20200229 SLLLAVERS for SATURDAY, LEAP DAY

SILENCE

Tried to silence my thoughts for 70 seconds; it's still not easy, but I'm still trying.

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 194.2 this morning.

183 by 3/23/20

EXERCISE

Did my full base-70 routine for Saturday, 2/29/20:

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. squats 70

READING, WRITING

Read for 70 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He reasons that, in ancient Greece, women, who had wombs, were not permitted to participate in life to the same extent that men did, merely because they have wombs.  (Perhaps it was not "just" having a womb - perhaps there were/are other accompanying attributes.)  Today, in Greece, it's considered normal for women to design jewelry, to build buildings, to hold public office, etc.  Having a womb does not disqualify them from almost anything that men have traditionally done.  He adds that still, only 12% of public offices are held by women today in Greece.

Read for 70 seconds in YOU ARE A WRITER by Jeff Goins.  He says I should adopt the idea that as a writer, I am only writing for ONE person:  me.

I believe he will soon relate this concept to how to end the dilemma:  staring at a blank page.

I'm thinking, right now, that this process of "becoming a writer" is good.  But I'm also thinking that it seems to me that originally, someone had an idea, and only THEN wrote about it.  It seems to me that I am reversing this:  I'm saying "I want to be a writer; what shall I write about?"

So, I'm still going to go through this process.  I'm merely noting that it seems more logical - somehow a purer process - if I were to wake up, think about some concept or idea or passion, and THEN sit down to write about it.

Et alors.

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Today I lay in bed, still sleepy, when I heard the *ping* of my cell phone signaling me that a new email had arrived.  I noted that it was from David Timpson; he had not given me any Mine News; I don't think he'll email me when the money comes, anyway.  But he DID forward to me an article in The Guardian, which addresses a study done by someone, about gay men and the unique stressors they experience in life.

I determined that I'd like to read the article and then respond to David, but not until I'd completed my routine.  I'm doing that now.  But during my routine, I kept wondering what kind of stress I had had, or am having, because I'm a gay man.  And that, of course, led me to add the realities of being LDS & white.  And then, I speculated again what it might be like to be a minority (say Hispanic), and disabled.

I, and others, have a tendency/need to categorize ourselves into groups who have some things in common, and then to analyze what that might mean to us and others.

It's going to be an interesting reading & responding to the Guardian study.