Breaking Barriers: How to Crush Your Workout Goals with Cerebral Palsy with David Erik

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you. Welcome to Crazy Fitness Thy Healthy Living

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Podcast, where we strive to motivate people who

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are on the autism spectrum to live healthy lifestyles.

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educating everyone about what autism is. Please

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welcome your host. host Jimmy Clare, who is a

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motivational speaker, autism advocate, author,

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and founder of crazyfitnessguide .com. Welcome

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to another episode of Crazy Fitness Guys Healthy

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Living Podcast. I have my friend David here today.

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He's going to talk about pretty much anything

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and everything. fitness related, healthy living

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related, etc. Welcome to the show, David. Thank

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you, Jimmy. I appreciate it. It's a privilege

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to be on here. I'm looking forward to hopefully

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providing some insight and expertise into fitness,

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into why I got into teaching, a little bit about

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my story, my cerebral palsy, and how I've overcome

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uh several obstacles in my life so i'm looking

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forward to hopefully enlightening everybody out

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there definitely uh so uh so how did you get

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into teaching well i got into teaching uh well

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my family it spans a generation so we're talking

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about 50 plus years starting with my great great

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grandfather and then going down to my my stepmom

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who's my mom now um I got into teaching because

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after seeing the fact that they were making such

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a wonderful impact in the classroom and children's

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lives, that one day I told myself, you know what?

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Maybe I could do that too since I can't do math

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and my body's already shot from doing this. So

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might as well go into teaching and give back.

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How long have you been teaching for? I've been

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teaching for about four years, give or take.

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What grade do you teach? I teach middle school.

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That sounds daunting, right? Middle schoolers

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are very interesting creatures because they're

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in that stage between, I want to be a full -grown

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adult, but yet I'm still a kid. And it's it's

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really weird because, you know, some of them,

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they act really cool towards you. They're chill.

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They want to do work. They want to succeed. Yet

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you have this other other side of these kids.

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It's like, man, I'm a full grown adult. I don't

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get to listen to you. I can do whatever I want.

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You know, and it's it's it keeps you on the edge

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of your toes. It's it's very but it's very rewarding

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at the end of the day. Have you ever had your

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moments where you ever feel like you're tired

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of teaching? Oh, yeah. There's days where I'm

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like, man, after going through all what I go

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through during the day, I'm like, do I really

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still want to be here? Why don't I get paid enough

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for this? Because teachers do need to get paid

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more for what they do. So I've seen some of your

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stuff on TikTok and Instagram. So you're into

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fitness. How long have you been doing something

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for fitness? Well, I've been working out for

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15 years, but I was an athlete for about 10,

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so a little bit after. quote -unquote retired

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from competition and competing that's when i

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actually got into the whole fitness and getting

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active and stuff like that because you know back

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when i used to be an athlete my word that's pretty

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much the practices i had when i was uh competing

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so i wasn't really into the whole fitness aspect

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at the beginning it wasn't until after where

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i went to my doctor And my doctor said, you know,

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you can't live this. Even though you're a three

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-sport athlete, always constantly just going

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to practices and training, you need to do more

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than that so you can avoid getting back in the

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wheelchair. If we can go back in time, I could

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not read, write, or walk. So my doctor's like,

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either you get in shape and you can still stay

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walking for the rest of your life. Or if you

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don't work out, you stay sedentary and you might

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end up in a wheelchair within a good 10, 20 years.

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So I made the choice of, hey, let's get in shape.

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Let's do something with my life so that I can

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keep on walking. And so are you a motivational

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speaker too? I am. I've been doing that for three

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years. And the reason I got into motivational

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speaking. was so that people can understand and

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I can educate them on cerebral palsy. And then

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what a person with cerebral palsy can do. As

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we discussed on your podcast, it shouldn't be

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labeled as disability. And on my end, I feel

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like being labeled as somebody with cerebral

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palsy, I feel like I'm not just a person with

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CP. I'm a human being. I'm a teacher, a motivational

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speaker. I'm an athlete. I don't let a label

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such as CP or disability define me. I let my

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actions and what I do as a career and my goals

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define who I am. So that's what I'm trying to

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get the point across is don't let labels define

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who you are. Your aspirations, your goals, your

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dreams, your career, what you do as an individual

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define who you are. And that's why I became a

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motivational speaker. And have you spoken at

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any big events? I've done the University of Central

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Florida. I've done Seminole State College. I've

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done several. I've done... high schools, middle

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schools, elementary schools. Nothing too major

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so far, but as with time, maybe it might happen.

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Melbourne, Australia. So that'll be the first

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major event that I do in front of a live audience.

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Jeez. May I ask how big? Just out of curiosity.

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I have no idea. They're still rolling out the

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details. Like I get emails, but they haven't

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told me how big it is. But I would like to ask.

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And see if they're taking more guests. Because

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I'd like for you to be in it too. Because you

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should be in there. You know? That would be nice

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if they could do that. I recently submitted an

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application to the National Autism Convention

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in June. And they said I should hear back by

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then. From them by March 30th of this month.

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Wait, why did it even say that that way? That

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doesn't make any sense. March it by this month.

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Okay. Long ass day. I feel you. I feel you. Well,

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I'm kind of curious, were those other talks that

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you did in front of people in person at those

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universities? Oh, yes, they were in person. They

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were a few months before COVID hit. So I think

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it was the... It was in 2019, but it was way

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before COVID hit. But they were small audiences.

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I wasn't speaking to anything too big. But the

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biggest audience that I've spoken to so far have

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been in middle schools because I've done the

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teaching days, which is basically I stay in a

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classroom for a day. I'm invited to multiple

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classrooms for a day. Teachers actually booked

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the guest. So they booked the guest speaker.

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So the biggest crowd I've spoken to has been

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120 students, so to say. Did you ever feel like

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you were nervous? Oh, let me tell you, when it

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comes to middle school, those kids are a hostile

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crowd. They'll let you know. They are the most

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brutally honest individuals you'll ever meet.

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They'll call you out on anything, you know? Yikes.

