20200711 INTERIM POST

BIRTHDAY BREAK

20200709 SLLLAVERS for THURSDAY - POST-VERTIGO ONSET - DAY 34

SILENCE

Tried to silence my brain for 70 seconds.  At least I focused on counting to get to 70 seconds.

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
191.6

Yesterday, I weighed  191.8
Today, I weigh           191.6 (-0,2)

I visualize weighing less tomorrow than I do today.  I'll help myself get there by eating/drinking:

• 1/2 cup cold brew
• 10 or fewer chips
• 1/2 piece of gluten free cake

FB Post for tomorrow:

OK, let's do the numbers.  70 trips around the sun at 67,000 miles per hour, trying to keep my balance on a rock that's spinning 1,000 miles per hour....... no WONDER people call me a dizzy queen!

EXERCISE

Did my full base-70 routine for Thursday, July 9, 2020:

1. ankle/wrist circles 70
2. toe/finger stretches 70
3. bicycle crunches 70
4. shoulder rolls 70
5. squats 70
6. EPLEY R 2Xs 1am, 1pm

READING, WRITING

Read for 70 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He continues his discussion about societal evolution by describing the conflicts that existed in Medieval Europe, where bold brave knights would battle heathens with a sword, and with one stroke, demonstrate their devotion to both religion and chivalry.

I am now "inserting" my own history education, way back in the 9th Grade at the American International School, where I remember learning about the Crusades.  I think I even wrote something in a paper or a test, and I quoted that the Crusaders (knights?  warriors?  mercenaries?) believed that "the sword is the key to heaven."

I'm amazed that I'm now "connecting" what I learned years ago with what I'm reading today in SAPIENS.  Rather, I might just be marveling that I actually learned something back then, and that it stayed with me.  I'm guessing that there are other lessons I'll recall as I review this book.

But for today, I sit all amazed.

Read for 70 seconds in YOU ARE A WRITER by Jeff Goins.  He says "Don't be the sacrifice.  MAKE it."  He was quoting a friend.  Hemingway and others subjected themselves to the violence of their art, in stead of conquering it.  Ernie ended up ending it all early in his life.

Goins says there is another way:  Don't suffer.  WORK.  And I like that.

Show up for work every day.

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Today's my mom & dad's anniversary, married in 1930, so their 90th.  I can remember back in 1980, celebrating their 50th in Salt Lake City - it was quite an event.  Mom looked radiant in her peach gown, and Dad was smart and stylish in his new grey suit.  It's hard to believe this was 40 years ago, when Joseph Keith was only 2 years old, and Lisa Marie was still waiting on a heavenly cloud.  Memories.

  I was sort of surprised that they reached their 50th, since Dad was not too healthy, being still a bit overweight in spite of having had stomach surgery.  He would only live  2 1/2 more years.

I had a really nice talk with George last night.  He and I connect on many levels.  When we don't talk, I really miss him.  And it's so painful to think of him suffering in the heat of Nicosia's summer.

20200708 SLLLAVERS for WEDNESDAY - POST-VERTIGO ONSET - DAY 33

SILENCE

Tried to silence my brain for 70 seconds; mild success today.

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

191.8

Yesterday, I weighed  193.2
Today, I weigh           191.8 (-1.4)

I visualize weighing less tomorrow than I do today.  I'll help myself get there by eating/drinking:

• 1/2 cup cold brew
• 12 or fewer chips
• 1/2 piece of gluten free cake

EXERCISE

Did my full base-70 routine for Wednesday, July 8, 2020:

1. ankle/wrist circles 70
2. toe/finger stretches 70
3. bicycle crunches 70
4. shoulder rolls 70
5. push-ups 70 (35 + 35 (barely, but I DID them!)
6. EPLEY R 2X (1 last night, 1 this morning)

READING, WRITING

Read for 70 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He illustrates the point made earlier that cultures are full of contradictions, mostly self-imposed, by noting how in the Middle Ages, a wealthy baron might attend church in the morning, where he's told to be meek and humble and like Christ, and if he is not, he his shamed;  and then that evening might attend a gala feast where he's encouraged to kill his enemies and take their daughters for pleasure.  And if he does not, he is shamed.

