20260430 SLLLAVERS FOR THURSDAY(SSD), AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

SILENCE

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.

VISUALIZATION

206  Today's weight

I visualize weighing less tomorrow

EXERCISE

1. MADE BED

READING, WRITING

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1. Brisk walk
2. ✔Dark chocolate
3. ✔Sit up straight
4. ✔Write w/left hand
5. ✔Blueberries
6. ✔New word: ASCERBIC: sharp, biting or critical
7. →Visualize improved day: 2-meal+ day: 1)✔C+S ; 2) ; 3)OAB
8. White noise - 10 min
9. ✔Sniff to ￬ stress
10. ✔Write 1 thing grateful for: Brain research

20260429 SLLLAVERS FOR WEDNESDAY (SSD), AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

Another oy very day...

1. ✔dark chocolate
2. ✔sit up straight
3. ✔blueberries
4. 1)C+S (had coffee, but no smoothie - instead, cereal w/banana & blueberries, toast & honey); 2); 3)✔OAB 
5. ✔sniff lavender to decr. stress
6. ✔new word:  BADINAGE:  humorous or witty conversation
7. ✔one thing I'm grateful for:  MODERN MEDICINE
8. ✔left-handed writing
9. brisk walk
10. ✔white noise 10 min
11. VISUALIZATION:  206 today's weight; I visualize weighing less tomorrow
12. EXERCISE:  Did abbreviated routine for Wednesday, April 29, 2026:  a)  knuckle benders 10; b) ankle/wrist circles; c) toe/finger stretches 20; d)  bicycle crunches 20;  e)MADE BED; 
13. AFFIRMATIONS:  a)  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.
14. LLL - BHL:  Love.  Live.  Laugh.  Bless.  Heal.  Love.
15. SILENCE:  Tried to silence brain for 30 seconds (meh)
16. READING, WRITING:

******************

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) ; 3)OAB
8. White noise - 10 min
9. Sniff to ￬ stress
10. Write 1 thing grateful for

20260428 SLLLAVERS FOR TUESDAY(SSD), AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

oy vey!

• EXERCISE:  Did my partial mini super short routine for Tuesday, April 28, 2026:  a) knuckle benders 10; ankle/wrist circles 10; toe/finger stretches 10; bicycle crunches 10; MADE BED; PIANO (Super short); flamingo L20, R20; shoulder rolls 20; ball/wall 8; angel/wall 8; counter stretch 8;  squats 10; push-ups 1 + 10 + 2.
• ✔dark chocolate
• 1)✔C+S; 2)steamed veggies; 3)✔OAB
• SILENCE:  Tried to silence brain for 30 seconds;  meh.
• 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.
• VISUALIZATION:  203  Today's weight;  I visualize weighing less tomorrow.
• READING, WRITING:  Read for 30 seconds in THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Mark Twain;  for fun
• ✔sniff Lavender to reduce stress
• ✔one thing grateful for:  Mark Twain
• ✔new word:  TENEBROUS:  dark, shadowy or obscure (from FR:  tenebres - shadows)
• ✔sit up straight
• ✔write with left hand
• ✔blueberries

______

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) ; 3)OAB
8. White noise - 10 min
9. Sniff to ￬ stress
10. Write 1 thing grateful for

********************

So, today what? Plan trip; work; talk to GG;

20260427 SLLLAVERS FOR MONDAY (SS?), AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

1. dark chocolate
2. C+S
3. What a cruddy day already!!
4. VISUALIZATION:  205  Today's weight.  I visualize weighing less tomorrow.
5. What a happy day already!!
6. 
   

  

**********

It was probably around this time (APRIL-MAY) in 1986, I.e., 40 years ago, that I was preparing to move from SLC to Southern California.  That's hard to believe.  I've lived in many places in SoCal, but the last  24 have been here in Winnetka.

Although I AM feeling a few "old age effects"  (for example, I feel the cold more now),  I'm in fairly good shape.  I'll soon turn 76.

I'm hurting for my friends:  Eric, David, Teresa, Bill, George

202260425 SLLLAVERS FOR SATURDAY (???) AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

 Now what?

1. dark chocolate
2. C+S
3. 
   

20260420 SLLLAVERS FOR MONDAY(S), AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

I visualize beginning my journey down to 195, starting NOW!!!!!!!!! 

