20241031 SLLLAVERS FOR THURSDAY - NOT D-DAY, AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

SILENCE

Tried to silence brain for 80 seconds.  Mild success.

LLL - BHL

Love.  Live.  Laugh.

Bless.  Heal.  Love.

AFFIRMATIONS

1. I, Ken Taylor, am a kind and loving human being.
2. I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
3. I, Ken Taylor, am a confident pianist.

Also said aloud for 80 seconds, each.

VISUALIZATION

207.x  Today's weight.

205.x  Yesterday's weight.

+2.x

I visualize weighing less tomorrow.

EXERCISE

In spite of my horrifying weight gain since yesterday (2 eggs in toast, 1/2 bag of chips, 1/2 container of ice cream)....

I still did my full base-80 routine for Thursday, October 31 (HALLOWE'EN), 2024:

1. ankle/wrist circles 80
2. toe/finger stretches 80
3. bicycle crunches 80
4. (MADE BED; PIANO)
5. flamingo L60, R60
6. shoulder rolls 80
7. ball/wall 15
8. angel/wall 15
9. counter stretch 15
10. squats 40
11. push-ups 40

READING, WRITING

Read for 80 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He says money DOES buy happiness ("subjective well-being"), but only to a point.  The same amount of money to a welfare mother of 4 which buys her happiness, would not make much difference to a billionaire.

Read for 80 seconds in A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama.  He says his team (Denis) prepared him on how to do a proper military salute.  So he was prepared for that.  But was he, he asked himself, prepared for what a President must do/think about while in office?  Here's his list:

• Be prepared for everything
• Keep Americans safe
• Threat of Russian nuclear attack
• Mistaken (due to a software glitch) launch of a nuclear warhead
• A fanatic blowing himself up on a subway
• The government tapping into Americans' email accounts
• Foreign oil disruptions leading to gas shortages
• Global warming/climate change leading to rising oceans and planet frying
• Illegal immigration
• Pandemic disease in poverty sectors, possibly originating in a poor country overseas

(whew!)

Read for 80 seconds in THE RIGHTEOUS MIND by Jonathan Haidt.  He says the "Care trigger" is almost always universal, no matter whose child you're looking at (his son sleeping with 2 stuffed monkeys), and no matter what animal is harmed (a baby seal being beaten with a bat).

Read for 80 seconds in MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor Frankl.  He cites a case study in which a writer with writer's cramp was "healed" by doing the opposite of what he was trying to do; he was able to "open up" the "opposite side" of his professional work, thus freeing the "good side" (meaning he was able to resume his normal work).

20241030 SLLLAVERS FOR WEDNESDAY - NOT D-DAY, AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

VISUALIZATION

gained 0.2

I visualize weighing less tomorrow.

 

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SILENCE

Tried to silence brain for 80 seconds; groggy-headed and foggy-minded, but at least I tried.

LLL - BHL

Love.  Live.  Laugh.

Bless.  Heal.  Love.

AFFIRMATIONS

1. I, Ken Taylor, am a kind and loving human being.
2. I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
3. I, Ken Taylor, am a confident pianist.

Also said aloud for 80 seconds each.

VISUALIZATION

205.0  Today's weight

205.0  Yesterday's weight

-0.0-

I visualize weighing less tomorrow.

EXERCISE

Did my full base-80 routine for Tuesday, October 29, 2024:

1. ankle/wrist circles 80
2. toe/finger stretch 80
3. bicycle crunch 80
4. (MADE BED; PIANO)
5. flamingo L60, R60
6. shoulder rolls 80
7. ball/wall 15
8. angel/wall 15
9. counter stretch 15
10. squats 40
11. push-ups 40
12. counter stretch 15

READING, WRITING

20241028 SLLLAVERS FOR MONDAY - NOT D-DAY, AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

SILENCE

Tried to silence brain for 80 seconds; mild to medium success.

LLL - BHL

Live.  Love.  Laugh.

