Recharged The Batteries

What up, Cadre crew? Sorry, everybody. I'm just a little behind the eight ball today. I had an event this morning for a substance abuse provider in the state of Minnesota. There's a golf event that they have every year for the retreat that puts it on out of Wayzata, Minnesota. It was amazing. Great event. Gave back for all the individuals desperately need the services and the help in the state of Minnesota. One thing to always remember is for all the individuals that need help, right? Let's call it that.

100% pool. In a calendar year, only 10% of all individuals will ever actually truly access care. So there's 90% of individuals that never receive care. So remember to always, always push people the most polite, loving way. And what I mean by push people is talk to them like, are you okay? Is there something we can help with you? Is there something we can support? Is there something that we can do to, you know, try to break the addiction trap as it ultimately just flows back and forth throughout individuals in their lives in this chaotic moment.

So try to do anything you can to help individuals that are in those moments so we could support those folks. So that's where I was at this morning. It was a great event, great time, but happy Monday, everybody. I just wanted to really talk today about recharging the batteries. You know, if anybody knows me, that's in my inner circle, my family, my close colleagues, friends, families, all the things, I go really, really hard, right. And go work really hard right now, unfortunately, or fortunately, whichever way you look at it, probably working 1214 hours, days, most days at a minimum.

And then you try to do the best you can to spend some time with your family, and you hit the reset button. You do it over and over and over again. I find myself waking up at one, two, three in the morning, working for a while, trying to get back to sleep a little bit, working again to ultimately come back to work a full day, come home to eat. And I just got into this rat race and this routine that, quite frankly, wasn't very healthy and it wasn't serving me very well, right? And so what I did this last weekend from Thursday night, call it Friday, Saturday, Sunday, is, you know, I really unplugged and I shut down the technology, right?

Shut her down. I turned it on, like, one or two times to check my favorites. com, comma. Wimbledon is going on. So I'm big into Wimbledon scores. And seeing where my boy Djokovic is at, he's going to win another one. You watch. It's amazing, guys. Absolutely incredible. Love the Joker so much. But again, I needed that time and I needed that time with my family to really be present. Because when I go to this moment where I'm showing up at my son's baseball, golf, etcetera, and I'm sitting down looking at my phone and checking emails and responding to individuals and working late and all that, like, it's, it's just, I'm not saying a recipe for disaster because I'm never going to use burnout on the table for me because I'm choosing this.

But I just know that I need to rewind, right? I know that I need to. I know that I need to slow down. I know that I need to take in these moments to just be more present than I've ever been in my life. And these are my three major takeaways. These are my three major takeaways I want to share with you on recharging the batteries. Number one, I couldn't believe that come Sunday I almost felt slightly depressed. Let me say that again. Come Sunday I almost felt slightly depressed because like, I was so used to this dopamine of emails, dopamine of responses, text messaging, all those other things, and I just couldn't believe 48 hours later, 72 hours later, my brain was almost off in sending me this almost like depressed mindset of I needed that again.

Like, I needed that. And that was really scary to me. That was number one. Number two is investing and involving myself completely, throwing myself completely into the moment. So I threw myself into every single moment. You know, be where my feet are, eyes on the prize, smelling, touching, feeling, loving, laughing, crying. All the things and I did them all. I'll share the reason of the cry and the tears. Okay, so my daughter has been working on getting up to water ski, right? So she's been working to water ski.

And last year we tried and whatever, she's eight years old. And this year we went and we went and we went and we were probably about 3 hours in and she got up and she did it. And then she was actually able to get up while she was in the middle of the lake and get up on two skis. It was absolutely incredible. Right? So again, number one is I found myself getting a little depressed and that was really scary to me. Number two is I was absolutely invested in being where my feet are every minute of the day.

And my third major takeaway was this. I need to do this more. So let's say, for instance, you are abnormal on your work week schedule and maybe you work in the hospitality industry, maybe you are a line cook and your schedule goes from Wednesday through Sunday, and you go Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, hard right, and you have your Monday Tuesdays off. Gosh, I would just push you all in to see how long you could go without your technology, how long you could go without social media, how long you could go without those things, right?

You know, one of the kryptonites for me is LinkedIn. You know, I love going on LinkedIn. I love reading business articles. I love engaging on other posts that, you know, that drives me and that moves me and I'm really inspired and passionate about it, much like the work I get to do every day. But again, with that being said, you know, those are my three major takeaways, is do it often. As much as you possibly can. Get off social media, as much as you can consciously consume Cadre, by all means, right?

You know, come to us and view some of the information that can ultimately engage your self growth, engage your professional development, engage those things to make you a better human being. Listen to your body, listen to your mind, listen to your heart, listen to your soul. Get that fitness exercise in all the things. But I really hope that every individual that's listening to this today, the thousands of you that are, that you have an opportunity this summer, wherever you are in the United States, to truly take two days at a minimum.

Two days at a minimum. Completely uninterrupted. Completely uninterrupted. Shut everything off. Slow it down. Get the smells of nature, breathe it in. Be in with your family, be where your feet are. And once you do that, I have a feeling you'll want to repeat that cycle and you're going to want to start it over again. Give it a go. Hope. Everybody has an amazing week. Tomorrow we have three lives scheduled. We have back to back to back, which is really exciting. The individual that's going number two, his name is Eddie.

He's new to the platform. Eddie's a big, big, big time voice on harm reduction in the state of Minnesota. Suicide survivor. He's going to tell about his story. I can't wait for him to share with you all. This gentleman is incredible, absolutely incredible human being. And I'm so excited that he's a part of our Cadre platform. There's going to be a few more new faces, too, that are coming on board with us, which is awesome and exciting as we continue to grow, develop and evolve to give you the best and fresh content that we feel and you feel that we're hearing from you all that moves you, that motivates you, that inspires you, that pushes you, that wants you to be a part of this amazing system.

On Wednesday, a friendly reminder, we have our anxiety support group. Anxiety is relative. It's any support. We're all going through stuff. If there's anything that's on your mind, on your heart, it's an opportunity to share, connect, build friendships, but most importantly, advocate, and then hold each other accountable. That's on Wednesdays and then on Sundays, of course, is our AA group. Our AA group is open to anybody. All you have to do is have a willingness or want to, to stop drinking or other substances, and we will be here ready for you.

Please participate if you can. We're excited to see y'all. We have just the. The app is amazing. And last but not least is we just developed our whole new website. So if you go to Cadre IO, C A D R e IO, you will see the transition of our old website onto our new website. We're super proud of proud of it. And so, hopefully, you have an opportunity to take a peek. It is amazing. We have an incredible team of individuals that are working on Cadre for y'all to give you, hopefully, what you need to be the best version of you in this life.

So if there's anything that you need from us, please let us know right away. Helpadre IO. Again. Helpadre IO. We are here for you and only you. So we'll be talking soon. Everybody have an amazing week and a better tomorrow. Help and support each other. Love one another.