Month: August 2015

MoneyGrabber by Fitz and the Tantrums Lyrics

Phillip Vanarsdel

Fitz and the Tantrums Lyrics

 

“MoneyGrabber”

Don’t come back anytime
I’ve already had your kind
This is your pay back
MoneyGrabber
Don’t come back anytime
You’ve already robbed me blind
This is your pay back
MoneyGrabber

Your tear drops fade
and then I saw
your hands in the pocket.
‘Cuz you were always made to want it all
but now you got to make it on your own
This ain’t your home.
So I’m showin’ you the door, wave goodbye
now its time for you to go

Don’t come back anytime
I’ve already had your kind
This is your pay back
MoneyGrabber
Don’t come back anytime
You’ve already robbed me blind
This is you pay back
MoneyGrabber

Through rhinestone glass
All I see
You talkin’ double
Like the time you said could you buy it for me
‘Cuz I’m in trouble
Here’s my advice
I don’t pay twice for the price of a cheap dime whore!

Don’t come back anytime
I’ve already had your kind
This is you pay back
MoneyGrabber
Don’t come back anytime
You’ve already robbed me blind
This is you pay back
MoneyGrabber

One, two, three

One,
Is for the money
Two, is for the greed
Three, time that I told you
That you’re the one I just don’t need

Don’t come back anytime
I’ve already had your kind
This is your pay back
MoneyGrabber
Don’t come back anytime
You’ve already robbed me blind
This is your pay back
MoneyGrabber

 

MONEYGRABBER

MONEYGRABBER

Stop Procrastinating

Phillip Vanarsdel

tip-01-stop-procrastinating

My first tip on how to kick your own ass is to stop procrastinating. We all procrastinate…

• “I’ll get in shape tomorrow.”

• “I’ll start blogging tomorrow.”

• “I’ll find a better job tomorrow.”

• “When the time is right.”

These are all excuses that I’ve said or heard over the years. This is procrastination. What are we waiting for? If we wait for the perfect time, we’ll lose the opportunity altogether. The best time to get something done is right now.

I used to walk all the time because I didn’t know how to run. I wanted to learn how to run, but apparently I didn’t have the drive to push myself to do so. It wasn’t until I met this hot girl that was a runner that I decided to push myself to run. Now I run practically every day. In order to quit procrastinating, you need a motivator. A motivator could be anything. What motivates you? What do you want most? In my example, the hot girl was the motivator. We all need motivation. I like to think I’m self motivating, but that’s not always the case. We are wired to do something if we’re going to get something out of it. That’s our motivation. What will you get out of starting to run every morning? What will be the benefit for you if you start blogging every day? It could be possible that you start blogging every day, get a huge following of people, then get paid to blog. It could be possible that you become debt-free just by blogging. Is that something you’re looking for?

I’ve always wanted to box. It’s just one of those things that I wanted to do, but I didn’t really have the motivation to go out and do so. Sure we bought Groupon’s for boxing and ended up at the bar instead. That’s the first step, right? So what was my motivation? It appears that I needed motivation. I have wanted a bigger upper body, maybe with a few cuts. I saw some boxers that had the body shape I wanted with the abs at all, so this became my motivation for boxing. I got hooked up with a trainer named Chris Feist at Velociti Fitness and have been training with him for six months now. I’m no Hercules, but I have noticed a difference in my upper body. I have increased my stamina and my strength. All of this because I found my motivation and stopped procrastinating.

The best way for me to achieve this was to create a habit. We often times spend a lot of time breaking the habit. Now it’s time to create a habit. Make running your new habit. Start out with a run/walk for 15 minutes every morning. Before you know it, you’ll be running 5 miles a day. If you want those abs you’ll start doing it now. 

Aristotle once said “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” 

Here are 5 ways to stop procrastinating & learn how to create a new habit.

• Make reasonable quotas each day.

Get a schedule or a to do list and jot your tiny goals down for the week.

• Create behavior changes that lead you to another portion of your goal.

For instance, if you want to start blogging start with a handwritten note. Write notes to your friends and overtime this will encourage you to write more.

• Don’t have too many options.

Sometimes being boring in certain things is a good thing. Too many options can leave you feeling overwhelmed and will set you up for failure. Keep it simple. 

• Keep your goal in mind.

