FTS Betslip 19th March – Stats and Contrary

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1. Hi Ian,
   Lovely stuff as usual. Remarkable how much it is common sense.
   As you were asking for requests then I will put forward one for more videos or a video on finding value like this (FC Ufa) using FDD. The videos for your sheets are great, I find FDD trickier to get nuggets like this.

   Re FTS connect, I am not a heavy user of the forum but maybe we should look in here more often. Like you say it doesn’t have to betting related. Threads promoting decent books, tv etc useful at times like this.

   Take care.

2. Excellent podcast, Ian.

3. Great pod I’m in murphybhoy’s boat a couple of quick vids on FDD would be great.

4. As someone who’s worked from home for decades I’m well used to living without the stimulus of going out to work regularly and thought I’d jot a few points down in case there are a few people not used to seeing the inside of their own house for hours at a time each day and could do with a few reminders.

   What I’m about to write is common sense but common sense doesn’t actually affect anything until we take action and turn it into common practice.

   The skeleton of everyday living is made up of the routines and habits we have.
   We are mostly unaware of all the routines and habits we depend on (getting up to go to work at the same time, eating when it’s lunchtime, meeting the same people, travelling familiar routes at the same time seeing the same people doing it too, etc) but these times have rattled all our cages and are likely to have made us aware of what we unconsciously do – and that can cause uncomfortability or irritation because “it’s not normal”.

   That can mean we feel in a bit of a limbo so it’s a good idea to look to the basics to get some control back in your daily life.
   If you have to stay home more than usual try and work out new routines to give yourself that comfortability of familiarity and regularity – like you have Ian, with walking the new dog.
   When you feel irritable you have energy that you need to get rid of so if you can do something (it doesn’t need to be cardio exercise, it could be unloading the dishwasher, for instance) it will help to start to disperse that energy.

   The best way to tackle the disruption is to be proactive and do something rather than increase the inactive habits that are normally a relief to our usual daily activities: so, maybe increase your exercise or study the U1.5 stats in the PL rather than watch more tv or eat more snacks – easy to say but it needs a little discipline to do.

   Then there’s being mindful of the big three: diet, exercise, sleep.
   These three are the body’s first fundamental activities for physical health, well-being and energy levels.

   Everyone knows what to do but during these unusual times it may be a good idea to remind yourself of what you know so you can make sure you’re doing what the experts tell us we need to do – like taking care of your diet.
   Being at home will likely cause you to eat more than usual and, as you know, it will often be more biscuits/crisps than more fruit – so, maybe replace one sugary/savoury snack a day with an apple or whatever.
   Don’t go for a complete change in diet because I guarantee you won’t keep it up for more than a couple of days – it’s always better to attempt to reduce rather than try to eliminate.

   Again, you know it, make sure you exercise regularly – whatever that exercise is for you that gets your heart pumping a little quicker than normal and gently works your muscles and tendons.
   If you don’t normally exercise maybe add something in a couple of times a week – if you can, just walking up and down the stairs a few times can help.
   But, again, don’t aim for a huge increase just go for a doable addition.

   Sleep: as the medical experts say, try and get the amount you need – and we all need different amounts.
   It’s often not possible but even adding a few minutes a day on by going to bed a little bit earlier can help.

   There’s nothing here that you don’t already know but when your equilibrium is off kilter it’s easy to miss the obvious.

   • Great post.

5. Ian, very interesting regarding the bit on Ufa. You briefly said (if I got it right) you might do something on when to start following a trend and when to stop following it. Would be most welcome! Thanks for your pods, now a daily routine for me that I love.

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