Bless.  Heal.  Love.

AFFIRMATIONS

1. I, Ken Taylor, am a kind and loving human being.
2. I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
3. I, Ken Taylor, am a confident pianist.

Also said aloud for 80 seconds.

VISUALIZATION

205.0 Today's weight

204.8  Yesterday's weight

+0/2

I visualize weighing less tomorrow.

EXERCISE

1. ankle/wrist circles 80
2. toe/finger stretch 80
3. bicycle crunches 80
4. (MADE BED; PIANO)
5. flamingo L60, R60
6. shoulder rolls 80
7. ball/wall 15
8. angel/wall 15
9. counter stretch 15
10. squats 40
11. push-ups 40

READING, WRITING

Read for 80 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He says

EXERCISE

20241021 SLLLAVERS FOR MONDAY - NOT D-DAY, AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

SILENCE

Tried to silence brain for 80 seconds; not much success.

LLL - BHL

Love.  Live.  Laugh.

Bless.  Heal.  Love.

AFFIRMATIONS

1. I, Ken Taylor, am a kind and loving human being.
2. I, Ken Taylor, am a kind and loving human being.
3. I, Ken Taylor, am a kind and loving human being.
4. I, Ken Taylor, am a kind and loving human being.
5. I, Ken Taylor, am a kind and 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 pianist.
2. I, Ken Taylor, am a confident pianist.
3. I, Ken Taylor, am a confident pianist.
4. I, Ken Taylor, am a confident pianist.
5. I, Ken Taylor, am a confident pianist.

Also said aloud for 80 seconds.

VISUALIZATION

206.8  Today's weight

206.8  Yesterday's weight

-0.0

I visualize weighing less tomorrow. 

EXERCISE

Did my full base-80 routine for Monday, October 21, 2024:

1. ankle/wrist circles 80
2. toe/finger stretches 80
3. bicycle  crunches 80
4. (MADE BED; PIANO)
5. flamingo L60, R60
6. shoulder rolls 80
7. ball/wall 15
8. angel/wall 15
9. counter stretch 15
10. squats 40
11. push-ups 40

READING, WRITING

Read for 80 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He says there are 3 considerations when evaluating the evolution of Sapien happiness:

1)  We tend to evaluated or happiness on the basis of only a relatively small sample of time.

2)  We have ignored the happiness of our ecology.

3)  We tend to ignore the happiness of animals.

Read for 80 seconds in A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama.  He says Denis McDonough, on his staff, exhibited "work horse" behavior (lots of "I can do that" attitude), and self-abnegation (denial of self-oriented activity, in favor of giving what others want/need).

Read for 80 seconds in THE RIGHTEOUS MIND by Jonathan Haidt.  He says when considering the Care/Harm _______ (aspect) of human morality, it's impossible to not consider the mothering instincts so evident in the human experience.  Females/mothers seem to feel more than males; fear of harm to their infants generates terror and tears.

Read for 80 seconds in MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor Frankl.  He says "the neurotic who learns to laugh at himself is on the way to recovery."   .   

20241014 SLLLAVERS FOR MONDAY - NOT D-DAY, AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

SILENCE

Tried to silence brain for 80 seconds; mild success.

LLL - BHL

Love.  Live.  Laugh.

Bless.  Heal.  Love.

AFFIRMATIONS

1. I, Ken Taylor, am a kind and loving human being.
2. I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
3. I, Ken Taylor, am a confident pianist.

Also said aloud for 80 seconds.

VISUALIZATION

205.8  Today's weight.

I visualize weighing less tomorrow.

EXERCISE

Did my full base-80 routine for Monday, October 14, 2024:

1. ankle/wrist circles 80
2. toe/finger stretches 80
3. bicycle crunches 80
4. (MADE BED; PIANO)
5. flamingo 60L, 30+15+15R
6. shoulder rolls 80
7. ball/wall 15
8. angel/wall 15
9. counter stretch 15
10. squats 40
11. push-ups 40

READING, WRITING

20241008 SLLLAVERS FOR TUESDAY - NOT D-DAY, AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!!

SILENCE

Tried to silence brain for 80 seconds; mild success.

