Friday, October 31, 2025

20251031 SLLLAVERS FOR FRIDAY - 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
  2. ✔Dark chocolate
  3. ✔Sit up straight
  4. ✔Write w/left hand
  5. ✔Blueberries
  6. ✔New word: ACRIMONY: bitterness or ill feeling
  7. →Visualize improved day: 2-meal day: 1)✔C+S ; 2)
  8. ✔White noise - 10 min
  9. ✔Sniff to ￬ stress
  10. ✔Write 1 thing grateful for: Joe

**********
SILENCE
Tried to silence brain for 80 seconds; mild success.

LLL - BHL
Live. Laugh. Love.
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
199 Today's weight.
I visualize weighing less tomorrow


EXERCISE
Did my 50% base-80 routine for Friday, October 31, 2025:
  1. knuckle benders 80
  2. ankle/wrist circles 80
  3. toe/finger stretches 80
  4. bicycle crunches 40
  5. (MADE BED; PIANO - Accuracy Day)
  6. flamingo L60, R60
  7. shoulder rolls 40
  8. ball/wall 16
  9. angel/wall 16
  10. counter stretch 16
  11. squats 20
  12. push-ups 1 + 20 + 2

READING, WRITING

Read briefly in THE VELVETEEN FATHER by Jesse Green; his well planned prose has become a bit tedious for me; I'll pick it up later sometime.
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Thursday, October 30, 2025

20251030 SLLLAVERS FOR THURSDAY - AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

SPEED 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
  2. ✔Dark chocolate
  3. ✔Sit up straight
  4. ✔Write w/left hand
  5. ✔Blueberries
  6. ✔New word: APOGEE: high point
  7. →Visualize improved day: 2-meal day: 1)✔C+S ; 2)
  8. ✔White noise - 10 min
  9. ✔Sniff to ￬ stress
  10. ✔Write 1 thing grateful for: ELI, ELLIOT
**********
SILENCE
Tried to silence brain for 80 seconds; mild success

LLL - BHL
Live. Laugh. Love.
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.
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.
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.
Also said aloud for 80 seconds.


VISUALIZATION
202 Today's weight
I visualize weighing less tomorrow.


EXERCISE
Did my 50% base-80 routine for Thursday, October 30, 2025:
  1. knuckle benders 80
  2. ankle/wrist circles 80
  3. toe/finger stretches 80
  4. bicycle crunches 40
  5. MADE BED; DID VERY BRIEF PIANO PRACTICE
  6. flamingo L60, R60
  7. shoulder rolls 40
  8. ball/wall 16
  9. angel/wall 16
  10. counter stretch 16
  11. squats 20
  12. push-ups 1 + 20

READING, WRITING

Read for 80 seconds in THE VELVETEEN FATHER by Jesse Green. Glib writing, I'd say. He's well beyond my command of English vocab, and yet he seems at times to have made too much of his ideas and arguments, which he spills out in perfect balance. Am I just jealous?

**********

I got thru a VERY SPEEDY SPEED DAY today; I feel pretty good for it.



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Wednesday, October 29, 2025

20251029 SLLLAVERS FOR WEDNESDAY - 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 (walked briskly 4 blocks total from parking to California Chicken Cafe)
  2. ✔Dark chocolate
  3. ✔Sit up straight
  4. ✔Write w/left hand
  5. ✔Blueberries
  6. ✔New word: KETCH: a 2-masted sailboat
  7. →Visualize improved day: 2-meal day: 1)✔C+S ; 2)steamed veggies
  8. ✔White noise - 10 min
  9. ✔Sniff to ￬ stress
  10. ✔Write 1 thing grateful for: Elliot


**********
SILENCE
Tried to silence brain for 80 seconds; meh.

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
202 Today's weight.
I visualize weighing less tomorrow.


EXERCISE
Did my full 50% (This means I do 50% of the reps of exercises which require effort that raises my heart rate, but 100% of the reps which I can at rest) base-80 routine for Wednesday, October 29, 2025:
  1. knuckle benders 80
  2. ankle/wrist circles 80
  3. toe/finger stretches 80
  4. bicycle crunches: OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!! I didn't do ANY earlier!!!!! So now, I'll do 40✔
  5. (MADE BED; 1/2 PIANO PRACTICE)
  6. flamingo L60, R60
  7. shoulder rolls 40
  8. ball/wall 16
  9. angel/wall 16
  10. counter stretch 16
  11. squats 20
  12. push-ups 20

READING, WRITING

Read for 80 seconds in THE VELVETEEN FATHER by Jesse Green.  Although I'm a bit leery of Green's writing style, his education shines through (it's better than mine), and he got me crying in this section:  gay men willing to care for children nobody else wanted:  some died in infancy, and some survived.

**********

And now I'll begin reading my cousin Mary's memoir of her father, my Uncle Ivan.


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Tuesday, October 28, 2025

20251028 SLLLAVERS - ABBREVIATED - FOR TUESDAY, AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

 SUPER-SPEED 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
  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)✔C+S ; 2)
  8. White noise - 10 min
  9. Sniff to ￬ stress
  10. Write 1 thing grateful for

**********
SILENCE
1 second

LLL - BHL
YES

AFFIRMATIONS
  1. I, Ken Taylor, am a kind and loving human being.
  2. (see above)
  3. I, Ken Taylor, am a confident pianist.

