Just Discussin' Ep. 2 - How did we get here?

In this episode, the three of us discuss our time playing baseball at the high school level. We all played on the same team our junior and senior year so that's where most of our memories come from. I'm going to label this as part one with the intention of doing more episodes either expanding on memories or recalling others we thought we forgot. Either way, thank you so much for listening!

In this episode, we are joined by our good friend Spencer Fuller who we grew up in Ottumwa with. After just one episode, we've decided to have him on full time and are excited to share the surplus of stories we have together. At one point in time, we all worked Menards which is a home improvement store in the midwest. There were lots of fun times working together and some things we didn't quite like. Overall, it was a great experience and we were making bank! We hope you enjoy!

In this episode, we decided that as late-ish 20 year olds that we should give advice to our younger selves. We reminisce on our high school days while delivering knowledge that we wish we had known way back when.

In this episode, we discuss the different hobbies we enjoy doing as well as going off on a tangent about apple products. Both being runners, we tend to talk about our Apple Watches often which we end up doing in this one.

In this episode, we decided to dive into a topic that we both enjoy. We run somewhat frequently but have a goal of running marathons together. Maybe speaking this into the mic will speak it into existence or maybe we'll have people listening that can remind us of this dream we both have. Either way, we hope you enjoy this episode and if you have questions, don't hesitate to ask them through our CFDT Instagram.

In the final episode of our book talk, we discuss chapter 8 "Play Until the Whistle" and chapter 9 "Wringing Out the Soul" as well as the finale of Never Finished. This was our first attempt at reviewing a book and very much enjoyed this journey. We plan to discuss more books but will take a break for a couple of weeks.

We started this episode with the intentions of making a pros and cons list of the town we grew up in. It turns out, we really just wanted to revisit the memories we made while living there. It was a great town to grow up in and we didn't know any better.

In this episode, we get the chance to focus on chapter 7 titled "The Reckoning". With only one chapter to discuss, we get the entire 45 minutes to reminisce David's experience running the MOAB 240. Yes, it's a 240 mile race over the course of a couple of days. There are some gruesome injuries David must push through in order to just finish the race. He finishes in 2nd place. This is a testament to just how far the body can take you if you convince your mind to do so.

With just under five episodes in, we thought it would be a great idea to explain how we got here. What our journey up to starting the podcast looked like.

In this episode, we discuss chapters 5 and 6. Chapter 5 titled "Disciple of Discipline" is where David recalls the past when he learned his incredible ability of having discipline. When he and his mother escaped the grasp of his abusive father, they landed in the household of his grandfather who went by the name of Sergeant Jack. Through only his actions, Sergeant Jack taught David how to be disciplined and that if you were going to complete a task, you better do it right the first time. Chapter 6 named "The Art of Getting Hit in the Mouth" is where David lays out a roadmap on how to deal with hard times in your life. We aren't taught what to do when everything fails and we're back to square one. He then explains that we need people in our "fox hole", people who are going to support us but push us on the days we don't want to do anything. This book keeps getting better and better.