the Weekly Note Vol. 61


I hope you had a great week!

This was a busy week of video production and rather than ration them out over this week and next week's Note, I thought I'd share them all.

First, the replay of "you", the fourth talk in the Keep Pursuing Series.

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Next, the video for the song based on the Keep Pursuing Series talk, "aligned."

Aligned

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Finally, the video for the song based on the Keep Pursuing Series talk, "unique gifts."

Unique Gifts

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These music videos are outside my comfort zone; I think I'll feel much more comfortable and have better delivery when I stand behind the mic, have no camera, and record to maybe put out as an official song.

I'm really proud of the lyrics--they carry the message I want them to, but I'm still finding my voice, cadence, and sound as a performer. I'll keep trying--- there are nine more to record this year.

Ok, let's get to this week's Daily Notes...


📝 this week's Daily Notes

4.27.25 #846 Clear Mary

4.28.25 #847 What Fate Brings

4.29.25 #848 Who Has Shaped Who You Are Today?

4.30.25 #849 The Heart Knows

5.1.25 #850 Trust In Imagination

5.2.25 #851 What Do You Have To Lose?

5.3.25 #852 How To Get To Better Opportunities


📺 Rich Roll on Modern Wisdom

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I found this old episode of Modern Wisdom where Rich Roll was the guest. You've seen countless episodes of his podcast where he is the host, but I thought I'd share this episode to give some more insight into who Rich is and why I'm such a big fan of his and his podcast.

Speaking of podcasts, I changed the name of my podcast. Nothing else about the show is changing--I wanted to better align the show's title with the rest of my work. The show's new name is AlignedLife, and we'll still be mastering the art of living your authentic life. I'm getting ready start recording episodes and will have plenty of great conversations to share this summer.


📝 The Omens

This week's Omens:

Be Like Westside Gunn

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See you next week (or tomorrow) and keep pursuing,

JC

connect spirit, mind, body, and money w/ Justin Castelli

I'm on a mission to help more people find and live their authentic life. Check out my Daily Notes where I write a short note each day about the connection of spirit, mind, body and money on the Pursuit of your authentic life.

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“You have to say no to protect the better opportunities.” - Rich Roll Something I need to get better at. If it’s time to embrace this understanding, you felt it when you read Rich’s words. If you’re still in the phase where you need to say yes to everything, I hope you remember this so you can understand it earlier and make the mindset switch before you waste too much time and miss better opportunities. See you tomorrow and keep pursuing, JC