Gray Hair Dave's Journey: Personal Updates and Future Endeavors
This podcast episode offers an insightful reflection on the importance of estate planning, particularly in the context of personal conversations that reveal unforeseen considerations regarding one's legacy. We delve into the significance of establishing a comprehensive "when I die" file, emphasizing that such measures are not merely prudent but essential for ensuring that one's wishes are honored posthumously. Additionally, Grey Hair Dave address the nuances of engaging with potential guests for the podcast, stressing the necessity of familiarity with the show prior to outreach. This episode serves as a reminder that meaningful connections and thoughtful preparations are crucial in navigating both personal and professional realms. We invite listeners to reflect on their own planning and communication practices as we explore these pertinent themes.
The discourse presented in this episode of 5 Minutes with Gray Hair Dave encapsulates a variety of personal reflections and life updates from the host, Gray Hair Dave. The episode commences with an introduction that establishes a casual, yet engaging rapport with the audience, characterized by a sincere apology for a delay in content delivery due to unforeseen circumstances. This candidness establishes a relatable connection, inviting listeners to partake in Dave's narrative as he shares anecdotes from his weekend, particularly the joys of familial conversations that evoke nostalgia and a sense of belonging.
As the episode progresses, Gray Hair Dave delves into the subject of estate planning, prompted by a recent discussion with his brother. This segment serves not only as a personal revelation but also as a poignant reminder of the significance of planning for the future. The host emphasizes the necessity of being prepared for life's uncertainties, a theme that resonates deeply with listeners who may similarly confront considerations of legacy and responsibility. He conveys the importance of such discussions, framing them within the broader context of human relationships and life's impermanence.
Furthermore, Gray Hair Dave touches upon the integration of video content into the podcast, a noteworthy development that signifies an evolution in his engagement with his audience. This transition to a visual format is met with both excitement and trepidation, as he seeks feedback from listeners to enhance his presentation. He reflects on the technological advancements in medical imaging, sharing his recent experiences with a CAT scan, which underscores the intersection of health, technology, and personal care. By intertwining personal anecdotes with broader themes of responsibility and innovation, this episode offers a rich tapestry of insights that are both relatable and thought-provoking, ultimately encouraging listeners to reflect on their own lives and the legacies they wish to leave behind.
Takeaways:
- In this episode, we discussed the importance of estate planning for individuals with assets.
- Gray Hair Dave acknowledged a mistake in the previous recording and expressed his apologies.
- We shared insights about the recent changes in the local Cracker Barrel restaurant environment.
- The podcast emphasizes the significance of understanding the podcasting landscape before pitching guests.
- Dave highlighted his ongoing health journey, including the use of the medication Wegovy.
- Listeners are encouraged to provide feedback on both the audio and video formats of the podcast.
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Companies mentioned in this episode:
- Logic Pro
- WeGovy
- Cracker Barrel
- Gray Hair Productions
- boomerpodcasters.com
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Transcript
Welcome to Five Minutes with Gray Hair Dave.
Speaker A:He has gray hair.
Speaker A:He has a gray beard.
Speaker A:He wears glasses like the guy in the artwork.
Speaker A:Oh, and the guy in the artwork is better looking.
Speaker A:Now here is Gray Hair Dave.
Speaker B:How are you, Gray Hair Dave.
Speaker B:Here we're recording live.
Speaker B:Live and in color today.
Speaker B:Today I am recording five minutes of Gray Hair Dave with video.
Speaker B:Now this video is going to be better.
Speaker B:Sorry about last week.
Speaker B:I really, really am.
Speaker B:I. I goofed up.
Speaker B:I left it the background as Logic Pro, my daw, my digital audio workstation.
Speaker B:And how exciting is that?
Speaker B:I mean, not at all.
Speaker B:Watching these waveforms go up and down, up and down as I talk.
Speaker B:You don't care about that, do you?
Speaker B:I don't think you do.
Speaker B:And I looked at that and went, well, that's no fun.
