Dogs Are Smarter Than People: Writing Life, Marriage and Motivation Carrie Jones and Shaun Farrar

I cannot tell you how much fear of public shaming and disdain has held me back my entire life. I've pretty much smalled myself down because I was so nervous about random, anonymous (or not) mean things happening. And I talk about that more specifically in the podcast.



Teddy Roosevelt has this quote from a speech in Paris in 1910 just after he ran for president. There were over 2,000 people there.  “Citizenship in a Republic,” or “The Man in the Arena.”




“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
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The applause lasted more than two minutes. Multiple times.



“The first time I read this quote,” Dr. Brené  Brown wrote in the intro to her book Daring Greatly, “I thought, This is vulnerability. Everything I've learned from over a decade of research on vulnerability has taught me this exact lesson. Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it's understanding the necessity of both; it's engaging. It's being all in.”



So here goes:



Ignore the noise.



Blow off the haters.



Do your work.



Follow your passion.



Love your people.



Power through or love your way through your insecurities.



RANDOM THOUGHT LINK



We talk about feet sort of, but really facilitated meeting ice breakers. Either one? Totally sexy.



DOG TIP FOR LIFE



Sparty doesn't care if people call him a toothless weirdo. He just loves every moment. Be like Sparty.









SHOUT OUT!



The music we’ve clipped and shortened in this podcast is awesome and is made available through the Creative Commons License. 



Here’s a link to that and the artist’s website. Who is this artist and what is this song?  It’s “Summer Spliff” by Broke For Free.



WE HAVE EXTRA CONTENT ALL ABOUT LIVING HAPPY OVER HERE! It's pretty awesome.



AND we have a writing tips podcast called WRITE BETTER NOW! It's taking a bit of a hiatus, but there are a ton of tips over there.



We have a podcast, LOVING THE STRANGE, which we stream biweekly live on Carrie’s Facebook and Twitter and YouTube on Fridays. Her Facebook and Twitter handles are all carriejonesbooks or carriejonesbook. But she also has extra cool content focused on writing tips here.



Carrie is reading one of her raw poems every once in awhile on CARRIE DOES POEMS. And there you go! Whew! That's a lot!

There are so many times that we're driven to succeed, to attain goals and hit milestones and then we think--ah, life is awesome.



Or do we?



It's really about not being stagnant when you want to be a better version of yourselves. You seek out ways to become better. You look for information.



So, how do we fill that void.







DOG TIP FOR LIFE





Apparently, according to Shaun, Sparty doesn't love me, Carrie



Sparty: Don't let him play you like that, baby.



RANDOM THOUGHT LINK



https://apnews.com/hub/oddities



SHOUT OUT!



The music we’ve clipped and shortened in this podcast is awesome and is made available through the Creative Commons License. 



Here’s a link to that and the artist’s website. Who is this artist and what is this song?  It’s “Summer Spliff” by Broke For Free.



WE HAVE EXTRA CONTENT ALL ABOUT LIVING HAPPY OVER HERE! It's pretty awesome.



AND we have a writing tips podcast called WRITE BETTER NOW! It's taking a bit of a hiatus, but there are a ton of tips over there.



We have a podcast, LOVING THE STRANGE, which we stream biweekly live on Carrie’s Facebook and Twitter and YouTube on Fridays. Her Facebook and Twitter handles are all carriejonesbooks or carriejonesbook. But she also has extra cool content focused on writing tips here.



Carrie is reading one of her raw poems every once in awhile on CARRIE DOES POEMS. And there you go! Whew! That's a lot!

This week we delve into sleep and how to sleep like a boss and why you might want to, but it's your life and your choice.



DOG TIP FOR LIFE





Have your routines. Mine is eat, poop, snuggle, find dark place, sleep.



You can learn from this.



SHOUT OUT!



The music we’ve clipped and shortened in this podcast is awesome and is made available through the Creative Commons License. 



Here’s a link to that and the artist’s website. Who is this artist and what is this song?  It’s “Summer Spliff” by Broke For Free.



WE HAVE EXTRA CONTENT ALL ABOUT LIVING HAPPY OVER HERE! It's pretty awesome.



AND we have a writing tips podcast called WRITE BETTER NOW! It's taking a bit of a hiatus, but there are a ton of tips over there.



We have a podcast, LOVING THE STRANGE, which we stream biweekly live on Carrie’s Facebook and Twitter and YouTube on Fridays. Her Facebook and Twitter handles are all carriejonesbooks or carriejonesbook. But she also has extra cool content focused on writing tips here.



Carrie is reading one of her raw poems every once in awhile on CARRIE DOES POEMS. And there you go! Whew! That's a lot!



