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Rebalance

Today has been a strange day.  I mean, not really. all THAT strange.  It's just, I felt strange.  Maybe not strange.  I just feel like... different.  I feel more optimistic I think?  But also more relaxed.  I'm not sure.  Okay, I definitely feel better than I did yesterday.  That's for sure.  Yesterday I just felt like... I wanted to skip the day.  You know?  Just hit the skip button and just fast forward to the next day quickly.

Nothing SUPER interesting happened... It was a fairly normal day.  Although, a full day for sure.

I woke up early, cut some of the lawn around 7am...

Got ready for work...

Went to work at 9...

Traded a stock... I sold one stock for a small gain, about 30 bucks.  Just a stock I'd bought a while back, paints and chemicals.  Some unknown company with solid books and revenue.  Those are the stocks I like.  You've never even heard this company exists, but you use their products every day.  Or maybe your workplace buys products from them and uses them every day.  Those are my favorites.  I'll do research and get back into a new one.  I almost bought shares in Dominos Pizza (DPZ).  It's doing pretty well.  I feel like the pizza biz is always a solid investment.  Dominos has been around for ages.  Personally I prefer independent pizzerias to chains... But raise your hand if you've had Dominos at some point in your life?

Yep.  I'm right there with you.

Plus who's going to stop eating pizza?  Not me.  I had a slice tonight.  It never gets old.  Pizza...  Seriously.  Pizza!  I love pizza though, so I'm kind of biased.

I worked my usual 9-5.  I don't know.  I just kind of felt alright at work.  I can't explain it.  I just kind of felt like... Yeah, I'm down with today.  I'm up for working hard and being super productive.

I yoga'ed it up after work.  Yoga was nice.  I felt refreshed... Or maybe rebalanced.  So I guess not only did I rebalance my stocks... I rebalanced myself in yoga.

So in yoga there's a thing at the end where you just kind of nap for 5 minutes.  It's like... After the more strenuous work out park... You then just try to focus on calming your mind.

I just felt strange during that.  Like... I think I half fell asleep and half dreamed.  But I don't remember what the dream was.  I just remember sort of having the feeling that I'd "woken up".

For the rest of the day... I had that feeling that you have when you've traveled.  You know?  When you've been driving for a long time and finally arrive at your destination.

After that I went to The Pickering Creek Inn for some comedy and music.  One guy was sooooo funny. I don't really recall any of his jokes... Except one...

All it was, was... "Do you think there are bipolar polar bears."

I don't know.  it just made everyone laugh for some reason.  My mom was actually bipolar.  So I know it's not a condition to laugh at.  But she took meds and had it treated and so... It was like she didn't even have it... Anyways... That's a story for another time.  It's a serious subject and not something to take lightly.  But just the phrase bipolar polar bears.  I've never heard anyone say that before.  So... It just made me chuckle I guess.  It's a weird phrase.  Like I said, it had been a weird day.  He had a joke that lead up to that joke that made it make more sense, but for some reason I can't think of the joke that lead to the polar bear one.

I actually stopped on my way from yoga to pick up a pizza slice at Wegmans.  Then I went to The Pickering Creek Inn.  I have a show there in 2 weeks.  Same variety show that happened tonight.  So I'll just be one of the acts.

Well so now I'm home.  I took out the trash... tended to some other things about the house.

I plan to get up early tomorrow morning and do some other chores and such.  My new thing is that I'm trying to get up earlier than my normal wake time so I can do things around the house with the extra hour.  The other morning I got up and did laundry.

I just feel like it's a good way to start the day.  Just something new to try.  Some times you gotta try new things and mix up how things are in your life.  So... I'm rebalancing.  Just like my stocks... and just like rebalancing and refreshing myself in yoga.

As I've mentioned before I trade my stocks is by selling off 1 of the 40 I own... Then I research for a couple days and buy a new one to go back to 40.  Then I wait and sell another... And so on.

It's a constant small rebalancing.  Some people sell ALL of their holdings and buy ALL new ones.  I feel like that's a very jarring way to trade.  Rebalancing is what investors do with your portfolio... Sell some holdings and buy new ones.  Sometimes you sell winners to diversify and sometimes you sell losing ones to use that cash elsewhere and cut your losses early.

I feel like investment rebalancing could also be applied to life.

Small adjustments.  Just make small changes here and there.  Get rid of one small thing... Add one new thing...

See how that goes.  Then make another small adjustment.  And just like some times I actually will get back into the same stock I sold a few months back... I can always bring that thing back into my life that I took out if I feel like maybe later on down the road it fits again.  Sometimes things fit in your life at certain points of your life and some times they don't work.  You know?

Try new things.  If it works... Keep it.  If it doesn't.  Take something else out and get something new to replace it.

What's one thing in your life that maybe you can take out... And one new thing that you can add in?

Give it a try and see how it goes/fits.  If it doesn't work... You can always try to go back, or try something else to see if there's another solution that might work better.

Little life rebalances.

Well, now it's time for me to fall fast asleep!  Night.