20181202 SAVERS for SUNDAY

SILENCE

Tried to silence my brain for 60 seconds.  It's not easy to do.

AFFIRMATIONS

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

Also said aloud for 60 seconds.

VISUALIZATION

175 by 12/10

EXERCISE

Did my SUNDAY full 30 day routine:

1. ankle/wrist circles 60
2. toe/finger stretches 60 + 10
3. bicycle crunches 60
4. shoulder rolls 60
5. inversion table 3 1-min sets
6. squats 30
7. push-ups 30

Easily done.... maybe I should consider moving up to 35/70 soon.

so it would be

1. ankle/wrist circles 35 each way,   70
2. toe/finger stretches 70
3. bicycle crunches 2 sets of 35,  70
4. shoulder rolls 35 each way,  70
5. inversion table 2 2-min sets
6. squats 35
7. push-ups 35

And on non-Sunday days, M, W, F:  pushups  2 sets of 35, and T, T, S:  squats 2 sets of 35

READING, WRITING

Read 60 seconds in SAPIENS, by Yuval Noah Harari.  He hammers home the culpability of Sapiens involving the mass extinctions of MANY species, mostly the large furry mammals over the time span between the Cognitive Revolution (70K years ago) and the Agricultural Revolution (12K years ago).

During the intervening 58K years, the planet went from 200 species of mammals over 50 kg, to 100.  Homo Sapiens are also responsible for the extinction of other human species (Neanderthals, etc.)

As much as Harari seems to "like" painting Sapiens as "bad boys" of the planet, I do not think that this was necessarily a bad evolutionary path for us to take.  The main reason, as I see it right now, is that the "cognitive revolution" does not necessarily include an awareness of the "big picture" of the evolutionary path we were on.

I can't imagine a hunter or a band saying, "we will wipe out the XXXXX."  I can't accept that they were THAT evil, or THAT aware.

I suppose this should be concerning to me, since it IS what happened, and it necessarily affects things as they now stand (or don't) on the planet.

I sure do hope that soaking my left big toe in a solution of 1/2 applie cider vinegar and 1/2 hydrogen peroxide is having the long term effect of killing the fungus in my toenail.

But viewed another way..... the soaking of the toe ritual is a large part of the motivation I need to begin & continue my daily routine (SAVERS).  So even if it doesn't work on the fungus, I am better off for at least trying to make it work.

Life is f*****, but it's also gratifying in some ways.