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But then you have those few students that'll

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come up to you and they'll be like, hey, it's

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feedback like that. Definitely. My largest audience.

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I don't know if I could say. I don't know how.

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I don't know if this would count in your book

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or not, but my largest audience was online because

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I just started back in 2019 at the end of it.

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And my largest audience in person was 15 people,

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but that was my beginning of my motivational

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career. and then motivational speaking career.

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But then my largest audience online was 750 ,000.

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How many? 750 ,000. Wow, that's incredible. I

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got invited to speak on someone's podcast, and

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they had a huge audience. And I was like, at

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first I thought he was kind of joking. Well,

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I mean, because I haven't heard anybody who's

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had 750 ,000 people yet. And he's like, yeah,

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750 ,000 people. And I was like, come again?

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That must have been a surreal moment for you.

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Yeah. I've even joked with some of my friends.

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And I was like, you think I'd be nervous doing

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my public speaking? in person in my college,

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for a college in person of 25 people, if I had

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just spoken to 750 ,000. Some of my friends have

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joked, and it's like, I was like, definitely,

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and it's like, you'd be so scared and everything.

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It's like, yeah, I don't know what to expect.

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I don't think I want to find out either. Yeah,

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I would either. It'd be very, very awkward. So

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having CP, do you ever, do you find yourself

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at a disadvantage? Oh yeah, all the time, you

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know. Physically, there's some limitations, certain

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things I can do. And then there's also, when

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it comes to disabilities, I don't normally bring

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this up a lot, but when it comes to relationships

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and dating and stuff like that, it's also very

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difficult. I'm pretty sure you and I, being that

00:19:17.130 --> 00:19:21.670
we have different conditions, we struggle with

00:19:21.670 --> 00:19:27.210
multiple things when it comes to social, physical,

00:19:27.630 --> 00:19:32.819
mental, all kinds of things. Those are the things

00:19:32.819 --> 00:19:35.000
that kind of hold me back sometimes, you know?

00:19:35.420 --> 00:19:39.319
Yeah, definitely. I noticed for myself over the

00:19:39.319 --> 00:19:42.640
years, I've gotten better at learning how to

00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:49.880
be social. And I'm more sociable now than I was

00:19:49.880 --> 00:19:54.720
when I was really younger. I can interact with

00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:58.359
my friends, but if it was a party, I'm like...

00:19:58.750 --> 00:20:00.950
I'm going to just talk to this one person at

00:20:00.950 --> 00:20:05.450
the party the whole time. And even though I knew

00:20:05.450 --> 00:20:14.349
I was the one. I feel you, man. I was like that.

00:20:14.710 --> 00:20:17.410
Like I mentioned earlier, I was one of the kids

00:20:17.410 --> 00:20:20.089
that used to sit at the table by himself or just

00:20:20.089 --> 00:20:23.309
lounge around by himself. I don't know. It's

00:20:23.309 --> 00:20:26.109
because socially I tried and nobody really paid

00:20:26.109 --> 00:20:28.769
attention. So I was like, oh. Might as well sit

00:20:28.769 --> 00:20:31.250
here and wait till somebody decides to just acknowledge

00:20:31.250 --> 00:20:34.690
me and come to talk to me. But as the years progressed,

00:20:34.930 --> 00:20:38.269
I kind of developed that social skill. And now

00:20:38.269 --> 00:20:41.589
here I am being a motivational speaker and teaching,

00:20:41.789 --> 00:20:45.569
and I can't shut up. Now it's like people are

00:20:45.569 --> 00:20:50.589
like, don't you ever stop talking or do this

00:20:50.589 --> 00:20:52.750
or do that? I'm like, no, I just enjoy being

00:20:52.750 --> 00:20:56.339
around people now. Yeah, I think. It's kind of

00:20:56.339 --> 00:21:00.579
exactly my thing too because I had my parents,

00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:05.500
my friends, my family, my extended family and

00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:07.720
cousins always joke around. I was like, do you

00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:09.420
ever know how to stop talking? And it's like,

00:21:09.559 --> 00:21:17.240
no. I was like, when I was younger, when I wasn't

00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:23.180
reaching my milestones, growing up, when I wasn't

00:21:23.180 --> 00:21:29.390
talking yet, Uh, I was, uh, I was like to think,

00:21:29.430 --> 00:21:31.569
I was like, yeah, I was giving everyone a few

00:21:31.569 --> 00:21:34.529
years of quiet. And now it's like, I'm making

00:21:34.529 --> 00:21:41.009
it up for a long, for a lost time. Yeah. It's

00:21:41.009 --> 00:21:45.809
how easily it is, you know? Yeah. Uh, plus, um,

00:21:47.450 --> 00:21:51.529
I, I can, I can also relate to you, uh, with

00:21:51.529 --> 00:21:55.640
you about the whole dating thing because, I used

00:21:55.640 --> 00:22:00.099
to be on some of those online dating sites. I

00:22:00.099 --> 00:22:03.599
mean, I know, at least I was. I'm not saying

00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:07.799
that for you, but. Yeah, I was too. And to be

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:10.720
honest with you, I actually dread dating sites.

00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:13.660
I feel like it's, I hate describing it this way,

00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:15.539
but it's kind of like a meat market, you know,

00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:20.799
because I feel like your real persona isn't really

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:27.710
shown in a dating app. Most people look for,

00:22:27.890 --> 00:22:30.490
not most people, but some people look more for

00:22:30.490 --> 00:22:33.490
the superficial, how to look physically. And

00:22:33.490 --> 00:22:36.309
if you look somewhat off, you're automatically

00:22:36.309 --> 00:22:40.150
set to the side. Like, I'm not afraid to disclose

00:22:40.150 --> 00:22:43.130
my disability. Like, I'll be like, I have spastic

00:22:43.130 --> 00:22:46.029
cerebral palsy. I'll put pictures showing it.

