20180920 SAVERS FOR THURSDAY SQUATDAY

SILENCE

Tried to empty thoughts for 60 seconds, filled thoughts with counting.  Oh well.

AFFIRMATIONS

1. I, Ken Taylor, lose weight through daily exercise and eating healthy food.
2. I, Ken Taylor, lose weight through daily exercise and eating healthy food.
3. I, Ken Taylor, lose weight through daily exercise and eating healthy food.
4. I, Ken Taylor, lose weight through daily exercise and eating healthy food.
5. I, Ken Taylor, lose weight through daily exercise and eating healthy food.

Also, said aloud for 60 seconds.

VISUALIZATION

185 by 10/10

I'm hoping I'll see 1 and 2 8's this morning..... II....... So we'll see in a bit.

EXERCISE

Did my full 30 day routine:

1. ankle/wrist circles 40
2. toe/finger stretches 70
3. bicycle crunches 30
4. shoulder rolls 40
5. inversion table 2 1-min sets
6. squats 2 sets of 30 (easily done)

READING, WRITING

Read 60 seconds in SAPIENS.

This is a summary of what he has come to believe about Homo Sapiens, and the relationship between BIOLOGY and HISTORY..... after the COGNITIVE REVOLUTION:

1. Biology sets the basic parameters for the behavior and capacities of Homo sapiens.  The whole of history takes place within the bounds of this biological arena.
2. However, this arena is extraordinarily large, allowing Sapiens to plan an astounding (why "astounding?"  Without a reference, it might be "minimal.") variety of games.  Thanks to their ability to invent fiction, Sapiens create more and more complex games, which each generation develops and elaborates even further.
3. Consequently, in order to understand how Sapiens behave, we must describe the historical evolution of their actions.  Referring only to our biological constraints would be like a radio sportscaster who, attending the World Cup football championships, offers his listeners a detailed description of the playing field rather than an account of what the players are doing.

The author will now explore what life was like (i.e., how we lived, ate, interacted, etc.) 30,000 years ago, given that we are the same as our ancestors of that earliest time.