LLL - BHL

Love.  Live.  Laugh.

Bless.  Heal.  Love.

AFFIRMATIONS

1. I, Ken Taylor, am a kind and loving human being.
2. I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
3. I, Ken Taylor, am a confident pianist.

Also said aloud for 80 seconds (each).

VISUALIZATION

203.4  Today's weight

204.8  Yesterday's weight

-1.4

I visualize weighing less tomorrow.

EXERCISE

Did  my full base-80 routine for Tuesday, October 8, 2024:

1. ankle/wrist circles 80
2. toe/finger stretches 80
3. bicycle crunches 80
4. (MADE BED; PIANO)
5. flamingo L60, R60
6. shoulder rolls 80
7. ball/wall 15
8. angel/wall 15
9. counter stretch 15
10. squats 40
11. push-ups 40

READING, WRITING

Rather than reading in my 4 books, I'm just going to write for a bit:

Today's David's birthday, and I called him to wish him a happy one.  He, Jeannie, and Mike were all on speaker.  There was high positive energy in their voices, because of the following:

1. David's birthday
2. The birth of their grandson (mother had preeclampsia, baby was born early via C-section, and now all is well; they'll get to see them today)
3. A call from Ian, saying that Susan (that infamous mine purchaser) told him that they'd have the funding to buy Acanda by mid-week - and mid-week is tomorrow.

After the call, I forwarded George's birthday poem by Hafiz, along with GG's greeting & doodle.

I have such wonderful friends!

20241007 SLLLAVERS FOR MONDAY - NOT D-DAY, AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

SILENCE

Tried to silence brain for 80 seconds; mild success.

LLL - BHL

Love. Live.  Laugh.

Bless.  Heal.  Love.

AFFIRMATIONS

1. I, Ken Taylor, am a kind and loving human being.
2. I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
3. I, Ken Taylor, am a confident pianist. 

VISUALIZATION

204.2  Today's weight.

I visualize weighing less tomorrow.

EXERCISE

Did my full base-80 routine for Monday, October 7, 2024:

1. ankle/wrist circles 80
2. toe/finger stretches 80
3. bicycle crunches 80
4. (MADE BED; PIANO)
5. flamingo R60, L60
6. shoulder rolls 80
7. ball/wall 15
8. angel/wall 15
9. counter stretch 15
10. squats 40
11. push-ups 40

READING, WRITING

Read for 80 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He says it's both an oversimplification and a deep analysis of what made/makes Sapiens happy, when you evaluate us over centuries/millennia.  There are studies that show all kinds of conflicting theories.  And how did our evolutionary brains conceive of these kinds of ideas?  Early SAPIENS knew only the thrill of the hunt.  Today, we have no such experience:  we work, earn money, and buy food from others.  So, are we happier?  Or were they?

Read for 80 seconds in A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama.  He says he found gratitude in receiving notes from many US Citizens who wrote to thank him for a policy/program he'd implemented, that had affected them positively.

Read for 80 seconds in THE RIGHTEOUS MIND by Jonathan Haidt.  He says the 5 Moral Foundations he's come up with are in part a result of the evolution of the human brain, having followed animal mammals, and before them, reptiles, who are accused of being cold and cold-hearted.  They didn't seem to care what happened to their eggs, whereas humans care for their young almost through adulthood.

Read for 80 seconds in  MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor Frankl.  He discusses logotherapy's "paradoxical intention" - meaning that, for example, if we fear, we intensify that fear.  (or something like that)

dahahaha

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It was hard to type the title above.

This is a down day.

The one good thing so far is that my weight is only 202.8.  Surprising since I had a small bowl of ice cream late last night.

*sigh*