00:22:46.369 --> 00:22:48.690
I'm not afraid to show you who I really am. Like,

00:22:48.690 --> 00:22:50.549
I'm not going to hide that from you. I'm going

00:22:50.549 --> 00:22:58.880
to show you right up front who I am. I agree

00:22:58.880 --> 00:23:03.480
with you on that. I feel like sometimes when

00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:09.220
I put that I was slightly autistic on there,

00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:12.279
I feel like I was kind of at a disadvantage because

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:20.480
when some people message me on those platforms,

00:23:21.450 --> 00:23:24.690
And they asked me, so what do you mean by slightly?

00:23:25.049 --> 00:23:28.829
And I was like, well, I mean, I'm more high -functioning,

00:23:28.829 --> 00:23:34.069
meaning I'm more independent, but I feel like

00:23:34.069 --> 00:23:37.210
it always turns people down, off and everything.

00:23:37.809 --> 00:23:43.130
And I was like, yeah. And the autism spectrum

00:23:43.130 --> 00:23:52.019
is so broad and super long now. everything is

00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:55.720
on the spectrum uh and so much things are included

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:59.420
perhaps maybe a lot of people in society are

00:23:59.420 --> 00:24:02.660
on the spectrum uh i mean maybe a little bit

00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:05.680
of autism is in a little bit of everyone for

00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:10.539
all we know yeah i mean people could be a little

00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:13.420
bit a little bit disabled for all we know because

00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:17.220
if you're looking for somebody uh for their how

00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:20.140
to look physically or whether they have like

00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:24.440
money or financial status or any or they're in

00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:27.180
their higher status in their work in their occupation

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:30.440
and you're not looking for someone for their

00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:33.599
personality then something is obviously wrong

00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:39.019
with you as a person you know yeah it's like

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:44.579
uh and i feel like that's one of the things that

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:47.940
people uh one of the misconceptions about autism

00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:54.529
is is that For instance, I read this one book

00:24:54.529 --> 00:25:03.750
and it was about this artistic comedian. I forget

00:25:03.750 --> 00:25:09.109
the name of the book because I don't think I

00:25:09.109 --> 00:25:11.490
bought the book. I rented it from my library,

00:25:11.549 --> 00:25:14.670
I believe. But I think it was something along

00:25:14.670 --> 00:25:18.640
the title was called funny you don't look autistic

00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:24.740
and and i feel like there's a huge big kind of

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:27.900
stereotype of like well what's autism supposed

00:25:27.900 --> 00:25:32.359
to look like to you i was like not everyone has

00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:37.579
the facial features uh and that's what my autism

00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:45.190
is so unique and um that everybody has uh different

00:25:45.190 --> 00:25:48.430
traits of autism and different kinds of autism.

00:25:48.589 --> 00:25:50.890
And they all have their different strengths and

00:25:50.890 --> 00:25:55.109
weaknesses. And like my weaknesses is science

00:25:55.109 --> 00:26:00.470
and math. I mean, I got A's in them, but I mean,

00:26:00.490 --> 00:26:05.750
I can, I'm not, I can, I need extra help in math.

00:26:06.269 --> 00:26:09.670
Like I kid you not, in college when I had to

00:26:09.670 --> 00:26:17.109
take my, I had to go, It was algebra, and I went

00:26:17.109 --> 00:26:21.910
to my teacher, and I needed help from my college

00:26:21.910 --> 00:26:26.809
professor. I went to her at the end of every

00:26:26.809 --> 00:26:30.529
single class to go into her office hours. We

00:26:30.529 --> 00:26:37.509
set up times, and eventually she just asked me,

00:26:37.690 --> 00:26:39.990
even when I didn't come up to her right after

00:26:39.990 --> 00:26:42.920
class, she's like, Jimmy, we're... Are we still

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:48.819
meeting today? I'm like, yep. And I started picking

00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:51.779
up math because she was such a great teacher

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:55.680
and everything. I was like, wow. I was like,

00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:59.180
I'm not a big fan of math, but I'm starting to

00:26:59.180 --> 00:27:02.819
get the hang of this. But still, I would never

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:06.660
want to be an accountant because the only numbers

00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:09.480
I like to see up is my bank account going up.

00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:16.319
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But yeah, just my weaknesses are just science

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and math. And I'm really good for science, to

00:29:19.730 --> 00:29:24.849
be honest. Yeah, I mean, science to me wasn't

00:29:24.849 --> 00:29:30.039
really... a thing but i did i did uh my my actual

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:33.980
aspirations uh before kind of getting into reading

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:38.319
i wanted to be a hurricane hunter i love hurricanes

00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:42.119
i was just fascinated by how they formed and

00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:44.839
i've always i've always wanted this to go inside

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:47.279
of one just to see how how it is because i hear

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:51.079
it's like it's like though it's like you're going

00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:54.000
through like a like a dryer And just getting

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:58.180
slammed around everywhere. But it's going like

00:29:58.180 --> 00:30:01.440
100 miles an hour. And you're just getting pelted

00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:05.599
by rain and debris. And you're trying to figure

00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:09.059
out how fast it is. And it's thrilling. But then

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:11.700
I realize I'm horrible at math. So I might as

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:16.380
well stay away from it. Yeah, that does sound

00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:18.980
thrilling. But I don't think I would want that

00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:36.339
job. But yeah, so as someone with CP, have you

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00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:48.019
weaknesses are? My strengths would be my dedication

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Who's thirsty? Care a lot for people. I have

00:31:58.339 --> 00:32:00.920
a really big heart. Like, you know, I go out

00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:06.319
there for people. I help people a lot. I have

00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:12.920
a sense of independence and I'm really good at

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:15.720
advocating for people just vouching for them

00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:18.140
if they ever need someone to just step in and

00:32:18.140 --> 00:32:21.240
say hey you have all these great qualities about

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:24.180
yourself don't doubt yourself don't doubt who

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:29.799
you are and I'm just an all -around human being

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:33.099
like just likes to help people and I would say

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:37.920
one of my weaknesses is not practicing self -care

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:40.799
you know I'm always working 110 miles an hour

00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:45.299
and not really taking a step back and stopping

00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:47.579
for a moment and telling myself hey you need

00:32:47.579 --> 00:32:50.599
to take it easy I know you want to help everybody

00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:52.980
around you and you want to help the world but

00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:55.220
sometimes you got to take care of yourself and

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:57.740
help yourself you know think of yourself sometimes

00:32:57.740 --> 00:33:01.799
even it's not there's a there's a point where

00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:05.109
thinking of yourself can be selfish where you

00:33:05.109 --> 00:33:07.809
don't care about people. You just care about

00:33:07.809 --> 00:33:11.470
yourself and about what you want and your needs.

