Why I do what I do.

Hey,
So I know a lot of you know me but some of you are new to the Rex Felixx experience.

Here are a few things about me.

1.I have two eyes,

2.Anose

3. Love to sing, dance , and play guitar….

Ok for real though.

4. I do love eating spaghettios and edamame.

OK seriously, though….

I grew up in Buffalo, NY and have always been a goofy oddball person who loved to make people laugh. I come from a long history of artists who inspired me daily, to use that imagination.
Now, all grown up (37) and having too many gray hairs to count, I decided to continue this journey of assisting the world in understanding they can use imagination every single day and not be a potato too mature for play.
We don’t have to work a job we hate and never think about anything else. Can you imagine if you were 25 years of age, and found the (perfect) job and never thought about anything else except that?

Sad. ( Like ice cream melted in the sun before eating it sad.)

Rex Felixx has always been apart of me, and I am apart of it. The whole purpose of it is to show the world through my writings, drawings, and personality, that we can be true to our own self. Who cares what other people may chatter when we are doing something we love. King Happy (Rex Felixx) is all about inspiring people who feel down on their luck, who are stuck, or just bored with life. Everyday I wake up hoping to bring a smile to someone’s day, or a creative spark in a poem I write.

One little spark…

to get that imagination growing again!

You want to bake? Cool go bake it.
You love to sing? Great go and do open mic
You like doing marathons? Amazing go and run (I’m tired thinking about 26 miles)

Please if you can’t remember anything I write in this post, remember this

YOU ARE AWESOME!!!
STOP BEING SHY ABOUT HOW AWESOME YOU ARE!!

Get out there and start living, stop ignoring that little voice inside your heart telling you to dream.

Cheers,

Rex Felixx

P.S. I want spaghettios

Another year.... Time to reflect.

Hey guys!!!

WHAT A YEAR!

Another year to be alive.

Another year to dream!
Life really is amazing.

Cheers to this year,

And
Cheers to the next year.

Although every year is awesome, I always want more. I always want to keep on growing.

In this last week of 2023, I think it is a good idea to sit and reflect on this past year.

Take a look at all the goals you have accomplished, (congratulate yourself, reward yourself)

Also review the goals you failed to achieve.( why did you fail? What support do I have?)

In 2024 may you continue to go after your dreams and goals and don’t dwell on your failures and shortcomings.
Take a long look in the mirror and ask yourself.

“How am I going to live this life to the fullest?”

“What do I want to achieve in 2024?”

“How can i achieve these goals?”

Goout there and be awesome!!!
Change the world!

Don’t give up on your dreams in this life,

otherwise you may be sitting there breathing but you aren't truly living.

Cheers,

Rex Felix

P.S Bring me some figgy pudding

Stuck...

It’s crazy to think that some of us decide that we can live on autopilot and be in a rut our entire life. I wouldn’t even say a rut… we just don’t want to try at all. We stop living at age 25 and die at 75. It’s very sad. It makes me depressed knowing that so many of us won’t even try to fulfill their dreams or even use their talents on a daily basis.

” I don’t have time”
” I am le tired.”

“ I have kids now.”

Blah Blah Blah…

Get up and go live the best life you can.
Stop this woe is me mentality.

Get out there and change your life,

which will then change the lives of others around you,

which will then change the whole world.

Most importantly,

When you actually do something with your talent and do something for yourself

you actually feel alive!

You show the world who you are!

Cheers,

Rex Felixx


P.S. I wish I was talented at cooking burgers. I really can go for one now.

In a World of Decay.... Be the Beauty.

Wandering through this

world of death and decay

realizing something has to change.

Stumbling upon a broken mirror I reflect,

“What do I do?”

“I haven’t the slightest clue

but it seems obvious to me

that the change starts with you.”

RF

I wrote this yesterday morning thinking abut all the craziest happening in this world today and realizing I want more out of this world with the years I have left. I’m guilty of worrying too much about the future and forgetting to be here in the present moment. I wouldn’t say this happens all the time but there are instances where I get caught up in all the dread and get grinded down like a tree stump.

These word came to me after the gym yesterday. I decided I need to type it out quickly before my shattered brain forgets it. Yes, we live in a broken messed up world but that doesn’t mean we have to give up hope or stop trying to better our life, or to help the ones around us.

Change starts with me. I need to take ownership of my failures and my successes. It seems so simple to change, yet we are creatures of habit. We get into a routine and stay with that routine forever. If we want to have an awesome life, world, and future its starts with little changes.

