Good morning ladies and gentlemen, As many of you recall over the past. Several months I have been de-digitizing myself, and this has been very life changing and beneficial for me. I have minimized the use of my cell phone to basically answering the phone and messages. And this has allowed me to regain my mental cognitive functions and increased my memory and attention to details when I went back you using a notebook for my day to day activities. So yesterday I had a pretty busy day and was receiving phones calls and notifications. But the one thing that I did come to the realization, was that most on the notifications were nothing of importance, and the calls that were coming in were calls that could wait till I was free to return them. But here was the issue, when I was with people I did not answer the phone, ( out of respect to the person that I was engaged in conversation with), or did I check the notifications. But what I did noticed was that I was distracted by the phone ringing or the ding from notifications, this would cause me to be distracted from what the person was saying and who knows what I actually missed in that moment. So I decided to remove the notifications, and place my phone on vibrate, now there are certain numbers that was able to set to notify me in the case of emergency but all others goes silent, and the notifications are now silenced. This gives me the ability to put all my attentions to who I am with. It also cleared my mind to focus on things and not worry about the “dings and ringtones “. This morning I had a men’s meeting and then another short meeting and I was not just focused on what was going on but the feeling of freedom, not letting an electronic device control me. I have been in my office now for over an hour and have not worried about or thought about have I missed a call or a notification, but rather, when I had a moment I took a quick look to see was there anything pressing, then back to what I was doing and you know what? I was able to get back on track and continue without having to try to refocus. Just a little win, win testimony for me.

Whenever a someone requests to join the Society, I check their profile. I want to see where they are from, what they say about themselves (and to see if they look like they just want to promote their own business). I note how many groups they belong to on the skool website. There are hundreds, covering hundreds of areas of interest. I see a trend, particularly with younger members, to belong to several, and sometimes dozens of groups. I don't know if this is a quest for knowledge, seeking a connection and a feeling of belonging, or what. What it indicates to me is a lack of focus, and the need to always be doing something new. Every group is the equivalent of social click bait. Kind of like social media, "if I have hundreds of friends on Fakebook, or followers on the Gram, then I must be popular... So, if I am a member of lots of groups, I will have lots of friends, and, and, and... While there is nothing wrong with having a broad base of knowledge, having a depth of experience and a focused mind is much more important. Diluting your attention can be entertaining, but it is rarely educational. There is an old saying that comes from the days of blacksmiths and working with iron by hand. If you put too many irons in the fire, the fire will cool, and the pieces of iron can't be worked. I am taking the liberty of migrating @Rene Belhume excellent post as follows. The Risk of Fragmented Attention A man can lose a fortune not through laziness, but through divided focus. He starts a business. Then a podcast. Then a fitness challenge. Then he’s learning Italian. Writing a novel. Trading crypto. Learning the drums. Meditating at dawn. Dating at dusk. Each pursuit, noble in isolation. But together it is chaos disguised as ambition. Attention is a finite resource. The man who chases too many goals never builds momentum in any. This is how high-potential men stay broke. Not from lack of effort, but from lack of depth.

Last March a vindictive former buddy reported to the cops a false statement that made me vulnerable to two red flag laws. On a Sunday evening I was alone at home listening to music. I noticed a lot of flashing blue lights on the street but was unconcerned. What I didn't know was the police had evacuated everyone from my block. Other than me. Several minutes later, with blue lights now having flashed for almost an hour, I decided to open my front door to see what was going on. Wearing only a bathrobe, my house is set back from the street so being deessed as such was not an issue. Once I opened the door, white light illumed me. Then I heard the megaphone, "Mr. Voss surrender to SWAT now." I wasn't particularly concerned because I'd been home almost all week and hadn't done anything wrong. To be continued as Adventure pt. 2.

We have to value and appreciate one another. Every one in the Society is precious, And valued. And we are on this journey together as gentlemen brothers. This hit home hard tonight. I was going through my contacts on my cellphone. To invite men to the Society. And just realised how many men in my contacts that has pass away. Unbelievable amount. Heart broken. Some very close. The older one becomes, the lost of love one's and friends become very real it seems. You are Precious! Tell your love one's that you love them.

I'll be honest my new favorite outfit was inspired by an expat still working on getting the sleeves shorten on a cuff shirt since they're a bit too long. Although there's plenty of room for improvement such as tailoring the suit and getting a darker shade of burgundy on my knit since I like my reds to be more muted, still I think it looks great especially with my quarter brogue black oxfords which I love even tho they're not seen on here. tell me in the comments on who wore it better lol and if I should make a post detailing on my personal philosophy, which I think would be an interesting post to write.