00:33:11.710 --> 00:33:15.430
Then there's self -care, which is like you step

00:33:15.430 --> 00:33:18.710
back and you think about yourself and what you

00:33:18.710 --> 00:33:23.329
need to do to rest and improve on yourself. So

00:33:23.329 --> 00:33:26.089
that way, when you're fully rested, you can go

00:33:26.089 --> 00:33:31.029
out there and keep tapping in the world. I totally

00:33:31.029 --> 00:33:35.900
agree. I read somewhere, Or maybe I heard it

00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:41.420
from a TV show before. I don't exactly recall.

00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:46.700
Or somewhere on social media, maybe. Someone

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:53.000
said, if you don't take care of yourself, no

00:33:53.000 --> 00:34:03.250
one's going to do it for you. And furthermore,

00:34:03.289 --> 00:34:06.930
if you don't take care of yourself, your body

00:34:06.930 --> 00:34:10.309
might put you in an early grave or in the hospital.

00:34:11.369 --> 00:34:15.570
And you probably won't like either. That's right.

00:34:16.210 --> 00:34:22.269
And I've also, this week is, I'm on spring break

00:34:22.269 --> 00:34:30.539
and from college class. some things I wanted

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:33.920
to do this week. So I've been giving myself an

00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:39.039
hour or two at the most. And I'm usually working

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:45.719
from like 8 or 9 a .m. to 5 or 6 p .m. most days

00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:50.619
during a regular week. But because I have other

00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:55.380
things going on at night, so that's how my schedule

00:34:55.380 --> 00:35:00.849
is these days. So I cut back my hours a lot because

00:35:00.849 --> 00:35:04.190
it's just my spring break and I'm going to have

00:35:04.190 --> 00:35:08.730
fun during my spring break. And I know I'm not

00:35:08.730 --> 00:35:10.730
always going to have a spring break, so I might

00:35:10.730 --> 00:35:16.070
as well take advantage of it while I can. And

00:35:16.070 --> 00:35:21.570
one of the things I've been... I had this project

00:35:21.570 --> 00:35:24.389
that I've been working on. I'm not going to say

00:35:24.389 --> 00:35:29.059
what it is because... I've only told four people,

00:35:29.179 --> 00:35:32.880
and those four people, I'm not saying anything

00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:36.000
to anyone until I tell them when it's ready.

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:42.179
But I've been working on this one project that

00:35:42.179 --> 00:35:47.579
I was thinking of doing, working on it consistently

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:52.260
this week. I have to say to you, I haven't been

00:35:52.260 --> 00:35:55.960
doing it at all this week. It's not because I

00:35:55.960 --> 00:36:00.349
don't want to. But I kind of needed a break from

00:36:00.349 --> 00:36:02.789
writing. And I mean, I still write in my journal,

00:36:02.849 --> 00:36:07.409
but I needed to just take a break from writing

00:36:07.409 --> 00:36:11.309
a little bit. And so I just did these smaller

00:36:11.309 --> 00:36:16.789
tests that didn't take as much time. And I could

00:36:16.789 --> 00:36:18.750
have just literally worked on it for like maybe

00:36:18.750 --> 00:36:21.610
10 minutes here and there, but I just like it.

00:36:21.869 --> 00:36:24.690
I'm just taking a whole week off, and I'm just

00:36:24.690 --> 00:36:26.969
going to come back next week stronger because

00:36:26.969 --> 00:36:32.329
I took the time off that I needed, and I felt

00:36:32.329 --> 00:36:37.849
like, you know, I deserve a break. Yeah, I mean,

00:36:37.949 --> 00:36:40.309
like I said, it's always important to take care

00:36:40.309 --> 00:36:43.789
of yourself, and sometimes it means putting work

00:36:43.789 --> 00:36:47.190
aside. Sometimes it means telling your friends,

00:36:47.269 --> 00:36:49.650
hey, I just want to stay home and chill, you

00:36:49.650 --> 00:36:56.320
know? This weekend, me and one of my close friends,

00:36:56.519 --> 00:37:02.860
we're going to get together and hang out. And

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:10.659
I haven't seen him in a few months because he

00:37:10.659 --> 00:37:15.019
moved a little bit further from me. I think it

00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:18.659
was around like 20 minutes. We used to live right

00:37:18.659 --> 00:37:27.980
next door to each other, so further. So we were

00:37:27.980 --> 00:37:32.599
going to get together, and just the three of

00:37:32.599 --> 00:37:36.500
us, his fiancée and me, and just to hang out

00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:41.019
because I thought, well, since I'm on spring

00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:43.099
break, I don't have any homework over spring

00:37:43.099 --> 00:37:50.739
break. Why not? What else am I doing? And I was

00:37:50.739 --> 00:37:53.659
like, I feel like that's part of self -care too,

00:37:53.800 --> 00:37:57.000
is that I want to see a friend that I haven't

00:37:57.000 --> 00:38:01.420
seen in a while. And I was like, I got to rest

00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:05.639
the other days, so might as well do something.

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:18.099
Exactly. What do you do for self -care? Well,

00:38:18.260 --> 00:38:25.000
aside from fitness, I am a video game buff. I

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:28.599
love video games. I've always dabbled in the

00:38:28.599 --> 00:38:33.719
console, but I've always considered why not get

00:38:33.719 --> 00:38:36.539
into PC and see how I fare out. But at the same

00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:39.119
time, I realized that my right hand isn't so

00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:42.739
coordinated. So to use the keyboard and the mouse,

00:38:42.780 --> 00:38:45.059
it's like... It's like almost virtually impossible.

