EP. 167 Q3 Wrapped

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Japan luggage forwarding lets a hotel send your bag to the next hotel two days later.

1. How To Hobby Podcast EP. 167, “Q3 Wrapped,” centers on Jon Power and Shani B. comparing the quarter’s travel, work, and hobbies. 2. Jon Power hosts the show, and Shani B. is the co-host whose Japan trip and hobby updates give the episode its main throughline. 3. The episode asks what Q3 produced for each of them and what they want to carry into Q4. 4. Shani says he is leaving for Osaka the next day, flying Japan Airlines to Japan and Delta back through Tokyo and San Diego. 5. He explains that the outbound trip uses premium economy because he wants to sleep on the 16-hour time change and adjust to Japan time faster. 6. He also says he has been packed for almost four days, using an Osprey 75-liter backpack instead of a rollie bag. 7. Shani describes Japan’s luggage forwarding service, where a hotel can send a bag to another hotel two days later. 8. Jon turns the conversation to a wilderness weekend in Show Low, Arizona, where he went for a men’s retreat. 9. That retreat included a gym, pickleball, axe throwing, and mountain biking around the trees and small towns of northern Arizona. 10. Jon says he used AI to generate food lists and portioning for a weekend meal plan, and the result left almost no leftovers. 11. He credits two friends acting as sous chefs, while noting one chopped onions for the grill in thick half-inch pieces. 12. The show then shifts into the episode format, with Jon greeting listeners, mentioning the bar-style lounge setup, and asking for five-star reviews, Spotify comments, YouTube views, and Gmail messages. 13. Jon says the episode is a Q3 wrap because Shani will be away for the next two weeks in Japan. 14. He outlines the plan to cover hobbies, notable executables, and Q4 expectations as a time capsule for the quarter. 15. Shani says professionally he stepped into a new role that moved him from design engineering into documentation, quotes, drawings, and design memos. 16. He says that role helped him close a large project involving a new technology, a new material, and hundreds of parts across prototypes and production. 17. Shani also says he committed to a short buzz cut for his thinning hair, and now people comment on it about once a week. 18. Jon says his own development this quarter came from steady gym work, skydiving photos that made him notice muscle growth, and balancing that with bike riding. 19. The episode’s tone is conversational and personal, with the hosts mixing work updates, travel logistics, and hobby stories in a casual Friday format. 20. Listeners who like engineering jobs, travel planning, motorcycles, and quarter reviews will get the most from it, while people wanting a tightly edited single-topic episode may skip it.

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A loose Friday hangout that turns Japan prep, restaurant talk, and snack debate into something practical.

Episode 167 feels like a familiar Friday hangout, with Japan departure day pushed to tomorrow and the year suddenly looking a lot closer to the rearview mirror.

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Packing for Osaka and judging protein bars? This one's for you.

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