SILENCE
Tried to silence my brain for 70 seconds. Not successful, but at least I tried.
LLL
Live. Love. Laugh.
AFFIRMATIONS
- I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
- I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
- I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
- I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
- I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
- I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
- I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
- I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
- I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
- I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
Also said aloud for 70 seconds.
VISUALIZATION
194.4 Today's weight
19X.X Yesterday's weight (I was at a hotel in St. George - no way to weigh myself)
I visualize weighing less tomorrow.
EXERCISE
Did my modified base-70 exercise routine for Tuesday, September 1, 2020:
- ankle/wrist circles 70
- toe/finger crunches 70
- bicycle crunches (legs only) 70
- shoulder rolls - SLOW - 70
- EPLEY MANOEUVER 1xR (pm), 1xR (am)
- squats 70
READING, WRITING
Read for 70 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari. He says that there are 3 ways in which we Sapiens have realized the global vision of one specie: economic, political, and religious. He will explore all three, beginning with economic.
He points out that in spite of our political and religious differences, we are all very willing to "be controlled" by money, and right now, it's the American Dollar. Osama bin laden disliked our politics and our religious freedoms, but he was very willing to accept the power of our money.
Read for 70 seconds in YOU ARE A WRITER by Jeff Goins. He says the fifth Platform (the first 4 are 1) Journalist, 2) Prophet, 3) Professor, 4) Professor) is The CELEBRITY.
Examples are a) Ashton Kutcher, and b) Networkers. They all have charisma, and are good at getting groups of people excited about a cause (themselves, or their group aims/causes/mission). They have public appeal.
OK, 5 platforms, and I don't know which I'm closest to. I can very likely eliminate CELEBRITY. And I'm not really an ARTIST (at least not right now). So...... JOURNALIST, PROPHET, PROFESSOR.
I've WANTED to be parts of these at various times. But right now, I want to be a writer of some kind. And so maybe as this process continues, it will become clear which of these 3 remaining platforms I will adopt.
If you need to be actually teaching classrooms full of students to be a PROFESSOR, then that's not me. But I'd LIKE to be a teacher of some kind.
If you need to work at a newspaper, TV station, or magazine to be a JOURNALIST, then that's not me. But it could happen, I suppose.
So, perhaps PROPHET (or PHILOSOPHER) might best suit me right now. I'm choosing PROPHET for now; that could change.
**********
I'm at Joe & Chrissy's place in American Fork. The house has been transformed to a "ready to show" house, followed by the return of the Taylors; they had been staying at SnowBird resort for a week.
Ethan kindly gave up his room for me, but it was a mess, and Elliot had brought Benji the rabbit into the house, downstairs, and into Ethan's room, where he put Benji in the bed. Benji peed in the bed, leaving a wet brown stain right in the middle.
First, I'm allergic to Benji's fur (it makes me sneeze). Second, I won't sleep in rabbit pee. Third, I wanted to make sure Elliot repented for this crime, which meant he had to take the sheets off the bed and wash them. He strongly object to having to do that, since he claimed, "Ethan told me to put Benji in the bed!"
I later asked him if he always did everything Ethan told him to do, and he was silent.
But I told him I'd help him, so we washed the sheets and dried them. That seemed to take forever, so I was up late trying to make the room livable. I folded all the "floor clothes" and stacked them neatly on the dresser. I arranged the bed so I could do my routine (EPLEY, space for squats, etc.). And I set up the desk so I could write.
I feel much better about being here now. I'm coming to believe in ______ who said you should always make your bed right after you get up. You might not do anything else of value during the day, but at least you've done something you can do, and you can do it well. It's a good way to start my day.
**********
Well, it's 7:45 AM, on Tuesday, September 1, 2020. It's about 6 years since David came to me with the proposition that I work with him in an as-yet unformed foundation. My role would be, essentially, to help find worthy recipients of various grants his foundation would fund. This would allow him to help others (something both he and I yearn to do), and also shelter the wealth produced by a Nevada mine from excessive taxation.
At the time, I had just "contracted" to be Dr. Joseph Pruitt's executive assistant, and it wasn't going well. So I leapt at the opportunity with David.... as far as I could "leap" at the time.
Time dragged on, and no funding came, although David, and his colleagues kept promising and talking and hoping that the approval for the funding would materialize "any day now," or "next week," or "by the end of this month," etc.
But it has STILL not happened. They've given me monetary scopes of what it will mean for me personally, what it will mean for David & family, and even detailed how the influx of such huge amounts (we're talking billions) would lead to the formation of an independent bank, by means of which they would bypass all the red tape, etc., of dealing with Wells Fargo..... and a lot more financial considerations.
Due to the passage of so much time, I have alternately "left behind my dream of being involved," and mentally "jumped in 110% enthusiastically." I even bought some champagne for the big day when David places the money call to me.
So, today, David & Michael say, is "D-DAY."
We'll see. It's still early (8am).