00:38:45.900 --> 00:38:51.079
So it's like, is it really worth the time and

00:38:51.079 --> 00:38:54.519
the effort just to try to play a game on PC and

00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:56.599
then you can't play half of it because your hand

00:38:56.599 --> 00:39:03.679
is not so coordinated? I don't know if this might

00:39:03.679 --> 00:39:09.380
be an idea for you, though. You could try, if

00:39:09.380 --> 00:39:11.679
you have a touchscreen computer, you could turn

00:39:11.679 --> 00:39:16.789
it into a tablet. Oh, that's a good idea. I never

00:39:16.789 --> 00:39:19.650
thought of that. So I should try that and see

00:39:19.650 --> 00:39:24.289
if it works. I have a foldable computer that

00:39:24.289 --> 00:39:29.429
I use for pretty much everything. And it's funny

00:39:29.429 --> 00:39:36.630
that some of my... It's a gaming laptop. I mean,

00:39:36.730 --> 00:39:40.650
it hasn't steered me wrong yet. It's grown strong.

00:39:40.710 --> 00:39:44.199
I only had to replace the motherboard once I

00:39:44.199 --> 00:39:45.760
don't know how long it was sitting on the shelf

00:39:45.760 --> 00:39:51.780
before I got it. So I didn't blame the company

00:39:51.780 --> 00:39:53.820
for that because it's like, well, someone could

00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:57.840
have unloaded it from a truck or whatever and

00:39:57.840 --> 00:40:01.519
flopped it on the shelf and threw it on the shelf

00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:06.420
or whatnot and could have damaged that way. But

00:40:06.420 --> 00:40:13.059
the reason why I said that is because it's affordable.

00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:18.360
computer so i can like lay down flat and i could

00:40:18.360 --> 00:40:22.039
have a huge big tablet screen and i i've used

00:40:22.039 --> 00:40:24.320
it a few times but i haven't used it recently

00:40:24.320 --> 00:40:30.079
because um i don't know i i i don't mind i know

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:35.500
from me uh i i use them uh i don't know what

00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:40.880
it's like to have a uh cp but i use I use my

00:40:40.880 --> 00:40:46.519
keyboards and mouses and everything. But I can

00:40:46.519 --> 00:40:51.139
tell that sometimes my wrist does get tired quite

00:40:51.139 --> 00:40:54.360
a bit because I'm always, seems to be always

00:40:54.360 --> 00:40:59.039
at my computer these days because I always had

00:40:59.039 --> 00:41:03.599
to check whether or not if somebody posted something

00:41:03.599 --> 00:41:08.440
on my school's tool that they use. It's not a

00:41:08.440 --> 00:41:11.010
good tool. I'm never going to say they're competent.

00:41:11.630 --> 00:41:13.670
You don't even want to get me started on that.

00:41:15.030 --> 00:41:19.010
Yeah, I feel you, man. Like I tell people, whatever

00:41:19.010 --> 00:41:21.309
you do when it comes to games, don't ask me to

00:41:21.309 --> 00:41:23.849
play Call of Duty because I can't use my right

00:41:23.849 --> 00:41:25.429
hand, and especially when you've got to hold

00:41:25.429 --> 00:41:29.110
the triggers down to try and get the other players.

00:41:30.250 --> 00:41:35.469
To me, it's so difficult. Not only that, but

00:41:35.469 --> 00:41:37.789
it gets tiring. Your hands get tired because

00:41:37.789 --> 00:41:41.190
you're, you know. I started spasming and to be

00:41:41.190 --> 00:41:43.750
able to like use the controls and be able to

00:41:43.750 --> 00:41:46.869
dodge, be able to crouch, be able to like shoot.

00:41:47.409 --> 00:41:50.550
It's like, man, I can't, I can't do this. So

00:41:50.550 --> 00:41:52.650
whatever you guys do, don't ask me to play Call

00:41:52.650 --> 00:41:55.530
of Duty. I can do any other game, RPG, sports,

00:41:55.989 --> 00:42:00.789
you know, adventure, any other game, but Call

00:42:00.789 --> 00:42:05.239
of Duty I can do. And then I also like to spend

00:42:05.239 --> 00:42:07.679
time with friends. I love spending time with

00:42:07.679 --> 00:42:10.519
family. It's always important to reconnect. Like

00:42:10.519 --> 00:42:12.840
you said earlier, with your friend that you hadn't

00:42:12.840 --> 00:42:14.559
seen in months, it's always good to reconnect

00:42:14.559 --> 00:42:17.940
and to kind of talk things out and to see how

00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:21.820
everybody's doing. And it's a way to kind of

00:42:21.820 --> 00:42:24.320
repress everything and to kind of reset your

00:42:24.320 --> 00:42:29.679
mind and give you something fresh to look forward

00:42:29.679 --> 00:42:33.289
to. Hydro Flask is the best water bottle in my

00:42:33.289 --> 00:42:36.969
opinion because it keeps my water nice, cold,

00:42:37.130 --> 00:42:39.929
and refreshing throughout the day. And yes, I

00:42:39.929 --> 00:42:41.949
do drink a lot of water throughout the day, so

00:42:41.949 --> 00:42:46.250
even though it stays colder for longer, I still

00:42:46.250 --> 00:42:51.829
like having a reusable water bottle like Hydro

00:42:51.829 --> 00:42:56.510
Flask because it just sits on my desk and...

00:42:58.360 --> 00:43:00.559
It just sits on my desk and reminds me, hey,

00:43:00.760 --> 00:43:05.280
you got to drink water. And Hydro Flask, it keeps

00:43:05.280 --> 00:43:08.639
it cold longer, which makes me want to drink

00:43:08.639 --> 00:43:11.139
more water throughout the day because, you know,

00:43:11.239 --> 00:43:14.519
there's nothing worse than drinking warm water.

00:43:15.360 --> 00:43:20.099
Go to hydroflask .com and use the link in the

00:43:20.099 --> 00:43:23.559
show notes. And yes, I do get a small commission

00:43:23.559 --> 00:43:29.119
from Hydro Flask. which also helps support the

00:43:29.119 --> 00:43:32.380
show. So tell them I sent you. Use the link below.