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)C+S ; 2) ; 3)OAB
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) ; 3)OAB
8. ✔White noise - 5 min
9. Sniff to ￬ stress
10. Write 1 thing grateful for

**********

SLLLAVERS

SILENCE

LLL - BHL

AFFIRMATIONS

VISUALIZATION

EXERCISE

READING, WRITING

RECORD

SILENCE

Tried to silence brain for 40 seconds; not much 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 40 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 40 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 40 seconds.

VISUALIZATION

206 Today's weight.

I visualize weighing less tomorrow.

EXERCISE

Did my 50% base-80 routine for Monday, April 20, 2026:

1. knuckle benders 40
2. ankle/wrist circles 40
3. toe/finger stretches 40
4. bicycle crunches 40
5. MADE BED; PIANO (S)
6. flamingo L35, R35
7. shoulder rolls -0- (forgot!!!!! - oy very)
8. ball/wall 8
9. angel/wall 8
10. counter stretch 8
11. squats 20
12. push-ups 20 + 2

READING, WRITING

20260419 SLLLAVERS FOR SUNDAY (SSD), AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

 BIOHACK

1. food:  1) C+S, 2)steamed veggies, 3)✔OAB
2. ✔dark chocolate
3. 
   

20260416 SLLLAVERS FOR THURSDAY (SSD), AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

ANOTHER SSDay:

BIOHACK

1. ✔dark chocolate
2. meals:  1)✔C+S, 2), 3)OAB
3. ✔sniff lavender
4. ✔new word:  ICONOCLAST:  a person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions
5. ✔thankful for:  GEORGE
6. ✔write left-handed
7. brisk walk
8. white noise
9. ✔sit up straight
10. ✔blueberries

SLLLAVERS 

SILENCE

Tried to silence brain for 30 seconds; mild to no 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.

VISUALIZATION

206  Today's weight.

I visualize weighing less tomorrow.

EXERCISE

Did my 25% base-80 routine (well, half of it, anyway) for Thursday, April 16, 2026:

1. knuckle benders 20
2. ankle/wrist circles 20
3. toe/finger stretches 20
4. bicycle crunches 20
5. MADE BED
6. 
   
7. 
   

20260415 SLLLAVERS FOR WEDNESDAY(SSD), AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!

VISUALIZATION  204  Today's weight.  I visualize weighing less tomorrow.

✔dark chocolate

MADE BED

20260410 SLLLAVERS FOR FRIDAY(A), AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

I visualize beginning my journey down to 195, starting NOW!!!!!!!!! 

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)C+S ; 2) ; 3)OAB
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: INEFFABLE: too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.
7. →Visualize improved day: 2-meal+ day: 1)✔C+S ; 2) ; 3)OAB
8. ✔White noise - 10 min
9. ✔Sniff to ￬ stress
10. ✔Write 1 thing grateful for: ONE MORE DAY!!!! (and Les Miz)

**********

SLLLAVERS

SILENCE

LLL - BHL

AFFIRMATIONS

VISUALIZATION

EXERCISE

READING, WRITING

RECORD

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

203 Today's weight.

I visualize weighing less tomorrow.

 

EXERCISE

Did my full base-80 routine for Friday, April 10, 2026:

1. knuckle benders 80
2. ankle/wrist circles 80
3. toe/finger stretch 80
4. bicycle crunch 80
5. MADE BED; PIANO (A)
6. flamingo L70, R70
7. shoulder rolls 80
8. ball/wall 16
9. angel/wall 16
10. counter stretch 16
11. squats 40
12. push-ups 1 + 40 + 2

 

READING, WRITING

Read for 80 seconds in A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama. He recalls how wonderful his first Spring at the WH was: he describes the South Lawn as a "park" with swing sets and basketball hoops and a vegetable garden planted by Michelle. WHY MUST WE GIVE UP SUCH BEAUTIFUL HUMANITY IN THE PRESIDENCY??? This is really making me cry, hurting for the loss of our country as it was under Obama.

Read for 80 seconds in THE RIGHTEOUS MIND by Jonathan Haidt. He says  young humans, compared to chimps, are naturally cooperative; chimps are not. This trait is called: SHARED INTENTIONALITY.