I agree that this type of conflict can be unnerving.  I saw many during my years as an active Mormon.  I'm so very glad to have removed that needless burden from my life!  I can see clearly now!

Read for 70 seconds in YOU ARE A WRITER by Jeff Goins.  He says that there are 2 camps about being a writer.  The first is illustrated by Ernest Hemmingway, who said that there is nothing to being a writer except sitting down at a typewriter, and BLEEDING.  IOW, it's an all-consuming thing.  You have to give it your entire life.

Well, I had thought I'd be being coached to actually BEGIN writing by now.  But Jeff Goins has more to say about how hard it is, apparently.  I'll find out what the 2nd camp is later.  But for now, Jeff, you've convinced me that it's HARD!

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Yesterday was both a down and up day.  It was down because Rodney's associated, Adam Cunningham, gave me the "news" that I don't qualify for a refinance of my income property because it shows a loss (a good thing for taxes, a bad thing for loans).  I thought he understood that, but I guess not.

The GOOD part of yesterday was that it was Elliot's birthday.  He's 9 - YAY!  I sure do love him & hope the best for him.

20200707 SLLLAVERS for TUESDAY - POST-VERTIGO ONSET - DAY 32

SILENCE

Tried to silence my brain for 70 seconds; I kinda did it, but...... qui sait?

LLL

LOVE.  LIVE.  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
193.2

Yesterday, I weighed  193.6
Today, I weigh           193.2 (-0.4)

I visualize weighing less tomorrow than I do today.  I'll help myself get there by eating/drinking:

• 1/2 cup cold brew
• 12 or fewer chips
• 1/2 piece of gluten free cake

EXERCISE

Did my full base-70 routine for Tuesday, July 7, 2020:

1. ankle/wrist circles 70
2. toe/finger stretches 70
3. bicycle crunches 70
4. shoulder rolls 70
5. squats 70
6. EPLEY R 1X AM, 1X PM

READING, WRITING

Read for 70 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He puts forth the idea that every culture, even those in isolation and/or environmentally stable conditions, will change.

(DUH)

The changes will necessarily be a result of internal contradictions, which are inevitable, even under man-made cultural norms.

(DUH)

Read for 70 seconds in YOU ARE A WRITER by Jeff Goins.  He tries to let his readers know that they had better LOVE writing.  No one told him how hard it would be, or if they did, he doesn't remember.  But he's telling me now.

He says if I don't LOVE it, I'm better off quitting now.  But if I DO love it, then the world is desperately waiting for my words, and he hopes I won't quit.

I don't know this Jeff Goins.  But I'm going to try to be his friend, and let him be my mentor through this.

Right now, I think I DO love writing.  I do it every day.  I'm careful with my words.  And I've proved over the last few days that I have something to say:  1.  Black Tee Shirt, 2.  Rebuttle to Ron Thornton's FB post about Trump.  I've taken chunks of time during the day to write coherent stuff about each.  I am (or will be) satisfied after many edits that they're good enough to publish on my blog, and to send to Ron.

20200706 SLLLAVERS for MONDAY - POST VERTIGO ONSET - DAY 31

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

Yesterday, I weighed  193.8
Today, I weigh           193.6 (-0.2)

I visualize weighing less tomorrow than I do today.  I'll help myself get there by eating/drinking:

• fasting breakfast meal
• 12 or fewer chips
• 1/2 piece of gluten free cake

EXERCISE

Did my full base-70 routine for Monday, July 6, 2020:

1. ankle/wrist circles 70
2. toe/finger stretches 70
3. bicycle crunches 70
4. shoulder rolls 70
5. push-ups 70 (35 + 35 - YAY!!)
6. EPLEY R 1X

READING, WRITING

Read for 70 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He says, in beginning his discussion of "culture" that after the Agricultural Revolution (12K BC - 8K BC), humankind began to come together; their network of artificial instincts came to be called "culture."  Up until the 1950s, anthropologists imagined that the "Samoan Culture," for example, had always existed, and would never really change, unless some outside force were to intervene.

Read for 70 seconds in YOU ARE A WRITER by Jeff Goins.  He says, again, that writing is HARD.  He says I'll want to give up, to throw in the towel, etc. before I ever make it.  He reminds me that people who read what I write might not agree.  They'll criticize and complain.  And reject.  Being a writer is HARD WORK.  There's no way around it.

