Life with Deento

It's the day before I compete at All in Grappling. I'm excited and nervous at the same time. Thought it would be interesting to record thoughts the day before. Enjoy.

I'm a little tired in this episode but, I wanted to think out loud about thoughts about competing and what is going through my head during this week. 

Sharing thoughts on if I'm going to compete at All In Grappling this weekend and thinking out loud about the importance of competing for me and some of the mindsets I'm developing. 

This episode talks about overcoming fear and the importance of not staying in the negative thought pattern. It mentions a bit of what to do when you feel you are going down that negative path, or at least what I was going through and what helped. Also, it shares a brief review of visiting Gatlinburg Tennessee. 

This episode talks about why there probably isn't an ambulance autobot (there might be, I haven't done any research on it). But it goes into how this autobot is burned out hence the name "Burney." It also talks about the Midnight Bandit that strikes my fridge late at night. 

This episode has the Charles Oliveira and Poirier lightweight title fight on in the background while discussing jiu jitsu in MMA. How I got into watching MMA and does anyone remember Sylvester's Stallone's show called "The Contenter"? It also goes into who has been my favorite submission hunter's in MMA and who I think may be the new wave of great jiu jitsu mma fighters. Also on how I hate ge...

In a world full of cancel culture, I think it's important to take advantage of it. We need to cancel topknots and manbuns before it get's out of control. A fear of mine is losing a fight to an untrained male with a manbun/top knot. I don't think I'd mentally recover from it. This episode talks about other hairstyles as well. 

This episode talks about different aspects of grieving and the importance of letting yourself be okay in moments of peace, while grieving. The second half goes in to the realness of not being okay and why letting yourself have moments of peace is important. 

In this interview, a jiu jitsu athlete is interviewed the day before his first purple belt gi tournament. This interview was 3 + years ago, and the athlete is finally ready to release the interview.