Links to Learn More



https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/sleep/why-sleep-important



https://apnews.com/article/maine-vanity-license-plates-profanities-1149eb44063bb3608574b2f017e6cc99







Connect with Dr. Matt Walker




Podcast



Twitter



Instagram



Website

This week, we venture aware from the world of self-development and into the world on the weird because we honestly just need a break.



Hopefully, you'll be along for the ride.



DOG TIP FOR LOVE





This week's advice is via Sparty who says, "You know, if you love squirrels, it's okay to love squirrels. Love who you love, man. Or, you know, just love the squirrel you're with."







LINKS TO LEARN MORE



https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/truth-is-out-there-just-not-here-two-old-farts-offer-wisdom-georgia-park/Y3SSC5IW4BCGHDADMBQWK6KSCU/



https://alwaysjudgeabookbyitscover.com/



https://theuselessweb.com/



SHOUT OUT!



The music we’ve clipped and shortened in this podcast is awesome and is made available through the Creative Commons License. 



Here’s a link to that and the artist’s website. Who is this artist and what is this song?  It’s “Summer Spliff” by Broke For Free.



WE HAVE EXTRA CONTENT ALL ABOUT LIVING HAPPY OVER HERE! It's pretty awesome.



AND we have a writing tips podcast called WRITE BETTER NOW! It's taking a bit of a hiatus, but there are a ton of tips over there.



We have a podcast, LOVING THE STRANGE, which we stream biweekly live on Carrie’s Facebook and Twitter and YouTube on Fridays. Her Facebook and Twitter handles are all carriejonesbooks or carriejonesbook. But she also has extra cool content focused on writing tips here.



Carrie is reading one of her raw poems every once in awhile on CARRIE DOES POEMS. And there you go! Whew! That's a lot!

I wrote over on LIVING HAPPY about some time management tools for planning your day, and today, Shaun and I are checking it out a little bit more.







DOG TIP FOR LIFE





Day planning needs to include walks, poops, and water. Just saying.





LINKS WE MENTION



https://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2022-07.html



https://livinghappy.substack.com/p/how-do-you-actually-manage-your-time-e5b





SHOUT OUT!



The music we’ve clipped and shortened in this podcast is awesome and is made available through the Creative Commons License. 



Here’s a link to that and the artist’s website. Who is this artist and what is this song?  It’s “Summer Spliff” by Broke For Free.



WE HAVE EXTRA CONTENT ALL ABOUT LIVING HAPPY OVER HERE! It's pretty awesome.



AND we have a writing tips podcast called WRITE BETTER NOW! It's taking a bit of a hiatus, but there are a ton of tips over there.



We have a podcast, LOVING THE STRANGE, which we stream biweekly live on Carrie’s Facebook and Twitter and YouTube on Fridays. Her Facebook and Twitter handles are all carriejonesbooks or carriejonesbook. But she also has extra cool content focused on writing tips here.



Carrie is reading one of her raw poems every once in awhile on CARRIE DOES POEMS. And there you go! Whew! That's a lot!

First off, many apologies, because Shaun was super naughty this podcast.



There's a belief that if you make 90-day goals, it super charges you.



We're going to explain that. And we're going to give it a try.



Plus, general weirdness. Come hang out for 20 minutes.



And remember when you make goals:




write those bad boys down;



make them specific and have outcomes;



make a deadline.




Good goal: Finish first draft of Weirdos of Bar Harbor by April 1.



Bad goal: write a book.



DOG TIP FOR LIFE



Go after your snacks. Be all about your goal. Do you. Don't let other people neg your goal.





LINKS WE REFERENCE



https://www.forbes.com/sites/netapp/2015/02/11/90-day-goals/?sh=5af3a5526260



https://apnews.com/article/caribbean-bahamas-b7de53a43d7ed762100527dae2596723



https://apnews.com/article/climate-and-environment-brooklyn-new-york-city-animals-f5914137cc03e5bfc1b88ca1a836c142



SHOUT OUT!



The music we’ve clipped and shortened in this podcast is awesome and is made available through the Creative Commons License. 



Here’s a link to that and the artist’s website. Who is this artist and what is this song?  It’s “Summer Spliff” by Broke For Free.



WE HAVE EXTRA CONTENT ALL ABOUT LIVING HAPPY OVER HERE! It's pretty awesome.



AND we have a writing tips podcast called WRITE BETTER NOW! It's taking a bit of a hiatus, but there are a ton of tips over there.



We have a podcast, LOVING THE STRANGE, which we stream biweekly live on Carrie’s Facebook and Twitter and YouTube on Fridays. Her Facebook and Twitter handles are all carriejonesbooks or carriejonesbook. But she also has extra cool content focused on writing tips here.



Carrie is reading one of her raw poems every once in awhile on CARRIE DOES POEMS. And there you go! Whew! That's a lot!