He quotes someone who said something like, "Writing is about how ALIVE you want to be."  Bare your soul.  Put your work out there for others to read.

********

Today I go to the doctor at Kaiser Permanente.  I'm fasting overnight, in case he wants to take blood.  I feel MUCH better today; was able to do my full exercise routine!  But I still have that slight headache - not nearly as bad as on Saturday; debating about taking aspirin + caffeine.  So far, I don't need it.

I'll see Dr. Terando about:

• annual check-up
• pain in right upper arm (fading away now)
• BPPV (also fading)

20200705 SLLLAVERS for SUNDAY - POST-VERTIGO ONSET - DAY 30

SILENCE

Tried to silence my brain for 70 seconds.  Not successful.

LLL

Live.  Laugh.  Love.

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

Yesterday, I weighed  193.0
Today, I weigh           193.8 (+0.8)

I visualize weighing less tomorrow than I do today.  I'll help myself get there by eating/drinking:

• 1/2 cup cold brew coffee
• 12 or fewer chips
• 1/2 piece of gluten free cake

EXERCISE

Did my full base-70 routine for Sunday, July 5, 2020:

1. ankle/wrist circles 70
2. toe/finger stretches 70
3. bicycle crunches 70
4. shoulder rolls 70
5. squats 35
6. push-ups 35
7. EPLEY R 1X

READING, WRITING

Read for 70 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He asks, without answering (i.e, "We just don't know") why males who are "less cooperative" than females, should still dominate.  He speculates that perhaps males ARE more cooperative, inspite of the attributable, traditional stereotypes.

He further says that times are changing MUCH MORE RAPIDLY now than in prior times; 100 years ago, no female voitng in the USA, no same-sex marriage in the USA, no females sitting in political seats in the USA.  Today, we don't blink an eye when these are brought up.  Males say "my husband" like it was always so.

Read for 70 seconds in YOU ARE A WRITER by Jeff Goins.  He says that I"m at the beginning, and if I knew how hard the road ahead were going to be, I'd quit.  No one tells you that, he says.  (HE is telling me that, however.)

But again, he'd driving home the point that writing is "HARD WORK."

OK, now lets start, he says, with the truth.

I'm suspecting that he'll say something like, "The truth is, writing is hard work."  I get that, and so far, I'm not afraid.  I don't want to quit.  I'm making a conscious decision to move forward, with some sense of foreboding, but with full intent to become a writer.

So, today I will continue editing my "TEE-SHIRT" writing, and hope to hone it down to a better piece of literature.

20200704 SLLLAVERS for SATURDAY - POST-VERTIGO ONSET - DAY 29

SILENCE

Tried to silence my brain for 70 seconds.  That's not easy to do, and I still haven't mastered it.

LLL

Live.  Laugh.  Love.

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

Yesterday, I weighed  193.8
Today, I weigh           193.0(-0.8)

I visualize weighing less tomorrow than I do today.

EXERCISE

Did my full base-70 routine for Saturday, July 4, 2020:

1. ankle/wrist circles 70
2. toe/finger stretches 70
3. bicycle crunches 70
4. shoulder rolls 70
5. EPLEY MOVE - R 1X
6. squats 70

READING, WRITING

Read for 70 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He continues his discussion about how females, in general, sought help from others (males and/or other females) to raise their children.  He wonders why SAPIEN females could not do (or could not have done) like elephants, where a strong matriarchal presence overpowers fighting, aggressive males.  Same with Bonobos.  But SAPIEN females have not done so.

Read for 70 seconds in YOU ARE A WRITER by Jeff Goins.  He says that I should expect myself, after having written for the sake of writing for a while, to become frustrated and to feel as if I'm "shouting into a vacuum," or some such.  I do not know that feeling now, and I'll be very happy if I never do.

But Jeff doesn't know me, and he is just hoping to forewarn me INCASE I should begin to feel that way, after I've written (or attempted to write) for a while.

We'll see.

Before I move on, some thoughts about July 4th, and the political mess Trump has created in our country.  I am extremely patriotic, and I believe in democracy, freedom and the history/struggles we have undertaken to created a free country:  The USA.

