Hello hello. How are you guys? It's Lenny Gale, LifeIsNoYoke. It's been a while. Um, I wanted
to do an update video and just check in. I have three categories of updates for you today. First,
work updates, second, friend "updates" or calling them - stuff that I would want to talk about with
my friends like at a campfire. And the third is family updates. Here we go. Let's dive right in.
I missed you. First of all, number one, Vitamix Spring Sale. I'm not allowed to say that there
will be a spring sale or when there will be a spring sale, Mother's Day Sale in 2022. But for
the past five years, there has been and it has begun right around the middle of April.
So, if you're waiting for a pretty good time to get a Vitamix, there's a pretty good chance that
that's going to be coming pretty soon. Most people take three to six weeks to fully appreciate the
Vitamix. Figure out which one they want. Uh, best way to do that is to get on our Email list,
Intro to Vitamix. We'll send you a few Emails and keep you updated on when deals are live.
Number two; there's a new product coming for Vitamix and we will be able to talk about it soon.
A little hint, there are people that have been looking for a very specific Vitamix product.
I wish Vitamix would make one of these with one of these... That's that product coming up
I think for people that have been holding out for a particular - you're going to like it.
Number three; the Vitamix One. The sort of hundred year anniversary - little mini blender.
It could do most things but it couldn't do hot soups and it couldn't do nut butters,
that product is being phased out. It was just a temporary celebratory thing and it's going away.
So, if you want one for your RV, your van life, something little, something for your mom or dad
that's living alone - that's small, that's going to perform really well. Get one while you can.
We really like the Vitamix one. If we had a van to put it in, we'd put it in that or if
we were gifting someone a graduation gift for college, that would be the one too. The one.
Work update number four - Vitamix has a new CEO. Jodi Berg is retiring after a handful of years.
This will be the first non-family member to lead Vitamix into the new era, the new CEO. His name
is Steve. We are going to meet him soon on a visit. So, if there's things you'd like
to know about him, his plans for the future of the company, um, feel like talking to Tim Cook.
As of this moment, reconditioned standard programs, these are basically the certified
reconditioned 5200s with programs. A very popular model at a very good price point.
They are available now on vitamix.com. They're back in stock. They have some more of them.
Link in the description.
Update number 6: You guys should make a cookbook. Well, we kind of did. It's called the Pain in the
Mouth cookbook. It's for orthodontist and oral surgeons to give to their patients
after they proverbially punch them in the face and tighten their braces or extract a tooth.
It's only available from your orthodontist or your oral surgeon so you'll have to ask them.
Say "Hey, do you guys get the Pain in the Mouth cookbooks?" and then they'll have to reach out
to the paininthemouthcookbook.com and say "Hey, maybe we should get
some custom Pain in the Mouth cookbooks for our orthodontist or oral surgeon practice".
The last work update before we move on to Fireside Chat stuff, 1K30 is our new diet
plan. We have a program we've made. It's our 10 years of work. It's the most important project
we've ever done in our life. It's the diet plan where all you need is a Vitamix to lose weight.
It's everything we've talked about over the last years boil down into a 30-day plan.
Go to 1K30.com and check it out. You won't be one of the first ones to do it. We've had lots
of people go through and it's got a really cool feature unlike any 30-day plan that I know of.
I'm not going to tell you what it is. I want you to go to the site and see it. It has to do with
the price and kind of how it's structured. Go there. 1K30.com. We're really excited about it.
Before we move on, I just want to say that it feels like
sort of the - some of the darkness is over and it's kind of the theme
of today in that we make some of our best videos; green juice and detox salad and queso. We
put those together in the summertime when we have the time, when we're feeling inspired to do this.
For the last five or six months, it's felt like we've been in a cloud of darkness and winter and
baby and Omicron and so it - we're excited that - and for what's to come. Uh, big
important videos on our channel. So, subscribe to our channel if you want updates of that.
Okay, let's talk about some other stuff.
Fireside Chat. This is stuff I just like to talk about. Stuff that I would talk about with peers
of mine. I think this is item number eight. I've been really hampered by making videos that are
- wanting them to be perfect and perfect videos have been the enemy of pretty great videos and so,
that's kind of why I'm here today. Uh, it's nice to be back talking to you guys, seeing your faces.