00:43:32.820 --> 00:43:37.260
And yeah, check out Hydroflask .com for more

00:43:37.260 --> 00:43:50.719
information. Perhaps here's an idea for you if

00:43:50.719 --> 00:44:02.219
you have time. Have you ever thought of speaking

00:44:02.219 --> 00:44:06.300
to some companies, like gaming companies, to

00:44:06.300 --> 00:44:11.340
make a controller for CP? Oh, yeah. I reached

00:44:11.340 --> 00:44:15.019
out to my actual, I reached out to my brother

00:44:15.019 --> 00:44:18.219
because my younger brother works for Unity. So

00:44:18.219 --> 00:44:20.500
I'm actually working, I'm actually trying to

00:44:20.500 --> 00:44:22.659
see if I can work with him on creating an apps

00:44:22.659 --> 00:44:26.940
controller for PC. So we'll see. That'd be interesting

00:44:26.940 --> 00:44:32.880
if they could get one. Because I've always said

00:44:32.880 --> 00:44:39.340
to a lot of, on some of my podcast guest appearances,

00:44:39.460 --> 00:44:43.900
like when I talk about autism, it's like, kind

00:44:43.900 --> 00:44:47.280
of be nice if somebody created technology for

00:44:47.280 --> 00:44:56.760
people who have CP or autism. Because that'd

00:44:56.760 --> 00:45:03.920
be very helpful. Yeah, I would think so. I would

00:45:03.920 --> 00:45:07.539
definitely think so. It's all about, like I said

00:45:07.539 --> 00:45:10.760
earlier, we circle around advocacy. It's all

00:45:10.760 --> 00:45:16.179
about you advocating for yourself, whether it's

00:45:16.179 --> 00:45:21.619
through gaming, whether it's for a job, whether

00:45:21.619 --> 00:45:27.500
it's for someone. It's always good to try and

00:45:27.500 --> 00:45:33.099
reach out. Even if you fail, failure is not the

00:45:33.099 --> 00:45:35.559
end of the world. Failure is just a way for you

00:45:35.559 --> 00:45:38.659
to learn and to improve and just keep going.

00:45:38.840 --> 00:45:42.659
Just keep pushing towards that one goal you want

00:45:42.659 --> 00:45:47.599
to achieve. That's how I felt when I first started

00:45:47.599 --> 00:45:52.219
doing a website. It took me nine times to get

00:45:52.219 --> 00:45:58.530
one up. The other times were just kind of failed

00:45:58.530 --> 00:46:04.369
attempts at social media. I went from like...

00:46:04.369 --> 00:46:08.969
I first wanted to be a cook, so I created a Facebook

00:46:08.969 --> 00:46:12.489
page for being a cook, but then I just deleted

00:46:12.489 --> 00:46:16.570
that. It doesn't even exist anymore. Then I tried

00:46:16.570 --> 00:46:19.789
doing something for photography. That didn't

00:46:19.789 --> 00:46:23.960
work out, and I tried... I had so many different

00:46:23.960 --> 00:46:29.039
ideas. I didn't stick with any of them. And then

00:46:29.039 --> 00:46:35.280
once I found out that I could become a public

00:46:35.280 --> 00:46:39.920
speaker slash motivational speaker, and there's

00:46:39.920 --> 00:46:44.239
a degree for that in college, I was like, yes,

00:46:44.260 --> 00:46:46.940
please. I was like, I want to use my big mouth.

00:46:49.719 --> 00:46:53.199
Might as well put it to good use. It's incredible

00:46:53.199 --> 00:46:56.320
because before I started speaking four years

00:46:56.320 --> 00:47:00.460
ago, no one really talked to me other than my

00:47:00.460 --> 00:47:04.539
close circle that I was with, my tight circle.

00:47:04.900 --> 00:47:08.820
But then as soon as I started talking, I started

00:47:08.820 --> 00:47:10.960
turning heads and people started noticing who

00:47:10.960 --> 00:47:15.619
I was as a person. And it was kind of at first,

00:47:15.820 --> 00:47:18.480
it was kind of like... And they messaged me saying,

00:47:18.619 --> 00:47:20.380
oh, I listen to your podcast or listen to you

00:47:20.380 --> 00:47:22.460
speak. And it's like, it's incredible. And I'm

00:47:22.460 --> 00:47:25.500
like, you actually listen to my stuff half the

00:47:25.500 --> 00:47:28.340
time. I'm like, this sounds like complete garbage.

00:47:28.599 --> 00:47:31.619
And like the way that I speak and it's at the

00:47:31.619 --> 00:47:34.260
beginning, I thought of it that way because honestly,

00:47:34.480 --> 00:47:37.539
I thought I wasn't that good. But obviously,

00:47:37.760 --> 00:47:40.659
other people around me that listen to my stuff

00:47:40.659 --> 00:47:42.829
was like. this is awesome, man. You should keep

00:47:42.829 --> 00:47:46.050
this up. And I'm like, I don't know. But then

00:47:46.050 --> 00:47:49.250
I thought to myself, what's the risk, right?

00:47:50.030 --> 00:47:54.090
The risk is you fall flat on your face and you

00:47:54.090 --> 00:47:59.309
fail and you don't get back up or you can get

00:47:59.309 --> 00:48:01.869
back up, dust yourself off and keep going and

00:48:01.869 --> 00:48:06.130
you improve and you learn to enjoy it. And that's

00:48:06.130 --> 00:48:08.530
what I've done. I've learned to enjoy it and

00:48:08.530 --> 00:48:12.869
accept failure. accept defeat, and we just keep

00:48:12.869 --> 00:48:16.489
going. Well, you know, it's funny about that.

00:48:17.309 --> 00:48:21.289
I mean, not about failure or anything. I don't

00:48:21.289 --> 00:48:26.789
know why I said that. Forget it. But the thing

00:48:26.789 --> 00:48:34.170
is, you know, I've learned, like, before we did

00:48:34.170 --> 00:48:39.320
this podcast today, I was kind of venting to

00:48:39.320 --> 00:48:44.579
my mom on the phone. I was tired of stuff getting

00:48:44.579 --> 00:48:50.360
messed up in the house from the power company.