These changes can be as simple as :

Walking more.

Reading more and less scrolling.

Writing your thoughts down more.

Exercising more

.Having actual conversations with human beings more.

I want to be the best person I can be in this world. I also want the world to be better place for me and my family.(selfish thinking I know ) I think instead of trying to change the whole world we need to focus on changing our own life for the better and the world will follow suit. The only way we will be able to change this world is by starting to remove the ugly weeds ands vines suffocating us in this garden of life and start filling our garden with more beauty flowers!

Cheers homies,

Rex Felixx

Waking up

There are some days where I don’t feel like getting out of bed.
I am like sloth all rolled up like a California sushi roll.
There some days where I jump out of bed and want to hit the grounding running. I want to accomplish everything all in one day. I’m not sure why some days feel so different but I want to have that positive feeling of waking up and completing my goals all the time.

I think planning is important. You get to decide what you want to accomplish.
It’s so much easier laying out gym clothes and planning my workout than rushing in the morning trying to find my sneakers.

Waking up is key to having a great day. I encourage everyone to plan tomorrow, today.
before going to bed think of a few goals that you want to accomplish.
Try it out. I can’t be the only person who enjoys waking up with that feeling of excitement. That feeling of accomplishment.
What do you have to lose? Another day of slothfulness and resentment?

Cheers,

Rex Felixx

Be what you want

How many people walk through life feeling miserable and never choosing to accomplish their dream? I think we all know someone who wakes up miserable , works all day, and goes to bed miserable. At what point in our life do we become blobs of negativity?

I never grew up thinking life was going to suck or be painful or dreadful every day of the year. In fact, I always thought I would grow up to be a famous musician or an actor on the stage. Hahah neither ever happened…yet. Instead, I work in insurance and offer people savings everyday. The monotony can be excruciating at times. However, a few years ago, I decided I wanted more in life and to have a fulfilled purpose. I wanted to wake up everyday feeling alive. That is when I decided to just be me and do my crazy weird drawings and writings and send a smile everyday to people who would look my way. I was tired of “ pleasing other people” and hiding my true nature of being positive or creative because others may think of me as weird. I was behaving like a chubby unicorn when in reality I was a rhino!

I don’t know if you are going through this now. But stop faking being a Chubby Unicorn when you really are a Rhino. Stop trying to impress people you can’t stand and faking your way through life. There is a point where we will all face this crossroad in life where we can decide who we want to be or have others decide who we are meant to be. I would rather decide for myself than being told what to be or what to do. I have no idea of all the answers to life. I do know this one thing though.

If you are true to yourself , then the rest will work its way out. Take it one day at a time and do what you love, that weight of impressing others will slowly lift off your shoulders and you can finally awaken each day feeling alive.

Cheers,

Rex Felixx

P.S. I don’t know why I said I was a Chubby Unicorn…guess that’s just my brain for ya!

Silencio! Silencio!

Anyone else having this old man in their head trying to deter them from doing something?

Not kidding, this past Monday I was laying in bed feeling exhausted and worn out from the weekend , but I wanted to get up at 5:30 to go to the gym. The gym for me is a special place where I can go and destress and obviously lift heavy things, because I’m like a Neanderthal . “Me lift heavy things.” Anyways, I was in bed and my alarm went off, immediately this old man was saying,

“Hey go to sleep, rest a little, you had a hard night.” He was relentless.

“Don’t worry about the gym, you can work out later. Working out is overrated.”

I was so close to hitting snooze button and roll back over and hold my wife and call it a day. Maybe I would even sleep until noon and not work that day. Then I decided quickly in my brain to shut that old man up. I jumped up out of bed and started saying “Silencio! Silencio!” Don’t ask me why i said it in Italian, but it worked! It felt amazing to beat up on an old man (figuratively obviously, I’m no monster. I love old people.) Whenever an old man or old woman creeps into your mind to deter you from waking up to go to the gym, or try to delay your from finishing a task remember to say “Silencio! Silencio!” hey will run away and leave you be for that day.

Cheers,

Rex Felixx

P.S. I wonder what kind of house he lives in, His address is probably something like 345 Sycamore lane .

Whistle ,Whistle, Not Thistles and Missiles

I was walking out of Dick’s Sporting Goods yesterday and I was whistling a rather catchy tune, and some old lady passing by said to her middle aged daughter, “He must be in a happy mood.”

