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In this week's P.O. Box:
Spitballing New Years Resolutions
Stream roundup & Pick ‘Ems
On Tap: DFS After Dark
The playoffs kick off later today, but my mind is already racing with ideas for offseason plans.
Yesterday, I hopped on The Taekcast with Davis Mattek to discuss some of our New Year’s resolutions. I haven’t firmed up anything concrete yet, but these are some of the things I’m kicking around…
A fitness challenge. I do a good job staying consistent with exercise, but it’s been too long since I’ve had a specific thing to train for or motivate me. I had a fun time Chasing Laird in the 5-10-25 challenge and want something similar for 2025. I have an idea in my mind, but I want to do a week or two of training around it before I commit to going all out. I’ll keep you posted (and if you have any fun ideas, lmk).
Book Club pt. 2. I had a blast hosting the PO Box Book Club last year and want to bring it back in some capacity. That said…as much as I loved having an aggressive reading schedule, I ended up not loving the pressure of curating two books/month and making sure I announced them for everyone with advance notice, etc.
To keep things from being a chore, it’ll probably be less formal, but I still want to aim for at least one selection a month. I’m currently working my way through Erik Larson’s epic The Demon Of Unrest, but I will pick something out for us for February with the hopes of hitting at least 10 fun reads before September.
More stretching/yoga. I stopped going to StretchLab earlier this Fall because the commute to the nearest location ended up being too much of a time-suck. Still, I want to commit to more regular stretching/yoga. I don’t mind the self-led stuff on YT (s/o Yoga With Adrienne), but I think I want to find a yoga studio for at least one weekly class to help solidify it as a habit.
Offseason work/content projects. Last year, I devoted a ton of time to growing the Deposit Kingdom channel and want to keep the momentum rolling there. My goal is to work smarter not harder, though, and I need to think through what kind of videos I want to make there. I’m leaning to less frequency, but higher quality/impact/longevity.
Less phone time. I’ve already made some big strides in this arena with my no phone in the bedroom rule, but I want to be even more aggressive with it this offseason. I think ditching it during our normal family time between 5-8pm ET would be a good resolution, albeit a difficult one now that I’ve become a #hoops guy. We’ll see, but I’d like to commit to something concrete.
Alcohol detox. The combo of the end of the season and holidays always leads to more drinking than I’d like. Last year I took all of March off, and might try something similar this year. I like this idea from David.
Let me know if you have any thoughts or your own resolutions. Would be curious to hear them…
So much going on this week, so segmenting the ICYMI by Wildcard DFS, playoff contests, and miscellany…
🃏 Wildcard DFS
💎 Wildcard hidden gems (Underdog DFS sleepers). No video this week, but I did write up my favorite scroll down picks for the 6-game Wildcard slate on Fantasy Life. Check it out here, along with the usual weekly batch of Fantasy Life newsletters.
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⏰ OOTC: Wildcard DFS Strategy, Sleepers & Pick ‘Ems. The worst TE slate also means it’s the best TE slate.
💪 THE SWOLECAST: Wildcard First Look. This is a good summary of the show:
🃏 Playoff Contests
🚢 SHIP CHASING: Playoff Week. We had four shows this week centering around the FFPC contest, including the revealing of the Boomer Opto, Pat’s Ownership Projections, Unique Angles To Attack, and a Finale with Dink & Leone. Enjoy.
⏰ OOTC: Playoff Best Ball Strategy. Badge Bros and I spun up a one-off show diving into playoff best ball strategy on Underdog. We even busted out a randomizer wheel to push us to some contrarian builds.
🪓 Guillotine contests. There are two really fun playoff formats being hosted by Fantasy Life & The Guillotine Leagues. I did a show/draft and a recap of The Guilloteenie format earlier this week, as well as a strategy breakdown for The Chopionship.
Speaking of which, we have our own Deposit Kingdom contest up in the lobby. It’s completely free and for some reason I agreed to offer the winner of the contest an appearance on After Dark or a one-hour private call. Please don’t make me regret this.
🍝 Misc.
☣️ LOLZ: DraftKings is throwing shit against the wall. A subscription for better parlay odds?! A partnership with Delta?!
Here is a Wildcard Pick ‘Em round up from OOTC if you’d like to tail:
One show on tap this weekend, available for Youtube members:
The man, the myth, the Mathology
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