202312207 SLLLAVERS FOR THURSDAY - NOT D-DAY, AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

SILENCE

Tried to remain silence for 80 seconds; mild success.

LLL - BHL

Live.  Laugh.  Love.

Bless.  Heal.  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.

Also said aloud for 80 seconds.

1. I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
2. I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
3. I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
4. I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
5. I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.

Also said aloud for 80 seconds.

1. I, Ken Taylor, am a confident human being.
2. I, Ken Taylor, am a confident human being.
3. I, Ken Taylor, am a confident human being.
4. I, Ken Taylor, am a confident human being.
5. I, Ken Taylor, am a confident human being.

Also said aloud for 80 seconds.

VISUALIZATION

206.6  Today's weight

208.4  Yesterday's weight

-1.8

I visualize weighing less tomorrow.

EXERCISE

Did my full base-80 routine for Thursday, December 7, 2023:

1. ankle/wrist circles 80
2.  toe/finger stretches 80
3. bicycle crunches 80
4. (MADE BED, PIANO)
5. shoulder rolls 80
6. flamingo L40, R40
7. ball/wall 15
8. angel/wall 15
9. counter stretch 15
10. squats 40
11. push-ups 25 (floor) + 15 (wall) = 40

READING, WRITING

RUMI

Read for 80 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He says the most important aspect of the finance world is TRUST in the future.  Not taxation or small government.  The Mississippi Bubble (17XX) (which led to the French Revolution), and the 2007-8 Recession are both reminders that government and capitalism must coexist.  

NOTE:  But the trick, IMO, is to find the proper balance for a given country, year, and age of the planet (i.e., what's going on with climate change, etc.).

Read for 80 seconds in A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama.  He recalls how the First Family was, to his surprise and pleasure, pampered beyond expectations.  But the FF also had to buy their own groceries and furniture (if they wanted it).

NOTE:  I'm wondering how this would square with the mansion/villa we lived in in Vienna, where Dad was an FSO (but not ambassador).  I wonder who paid for all the household furniture (and there was a LOT), or replacements and/or repairs to same.  I'm guessing there was a similar policy.  Barbara's salary?  I think Dad & Mom paid it.  Certainly we paid for all the groceries for our family, but not for official dinner parties we hosted.

Read for 80 seconds in THE RIGHTEOUS MIND by Jonathan Haidt.  He, along with all the other people he quotes, finds that when we WANT to believe something, we will spend a longer time looking for evidence that it's true.  And vice versa.

Read for 80 seconds in MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor Frankl.  He recalls observing fellow prisoners, for whom he was playing the role of doctor, who might be suffering from any possible kind of malady.  They'd be apathetic, or completely non-responsive to his demands, which made him want to strike them.  However, he was able to suppress his irritation.  Frankl means to describe human nature within the microchasm of the camp.

Read for fun in THE COMFORT CRISIS by Michael Easter.