20250726 SLLLAVERS FOR SATURDAY - NOT D$-DAY, AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

ACCURACY DAY

BIOHACK

1. Brisk walk
2. Dark chocolate
3. Sit up straight
4. Write w/left hand
5. Blueberries
6. New word
7. →Visualize improved day: 2-meal day: 1) ; 2)
8. White noise - 10 min
9. Sniff to ￬ stress
10. Write 1 thing grateful for

 

RECORD

1. ❌Brisk walk (still soaking ingrown toenail)
2. ✔Dark chocolate
3. ✔Sit up straight
4. ✔Write w/left hand
5. ✔Blueberries
6. ✔New word: PADIDDLE: car game in which passengers look for other cars with only a single headlight or taillight working.
7. →Visualize improved day: 2-meal day: 1)✔C+S (noted that after reducing my meals from 3/day to 2/day, and therefore "fasting" for longer than usual between meals, the flavors of my smoothie and coffee are much more flavorable. ; 2)steamed veggies for 2nd meal.
8. ✔White noise - 10 min
9. ✔Sniff to ￬ stress
10. ✔Write 1 thing grateful for: DAVID

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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, 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

205 Today's weight.

I visualize weighing less tomorrow.

EXERCISE

Did my full base-80 routine for Saturday, July 26, 2025:

1. knuckle benders 80
2. ankle/wrist circles 80
3. toe/finger stretches 80
4. bicycle crunches 80
5. (MADE BED; PIANO)
6. flamingo L60, R60
7. shoulder rolls 80
8. ball/wall 16
9. angel/wall 16
10. counter stretch 16
11. squats 40
12. push-ups 1+ 41

READING, WRITING

Read for 80 seconds in HOW TO BIOHACK YOUR BRAIN by Kristen M. She says there are 7 common conditions that CAN affect the brain:

1. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.  5.8 million Americans have it; 1/10 in people over 65; cause believed to be abnormal deposits - "amyloid plaque" - along with tangled bundles of fibers called "tau."  Signs of AD show up decades before symptoms:  memory loss, difficulty understanding & completing familiar tasks, decreased judgment, among other problems.
2. PARKINSON'S DISEASE.  2nd most common neurodegenerative disease in US; 1.5 million affected; symptoms:  muscle rigidity, tremors, overall difficulty moving, posture, handwriting, speech; cause still unknown (but head trauma, exposure to chemicals might play roles)
3. DEMENTIA. Not a disease, but a term used to describe a broad condition marked by a significant decline in cognitive function. 1/6 women & 1/10 men over age 55 develop some form of dementia.  
4. CONCUSSION ("MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY").  Defined as a blow to the head, but no loss of consciousness for more than 30 minutes, resulting in a mild traumatic brain injury. (If loss of consciousness lasts for 30+ minutes, it's called a traumatic brain injury).  2-4 million concussions occur annually.  Symptoms:  memory loss, fatigue, headache, visual impairment, mood changes.
5. ANXIETY.  Most common mental ailment, affects 40+ million in US over 18; researchers say it originates in the brain with over-stimulation of certain neural pathways, and of the amygdala.  Symptoms can be:  feeling worried, nervous, restless, unease, fatigue, irritability, muscle tension, sleep problems.
6. DEPRESSION.  Caused by problems in brain biology.  MILLIONS of chemical reactions in the brain happen; depression is not caused by chemistry alone.  Changes in HIPPOCAMPUS can contribute to depression.  Other factors:  genes, work, sleep patterns, prescription drugs.  Estimate:  8% of US population is depressed within given 2-week periods.
7. STROKE.  Similar to "traumatic brain injury (see "4. CONCUSSION" above), strokes can cause significant neurodegenerative effects.  Blood flow to the brain is slowed or stopped, thus preventing much need oxygen & nutrients to reach the brain cells; this in turn causes neurons to die quickly, which leads to a cascade of cognitive and physical problems:  sudden paralysis (usu 1 side of body), difficulties in speaking & understanding, vision impairment, muscle weakness, permanent brain damage, memory loss, impaired cognitive thinking.  800,000 / year in US have a stroke.

Read for 80 seconds in "A PROMISED LAND" by Barack Obama.