But our societal, racial and economic struggles are systemic are on-going to varying degrees.  But one thing I know is true:  We CAN NOT go back to ignoring them, as Trump apparently want's us to do.

Let's remove the emblems of the Confederacy, as we do the emblems of Naziism.  Let's not rewrite history.  Let's let those who did REALLY GOOD THINGS that united our country remain in our memory; let's honor them through statues and coins and flags.  Let's let those who did REALLY BAD THINGS that sought to divide our country be confined to a paragraph or two in our history books.

I for one celebrate our hard fought for, and hard won FREEDOM from the tyranny of England.  Let us now fight for the end to the tyranny of systemic and social racism of ANY kind.  ALL lives matter.  May God bless YOU, my friend, to WAKE UP and become a true freedom-loving American.

I'm wondering if I should post this on FB or elsewhere.  Don't know just yet.

20200703 SLLLAVERS for FRIDAY - POST VERTIGO ONSET - Day 28

SILENCE

Tried to silence my mind for 70 seconds; not successful.


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

Yesterday, I weighed  194.0
Today, I weigh           193.8 (-0.2)

I visualize weighing less tomorrow than I do today.

EXERCISE

Did my full base-70 routine for Friday, July 3, 2020; I didn't begin my exercise routine until around 7PM today; this was in part due to my staying up till after midnight, watching some gay-themed movies.

1. ankle/wrist circles 70
2. toe/finger stretches 70
3. bicycle crunches 70
4. shoulder rolls 70
5. EPLEY R 1X in the morning; I also do this just before bed.
6. push-ups 70 (35 + 35!  YAY!!!)

READING, WRITING

Read for 70 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He says that partriarchical genes were evolved into "strong males" and "submissive females"  (my description).  IOW, females who wanted children and grandchildren were forced to rely on males to provide food for her and her children; thus, she passed on submissive and/or dependent genes to her female offspring.  Males developed and evolved into partriarchical beings, and passed those genes on to his male offspring.

(Had to activate the spell check in order to use it - they eliminated the Blogger spell check function because it was "old.")

Read for 70 seconds in YOU ARE A WRITER by Jeff Goins.  He says that he wrote on his blog for 5 years, and nobody read it; he tracked his results, etc.  But he eventually realized that he was "writing for results" in stead of writing for the sake of writing.  So he changed his attitude.

I began writing yesterday, by letting loose with my thoughts about Georgia's Stone Mountain.  Today, I'm going to begin the editing process.  While doing so, I will try to remember that I'm writing for the sake of writing, and not just to get noticed.

(damn cough!! - sinus drainage is making me cough, plus I've been sneezing a lot; that's part of the reason I didn't sleep well, and therefore did not wake up and do my routine in the morning.  I'm hoping that I'll be able to do my routine first thing tomorrow morning,

Cough has subsided a bit.  I might have a more restful night...... BUT........

Today is the CELEBRATED July 4th, and so fireworks have begun.  It's 9PM.  I'm expecting them to keep me awake for a few more hours.

But I have an alternative - I can put in earphones and listen to podcasts or music.  We'll see how it goes.

One more thing that I MIGHT write about later on:  Why I ate cake today, even though I'm trying to lose about 1/2 pound a day, and so far, it's been working (since I resumed on June 30 (?)).

I did my shopping, and I KNOW that if I buy things, I will have them, and I will likely eat them.  I've cut out all desserts and other sweets.  But I do eat chips and crackers with my meals.

So I went to Ralph's, armed with the coupons they sent me; they were set to expire on July 5, so I was glad to used them.  One of them was for a Betty Crocker GLUTEN-FREE cake mix.  Now, I don't worry about gluten AT ALL.  But Peggy does.  And George does.  So, I decided to buy the mix, just in case someone might want a gluten-free cake.

Well, today, I just felt like making the cake, so I did.  I had some ready-made cake iciing on hand (chocolate), so I iced it, and I had a piece for lunch.

If I have it, I will make it, and I will eat it.

The coupon is the culprit.  Right?  (hee hee)  Or maybe Peggy and George are.  Or my curiosity - I wanted to see how a gluten-free cake would taste.

Or, it could just be my sweet tooth.  Or the fact that I'm home alone (Chad is visiting friends in Palm Springs).