Speaker B:So here I am.
Speaker B:It's a day late, but I had things I had to get done yesterday and I'm sorry.
Speaker B:These, you know, life happens and you got to do things right.
Speaker B:So I hope you're doing well.
Speaker B:I really do.
Speaker B:Hope you're enjoying yourself.
Speaker B:Hope you had a great weekend.
Speaker B:I had a nice weekend.
Speaker B:I. I did a lot of things.
Speaker B:I talked to one of my brothers yesterday and got to hear all the stories about back up north, which was fun.
Speaker B:I'll probably give my other brother a call today.
Speaker B:It's nice to talk to your brothers or your.
Speaker B:I'm sure if I had sisters, I'd talk to them, but it's.
Speaker B:It's nice because you get to catch up on what's going on and in the world.
Speaker B:It makes you look to see what's going on in yours.
Speaker B:Excuse me for playing with the goatee, but.
Speaker B:Or the mustard.
Speaker B:Not to goatee with the beer, but it's habit anymore.
Speaker B:So, anyways, I wanted to give you a quick update on what's happening with the when I die file.
Speaker B:It's closer.
Speaker B:I had with my one chat last night with my brother.
Speaker B:He brought up a couple of things that I hadn't thought about, which were estate planning.
Speaker B:So if you're someone who has something to leave for people, you need to be doing some estate planning.
Speaker B:I don't really think I need to, but I might.
Speaker B:I don't know.
Speaker B:I need to really look into that and see what it's.
Speaker B:See what I need to be doing, which gives me a reason to tell you all this.
Speaker B:I got a.
Speaker B:This is funny.
Speaker B:I talked about the when I die file a couple of weeks ago.
Speaker B:All of a sudden.
Speaker B:I get an email the other day from a gentleman who is representing a lawyer.
Speaker B:And first thing I think of when I get a letter from somebody representing a lawyer is like, what did I do now?
Speaker B:Well, that wasn't it.
Speaker B:It was, you know, they were wanting to know if I was.
Speaker B:Would be interested in having their client on our show.
Speaker B:Five minutes with Gray here, Dave.
Speaker B:And until this minute now, I didn't think so, but it might not be a terrible idea.
Speaker B:And, and I, I would really, really, really appreciate your comments on this.
Speaker B:Now, you can only talk to and.
Speaker B:Or about what's going on in America, I'm sure, but this guy is.
Speaker B:I looked him up.
Speaker B:He's.
Speaker B:He's pretty credible.
Speaker B:I watched a couple of his YouTube videos with other podcast hosts, and the information seemed to be very, very good.
Speaker B:Now, let's be honest.
Speaker B:He's like everybody else.
Speaker B:He's going to be out there wanting to promote his stuff.
Speaker B:And, you know, that's fine if that's what you, you know, you're okay with, and I hope that it is.
Speaker B:But if it's not something you're okay with, I understand that, too.
Speaker B:So, you know, I don't want to take.
Speaker B:And I don't want to abuse your time by doing this, but I also think it might be something of interest.
Speaker B:Now, I know that this has gone to a.
Speaker B:Which is really weird from podcasting and talking about everything to all of a sudden now I'm talking about just death stuff.
Speaker B:And I don't want to be that guy.
Speaker B:I really, really don't want to be that guy.
Speaker B:So I'm not going to be that guy.
Speaker B:And, and, and we're going to change subjects here in just a second or.
Speaker B:I wanted to see what your thoughts were.
Speaker B:And this is very, very important to me.
Speaker B:If you guys don't want to hear from him, I'll tell him.
Speaker B:No, I'll tell his, his bookie or his agent or whatever this guy is.
Speaker B:I think it's his agent.
Speaker B:Thank you, but no thank you.
Speaker B:Kind of like I did with the last gentleman who wanted to be on my show.
Speaker B:And here's the thing, folks, and I'm going to say this as succinctly as I can, don't ever approach a podcaster about having yourself or a client of yours on their show or my show.