00:48:51.079 --> 00:48:54.559
And I kind of went down a tangent a little bit

00:48:54.559 --> 00:48:58.780
because, like I said to you at the beginning,

00:48:58.920 --> 00:49:03.219
before we started recording, I really didn't

00:49:03.219 --> 00:49:08.760
want to, I don't feel like it's fair that that

00:49:08.760 --> 00:49:14.579
we just pay all these companies money. And yeah,

00:49:14.960 --> 00:49:18.059
I get it that, okay, if it's the weather's fault,

00:49:18.239 --> 00:49:21.860
it's the weather's fault, but it's not even windy

00:49:21.860 --> 00:49:27.360
outside. It's sunny. So, and I don't know what

00:49:27.360 --> 00:49:31.199
causes power surges and whatnot, but it just

00:49:31.199 --> 00:49:34.920
kind of does, it kind of just affects my mood

00:49:34.920 --> 00:49:38.079
on certain things because, You know, I run an

00:49:38.079 --> 00:49:42.579
online business and everything is online. And

00:49:42.579 --> 00:49:45.260
lucky that they did it. That happened this week

00:49:45.260 --> 00:49:48.579
and not when I'm in school. But I'm like, come

00:49:48.579 --> 00:49:55.940
on, really, guys? I was like, I don't know. I

00:49:55.940 --> 00:50:01.119
was like, I don't know what to... It just totally...

00:50:01.280 --> 00:50:04.119
boggles my mind of how I was like, how does,

00:50:04.139 --> 00:50:06.559
how did, how did these companies get away with

00:50:06.559 --> 00:50:11.079
so much? And my point of me telling you this

00:50:11.079 --> 00:50:15.239
was that my mom's like, I was like, Jimmy, I

00:50:15.239 --> 00:50:17.579
was like, you're getting to be a noticeable public

00:50:17.579 --> 00:50:23.360
figure slash motivational speaker. And I was

00:50:23.360 --> 00:50:25.739
like, people are going to see you. And I was

00:50:25.739 --> 00:50:28.980
like, and the people might not like who you are

00:50:28.980 --> 00:50:31.099
if you're always negative. And it's like, I'm

00:50:31.099 --> 00:50:33.940
not being negative. I feel like the reason why

00:50:33.940 --> 00:50:38.460
I got over 900 Twitter followers is because I'm

00:50:38.460 --> 00:50:41.360
being real on social media. I'm showing people,

00:50:41.460 --> 00:50:46.300
it's like, yes, I have my moments of that I do

00:50:46.300 --> 00:50:50.719
get frustrated. And it's not that I'm having

00:50:50.719 --> 00:50:53.059
a hissy fit. I'm just pointing out to companies.

00:50:53.219 --> 00:50:56.980
It's like, well, look, I'm a consumer just like

00:50:56.980 --> 00:51:01.599
everyone else. I was like, how is this fair that

00:51:01.599 --> 00:51:08.400
we, the people, pay for a service that either

00:51:08.400 --> 00:51:15.719
just goes out when it feels like it or they can

00:51:15.719 --> 00:51:17.619
just bump up the price whenever they feel like

00:51:17.619 --> 00:51:20.719
it. And we just keep paying money after money

00:51:20.719 --> 00:51:24.179
after money. And it's really funny is that some

00:51:24.179 --> 00:51:28.300
of these companies that just keep... upping the

00:51:28.300 --> 00:51:31.159
price and everything, they never are upgrading

00:51:31.159 --> 00:51:36.239
their service or anything. So something like

00:51:36.239 --> 00:51:42.480
a power surge or power outages happen less. And

00:51:42.480 --> 00:51:45.260
so I was like, where does that money go besides

00:51:45.260 --> 00:51:51.699
the back pocket? Right. It's incredible the way

00:51:51.699 --> 00:51:56.440
companies run things. When in reality, you should

00:51:56.440 --> 00:52:00.179
think about, some companies are like, the customer

00:52:00.179 --> 00:52:02.599
is always first. And that makes you think, really?

00:52:03.300 --> 00:52:06.880
Do you really think that? I mean, think about

00:52:06.880 --> 00:52:08.539
what you're saying. But at the end of the day,

00:52:08.539 --> 00:52:10.199
it's all about marketing. It's all about getting

00:52:10.199 --> 00:52:14.980
people to join, luring the consumer to their

00:52:14.980 --> 00:52:17.519
particular company and their particular standards.

00:52:18.500 --> 00:52:20.840
Most people don't read the fine print. So it's

00:52:20.840 --> 00:52:23.860
like you get in there and within a few months,

00:52:23.940 --> 00:52:26.699
a few years, you find out you're like, man i

00:52:26.699 --> 00:52:28.960
got into this and now i'm in the stuck in this

00:52:28.960 --> 00:52:33.940
mess stuck in this room you know yeah and so

00:52:33.940 --> 00:52:38.420
i feel like i feel like people like yes i am

00:52:38.420 --> 00:52:42.500
a motivational speaker i try to be upbeat and

00:52:42.500 --> 00:52:45.760
positive but the but i just have sometimes i

00:52:45.760 --> 00:52:49.679
have my moments of you know what i'm tired of

00:52:49.679 --> 00:52:52.880
just being i always just feel like i'm i get

00:52:52.880 --> 00:52:57.130
kind of ripped off by These companies, I'm not

00:52:57.130 --> 00:53:01.409
going to say any names, but I just feel like

00:53:01.409 --> 00:53:04.070
I get ripped off sometimes because it's like,

00:53:04.269 --> 00:53:09.449
and I feel like people can relate to me because

00:53:09.449 --> 00:53:12.489
I kind of feel like I'm their speaking voice

00:53:12.489 --> 00:53:15.489
a little bit for them because like, hey, this

00:53:15.489 --> 00:53:18.309
guy is saying exactly what I want to say to these

00:53:18.309 --> 00:53:22.090
companies and he doesn't back down without a

00:53:22.090 --> 00:53:27.949
fight. At least I think so. I don't know that

00:53:27.949 --> 00:53:30.570
in my opinion. Just my opinion. I don't know.

