Living Dichotomy

By Jeffrey Jorgensen

Showing the world that even though there's a contrast in the things we enjoy and the people we love, they still can live in harmony. The juxtapose of such things shows the beautiful things in life. Th... more

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The podcast currently has 32 episodes available.

Living Dichotomy episodes:

April 10, 2018 010 Separation, divorce, kids, and hard changes in life
Dad Life Struggle: Separation, divorce, kids, and hard changes in life
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March 29, 2018 009 Gun Policy, violence, the NRA, and your family.
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46min
February 16, 2018 008 New dad toolkit. Simple tips every new dad should know.
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February 05, 2018 007 Government, Taxes, money, credit, and finances. Stuff every Dad should teach their kids
Government, Taxes, money, credit, and finances. Stuff every Dad should teach their kids.
California taxes
California road taxes
For profit toll roads
https://www.ocregister.com/2016/08/26/331-million-collected-our-toll-roads-are-a-booming-business/
Crazy car drivers in California compared to elsewhere.
Population density causes traffic
Cameron’s neighborhood friendly bum
California’s new road tax
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-gas-tax-increase-political-battle-20171031-story.html
How many people know who and what they vote for.
Why California’s government is horrible about managing money.
Amazon moving to Los Angeles.
http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-amazon-studios-culver-20171030-story.html
Magpul moved from Colorado because of their gun laws.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/26/magpul-finalizes-departure-colorado/
Trumps tax plan was based on one of Obama’s Chief economist.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/charleskadlec/2012/04/23/christina-romer-knows-tax-hikes-will-kill-the-recovery/#4f67545953df
Planet money top economist and corporate tax.
https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=499490275
Taxes explained through the Laffer Curve
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/laffercurve.asp
Warren Buffett on why not to raise the minimum wage.
Minimum wage does not support a family
Have your kids work a crappy job so they understand what they don’t want to do when they grow up.
The economy is not a zero-sum game or a fixed pie game.
You can be successful by manage your money correctly even
https://www.daveramsey.com/store/books/the-legacy-journey-a-radical-view-of-bibical-wealth-and-generosity/prodD002.html
Fiat currency
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/fiatmoney.asp
88 percent of people in the us graduate with a high school diploma or equivalent

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January 15, 2018 006 Looking forward to naps, grandpa stories, and sorry I killed your dog when you were little son.
You know when you’re a dad when you look forward to your next nap.
Jeff’s Grandpa told him a story about how he had to shoot his dog at the age of 8.
A friend thought his dog was still alive on a big farm, he found out as an adult his dog was dead.
Chris claps his hands halfway through the podcast because it annoys Jeff.
Some people treat kids like collectibles such as Pogs and trading card games.
There are ways to increase your odds to have what gender you want.
http://www.parenting.com/fertility/boosting-fertility/trying-to-conceive-boy-or-girl-check-out-these-10-tips
Talk about the complexities of the human body and how amazing a machine it is
Your mind is molecularly equivalent of a small city that is run by a river. And in some cases that river is run by mountain dew and skittles. – Brian Jorgensen
Stop trying to have kids, and you will have kids.
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January 08, 2018 005 Real or fake Christmas trees and arrangements with your wife
The real vs fake Christmas tree argument.
Husbands are always the one to deal with Christmas trees.
Real Christmas tree were more expensive this year due to the economic downturn back in 2008.
http://time.com/money/5038943/christmas-tree-more-expensive/
Guys are always the ones to apologize first in an argument.
Kids don’t remember things when they are very young
Projecting your emotions onto your kids is not a clever idea
Chris brings in Starbucks and flowers because his OCD got in the way of cleaning.
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December 27, 2017 005 Pursuing education later in life can be a struggle
The Struggle is Real: Dad Life Episode 7 - Pursuing education later in life can be a struggle.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Sean’s talks about flight school and his progress through a pilot flight syllabus.
Swearing in flight school and getting corrected by an old lady about swearing while she talks to another adult like a child.
The differences between swearing in the military vs the civilian sector and why it’s different.
Someone else getting in trouble and it is thrown you off your game.
Don’t look at some one while you are flying can be dangerous, especially if the flight instructor is doing it as well.
Different flight gates in civilian flying compared to the military, and becoming a flight instructor.
Balancing time between family, flight school, husband, father, and work.
Dealing with laundry for an family of 6 is like doing one persons laundry for a week in one day.
Getting ahead of your own learning potential when learning something new, and how it could set you up for failure.
Going through flight school with foreigners, and learning something different things for various cultures.
When your busy it can be hard to turn your brain off, because of all the things you must do have to balance such as school, home, and work.
Starting your final papers and major projects a few days before they are supposed to be due, when you have months to do it and getting perfect grades.
Comparing the little amount of effort and time you apply into your classes vs some who put more time into the projects and getting the same grade as them.
Starting educational classes motived, and as you progress through the class you begin to care less and less as time went on.
Chris persuing higher education via a master’s degree program and the struggles associated with that.
Colleges changing their curriculum right before you graduate, and how it’s a scam to make more money sometimes.
The insane amount of time it takes a school to post your degree once you complete it.
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December 11, 2017 004 Dad Life Struggle: Are you happy where you work?
Jeff created a video about how he created his trim in his house, two days after surgery.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLZEcabkGuc
Theory of identity development.
https://www.learning-theories.com/identity-status-theory-marcia.html
Diving into the nitty gritty of where certain individuals might be in their life.
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.
https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html
By changing the perspective and expectations you change the way in how you see and live your life.
What defines success in your career and how a lot of time success is subjective and not objective.
Working on progression while things from your past keeping you back.
What success looks like to the world.
People can’t sustain a sense of bless all the time. This is just a part of life.
If people feel the need to verbally tell you that they are happy usually aren’t happy.
How a haircut can make someone more approachable or not.
Bad tattoo ideas and why you should never get a tattoo on your head or face.

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24min
December 03, 2017 003 Depressions, from feeling nothing to something
Exercising and the challenges associated with it. Sometimes you just have to get out and go do it.
Training endurance runs, running to Mexico and back for a total of 26 miles
50-mile endurance races in 98-degree weather, over mountains.
Coming from a fat kid to endurance athlete, the journey traveled
Depression and the feelings associated with it. Challenges and obstacles to overcome to help you grow.

Links:
http://running.competitor.com/2017/08/training/everything-need-know-about-running-sand_166941
https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/depression/what-is-depression
http://leonadivide5050.com
Check out our other podcasts at https://thestruggleisreal.life
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27min
December 03, 2017 002 From Motorcycles to a Prius.
Talk about the Lexus crash in San Diego in 2009
What to do if you’re accelerator pedal gets stuck.
Why Chris bought a Prius
Your wife tries to you into something, and your friend talks you into it
Chris gets a hot tub
Our family dynamics
Varieties types of maturity
Dad problems
Kids testing parents
Dad super powers
You don’t know it’s the last time pick up your kid until it’s the last time.
When your kid says, “mom let me in charge”
My kids OCD
Mom’s want baby girls, dads want baby boys.

Crash in San Diego, with a stuck accelerator pedal.
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/the-scene/cars/Feds-Confirm-Stuck-Gas-Pedal-Caused-Lexus-crash-66214482.html
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27min

FAQs about Living Dichotomy:

How many episodes does Living Dichotomy have?

The podcast currently has 32 episodes available.