Read for 80 seconds in SHAMELESS by Brian Tyler Cohen. He says Nixon, Reagan and Trump all used "states rights" as a basis for suppressing the progressive vote (I.e., black vote) in their campaign, thus trying to win as racists. In 2020, Ken Paxton (Texas lawyer) filed a lawsuit against states who helped elect Biden, contending that those states had corrupt voting practices. This marked the beginning of states, unhappy with OTHER states' election results, seeking to overturn and/or control those results.

Read for 80 seconds in HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Mark Twain. For fun.

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Well, I'm having that fairly rare feeling of having completed everything on my list (see above). I'm feeling good about it, but along with completing the list, and having done so by 10:30 AM, I'm also left with a more negative/bad feeling that I am "living for lists." Is THAT the meaning of my life?

I think it MUST be more than just completing a list of tasks. But what?

On most days, I DON'T complete the list, and the "living for lists" feeling does not surface. So perhaps I should keep a running list of things to do such that I never complete them. Then the bad feelings would never surface.

  

20260409 SLLLAVERS FOR THURSDAY(SSD), AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

I'm worried about:

1. David
2. Eric
3. George
4. Marie
5. Joe P
6. Lisa
7. Joe (not all that much)
8. the United States' future, and therefore my children & grandchildren
9. my health
10. my finances

So........... RECORD:

1. MADE BED
2. ✔dark chocolate
3. 1)✔C+S; 2)   ; 3)✔OAB
4. VISUALIZATION:  204  Today's weight; I visualize weighing less tomorrow.
5. 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.
6. ✔One thing grateful for:  CPAP/SLEEP solution

(OUT OF TIME - WHERE's MY LIFE GOING????)

20260408 SLLLAVERS FOR WEDNESDAY (??D), AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!!

 *sigh*

1. MADE BED
2. VISUALIZATION:  204 today's weight; I visualize weighing less tomorrow.
3. ✔OAB
4. 
   

20260407 SLLLAVERS FOR TUESDAY (SSD), AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

 (ANOTHER SSD DAY)

Didn't even record.  sigh.

But I DO know my weight was 205.

Made Bed.  (yay)

20260406 SLLLAVERS FOR MONDAY(SEMI-SSD), AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

Started out doing SLLLAVERS & BIOHACK, and here's where I am:

I'M SOOOO TIRED!!!!  But I did my 10 min brisk walk + BrainFit anyway.

1. ✔MADE BED;
2. 1)✔C+S; 2) ; 3)OAB
3. dark chocolate
4. EXERCISE:  Did my 50% base-80 routine for Monday, April 6, 2026:  knuckle benders 40, ankle/wrist circles 40, toe/finger stretches 40, bicycle crunches 40, 
5. VISUALIZATION:  204 Today's weight.  I visualize weighing less tomorrow.
6. 
   

20260405 SLLLAVERS FOR SUNDAY(SSD), AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

(I do hope that tomorrow, I'll have what it takes to go back to my S/A routines!!  But, for now....)

Here we go with random routine achievements:

1. VISUALIZATION:  203  Today's weight.  I visualize weighing less tomorrow.  (Actually, I'm amazed that I'm only 203, after my quick trip to Holland & all the "goodies" I ate there)
2. MADE BED
3. ✔dark chocolate
4. 1) ✔C+S; 2)  ; 3)OAB
5. 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.
6. READING, WRITING:  1)  Read for 80+ seconds in HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Mark Twain.  For fun.

20260330 SLLLAVERS FOR MONDAY (SSD), AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

AND AGAIN.

1. MADE BED
2. dark chocolate
3. 1)  C+S;  2)  ; 3)  OAB

20260329 SLLLAVERS FOR SUNDAY (SSD), AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

Here we go again:

1. ✔MADE BED
2. ✔dark chocolate
3. 1)✔C+S; 2)  ; 3)✔OAB
4.  ✔new word:  ESOTERIC:  intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest.
5. ✔sniff lavender to reduce stress
6. ✔one thing I'm grateful for:  Michelangelo's David
7. ✔VISUALIZATION:  204 Today's weight; I visualize weighing less tomorrow.
8. ✔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.
9. ✔LLL-BHL:  Love.  Live.  Laugh.  Bless.  Heal.  Love.
10.  SILENCE
11. White noise
12. EXERCISE
13. READING, WRITING
14. write left-handed
15. PIANO
16. brisk walk
17. 
    

