SILENCE
Attempted to silence my brain for 70 seconds. Focused on counting.
LLL
Love. Laugh. Live.
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
194.6 Yesterday's weight
193.8 Today's weight
-0.8
I visualize weighing less tomorrow
Also,
202.2 January 1st weight
193.8 Today's weight
-9.4 MTD loss (goal is 5 pounds by January 31)
YAY!!!!!!!!!!
EXERCISE
Did my full base-70 routine for Thursday, January 28, 2021:
- ankle/wrist circles 70
- toe/finger stretches 70
- bicycle crunches 70
- shoulder rolls 70
- inversion table 2 1-min sets
- EPLEY MANUEVER 1Ram
- squats 35
- push-ups 37 (28 + 7 + 2)
READING, WRITING
Read for 70 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari. He says money has a "darker side" - we might very well sell some of our children in order to feed the others. And, we don't trust our neighbor - we trust the coin they hold. If they run out of coin, we run out of trust.
I don't agree with Harari on this point. Of course, he's not speaking in absolutes. But still, I have many friends who don't care how much money I have. Sally once said to me, "Otis, I don't care what kind of car you drive." And both David and George and Bill accept me for who I am, rich or poor. And my children likely would say to anyone: My father has $X, and I know he loves me and I love him whatever the value of "X" might be.
Perhaps Harari would say I'm an exception. Or lucky. But I don't know.
Read for 70 seconds in YOU ARE A WRITER by Jeff Goins. He describes what I could do to BRAND MYSELF: He named his website goinswriter.com, and he chose a headshot and put it on everything: FaceBook, Twitter, website, etc. (I don't know of any other places he could have done this, but maybe he did. AND THEN....... he began to write. It was during this period that he found his "voice."
I recently read a snippet from David Sedaris (it was about how he hates Pushy People). I could hear him saying the words I read. Was that because he had developed his "voice?" Well, I'll think so for now. I'm guessing, however, that Jeff Goins will say that "voice" is much more than hearing the author's voice.
Read for 70 seconds in A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama. He says he grew up in so many different places, he felt like a misfit, and that he might end up living his life alone. But his mother urged him to read, and that was in part his salvation. When he was bored, she'd tell him to go read a book and return to relate something he'd learned. Smart mother!
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Well, now.... this day could be the 1st of a week, after which there will be news that a buyer has agreed to purchase David's mine for $50MM. That sort of freaks me out. I was able to come up with $500 to help a friend in need. $500 seems so little when you consider a $50MM sale.
And I very well could be part of it. I'm allowing myself a bit of excitement. Why?
- I will be able to help family (e.g., savings fund for grandchildren)
- I will be able to help friends
- I will be able to contribute to many causes
- I will be able to wipe out my debt
- I will be able to update/repair my house
- I will be able to create more wealth
- I will be able to give back, rather than earn.
But wait ....... I'm going to slow this down, for now, because it hasn't happened yet. I'm still in "waiting mode," anticipating a money call from David.
*sigh* - but ti's a happier sigh than those up til today.
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