When you doodle, doodle that goal. Make it subliminal. Eventually it will be ingrained in your subconscious and you won’t even have to think about why it is you stopped eating sweets.

• Don’t give up.

You’re going to mess up. You’re going to backslide. It’s inevitable. The trick is not losing your momentum. Whatever you do, keep that goal in mind and you will achieve it.

These five steps should be a good start to help you stop procrastinating and achieve anything you want. I firmly believe we can do anything we put our minds to. If you want it, you got to believe!

I leave you with a quote from The Doors…

“The time to hesitate is through.”

How to Kick Your Own Ass

Phillip Vanarsdel

Over the past few years, I’ve had quite a few people ask me how I do what I do. How do I consistently evolve my body and mind even as I get older. They want to know how to always stay on top and continue to be a bad ass. I’m not perfect, but I am willing and able to change. To continue to getter better, you must be willing to change. Learning how to kick your own ass is awakening and tough. It’s not for the faint hearted. It’s not for the chicken shits and down doggers. If you’re new to this, there are usually some big changes to make immediately and then it’s all about fine-tuning yourself as you see fit. There is always room for change. I see that and I live by it. With people asking me how I do this or how I became the man than I am, I decided to write about it. If it’s important enough for people to see it from me, it’s important enough to write about and tell others. Perhaps in the process I can help myself be a better myself while helping others help themselves.

 

As you read my various blog posts and tips on How to Kick Your Own Ass, understand that there is not a fix all. This is not something that you will be able to change one thing and be bad ass. We are all a work in progress. You’ve got to understand and accept that before you can even change. No one is perfect. We’re all capable of change and we all depend on change. Without change, you will not evolve. If you do not evolve, you will stay in the same place and will limit yourself. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. If you’re wanting to be insane, there are other places you can go to do so. If that is your quest, this blog is a waste of your time. Feel free to move along now. There is nothing for you to see here.

 

If you’re interested in change and becoming a better you, well you’re in the right spot. I, Phillip L. Vanarsdel am on a constant quest to be a better man. I constantly question my own motives and actions. I ask myself why I do what I do. I fine tune myself on a daily basis to help myself be better. I want to be a better person. I hope in me writing about How to Kick Your Own Ass: A Guide to Being a Better You, I can uncover more ways to be a better person. I have many goals that I put off because of my procrastination. This blog is one of those goals.

 

Do you realize that if I would have started this blog a couple of years ago when I first thought of and procrastinated the idea, I could have been creating income with this blog large enough to pay my mortgage payment? My procrastination pisses me off when I think of instances such as these where I could have put my family in a better financial situation if I would have just got started right when I thought of getting started. Understand though, I have so many ideas daily that I would not be able to get anything done if I acted on every one of my new ideas. It’s tough to figure out where you should put your time and I hope to learn more about that during this self-building process that I will continue to blog about. Perhaps in 2 years from today, I will be able to write and speak a hell of a lot better while my mortgage is being paid because of it.

 

My goal for this blog is first and foremost, to become a better person overall. In turn, I hope to become a better writer and speaker because of this blog. As I become a better man, I hope for my readers to do so too as I write and provide the tools of knowledge to help you open your mind to change. I hope to meet more people in my quest to streamline the inside of Phillip L. Vanarsdel. I hope to hear people living a happier life because they were able to accomplish something new or get rid of some heavy baggage they’ve been carrying around for too long because you didn’t know how to let it go. You will learn things from letting go of things that do nothing for your mind to learning how to stop procrastinating. I will also let you know how to get into a routine of taking care of yourself physically with how to workout and how to eat. These things I want to know more about too, so you get to learn with me. I’ve got so much to say and I hope that you all will help me as well. I would love to hear what makes you tick. What gets you up in the morning? What keeps you motivated? I want to stay motivated throughout the entire day and not just right after my morning run. Perhaps I need an afternoon run as well to kick that afternoon motivation into high gear.

 

Those are just a couple of quick thoughts that I have about becoming a better me. Together we will explore these questions and more. I hope to see you on this journey to become a better you and I hope to lead by example as I become a better me. Stick around and you will learn How to Kick Your Own Ass and become a better you.

How to Kick Your Own Ass

Next Up in Learning How to Kick Your Own Ass:

Stop Procrastinating

 

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Bigfoot – Imaginary Friend for LIFE!

