Closet Beach

  Have I come up with a plausible way to keep body and mind happy in the face of temperature misery? I admit that it isn't a sauna. When I lay under the heat lamps, the warmth penetrating my chest feels so good.

Brief Decloration

I take back my responsibility to choose my nutritional and dietary needs and in good faith.

I trust myself.

270 lbs this morning when I step back into action.

 

I think I need to understand more about food allergies: http://www.glutenfreesociety.org/gluten-free-society-blog/are-food-allergies-affecting-your-brain-part-1/

How can Decision Fatigue factor into my ability to Successfully Follow Healthy Habits

I'm thinking about starting blogging more frequently. I am trying to merge two thoughts that occurred to me as I was reading a couple of books that Carrie Willard wrote. The first idea is decision fatigue (from the Slash Your Grocery Budget and Eat a Whole Foods Diet with ALDI book) and the idea of energy and brain power that I drew out of Carrie writing about her analysis of her log (in the The How (and Wow!) of Habits book).

I've been through communication therapy. I live in a reality of expected outcomes of a resection of a brain-invasive tumor (five years ago). I called my communications therapist to float by her the question of "did we just not teach me about this because I am went about therapy my own way?" I didn't get a lead of "yes, that is something we're trained to help you with." I also didn't (exactly) get an "excited I think that you are onto something." 

So, I'm trying to jell in my mind what type of healing tool could be usable to move me to the next level of my recovery.

 

The first book provided me the "aha" moment, for which I was very grateful. The idea that maybe I can take a look at my communication disability closer, by myself, given that I am trying to communicate with myself around my disability.

 

Can I see a tree in the forest? Can I look closer at the trees in general? Think, think, think.

Glymphatic System

 

 

Could this previously unknown waste system have functioned better through services I received under the service of Boehmer Chiropractic & Accupuncture immediately following the removal of the meningioma from my head? I want to stay with their service to boost my systems. 

This article says more about the announcement of the Glymphatic System: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120815142042.htm. 

Resources: Read Online

Can You Make Yourself Smarter? By Dan Hurley, NYTimes Magazine

Neuroscience On Twitter: 30 High-Profile Scientists Who Tweet

I signed up for a twitter account after reading this. I haven’t quite figured out what to do with it, yet.

Question:Self Reflection

How do I foster my own desire to act on what I learn? How does one foster feelings of anticipation, excitement, joy to motivate? What components are important to successfully take into action what one learns? If I have not changed my live and improved the world around me, what would be the point? How do I synthesize and structure the next steps in the process of healing myself?

How can solitude today constitute the right environment for thinking, doing and feeling today but not tomorrow, in the next phase of our lives, when we are living in assisted living facilities?

 What gives? Why can we loose our ability to use solitude constructively?

Relationships in Flow

"Most important, in flow, the relationship between what a person had to do and what he could do was perfect. The challenge wasn’t too easy. Nor was it too difficult. It was a notch or two beyond his current abilities, which stretched the body and mind in a way that made the effort itself a delicious reward. The balance produced a degree of focus and satisfaction that easily surpassed other, more quotidian, experiences. In flow, people lived so deeply in the moment, and felt so utterly in control, that their sense of time, place, and even self melted away.”

~  Dan Pink, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkrvAUbU9Y