At any rate, the cake is merely "ok" regarding taste and texture.  But the chocolate icing makes it more desirable.  I've decided to have only 1 piece per day, and for lunch.

(hmmmmmm, I'm still writing!)

Today I had a 2nd piece for dinner, and that was at 4:30.  I resolved NOT to eat nything more today, and so far, I have not.  At 5pm, I did my complete dental cleaning routing.  Can't eat after that, can I?

My life is a series of ways in which I trick myself into doing what my higher self wants:

• lose 1/2 pound a day
• clean teeth completely with regular and advanced systems
• etc.

(end - *sigh*)

20200702 SLLLAVERS for THURSDAY - POST-VERTIGO - DAY 27

SILENCE

Tried to silence brain for 70 seconds.  Mild success.


LLL

Love.  Live.  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

Yesterday, I weighed  195.2
Today, I weigh           194.0 (-1.2)

I visualize weighing less tomorrow than I do today.

EXERCISE

I did my full base-70 routine for Thursday, July 2, 2020:

1. ankle/wrist circles 70
2. toe/finger stretches 70
3. bicycle crunches 70
4. shoulder rolls 70
5. squats 70
6. EPLEY R-1X

READING, WRITING

Read for 70 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He says, continuing his 2nd possible reason why males have dominated (i.e., "the scum of society"), that females have, for some unknown reason, more empathy and ability to see things from another's perspective.  He says males have less of that, and as such, logic would dictate that females would be better suited to leading roles in politics, business, and society in general.  But they have not been such (perhaps until now).

He continues to the 3rd possible reason that males have dominated:  evolutionary genes that have survived generations, and have contained the DNA/genes of males who have won against other males in winning the right to impregnate females.

Read for 70 seconds in YOU ARE A WRITER by Jeff Goins.  He says (quoting Steve Jobs) "REAL ARTISTS SHIP."  I like that, too.  Unless I put my work out there, it won't be worth anything, except for the value of "messing around."

I'll take issue with that:  If I write regularly and DON'T put my work "out there," it will have still benefited me (and DOES, in fact, benefit me) in several ways:  grammatically, persistance, clarity of thought, 

There's a minimal, subtle and almost "cheating" way I have already put myself (and my writing) "out there:"

My blogs are public.  It's not likely that anyone will read them unless I tell someone about my blog.  But what I've written here (over the last several years) IS PUBLIC.  I check regularly to see if anyone has opened any of my posts.  So far, no one has.

My new blog is only 1 day old, and yesterday, I didn't even write in it at all.  So my "first day writing" amounts to nothing.  I'm planning on writing today; we'll see if I do, and we'll see what I write.

But beyond actually doing the work..... I still have to take the next step in "putting my work out there:"  I have to tell someone about my blog.  After my first day of actually writing, I'll decide how to do that.

20200701 SLLLAVERS for WEDNESDAY - POST-VERTIGO DAY 26

SILENCE

Tried to silence my brain for 70 seconds.  I can't now remember how it went.

LLL

Laugh.  Love.  Live.

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

Yesterday, I weighed  195.2
Today, I weigh           195.2 (-0.0)

I visualize weighing less tomorrow than I do today.

EXERCISE

I did my full base-70 routine (post-Vertigo onset) for Wednesday, 20200701:

1. ankle/wrist circles 70
2. toe/finger stretches 70
3. bicycle crunches 70
4. shoulder rolls 70
5. push-ups 72 (28 + 28 + 14 + 2)
6. EPLEY maneuver R side, 1X

READING, WRITING

Read for 70 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He says that using the illustrative example of managing wars, brute strength does not lead to successful outcomes.  Rather, clementia - mildness and clemency.  

Read for 70 seconds in YOU ARE A WRITER by Jeff Goins.  He says I should show up for work, and then PRACTICE IN PUBLIC.

Well, I've gotta start.  I'll start today at XXAM, and begin churning out verbage.  I'll show up every day and edit what I've written every day, for a week.  And then I'll put it "out there" to the public.  First subject:  My ignorantly wearing of the tee-shirt with "GEORGIA'S STONE MOUNTAIN" on it, for years before I knew it symbolized the failed efforts of confederate generals Lee, Davis and Jackson.

*sigh*

I'm still "waiting" for D-Day, and I'd like to say it'll never come.  But I don't know.