20260328 NO KINGS DAY * SLLLAVERS FOR SATURDAY (SSD), AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!

Today is yet another "less motivated" but SSD (SUPER SPEED DAY) day;  it's where I randomly think/do my BIOHACK & SLLLAVERS, and combine the roots into one list:

1. ✔dark chocolate
2. ✔MADE BED
3. 1)✔C+S(today's the first day I added a teaspoon of chickpeas to my smoothie); 2)pizza with Lisa's family to celebrate Eli's birthday; 3)✔OAB
4. ✔sniff lavender to reduce stress
5. ✔AFFIRMATIONS:  I, Ken Taylor, am a kind and loving human being; I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need; I, Ken Taylor, am a confident pianist.
6. ✔VISUALIZATION:  203 Today's weight; I visualize weighing less tomorrow.
7. ✔One thing I'm grateful for:  good people who are also smart people.
8. ✔New word:  LIMERANCE:  an involuntary state of intense romantic infatuation, obsession, and emotional dependency on another person

20260326 SLLLAVERS FOR THURSDAY (SSD), AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

Well, here's another "milktoast" day, AKA "SSD,"  for moi.

1. ✔dark chocolate
2. ✔1)C+S; 2)  ; 3)OAB
3. ✔MADE BED
4.  ✔One thing grateful for:  CPAP & the absence of achy pains when I wake up!  YAY!
5. ✔VISUALIZATION:  206 Today's weight.  I'M GOING THE WRONG WAY!  I visualize weighing less tomorrow.
6. ✔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.  (Said these 3 aloud for a few seconds each).
7. ✔New word:  REDAMANCY:  the act of loving someone who loves you in return; requited love.

20260324 SLLLAVERS FOR TUESDAY (S), AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

I visualize beginning my journey down to 195, starting NOW!!!!!!!!! 

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)C+S ; 2) ; 3)OAB
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: EPHEMERAL: lasting for a very short time (e.g., fashions are ephemeral)
7. →Visualize improved day: 2-meal+ day: 1✔)C+S ; 2) ; 3)OAB
8. ✔White noise - 5 min
9. ✔Sniff to ￬ stress
10. ✔Write 1 thing grateful for: My functioning brain.

**********

SLLLAVERS

SILENCE

LLL - BHL

AFFIRMATIONS

VISUALIZATION

EXERCISE

READING, WRITING

RECORD

SILENCE

Tried to silence brain for 20 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.

Also said aloud for 20 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 20 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 20 seconds.

VISUALIZATION

203 Today's weight.

I visualize weighing less tomorrow.

EXERCISE

Did my 25% base-80 routine for Tuesday, March 24, 2026:

1. knuckle benders 20
2. ankle/wrist circles 20
3. toe/finger stretch 20
4. bicycle crunch 20
5. MADE BED; PIANO (S)
6. flamingo L20, R20
7. shoulder rolls 20
8. ball/wall 4
9. angel/wall 4
10. counter stretch 4
11. squats 10
12. push-ups 1 + 10 + 2

READING, WRITING

Read for 20 seconds in A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama. He says

20260323 SLLLAVERS FOR MONDAY (S), AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

I visualize beginning my journey down to 195, starting NOW!!!!!!!!! 

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)C+S ; 2) ; 3)OAB
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: ETHEREAL: extremely delicate and light, in a way that seems too delicate for this world. (KEN: other-worldly; ghostly; spiritual)
7. →Visualize improved day: 2-meal+ day: 1)✔C+S ; 2) ; 3)✔OAB
8. ✔White noise - 10 min
9. ✔Sniff to ￬ stress
10. ✔Write 1 thing grateful for: MOTIVATION - while it tends to come and go, I value it highly when it's here!

**********

SLLLAVERS

SILENCE

LLL - BHL

AFFIRMATIONS

VISUALIZATION

EXERCISE

READING, WRITING

RECORD

SILENCE

Tried to silence brain for 80 seconds; foggy 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.