Phillip Vanarsdel

 

So I not get much play lately. Try meet ladies in bar but no so good. See a piece of whistle bait and Bigfoot make move, me pretty smoove. Go to jukebox, put on Whitesnake nod along to ‘here I go again on me own’, Check fly, check mouth stink, order two white russians and saunter over. I say: ‘hello, this seat take?” Most time lady just run, scream, sometime pepperspray. Worst is when they do silent scream and vomit trickle down chin like hot fudge on sundae. How a guy supposed recover from that? Onetime girl friendly let Bigfoot sit. I figure things good to go so I mark her with musk so other suitor know “Stay Away, She Bigfoot!” NO GOOD! She allergic to Bigfoot stink and go into anaphalaxis. Now me on to web personals, Bigfoot write clever.

SEX: ALPHA MALE, JR. SILVERBACK
ETHNICITY: BIGFOOT/NATIVE AMERICAN
LOCATION: NEXT TO CRANBERRY BUSH AND STUMP
EDUCATION: DEVRY
LOOKING FOR: HOT SHEFOOT
OCCUPATION: FOREST GENTLEMAN

HEIGHT: 7’1″
WEIGHT: LOTS
EYES: SMALL
HAIR: MATTED, BROWN, GREEN MARIGOLD
RELATIONSHIP STATUS: SAD AND LONELY
WANT CHILDREN: SMALL LITTER

ACTIVITIES: JAZZERSCIZE, T-BALL, DISEMBOWELING, TAXIDERMY, RUNNING FROM CAMERAS, FILTH HOARDING, CHILLIN’, CRYING SELF TO SLEEP

CELEBRITY I MOST RESEMBLE: GOD DAMN CHEWBACCA, MALCOLM JAMAL WARNER, MESELF, COUSIN IT FROM ADDAMS FAMILY

IF YOU COULD BE ANYWHERE RIGHT NOW: DOLLY PARTON’S UTERUS, ON A BEACH IN THAILAND READING SARTRE SO ME CAN BE DIPSHIT STEREOTYPE HIPSTER LIKE EVERYONE ELSE ON HERE. AT SIX FLAGS EATING FIVE CORN DOGS BY FOUR PORT-A-JOHNS AT THREE IN THE AFTERNOON ON SECOND DAY OF JANUARY.

MOST HUMBLING MOMENT: ONETIME I WALKING DOWN RED CARPET AT FOREST CREATURE AWARDS AND I STEP IN DOG DOO. IF THAT NOT BAD ENOUGH SOME REPORTER THINK HE FUNNY AND SAY, “YOU REALLY PUT YOUR BIGFOOT IN IT NOW BIGFOOT!” SO I DO WHAT SEEM LIKE RIGHT THING AT TIME AND TEAR HIM HEAD OFF AND USE TO CLEAN FOOT. THEN I REMEMBER I NOMINATED FOR GOOD CITIZEN AWARD FOR ME GOOD WORK WITH KID WHAT WEAR HOCKEY HELMET ALL TIME. WHAT A PICKLE, WHAT A PICKLE.

WHY YOU SHOULD GET TO KNOW ME: HEY I LIKE EASY GOING GUY, KNOW HOW TO HAVE A GOOD TIME BUT CAN ALSO BE SEXY AS ALL GET OUT. GIVE GOOD BACK RUBS, SOMETIME MIGHT CRACK RIB BUT NOTHING THAT BOTTLE OF CHAMPALE IN BUBBLE BATH NO FIX. I PRETTY CLEAN GUY TOO, FAMILY OF VOLES IN ARMPIT TAKE CARE OF BIGFOOT LICE, EARWIG, SILVERFISH, DUNG BEETLE, NITS, GNATS, EARTHWORM, TAPE WORM, GARTER SNAKE, WASP NESTS, ANT COLONY, TERMITE MOUND, CRABS, SCABS, SCABIES, SHINGLES, FOOT BITS, SHIT BITS, DINGLEBERRIES, PINK EYE, GREEN EYE AND SO ON. I SMELL LIKE COMPOST BUT COMPOST SMELL LIKE FALL AND FALL VERY NICE WITH PRETTY LEAVES AND PUNKIN’ PIE SO YOU JUST VISUALIZE THAT AS YOU DRY HEAVE AND EVERYTHING BE OK.

 

Bigfoot Imaginary Friend for LIFE