A big, BIG THANK YOU to all who sent me kind, supportive messages about my “Project Lower Blood Pressure.”
If I haven’t replied to you yet, don’t worry—I will very soon… ❤️🩹🧡💛💚💙💜
You’ve all made this process feel less like a lonely health quest and more like a community-powered reboot.
I see you, and I appreciate you!
Yesterday was my day off, and I spent most of it catching up on some much-needed sleep. Naps do a body, mind, and spirit good! We’re talking drool-on-the-pillow power naps that were almost as delicious as the deep-dish pizzas I dreamed about.
Fucking pizzas…I love them so. But they’ve definitely contributed to my “malignant” blood pressure problem. But dreams are “no salt added,” right? So, going forward, I will only be partaking on occasion and in moderation.
Once I emerged from my nap cocoon, I started diving into the reality that some things I need to shift in my daily routine—some in a big way, others in more subtle tweaks.
Most of it comes down to how I eat, how I exercise, and how I deal with stress.
Spoiler #1: Stress tends to make me sassy…and salty too.
I needed to figure out how much sodium I’ve actually been consuming—and wow. Once I started actually reading labels and doing my restaurant meals, the sodium levels are out of control and totally ridiculous.
My weakness is salty and sweet processed foods. And anything found at my local diner or drive-thru.
What I’m quickly learning is that guilty pleasures have got no rhythm…or space in my life. At least not on a daily basis. There’s a new sheriff in town!
Spoiler #2: Sodium can be sneaky AF and lurks in almost everything.
But here’s the surprising part—it’s not as hard to cut back as I thought. Not easy, exactly, but definitely not impossible. Once I realized I had more choices I like than I thought, the fear and fog lifted, and I saw the silver linings.
I’m now on a mission to enjoy more jammy jams (aka calming, feel-good music I can groove and move to) and fewer salty salts—not just in food, but also in how I handle stress, conflict, and my internal pressure cooker that can easily boil over.
One of my favorite destress jams is Adore Delano’s DTF. The song and the music videos are both bangers in my book. They help keep my boogie woogie woogie-ing.
While I may be DTF (Down To F*ck) on occasion, I’m always DTF (Down To Friday). For me, Fridays are a chance to wind down, get back into rhythm, and choose chill over chaos. Just in time for the weekend.
So here’s to more softness, more music, and more laughs.
Also here’s to less sodium, less stress, and less grrrr.
Let’s make this day happen, y’all!
Clint 🌈✌️
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FOR YOUR (SUBSTACK) CONSIDERATION
ON THIS DAY = MAY 9
BIRTHDAYS
1896 = Richard Day = Canadian-American art director and set decorator
1914 = Hank Snow = American singer-songwriter
1918 = Mike Wallace = American journalist
1934 = Alan Bennett = English writer and actor 🌈
1936 = Albert Finney = English actor
1936 = Glenda Jackson = English actor and politician
1940 = James L. Brooks = American filmmaker
1946 = Candice Bergen = American actor and producer
1949 = Billy Joel = American singer-songwriter
1951 = Joy Harjo = American poet, musician, playwright, and author
1953 = Amy Hill = American actor and comedian
1956 = Wendy Crewson = Canadian actor and producer 🌈
1961 = John Corbett = American actor
1975 = Marieke Wijsman = Dutch Olympic speed skater 🌈
1979 = Rosario Dawson = American actor
1996 = Noah Centineo = American actor
EVENTS
1662 = The figure who later became Mr. Punch makes his first recorded appearance in England.
1761 = Exhibition of 1761, the inaugural exhibition of the Society of Artists of Great Britain opens at Spring Gardens in London.
1927 = In Australia, the Old Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
1958 = Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo is released in theaters.
1960 = The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill.
1974 = Watergate scandal: The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.
1988 = In Australia, the New Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
2012 = In an ABC interview, Barack Obama becomes the first sitting POTUS to publicly support the freedom for LGBT couples to marry.
HOLIDAYS + OBSERVANCES
Europe Day (European Union)
PORTRAIT + QUOTES OF THE DAY
“Retiring is one thing. Being retired is something else altogether.”
Mike Wallace
“I never was the story. The story was the story. Period.”
Mike Wallace
Thanks for the love!!!
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Now Clint how about satisfying your need gor deep crust Pizza but in a more healthy way, you've got nothing to loose. Cheers DougT