Who Am I? w/ Noah Watry

Stop. Collaborate and listen.

Just think about it. Your time. Our time. What we have done. What we can and will do. Who we are. Who we want to become.

If you think about all that you are, have been, and will be, is that not what our lives are about?

In life, until death, with everything in between.

Thanks for listening to "Who Am I? w/ Noah Watry."

For more thoughts and personal stories about my life, and the death that has surrounded it, check out my new book, "Life, Death, and Everything in Between: My Time as a Licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer."

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The definition of insanity, is often described as "doing the same thing over and over again, while expecting a different result."

How many times have we tried the same routine, the same foods, the same drinks, the same addictions; only to yield the same results?

I have done this many times. Over and over again. I expected "this time to be different." Or, "maybe just a little less tonight."

This level of thinking yields exactly what it is; insanity. Insane acts breed insane results.

Thanks for listening to "Who Am I? w/ Noah Watry." Let's all try something new, for (in)sanity's sake.

In this podcast I elaborate a little bit more on my last podcast, "Hard, But Necessary."

I detail what happened over the summer, and what lead me to the life that I have now.

A life of complete sobriety that has taken 9 months to achieve.

Who, what, where, why, and when.

Thanks for listening to my thoughts on life, death, and everything in between.

Life is hard. Giving up, or even worse, dying, is easy.

It's the little things in life, that make it worth living. It's the everyday hardness, the struggles, the work; that make our end goals worth it. I want a strong and loving marriage. That takes work. It takes a lot of work to be faithful, tell the truth, hold each other accountable, take care and push one another to be great. 

It's easy to go out and lie, cheat, be someone we know we shouldn't be. It's easy to give up. It's easy to succumb to our addictions. I know because I have been there. I've lied. I've cheated. I've gone through numerous addictions in my life. But I have taken the necessary steps to lead a good, wholesome lifestyle, and I could not be happier.

It's hard work staying clean and sober. It's hard work going to a job every morning. It's hard work dealing with friends and family that may not be as supportive.  It's hard work going after your own personal goals in life. It's not easy, but it is necessary. The in-between, is what makes life worth living, hard as it may be.

Happy Valentine's Day to you and your loved ones!

Cuddle up with your partner as you listen to my thoughts on the most powerful force on Earth: Love.

You can't take it with you.

We can't buy time.

We can't enjoy the fruits of our labor when we're dead.

But our loved ones can. Our friends and family can.

We deserve greatness, to be shown and told, even after we are gone.

After all, isn't the point of living, to feel alive; to enjoy one another? To leave behind a legacy?

We can't take our money with us.

We can only hope to leave behind enough, for others to enjoy. 

And to protect ourselves in the end.

Our end will come.

Traffic Jams can be annoying. OK, they are. But they also give us something we wouldn't have otherwise had: time. More time. More time to reflect, to listen, to breathe, to realize just how little time we have.

Let's enjoy the time. Let's react in a positive manner.

Everyone wants more time. Everyone wants to move so quickly, when we should be doing the opposite.

Once we run out of time, it's gone. We're gone. We're not coming back, and we're not getting that time back.

Good morning, good afternoon, and good night.

Today's message is about everyone's favorite hashtag to begin the week (#MondayMotivation).

Motivation can come in all forms. But for me, and the grieving families I serve, it has an entirely different meaning. Not everyone gets to have a fresh start to the week. For some, it's actually their ending. As always, the choices we make, derive from the situations we are faced with.

Life, death, and everything in between.

My friend Matthew Moore and I discuss my poker book, The Game of Life and Poker: The Lessons I Learned On and Off the Felt. This episode covers Chapter Sixteen, titled "The End of an Era."

My friend Matthew Moore and I discuss my poker book, The Game of Life and Poker: The Lessons I Learned On and Off the Felt. This episode covers Chapter Fifteen, titled "The Long and Winding Road to Tournament Success."

My friend Matthew Moore and I discuss my poker book, The Game of Life and Poker: The Lessons I Learned On and Off the Felt. This episode covers Chapter Fourteen, titled "This Is My December, This Is All So Clear."

My friend Matthew Moore and I discuss my poker book, The Game of Life and Poker: The Lessons I Learned On and Off the Felt. This episode covers Chapter Thirteen, titled "Take Me Down to Championship City."

My friend Matthew Moore and I discuss my poker book, The Game of Life and Poker: The Lessons I Learned On and Off the Felt. This episode covers Chapter Twelve, titled "Chasing the Dream, Over and Over Again."

My friend Matthew Moore and I discuss my poker book, The Game of Life and Poker: The Lessons I Learned On and Off the Felt. This episode covers Chapter Eleven, titled "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better."

My friend Matthew Moore and I discuss my poker book, The Game of Life and Poker: The Lessons I Learned On and Off the Felt. This episode covers Chapter Ten, titled "She's Baaaaaaaack."

My friend Matthew Moore and I discuss my poker book, The Game of Life and Poker: The Lessons I Learned On and Off the Felt. This episode covers Chapter Nine, titled "Another Test On and Away From the Felt."

My friend Matthew Moore and I discuss my poker book, The Game of Life and Poker: The Lessons I Learned On and Off the Felt. This episode covers Chapter Eight, titled "Final Table or Bust."

My friend Matthew Moore and I discuss my poker book, The Game of Life and Poker: The Lessons I Learned On and Off the Felt. This episode covers Chapter Seven, titled "A New Lease on Life, Poker and Friendship."

My friend Matthew Moore and I discuss my poker book, The Game of Life and Poker: The Lessons I Learned On and Off the Felt. This episode covers Chapter Six, titled "Click, Click Boom."

My friend Matthew Moore and I discuss my poker book, The Game of Life and Poker: The Lessons I Learned On and Off the Felt. This episode covers Chapter Five, titled "In the Poker Game of Life, Women Are the Rake."

My friend Matthew Moore and I discuss my poker book, The Game of Life and Poker: The Lessons I Learned On and Off the Felt. This episode covers Chapter Four, titled "Work, Work, Work, Work, Work."

My friend Matthew Moore and I discuss my poker book, The Game of Life and Poker: The Lessons I Learned On and Off the Felt. This episode covers Chapter Three, titled "Time to Start a New Life."

My friend Matthew Moore and I discuss my poker book, The Game of Life and Poker: The Lessons I Learned On and Off the Felt. This episode covers Chapter Two, titled "Did We Just Become Best Friends."

My friend Matthew Moore and I discuss my poker book, The Game of Life and Poker: The Lessons I Learned On and Off the Felt. This episode covers the foreword (written by Matthew himself) and Chapter One, titled "I'll Never Get There."