20190410 SAVERS for a WEDNESDAY

(although I am negligent in doing my SAVERS routine daily, at least I'm doing it today)

SILENCE

I lay in bed in silence for 60 seconds.

AFFIRMATIONS

1. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
2. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
3. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
4. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
5. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
6. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
7. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
8. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.

Also said aloud for 60 seconds.

VISUALIZATION

I AM A SAFE AND COURTEOUS DRIVER

Repeated for 60 seconds.

EXERCISE

1. ankle/wrist circles 60
2. finger/toe stretches 60 + 10
3. bicycle crunches 60
4. shoulder rolls 60
5. inversion table 3 1-min sets
6. push-ups 15 + 15

(on the 16th, I'll do 16 + 16, etc.)

READING, WRITING

Read for 60 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari. 

He says that humankind, at the time of the Agricultural Revolution, can be compared to a company.

Sapiens' currency is DNA.  The more copies, the more successful the species is.

A company's currency is $$.  The more $$, the more successful the company is.

If there are no more copies of DNA, the species becomes extinct.

If there are no more $$, the company becomes bankrupt.

Harari concludes that the Agricultural Revolution is "a trap."  I'm assuming he'll explain that in greater detail soon.

This is an example of the "dilemma" with which I have long grappled.  I, a creatED entity, observe and conclude (wrongly or rightly) things about my creation, my fellow "entities," my creator, etc.

So, how can Harari, a product of the Agricultural Revolution, observe and conclude (wrongly or rightly) about the Agricultural Revolution. Well, he has, and so goes the history of our species.

We exist, we observe, we conclude, we write.  Wrongly or "write-ly."  :-)

20190401 SAVERS for MONDAY

SILENCE

Silenced my mind for 60 seconds.  Difficult to do, but I did try.  I had spent an hour doing financial planning & worrying, so it wasn't easy to clear my mind.

AFFIRMATIONS

1. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
2. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
3. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
4. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
5. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
6. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
7. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.

Also, said aloud for 60 seconds.

VISUALIZATION

I AM A SAFE AND COURTEOUS DRIVER

EXERCISE

I did my full ---

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!  I completely spaced out doing push-ups until now.

I wonder why I did that????????

Now I'm soaking my toe, so I can't stop & do the push-ups - until my toe is soaked for a full 30 minutes.  Hmmmm, what should I do now?  Seems like a waste.

A small item in my day (i.e., doing my FULL routine, through to the end) did not happen.  I forgot to do the push-ups.  And the result of forgetting to do them has resulted in "wasting" about 15 minutes.  I say "wasting" (in quotes) because I'm now using the time to write a bit.  Maybe it's not completely wasted.

Gosh, I can barely deal with all this stuff.  Time management.  Dealing with self-improvement & wondering if what I'm doing means all that much.  The fact that I'm doing something means something.

Gosh, again.  Are we meant (by someone, somewhere) to think about these things, give up on any kind of resolution, and resort to just setting a new "goal" - i.e., just doing the next thing in our lives?

The next thing is part of a usual routine, or a necessity (eating, shitting, etc.), or a chunk of time spent feeding my brain with information, entertainment, etc.

So.......... still waiting for my toe to finish soaking.  I'm ready now.  (checking alarm)  I still have about 14 more minutes.

Write some more?  OK.  My mind wanders to financial planning (HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.................)

As if I ever planned & executed anything financial.  I've just coasted.  Not even a realistic monthly budget plan.  Just thoughts & a bit of controlling.

Now I'm getting "caught" - I'm well past the traditional retirement age, and all I have are:  1) a fast-dwindling 401K (about 80K) and a house with some equity (about 150-200K).  So without considering capital gains, I might be worth about $230K.  Not enough to carry me through to 85.

Hmmm.  I never put a number on my age expectation.  I just now considered what might be my expected age at death:
My grandfather Borg lived til 80; I don't recall the ages of the other 3 grandparents.  My mom died at 77, and my dad at 74.
Dan 85
Ruth 0
Bob 72
Tom 69
Kath 50
Millie 39

Jack is 76, overweight & in poor health (I think)
Peggy is 71, in excellent health (I think)

I'm 68, in very good health.

All that, plus I'm exercising & eating mostly healthy food, and I do practice self-healing meditation every day, make me think I'll live till 80-85 and I'll be optimistic and say

85.

17 more years.  $230K for 17 years.  $13,500 per year.  And that's without any catastrophic illness or other emergency need (i.e., kids or friends need help, etc.)

Sowhadda-Idonow?

Dunno.  Well, I do know one thing.  My next goals are:

1.  Do pushups
2.  Soak right toe
3.  Do reading & writing.

------------OK..... continuing now --------------------------

(I was recording my EXERCISES)

Did my full 30 day exercise routing, except for push-ups, which are at 15 until 4/15, and then they'll increase 1 for each day, until I'm back at 2 sets of 30 by 4/30.

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. push-ups 2 sets of 15

READING, WRITING

Read 60 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.

He notes that adopting WHEAT (and the agricultural revolution) as a food (v. hunting and gathering berries & beasts), somewhere around 13.5K BC, a parcel of land that previously supported about 100 people could now (around 8.5K BC) support a village of 1,000 people.

He sadly adds that the 1,000 people suffered from maladies that accompany living in tighter spaces.

I can't help but wonder about the transition from the H/G style of life to the AR style of life.... it probably didn't happen abruptly.

I'm also still quite bothered by his pessimism, he one-sidedly laments the changes brought about the adoption of the AR life style; I'd like him to list all the advantages of the AR.  If he sees any at all.

In the back of my mind, I am also wondering why I am worrying so much about this one-sidedness.  Perhaps there are vestiges of conservative Mormonism flowing through my thoughts, and as such, I want to see some good in how things have gone for us on Planet Earth.... thus far.  IOW, I'm not such a pessimist as he.