Speaker B:If you haven't listened to it, you don't know if you're right for me or not or your client is right for me or not.
Speaker B:If you haven't listened to my show or whoever's show you're thinking about pitching your client for two.
Speaker B:I Can't stress that enough.
Speaker B:It's very, very important that you do that, otherwise you lose credibility with the podcaster.
Speaker B:Now, we're not these gods out there because we have podcasts and, oh, you know, you know, so and so turned me down.
Speaker B:Or this or that.
Speaker B:That's.
Speaker B:That's not what this is about.
Speaker B:This is about.
Speaker B:You need to understand what the podcast is.
Speaker B:And you can't listen to just one and go by the.
Speaker B:The title, the show title, or a quick browse of the show notes.
Speaker B:That doesn't tell you what the entire show is about, now does it?
Speaker B:No.
Speaker B:So please, please, if you're gonna pitch me, pitch me.
Speaker B:Somebody make sure you've listened to my podcast.
Speaker B:That's just common courtesy and good business sense.
Speaker B:So let's get off of that now.
Speaker B:Told you.
Speaker B:I started my diet a little couple weeks ago and I took my second injection this past Saturday because they got me on WeGovy.
Speaker B:We govy.
Speaker B:No, I'm on.
Speaker B:I'm the same person that's on the commercials, except I don't have to lose that much weight.
Speaker B:I've already lost five or six pounds since I've been on WeGovy.
Speaker B:So McGovi is a shot that you give yourself and you have to keep it refrigerated.
Speaker B:Refrigerated.
Speaker B:Refrigerated.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker B:Honest, folks, I am drinking Diet Coke today.
Speaker B:I'm not drinking beer yet, but doing this.
Speaker B:So that was an honest mistake.
Speaker B:Anyway, it changes your attitude, supposedly towards food.
Speaker B:Now, we cooked a big dinner here last night, had Swiss steak and I.
Speaker B:My eyes were way bigger than my stomach, but normally that's what I would have put on my plate.
Speaker B:And yesterday I could eat about half of that.
Speaker B:It's working.
Speaker B:I. I stopped today also after a trip to the hospital for a test.
Speaker B:I'll tell you about that in a second.
Speaker B:I stopped at Cracker Barrel because I wanted to see if they had done anything to the Cracker Barrel that's closest to me.
Speaker B:They had painted the outside.
Speaker B:It looked nice and fresh, which was nice when I walked inside past all the rocking chairs and everything.
Speaker B:The inside was a lot like it used to be with all the things for sale.
Speaker B:The interior looked repainted in the.
Speaker B:Oh goodness, the dining room.
Speaker B:I couldn't think of dining room.
Speaker B:New tables, new chairs, looked nice, first coat of paint, but it still had all the old style things on the walls.
Speaker B:I enjoyed that.
Speaker B:It still had that game with the golf pin, you know, the, the golf tees on the triangle.
Speaker B:I, I found that to be nice too, but they looked nice and new.
Speaker B:It was okay.
Speaker B:It was fine.
Speaker B:I don't see anything wrong with it at all.
Speaker B:I really don't.
Speaker B:So the only thing I did notice is that this one serves beer, wine, and a few mixed drinks, which I don't remember happening before.
Speaker B:And I texted a friend of mine because we used to go once in a while years ago, probably eight, ten years ago now, or 15 even.
Speaker B:Maybe it's.
Speaker B:And yeah, she didn't remember there being boat, you know, beer, wine, or any kind of alcohol either.
Speaker B:And I didn't.
Speaker B:So that's what, that's what happened there.
Speaker B:Then I, you know, I came back and I, I started getting ready for this.
Speaker B:But I did go to the hospital today because I had to have a CAT scan.
Speaker B:My doctor wanted.
Speaker B:Because of this Wegovy, they worry about your chest, and then they also worry about your thyroid because if there's any, Any history in your family of thyroid disease, you can't use this medication, and I don't have any.
Speaker B:But.