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

203 Today's weight.

I visualize weighing less tomorrow (203-195=8)

EXERCISE

Did my full base-80 routine for Monday, March 23, 2026:

1. knuckle benders 80
2. ankle/wrist circles 80
3. toe/finger stretch 80
4. bicycle crunch 80
5. MADE BED; PIANO (S)
6. flamingo L70, R10+60
7. shoulder rolls 80
8. ball/wall 16
9. angel/wall 16
10. counter stretch 16
11. squats 40
12. push-ups 1 + 40 + 2

READING, WRITING

Read for 80 seconds in A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama. He recalls visiting Nazi death camps (Buchenwald) with Angela Merkel and Eli (?), and agonizing with Angela how her country could have committed such atrocities; and then the next stop Normandy where he saw the fields of Allied (mostly American) graves with bone-white markers.

Read for 80 seconds in THE RIGHTEOUS MIND by Jonathan Haidt. He says the discovery of TRANSITIONS (from individual to social to SUPERsocial GROUPISHNESS) is part of evolution, and when it's compassionate, giving, caring, etc..... it's part of our "RIGHTEOUS MIND." Bees do this MUCH better than chimpanzees ever did; and humans are at times better at it than bees.

Read for 80 seconds in SHAMELESS by Brian Tyler Cohen. He says GOP efforts to be "fiscally responsible" have fallen short of the higher standard Biden strove for (lower inflation, more jobs). T has ignored or falsely criticized Biden while he has moved in more and more detrimental directions for the US economy and future.

Read for 80 seconds in HUCKLEBERRY by Mark Twain. For fun. (comparing the "King" reciting from memory Hamlet's "To be or not to be" speech, to the actual Shakespearean speech. While I'm certain that Twain wanted to be humorous, it's difficult to compare the 2 speeches and catch all the humor and nuance).

20260322 SLLLAVERS FOR SUNDAY (SSD), AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

✔Here we go:

1. ✔MADE BED
2. ✔dark chocolate
3. 1)✔C+S; 2)frozen dinner; 3)✔OAB
4. ✔new word:  VELLICHOR:  a modern literary coinage popularized in the 2010s to denote the strange wistfulness of used book shops.
5. ✔sniff lavender to decrease stress
6. 
   

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Today is "opera day" with Dr. P.  I'll do the abbreviated version of SLLLAVERS and BIOHACK above, and then spend the rest of the morning reading about Phillip Glass' opera AHKNATEN, so I can be better "prepared" for what we'll see today.

I just had a wonderful conversation with David and Jeannie Timpson:

• The Phillip Glass opera Ahknaten
• The sci-fi novel & movie Hail Mary
• His son Austin's visit
• Their impending trip to Seattle
• My impending trip to Holland
• Charles & Lucie Didier update
• 
  

 

20260321 SLLLAVERS FOR SATURDAY (SSD), AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

✔Here we go:

1. ✔MADE BED
2. ✔dark chocolate
3.  1)✔C+S; 2)steamed veggies; 3)✔OAB
4. ✔LLL - BHL:  Live.  Love.  Laugh.  Bless.  Heal.  Love.
5. ✔VISUALIZATION:  203 Today's weight.  I visualize weighing less tomorrow.
6. ✔Sniff lavender essential oil to reduce stress.
7. ✔New word:  FUNGIBLE:  replaceable, interchangeable (All of my books are FUNGIBLE)
8. ✔One thing I'm grateful for:  the abundance of food in my life.
9. 
   

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Today I begin serious work on taxes.  I HATE sending any more money to Trump.

20260320 SLLLAVERS FOR FRIDAY (SS?), AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

ANOTHER UN-MOTIVATED DAY, SORTA

1. ✔MADE BED
2. ✔Dark chocolate
3. ✔1)C+S; 2)steamed veggies; 3)✔OAB 
4. ✔New word:  CHYRON:  Banner usually at bottom of TV screen showing headlines
5. ✔Sniff lavender to decrease stress.
6. ✔Write 1 thing grateful for:  TRUE FRIENDS CLOSE TO ME (like David, George)
7. ✔VISUALIZATION:  204 Today's weight; I visualize weighing less tomorrow.
8. ✔AFFIRMATIONS:  A.  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;  B.  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;  C.  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 each one aloud for 80 seconds.
9. ✔Live.  Love.  Laugh.  Bless.  Heal.  Love.

