Scott

Dear Epilepsy you may be in my life, but you don't own it.

[Arnold Schwarzenegger @Schwarzenegger]

Instagram and TikTok and all the rest spend all day showing you finished jobs.

The one who transformed and lost a hundred pounds to get a six-pack.
The one who got out of debt and built a business worth millions.
The one who met the love of their life after years of being alone.

They’re showing you the whole house while you are staring at an empty plot of land with one brick in your hand wondering how you’ll ever get there.

That’s the problem with social media. Most of it isn’t about the work. It’s about the result.

Whether it’s meant to be bragging or meant to be inspirational, it ends the same way for you.

It makes you feel like you’re too far away to even start. Fitness, finances, work, love. All of it.

It’s time to stop comparing and start laying your own bricks.
I want you to develop a bricklayer’s mindset.

Every day, lay one brick.

One workout.
One meal where you have protein and fiber. 
One bill paid.
One job application submitted.
One chapter of a book read.

Each decision you make is a brick you can build on.

When you stop comparing and start laying bricks, no matter what goal you are building towards, you will feel a sense of accomplishment. 

Or, at the very least, you will be so worn out at the end of the day that you stop worrying about the finished job and start focusing on the job itself.

You just keep working. One brick at a time.

The only way you won’t build something is if you walk away when the job isn’t finished, and we know most people do exactly that.

So here is the second half of it, and this is the part I don’t want you to skip.

Do the work every day. Then once a week, count your bricks.
Pick a night. Sunday works. Take five minutes and write down what you actually did. Four workouts. Twelve meals with protein and fiber. One bill paid. Sixty pages read. Not how you felt about it. Not whether it was enough. Not what you meant to do and didn’t.

Just what you did.

Because the voice in your head is a liar. It knows only one way to measure you: against the finished house.

It will never volunteer that you laid eighteen bricks this week. You have to tell yourself, and you have to see it written down in your own handwriting, or that voice wins by default.

A wall being built doesn’t have the flash of a TikTok post. It gets built by the guy who showed up on a Tuesday when nobody was watching and laid forty bricks and went home.

That was Franco and me. That can be you.

You can change your life.

One brick at a time.

Now tell me: what is the one brick you’re laying today?

[NFL @NFL]

Throwback to Week 14 last year when David Montgomery broke out the Boy Scout TD celebration 🫡

[Brain Ablaze @BrainAblaze]

Today was Red Cup day at @Starbucks. Do you think the coffee-giant should do a purple cup for International #Epilepsy Awareness Day? #EpilepsyAwarenessMonth #NEAM

[The Notorious EEG (M. Scott Perry MD) @TheNotoriousEEG]

The beautiful @CookChildrens main campus in Ft Worth shining bright in purple 🟣 all month for #EpilepsyAwarenessMonth💜

[Texas 🇺🇸 @MustangMan_TX]

Michael Jordan schools Oprah Winfrey! 💥
He sets her straight but she still doesn’t get it.

[Scott @sblisss]

@elonmuskADO 44

[Scott @sblisss]

@elonmuskTN R

[Upland Police Department @UplandPD]

Today, the Upland Police Department had the honor of hosting the San Bernardino County Peace Officers’ Memorial Ceremony. Together with 16 other agencies, we paid tribute to the officers who made the ultimate sacrifice while protecting their communities. Let us never forget.

[Scott @sblisss]

@wiseconnector Free airplane ticket #3

[Kenny Chesney @kennychesney]

So goodbye Jimmy. Thanks for your friendship and the songs I will carry in my heart forever. Sail On Sailor 🦜🌴🌊

[𝐓𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐊𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐬 @TiffanyKairos]

My name is Tiffany and I have epilepsy. Epilepsy may be in my life but it doesn’t own my life. 🤍

[Epilepsy Foundation Los Angeles @EpilepsyFdnLA]

Hope you have a safe and Happy Independence Day! 🎆🎇✨
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Our 24/7 Helpline is available at 1-800-332-1000 (en Español 1-866-748-8008) if you need resources, referrals, or support.

[Toby Keith @tobykeith]

Happy Birthday America. Couldn’t be the land of the free without the sacrifice of the brave. Wishing y'all a happy and safe #4thofJuly. God bless.

[Scott @sblisss]

@Schwarzenegger @netflix Arnold,Thank you! You are absolutely right I believe that everyone should have a friend like Franco! In those short clips you guys had blast together, I remember seeing a picture when he was picking up a car. Not to mention he had you as a friend as well ARNOLD!

[Scott @sblisss]

Hello #ElectrifyAmerica can you point me in the direction of investment opportunities to your pre IPO?

[Epilepsy Foundation Los Angeles @EpilepsyFdnLA]

Whether you are an individual with epilepsy, spouse, parent, family member, partner, or caregiver, we have a group for you to gain support and share information. 💜
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Check out our upcoming virtual support groups at https://t.co/k5Ts7RDEDT

[Epilepsy Foundation Los Angeles @EpilepsyFdnLA]

Did you know that the frontal lobe is where our personality is formed? Learning more about the brain will help us to understand more about #epilepsy and why we need to care for it. #UseOurBrains #EndEpilepsy #EpilepsyLosAngeles #EpilepsyAwareness

[𝐓𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐊𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐬 @TiffanyKairos]

Be your own advocate because no one knows your body better than you.

#epilepsy #EpilepsyAwareness

[Scott @sblisss]

@BrainAblaze Yes, absolutely less optimistic mostly.

[Netflix @netflix]

Heroes don't retire. They reload.

Watch the trailer for @Schwarzenegger's first series ever! FUBAR premieres May 25