Speaker B:So today was a, Was a chest ct. A CAT scan two weeks from now is a thyroid ultrasound.
Speaker B:I don't.
Speaker B:Anyway, today's.
Speaker B:I didn't have to do prep for.
Speaker B:I just went in and I'll be honest, folks, I was in and out of that machine in 10 seconds.
Speaker B:It seemed like she laid me.
Speaker B:She had me lay down.
Speaker B:I didn't have to change my clothes, nothing.
Speaker B:You know, just take my cross and put it up over my, you know, my shoulder so it couldn't be seen.
Speaker B:The table raised up and pushed me in to.
Speaker B:To the machine.
Speaker B:And as soon as I got there, it said, it said in a, In a British accent, breathe in, hold.
Speaker B:And five seconds later, maybe seven, I was coming.
Speaker B:She goes, feel, feel, Please breathe.
Speaker B:And I was coming out of the machine, and I thought, well, maybe something went wrong.
Speaker B:They need to re.
Speaker B:To reposition me.
Speaker B:And the technician goes, you're all set.
Speaker B:You're kidding me.
Speaker B:That's all.
Speaker B:It took it that fast, folks?
Speaker B:It really, really did.
Speaker B:The technology today, compared to just seven years ago, is amazing because I remember the CAT scan I went for when I had my, My prostate cancer, and it was a lot longer than the, like seven or eight seconds, you know, so it's.
Speaker B:It's good for us.
Speaker B:It.
Speaker B:The new technologies that are coming through are good for us, I think, and I hope they are.
Speaker B:They're.
Speaker B:They're good for you if you're needing them, and I hope you're not needing them.
Speaker B:So with that being said, we're running A little long.
Speaker B:I wanted to say a couple of quick things.
Speaker B:This is being recorded for video.
Speaker B:It's going to go out on YouTube.
Speaker B:Probably not until tomorrow because I have to edit that and I want to get the, the intro in there and everything else.
Speaker B:But I wanted you to know that this was video and it's going to be available on YouTube.
Speaker B:Under 5 minutes with gray Hair Dave.
Speaker B:Just like everything else.
Speaker B:There's five minutes of Gray Hair Dave when it comes to the video stuff.
Speaker B:Now, the podcast is already in YouTube as an audio with a static picture of the COVID art.
Speaker B:Okay, that's already there.
Speaker B:There's already 169 of them.
Speaker B:This is episode 170, folks.
Speaker B:Can you believe that?
Speaker B:170 episodes.
Speaker B:I'm ecstatic about that.
Speaker B:We won't hit 200 by the end of the year, but, you know, we got some time.
Speaker B:But I just.
Speaker B:So go to that.
Speaker B:Go to YouTube and, and watch it, see if you like it and give me, give me feedback, give me comments.
Speaker B:I am new to doing this face to face on, on YouTube.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker B:I've done videos before where I've been in them, but I've always been directed by somebody to do this or do that or there's one of me out there that I just went on my own because if you watch it, you'll understand.
Speaker B:But I want your comments.
Speaker B:I want your, your yays and your nays and, and, and I'm going to take them with the, the intent that they're given.
Speaker B:And hopefully that's a great intent to help me get better at this.
Speaker B:So I want to do this.
Speaker B:So there's that.
Speaker B:So also, folks, don't forget that.
Speaker B:Also, folks, don't forget, I need your comments about what you think about anything I've said today.
Speaker B:I'd really like to hear from you.
Speaker B:Go to 5 minutes with gray hair Dave dot com.
Speaker B:That's the number.
Speaker B:5 minutes with gray hair Dave dotcom.
Speaker B:On the contact me page is a form you can fill out and, and send me it.
Speaker B:It takes your email address.
Speaker B:And as I've said before, I don't sell email addresses.
Speaker B:I'm very greedy.
Speaker B:I keep them for myself.
Speaker B:I'm selfish that way.
Speaker B:Also, if you're.
Speaker B:If you're thinking about starting a podcast, you don't know what to do.