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So, I have 2 full days ahead, and I will be organizing & beginning doing taxes.  (sigh).  I really am angered by T who wants $200B MORE for the military to fight his war.  If I send more money, I'll be helping the government further mis-spend tax dollars.

What happened to my motivation?????????????

I want to escape this hell.

20260319 SLLLAVERS FOR THURSDAY (SSD), AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!!

SUPER SPEED DAY, and also Teresa's and Chrissy's birthdays.

1. ✔MADE BED
2. ✔Dark chocolate
3. ✔VISUALIZATION:  202  Today's weight; I visualize weighing less tomorrow.
4. ✔3)OAB

20260318 SLLLAVERS FOR WEDNESDAY (SSD), AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

SUPER SPEED DAY, AGAIN

1. ✔VISUALIZATION:  201 Today's weight.  I visualize weighing less tomorrow.
2. ✔Dark chocolate
3. 1) ✔C+S; 2)steamed veggies ; 3)✔ OAB
4. ✔MADE BED
5. 
   

20260317 SLLLAVERS FOR TUESDAY (SS), ST. PATRICK'S DAY, AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

SUPER SPEED DAY, AGAIN

1. ✔203  Today's weight.  I visualize weighing less tomorrow.
2. ✔Dark chocolate.
3. 1) ✔C+S 2) ✔Steamed veggies 3) ✔OAB
4. ✔knuckle benders 10
5. ✔wrist/ankle circles 10
6. ✔toe/finger stretches 10
7. ✔bicycle crunch 10
8. ✔MADE BED
9. ✔New word:  PHRENOLOGY:  (KRT's guess):  The study of the shape of the head as it (may) relate(s) to personality and intelligence.  (From Google):  the detailed study of the shape and size of the cranium as a supposed indication of character and mental abilities
10. ✔One thing I'm grateful for:  FREEZERS (where I was able to save several bags of fresh spinach, thanks to a suggestion by George Makrides)
11. ✔I, Ken Taylor, am a kind and loving human being.
12. ✔I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
13. ✔I, Ken Taylor, am a confident pianist.
14. ✔Sniff lavender essential oils to reduce stress.
15. My constructed saying for the day:  "Man does not live by croissants alone.  Non, zey taste mush bettere vis buttere!:

20260316 SLLLAVERS FOR MONDAY (SS), AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

Got up 4+ times to urinate last night.  Wow!! (in a bad way).

So, slept in later (woke up at 7am)

1. ✔C+S
2. ✔dark chocolate
3. ✔205 lbs  Today's weight.  I visualize weighing less tomorrow.
4. ✔knuckle benders 10
5. ✔ankle/wrist circles 10
6. ✔toe/finger stretch 10
7. ✔bicycle crunch 10
8. ✔MADE BED
9. ✔New word:  MESMERISM: a historical practice and theory of healing that involves inducing an altered state of consciousness through hypnosis or trance-like states, originally developed by Franz Anton Mesmer in the 18th century.
10.  ✔One thing I'm thankful for:  Income
11. ✔sniff to lower stress (lavender)
12. ✔I, Ken Taylor, am a kind and loving human being.
13. ✔I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
14. ✔I, Ken Taylor, am a confident pianist.
15. 
    

Wondering what is causing my irregular heartbeat.  Sugar?  caffeine?  salt?

20260315 SLLLAVERS FOR SUNDAY (SS), AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

SUPER SPEED DAY:

1. ✔dark chocolate
2. ✔1) C+S; 2)   3)✔OAB
3. ✔MADE BED
4. ✔VISUALIZATION:  205  Today's weight.  I visualize weighing less tomorrow.
5. ✔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.
6. ✔New word:  VERISIMILITUDE:  the appearance of being true or real.  "the detail gives the novel some verisimilitude"
7. ✔Sniffed Lavender essential oil.
8. ✔Write 1 thing grateful for:  FAMILY
9. ✔Read for 80+ seconds in HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Mark Twain
10. 
    

20260314 SLLLAVERS FOR SATURDAY (A), AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

I visualize beginning my journey down to 195, starting NOW!!!!!!!!! 

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)C+S ; 2) ; 3)OAB
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) ; 3)OAB
8. ✔White noise - 10 min
9. Sniff to ￬ stress
10. Write 1 thing grateful for