Link is below)

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Want Lasting Fulfillment For Your Life?

It's possible to break free from the idealizations distracting you @forwardsteps https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/lasting-fulfillment/

Life Power Tip Conditions are never just right. Even after you die, there will still be “stuff” in your “in-tray”! You may as well begin now, moving toward what you really want. If you are not yet sure of what you really want for your life, then you could begin ‘practicing’, finding the answer to that question. ‘Regret Minimization’ is the name of the game if you have no major goals in mind at this moment. Action Exaggerate your ‘complaints’ to such an extent that you end up laughing. Challenge Decide to really love and appreciate your job for a day, or longer. Quote Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer injury to our self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their self-importance, learn so easily; and why older people, especially if vain or arrogant, cannot learn at all. -Thomas Szasz Clearing Clean out your handbag, gym bag, and/or workbag. Question Do you set yourself tasks or do you live by a created vision? Affirmation I choose to feel that my life is a wonderful gift. Uplifting Extra Everybody’s Free to Wear Sunscreen By Mary Schmich – Wear Sunscreen or the Sunscreen Speech are the common names of an essay actually called Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young written by Mary Schmich and published in the Chicago Tribune as a column in 1997. (Link is below)

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Everybody's free to feel good

Advice, like youth, is probably just wasted on the young :) @forwardsteps https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/everybodys-free/

Enjoy today’s video too! To see all Forward Steps Notes to date, just search my posts using "Of 365 Forward Steps Notes”. I had already sent these one a day for 12 months though to 9 May 2026. Then started anew on 10 May 2026. Again, Nostr didn’t want to upload image, so here’s its URL instead (which also doesn’t seem to show up). :(

GM Primal/Nostr didn't want to upload an image today. Maybe tomorrow morning. :(

GN Nostriches ✨🌙 "If you only do what you can do, you will never be more than who you are." -Master Shifu

Tonight we're watching the Learning To Drive movie. Ben Kingsley is such a good actor. 🧡👍 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3062976/

Here’s the original YT video that’s introduced by @Matthew Kratter also at YouTube, as seen in my earlier post today:

Wow! This touched my heart. Thank goodness for people like this. Thank you for posting this @Matthew Kratter

#68 Of 365 Forward Steps Notes Wisdom On The Web Guy understands there’s never been a more critical need for all of us to hear and be healed by truth in a world that is tearing itself apart with anger, grief and violence. Some months back Guy decided to do something completely new to help spread the seeds of wisdom. He has been presenting two live classes each week online and he has been offering them for free. Each class includes a talk by Guy followed by a lively question and answer session with those who have joined the webinar. When you register you will get immediate access to Guy’s complete archive of all replays. If you can’t make it to any live class, you can simply watch the replay when you have time. Guy has decided to make these online classes permanent, just as they are and free to all. (Link is below) https://www.selfimprovementgift.com/forwardsteps/free-classes/ Life Power Tip Compete with yourself, rather than competing with other people. Comparing is a trap. It can so easily be used as an opportunity to beat yourself up because you are “not as good as” someone else. When you experience victories over yourself and your fears or your procrastination then you will feel much more energised to continue taking action on your goals. It will raise your self-esteem and therefore improve personal performance. Action Establish a consistent program to reduce your anxieties in life. Challenge Decide that your thoughts do not manage you, instead that you manage your thoughts. Quote Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes. In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain. The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding you back from a new life. What is it you would let go of today? -Mary Morrissey Clearing Clean the umbrella stand, if you have one. Or find a ‘like’ item to clean. Question Do you see the opportunities that are open to you, or are you focused on the closed doors? Affirmation I choose personal power. Uplifting Extra Sometimes an idea comes along that simply offers a fresh way of looking at things—not dramatic, not over-promised, just a different angle on how we move through life. The concept behind the Infinite Manifestation Code is one of those approaches. It puts forward the idea that we all have an internal “switch” of sorts, something that influences how open we are to opportunities and momentum. Many of us go through life without noticing whether that switch is working for us or against us and this method aims to help people understand and work with it more consciously. The approach is surprisingly grounded. Instead of forcing beliefs or repeating affirmations until we’re blue in the face, it uses a simple process rooted in quantum mechanics to help you step into that “infinite” realm where things tend to unfold with a lot less resistance. (Link is below)

Infinite Manifestation Code

Enjoy today’s video too! To see all Forward Steps Notes to date, just search my posts using "Of 365 Forward Steps Notes”. I had already sent these one a day for 12 months though to 9 May 2026. Then started anew on 10 May 2026.

GM

GN Nostriches ✨🌙 Fun fact about koalas: Koalas are one of the very few non-primate mammals to have individual, unique fingerprints. Under a microscope, their loops and whorls are almost identical to human fingerprints.