Speaker B:You don't know where to start.
Speaker B:There's a podcast guy out there for you.
Speaker B:His name is Gray Hair Dave.
Speaker B:Go to.
Speaker B:I'm on boomer podcasters.com.
Speaker B:it's another one of my podcasts.
Speaker B:It's got seven out there right now.
Speaker B:And the videos are going to start coming soon because I got to a point where it didn't make sense without the video.
Speaker B:How can I tell you to download this?
Speaker B:This is the button you push to do that.
Speaker B:This is the button you push to do this if I'm not showing it to you on a video.
Speaker B:And anyways, if you're, if you're a Gen Z, a baby boomer, Gen Y, Gen X, millennial, anybody you're interested in starting a podcast, go to boomerpodcasters.com if you want to ask questions, click on the little microphone in the bottom right hand corner or go to the Contact Me page.
Speaker B:Just say, hey, Dave, I, you know, or Gray Hair Dave, I got a question.
Speaker B:Oh, yeah, I'd be interested in your help also, folks.
Speaker B:Don't forget Gray Hair Productions.
Speaker B:That's me, Gray Hair Day, who has Gray Hair Productions.
Speaker B:I do audio editing and video editing for podcasts.
Speaker B:I would, for YouTube, Spotify, whatever.
Speaker B:I'll do them for you and they'll come back looking clean and professional looking, especially the audio.
Speaker B:I'm getting better and better and better at the, the video.
Speaker B:But, you know, we all got to start somewhere, right?
Speaker B:But if that's something you're interested in, if you'd like some of your time back so you're not editing, give me a shot, give me a yell.
Speaker B:Over at Gray Hair Productions, go to the Contact Me page, see if there's something, you know, let me know what you're interested in doing or if you need help or you want some time back, I'm there for you.
Speaker B:I'll do it for you.
Speaker B:Also on Five Minutes of Gray Hair Dave, if you're interested in merchandise, we've got T shirts, we've got tumblers, we've got ball hats, we've got, I even got the mirror, not the mirrors, but the window covers to keep the sun out.
Speaker B:If you're in a, if you're like, like me in Florida or if you're in Arizona or something like that, you can order that, all that over at gray, I mean, five minutes of gray hair dave.com on the merchandise page.
Speaker B:Just click right on over there.
Speaker B:You'll be happy to have you.
Speaker B:I'd happy to have you see a look at it.
Speaker B:Give me your, give me your thoughts.
Speaker B:And if there's not something there you want, let me know and I can add it.
Speaker B:It's real easy.
Speaker B:They print it up, do whatever they got to do, whether that's embroidery or that's, that's whatever, and they ship it right out to you.
Speaker B:You want one, that's fine.
Speaker B:I'd be happy to have you buy one.
Speaker B:So there's that, folks.
Speaker B:So I'm getting a little long on a tooth here.
Speaker B:One more thing.
Speaker B:Two more things.
Speaker B:Two more things.
Speaker B:If you know somebody who doesn't know what a podcast is, do me a favor.
Speaker B:Let them.
Speaker B:Let them know what it is, where to find it, on their phones or their tablets or their computers.
Speaker B:Help them with the genres, and if you need an example, use me.
Speaker B:Five minutes of gray hair day.
Speaker B:Here's how you find five minutes gray hair Dave.
Speaker B:Here's how you subscribe to five minutes with gray hair Dave, etc.
Speaker B:Etc.
Speaker B:I would really appreciate it.
Speaker B:And so what are all the other podcasters out there next?
Speaker B:You see somebody you don't know today out and about, wave, smile.
Speaker B:You'll make their day.
Speaker B:I promise you it will.
Speaker B:And they.
Speaker B:And that in turn will make yours.
Speaker B:So on behalf of Gray Hair Dave here over at Gray Hair Productions, I wish you a happy day, a happy week, and a happy weekend.
Speaker B:And I will talk to you soon.
Speaker B:Bye.
Speaker B:Bye.