VISUALIZATION
202 Today's weight.
I visualize weighing less tomorrow


EXERCISE
Did my MUCH ABBREVIATED base-80 routine for Tuesday, October 28, 2025:
  1. knuckle 2
  2. ankle 2
  3. finger 2
  4. bicycle 2
  5. (MADE BED; PIANO - VERY abbreviated)
  6. flamingo L5, R5
  7. shoulder rolls 2
  8. ball/wall 1
  9. angel/wall 1
  10. counter stretch 1
  11. squats 2
  12. push-ups 2

(whew!)
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Monday, October 27, 2025

20251027 SLLLAVERS FOR MONDAY - AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

SPEED 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
  2. ✔Dark chocolate
  3. ✔Sit up straight
  4. ✔Write w/left hand
  5. ✔Blueberries
  6. ✔New word: ANAEROBE: an organism that survives and grows without cellular oxygen
  7. →Visualize improved day: 2-meal day: 1)✔C+S ; 2) ❌Orange chicken
  8. ✔White noise - 10 min
  9. ✔Sniff to ￬ stress
  10. ✔Write 1 thing grateful for: Chrissy

   **********

SILENCE

Tried to silence brain for 80 seconds:  mild success.

Also, did breathing exercise per FitMind app (day 2, part 2)


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.
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.
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.
Also said aloud for 80 seconds.


VISUALIZATION
202 Today's weight.
I visualize weighing less tomorrow.


EXERCISE
Did my 25% base-80 routine for Monday, October 27, 2025:
  1. knuckle benders 80
  2. ankle/wrist circles 20
  3. toe/finger stretches 20
  4. bicycle crunches 20
  5. (MADE BED; PIANO)
  6. flamingo L15, R15
  7. shoulder rolls 20
  8. ball/wall 4
  9. angel/wall 4
  10. counter stretch 4
  11. squats 10
  12. push-ups 1+10

READING, WRITING

Read for 80+ seconds in THE VELVETEEN FATHER by Jesse Green.  He describes the nightmare facing social workers in the late 1980s, when babies/kids were abandoned due to drugs, race, and illnesses (HIV).  I shuddered when I read that babies who could crawl were tethered to their beds crawled in circles all day.  Oh my broken heart.  I too, was tethered to my bed as a young toddler, in Kensington, MD.  My mom couldn't chase after me when I would escape to the neighbor's house (Metropolitan Avenue).  But these New York unwanted crack/HIV babies......... (there are no further words).

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Sunday, October 26, 2025

20251026 SLLLAVERS FOR SUNDAY - 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
  2. ✔Dark chocolate
  3. ✔Sit up straight
  4. ✔Write w/left hand
  5. ✔Blueberries
  6. ✔New word: AMANUENSIS: a literary or artistic assistant, one who takes dictation or copies manuscripts
  7. →Visualize improved day: 2-meal day: 1)✔C+S ; 2)steamed veggies
  8. ✔White noise - 10 min
  9. ✔Sniff to ￬ stress
  10. ✔Write 1 thing grateful for: Ada


**********
SILENCE
Tried to silence brain for 80 seconds; mild 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, 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
202 Today's weight
I visualize weighing less tomorrow.


EXERCISE
Did my 25% base-80 routine for Sunday, October 26, 2025:
  1. knuckle benders 80
  2. ankle/wrist circles 20
  3. toe/finger stretches 20
  4. bicycle crunches 20
  5. (MADE BED; PIANO)
  6. flamingo L15, R15
  7. shoulder rolls 20
  8. ball/wall 4
  9. angel wall 4
  10. counter stretch 4
  11. squats 10
  12. push-ups 10 + 2

READING, WRITING


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Friday, October 24, 2025

20251024 SLLLAVERS FOR FRIDAY - 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
  2. ✔Dark chocolate
  3. ✔Sit up straight
  4. ✔Write w/left hand
  5. ✔Blueberries
  6. ✔New word: TRAMMEL: hindrance
  7. →Visualize improved day: 2-meal day: 1)✔C+S ; 2)Steamed veggies
  8. ✔White noise - 10 min
  9. ✔Sniff to ￬ stress
  10. ✔Write 1 thing grateful for: Having a daughter, and then 2 daughters! Lisa & Chrissy

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

LLL - BHL
Love. Laugh. Live.
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
199 Today's weight (YAYAYAYAYAYAY)
I visualize weighing less tomorrow


EXERCISE
Did my 20% base-80 routine for Friday, October 24, 2025:
  1. knuckle stretches 20
  2. ankle/wrist circles 20
  3. toe/finger stretches 20
  4. bicycle crunches 20
  5. MADE BED; PIANO
  6. flamingo L15, R15
  7. shoulder rolls 20
  8. ball/wall 4
  9. angel/wall 4
  10. counter stretch 4
  11. squats 10
  12. push-ups 10

READING, WRITING
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