20200224 SLLLAVERS for MONDAY, MILLIE'S & RODNEY'S BIRTHDAYS

SILENCE

Tried to silence my brain for 70 seconds.  Mild success.

LLL

LIVE, LOVE, LAUGH

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.
9. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
10. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.

Also, said aloud for 70 seconds.

VISUALIZATION

I weighed 196.0 pounds this morning.

183 by 3/23/20

EXERCISE

Did my (almost) full base-70 routine for Monday 2/24/20:

1. ankle/wrist circles 70
2. toe/finger stretches 70
3. bicycle crunches 70
4. shoulder rolls 70
5. inversion table 3 70-second sets
6. push-ups 35 + 28 + 9 = 72

READING, WRITING

Read for 70 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He says

"Most sociopolitical hierarchies lack a logical or biological basis - they are nothing but the perpetuation of chance events supported by myths.  That is one good reason to study history.  If the division into blacks and whites, or Brahmins and Shudras was grounded in biological realities - that is, if Brahmins really had better brains than Shudras - biology would be sufficient for understanding human society.  Since the biological distinctions between different groups of homo sapiens are, in fact, negligible, biology can't explain the intricacies of Indian society or American racial dynamics.  We can only understand those phenomena by studying the events, circumstances and power relations that transformed figments of imagination into cruel - and very real social structures."

I can't help but think back to Dr. Pruitt's comments about his (unquottable & deniable) statement that black people really are inferior to white people.  RUBBISH!

Harari then begins a discussion about how gender has become a regrettable basis for discrimination among sapiens, or at least since the Agricultural Revolution (his speculation) - i.e., since 12K BC to 8K BC.

Read for 70 seconds in YOU ARE A WRITER by Jeff Goins.  He says he developed becoming a writer by trying, failing, and then trying again - but this time, he included "giving the sport/endeavor the 'respect it deserved'."  Well, that's all good.  I've done it in half-assed ways many times throughout my life.

But I take from what he wrote this lesson:  I must give WRITING the respect it deserves by being disciplined, obtaining and using the proper tools, etc.  (just like giving running, or exercise routines the respect THEY deserve).

I'm guessing that he'll now present the path to writing by defining the tools and actions I need to become a real writer.