This is number nine. This book Hunt, Gather, Parent, super awesome for parents,
for grandparents. I never thought I would need a parent book or read a parent book. This is
the first one Shalva and I ever needed or read but this one has changed our lives and made our
kids more helpful and gracious and appreciative and grateful and just better citizens. People we
want to hang with. Stuff that I think comes more naturally for people in communities where there's
more family around, there's a bigger house with multi generations, there's a lot of helpers and
challenges that people in western civilizations have that are
in a house with mom, dad, and two or three kids. This book was awesome. Hunt, Gather, Parent.
I might even do a whole video on it. It's just the best. I just switched payroll providers.
That's boring. Gusto is cheaper and easier and better than what I had before. Productivity trick;
the note card thing where you use a note card every day for the stuff that you want to get done.
I've been trying it and it hasn't ever really stuck until now. I figured out
the trick to it. The idea is that you put one - the one big you want to get done for the day
and then a few small things. So, there's space to write as you come up with stuff
that you want to add to your big project and then like as you go through your day,
you cross stuff off and you get that dopamine hit of crossing off
the little tasks and retrain your brain to get dopamine hits from crossing stuff off.
Let me go get a completed one. I mean it's like so satisfying.
So, I carry this around with me in my pocket. I got the date and then I have one and then
two, three, four, five, and then subtasks for the one. Cross them off throughout the
day and then at the end of the day, you go through, you rip it up and you throw it away.
I think this is number twelve. The the iPhone hack I just figured out or
I just saw on a TikTok. You can set it so you double tap your phone to do something. So,
it's an accessibility hack but basically, if I double tap my phone now, the flashlight turns on.
On, off. It's good to have chats like this and back to the theme of the video,
it's still cold and dreary out and it feels like it has been the last five or six months.
But the seasons always change. Winter always goes away and it always gets warm. And that's
what I keep telling myself. [Claps] Let's go somewhere else to chat about family stuff.
Update number 13. We had a few kid-eating milestones
recently. So, our youngest started eating baby food - really any food that we give her.
The second, our middle child for the first time ate our pancakes. Uh, we have a video about our
oatmeal pancakes made with aquafaba. He loved them. He's kind of a picky eater; textures.
Our oldest, our four year old began to eat eight spring rolls and more than
just eating mango and maybe a bite of tofu. Now he eats a spring roll with avocado and
maybe a little red pepper. Spring rolls were one of our favorite things and
they make me feel like spring is here and soon. It's definitely not a winter meal and it's nice
that - you know, they say you gotta offer kids food like 20 times before they accept it or
you know if they're actually won't accept it. So we just kept offering. And the way that he
eats spring rolls, that's grown. So, those are three kid eating milestones we're proud of.
Update number 14. Shalva and I turned 37 this month, this coming month,
April 4th and April 17th. We're not kids anymore. We feel like we're like 30 - 31,
definitely not close to 40 but we know we don't look like we did when we were 27
and that's okay. We feel like we've been catching our groove with dinners, like kid dinners, two
I want to tell you about. Our Caesar salad, it's been a hit with the kids. We serve that with nugs,
brand nugs. Salad and nugs has been huge and then queso for dinner. We made a video on this
and we have sort of an adult version of that. We'll bake a sweet potato and throw
queso all over it. So, it's more than just celery, carrot, broccoli dipped in queso, it's actually a
sweet potato with all sorts of good stuff on top and finally the last update is well you. Love
to hear what's good with you. Leave a comment. Thanks for watching. Bye guys. Life is no yoke.
It's an accessibility hack but basically, if I double tap my phone now, the flashlight turns on.
Oh, fail. Oh, come on. [Chuckles] Come on. Is it because I'm in focus mode?
There we go [Laughter]. Okay.
It doesn't work super well because I have Rise to Wake turned off. It basically makes
your phone less exciting to pick up. So, like when I pick it up, it stays black.
So, you have to do this to turn it - to wake it up and then... Come on. You're embarrassing me.
Oh man. It's because I'm in Work mode? What is happening?
Okay. On... Oh my gosh. You're embarrassing me.
Alright, maybe if I turn it on,
work off. Is that - Okay.
Wow, that wasn't so easy. Let's try one more time. On, Off [Laughter]. Oh boy. Well, That was fun.