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*)