00:53:36.369 --> 00:53:40.130
It's all good, though. At the end of the day,

00:53:40.190 --> 00:53:42.070
you're entitled to your opinion. You're a consumer.

00:53:43.130 --> 00:53:49.090
And you should be allowed to express how you

00:53:49.090 --> 00:53:53.309
feel that you need to express things. Yeah, and

00:53:53.309 --> 00:53:55.050
it's not like I'm saying anything bad on social

00:53:55.050 --> 00:53:59.409
media. Sometimes I even made jokes out of it

00:53:59.409 --> 00:54:04.130
eventually. I came up with one where I said,

00:54:04.369 --> 00:54:07.789
I was like, what do you get putting this company

00:54:07.789 --> 00:54:10.909
and this company and this company together? And

00:54:10.909 --> 00:54:15.489
then it was like three different companies. And

00:54:15.489 --> 00:54:18.650
I was like, you know what you get? Bad service.

00:54:20.929 --> 00:54:24.780
Very true. I can't say what those companies are.

00:54:24.920 --> 00:54:30.019
I'll tell you after this. But before we wrap

00:54:30.019 --> 00:54:33.039
up, where can people follow you and find you

00:54:33.039 --> 00:54:39.159
on the web? You can find me at David's Cerebral

00:54:39.159 --> 00:54:43.840
Palsy and Fitness channel on YouTube. You can

00:54:43.840 --> 00:54:48.800
find me at David's CP Fitness on Instagram. It's

00:54:48.800 --> 00:54:57.559
D -A -V -I -D. Not comma. I would just say it's

00:54:57.559 --> 00:55:03.579
D -A -V -I -D -S -C -P Fitness on Instagram.

00:55:03.760 --> 00:55:09.619
You can find me on Facebook under David's CP

00:55:09.619 --> 00:55:15.739
Fitness. And you can also find me on Linktree

00:55:15.739 --> 00:55:25.820
under David's CP Fitness. And I put all these

00:55:25.820 --> 00:55:33.739
in the show notes. And before I let you go, do

00:55:33.739 --> 00:55:37.420
you have any last few words before we wrap up?

00:55:39.559 --> 00:55:42.960
I guess I could say to your followers, there's

00:55:42.960 --> 00:55:47.260
a couple of things I could say is don't give

00:55:47.260 --> 00:55:55.050
up on your hopes and dreams. Don't be a follower.

00:55:55.190 --> 00:56:01.530
Be a leader. Lead by example. Show those around

00:56:01.530 --> 00:56:05.349
you that are negative towards you. Show them

00:56:05.349 --> 00:56:10.210
the positive qualities that you have. Be the

00:56:10.210 --> 00:56:17.989
bigger person. Because you'll have people out

00:56:17.989 --> 00:56:20.530
there that will always... I always judge you

00:56:20.530 --> 00:56:25.909
for how you look, who you are, what you're wearing,

00:56:26.110 --> 00:56:36.070
how you speak, your disabilities. The main thing

00:56:36.070 --> 00:56:41.230
is you have to be willing to educate those around

00:56:41.230 --> 00:56:45.670
you, be willing to speak and to advocate on behalf

00:56:45.670 --> 00:56:48.219
of those that can't. You know, that have difficulty

00:56:48.219 --> 00:56:55.599
advocating for themselves. And also, take care

00:56:55.599 --> 00:56:57.760
of yourself when you need it. You know, if you

00:56:57.760 --> 00:57:02.519
feel off one day mentally, take the time to just

00:57:02.519 --> 00:57:07.840
take care of yourself. Whether mentally, physically,

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any kind of way, take the time for yourself.

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And the one last thing is, be happy. Be happy

00:57:17.590 --> 00:57:23.429
that you're here. Be happy that you're working

00:57:23.429 --> 00:57:26.610
towards your goals. Things may get harder at

00:57:26.610 --> 00:57:30.949
first. Goals don't get done overnight. They may

00:57:30.949 --> 00:57:33.349
take months. They may take years. But you'll

00:57:33.349 --> 00:57:39.429
get to your goals. And a person like Jimmy, for

00:57:39.429 --> 00:57:43.170
example, he's overcome all these things. Now,

00:57:43.190 --> 00:57:46.800
if he can become a... successful motivational

00:57:46.800 --> 00:57:51.539
speaker and also student you can do it too and

00:57:51.539 --> 00:57:54.579
you know and always remember that you know everybody

00:57:54.579 --> 00:57:57.519
has different paths towards getting to their

00:57:57.519 --> 00:58:00.619
goals but you will get there at the end so don't

00:58:00.619 --> 00:58:04.360
give up stay happy stay positive and just keep

00:58:04.360 --> 00:58:09.179
going definitely well thanks for your time david

00:58:09.179 --> 00:58:13.409
and let's stay in touch Definitely. I appreciate

00:58:13.409 --> 00:58:15.610
your time, man. It was a pleasure. It was fun.

00:58:15.789 --> 00:58:18.809
I really enjoyed it. And I look forward to hopefully

00:58:18.809 --> 00:58:22.769
doing some more things. Yeah, and hopefully you

00:58:22.769 --> 00:58:25.510
can come back on to the show again. For sure.

00:58:25.590 --> 00:58:29.530
I look forward to it. Definitely. Well, thanks

00:58:29.530 --> 00:58:37.199
for listening to this episode with David. If

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you like this episode, please leave a review

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a lot of inspiration to people who have CP. I

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was truly grateful. I'm truly grateful that he

00:59:04.070 --> 00:59:07.929
was able to be on the show because he shines

00:59:07.929 --> 00:59:17.010
the light with everything he's doing. And so,

00:59:17.110 --> 00:59:21.909
yeah, I hope you all enjoyed this episode. And

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