I must say I was taken aback by the comment as I walked back to my car. It made me feel good to see others experience what I have everyday, or try to make an effort to experience. It made me realize how a little more happiness can make someone’s day. I had no idea I was whistling; it comes naturally from when I was a kid til now. My Grandpa Joe (not the same Grandpa from Willy Wonka, if you’re wondering.) always whistled around the house, and I must’ve picked up on it and have been whistling around the house ever since. Happiness should be shared with everybody around you. A positive energy normally exudes from you and is definitely contagious. Don’t believe me? Do this: Next time you are at a party or social interaction, look for the person with the smiles and notice the how the people are around them and how they laughing and enjoying life. Then look for the scowl and stern faced people and how they are lonely and bored to death. Put yourself out there and stop being so serious all the time. You will see happiness attracts the awesome people. Now go chat with the the scowl faced person and brighten their day. Happiness should be for you and everyone.

So go out there and whistle while walking, listen to inspiring podcasts, be your goofy self

and start living your happy life.

Cheers,

Rex Felixx

P.S. Maybe I will go back to school to get my degree in Classical Whistling Performance or Basket Weaving.

Life gives you Lemons

This sunshine has gotten me thinking about how staying positive is the only way to live. Life will always give you lemons. There are also days where I want to be alone and curl up and sulk in sorrow. However, You can either pucker up and always have a sour outlook on the day to day, or make lemonade and enjoy that sweet sweet drink.

I noticed the older I become the harder it is to stay youthful and positive. With so much drama going on and war, strife and craziness it’s easy to fall in line with everyone else and be bitter. (Just read social media) I ask you to fight that urge. Be the happiness in this world. Resist that urge to have that sour look on your face 24/7. Your outlook on life truly defines how “Lucky” you are. I don’t believe in luck but I feel you are open to more awesome opportunities, the more positive and youthful you are. I mean who enjoys cynical people.

Never lose that youthfulness we all have. Surround yourself with people are positive and happy most of the time. Life is so much more fun and grand with people like that.

Go out and play!

Go on a run and sweat!

Enjoy the warm breeze!

Drink that cold beverage and eat that chocolate cake!

Enough with this attitude of pessimistic nihilism. We aren’t helping anyone.

Yours truly,

Rex Felixx

P.S. Go outside and enjoy this Summer of Happiness!

In Awe...

Somedays I am in so much awe of the world we live in. I wake up and see the moon outside while the sun rises. I hear birds singing everyday and hear the passing of the cars drive by. In the evening I see the stars up above and the trees swaying with the breeze.

Recently I have become a father (just in time for Father’s Day) It is an amazing feeling and hope I will never grow old of this feeling. I never want to take it for granted. I want to stay in awe of it forever.

I see so many people nowadays who aren’t excited for each new day. Who are beaten down by the day to day. They would rather complain or just read twitter news feeds. Fight that urge. Please fight that urge of feeling like you have nothing left to give or that the world isn’t spectacular. That ugly complacency feeling is a disease. Remember, each new day brings a chance for it to get better or to experience something amazing. Keep your eyes open.

Life is amazing! Don’t be cynical! Keep on living and trying new things. I mean we have the internet right at our fingertips. You literally can learn anything you want. How can we not be amazed at the this beauty we grow old in?

Love every minute and experience life . Somedays are going to be annoying, a lot of people are annoying, but don’t let that ruin your life.

Keep being awesome!!!

That’s all for now,

Rex Felixx

One Little Spark

Deep inside us all there is a match of creativity waiting to be lit. For many years, and many tears of trying to avoid it like the plague you have finally found it.

What am I to do with it?

What if I strike it and my whole life ignites into a million ashes and I ruin my family, my friends, my reputation?

What if I burn myself and it hurts and ruins my sense of touch?

Forget all of the worries you have. You, myself and everyone have been made to do great things in this life. Stop with the self doubt, and the “I have no idea what will happen” attitude. For far too long have we been led to believe that there is only certain creative people out there. Only a select few people can succeed. You were made for more than to work a 9-5 and retire barely alive.

Now is there time to strike that match.

Set the world alive with your gift. Show off your talents, never be afraid.

Go experience Switzerland,

Climb Mount Kilimanjaro,

Learn Portuguese,

I don’t care, just go create something special!

For you are unique and have that spark to do great things!

Your friend in the Creative fire,

Rex Felixx

Be Bright. Be Real. Be You.