2023 week 52:    

"Easier blog-routine releases time for further growth/freeing."  

168 whole hours:  85 sleep (down 6 hours from last week) ;  60 others --  clinic ;  23 growth (up 10 hours from last week) -- year-end sum to text-list, video-Popes-Complexity-Mind/body, read-Pigliucci-Mead-Marchant, weight gain eats Diet Rite McD celebrations, rain-leak sealant. 

biggies:  ::  two more five hour sleep durations "Yea." maybe a trend to normal   ::     'me-self' history events below   ::   car may have sprung a rain leak  ::   bought "Mind, Self, and Society" (2015) Mead  ::  CKD article in J of Renal Nutrition (2023nov)  ::

non biggies :  ::  sent Holiday greeting to my text list  ::   study "How to Be a Stoic" (2017) Pigliucci  ::   updated via cell iOS17.2.1 for Apple Journal app -- NIXED IT  ::   drafted SRF Lesson Seven notes on Thoughts page -- Wholly Spirit  ::  drafted notes from Pigliucci (2017) on Thoughts page -- Wholly Spirit  ::  streamed/bought book "Mind over Body" (2016) Marchant  ::   began to deconstruct old web-site's files eventually getting to dissertation  ::  

year 85 sum:  chased ill health  ::  -2023-   ::  (-nov-dec-)  elusive streaming internet night/day ::   (-nov-)   heart aneurysm and  'softball' 'tennis ball' liver cysts   ::  (-sep-)  RIM (Residence In Motion) (2008 Honda Fit) failed   ::   (-aug-)  changed PCP for more-local more-frequent clinic-visits  ::   (-jun-nov-)   COA retirement office serenity deterioration ["I hate old people"😇]   ::  (-jan-may-)  left-foot-arch collapse self-Dx self-Tx used walker/boot  ::  

 week 51:    "More frequent cold weather irritates on top of 'dementia.'"   

168 whole hours:  92 sleep -- one sweat, one L leg nerve ill;  63 others -- Erin grief, pill sort difficulty, April;  13 growth -- unlimited internet, stream lectures, hang ceiling bags.

biggies:  ::   abdominal aortic aneurysm [CARD] NOT heart aneurysm [PCP] thus declined heart workup at this time  ::  (1) mobile ROUTER RESET giving first true connection reliability since 'Juno'  ::  (2) paralleled a grieving friend  ::  

non biggies :  ::  renal nutritionist  ::  found electrical interruption mystery  ::  all fish [NEF] no shrimp no rice go green leaves and lentils [CARD]  ::  "avoid eating carbohydrates such as rice, breads, pastas, and potatoes."CARD  ::  SRF Lesson Six completed  ::  document wifi glitch but data not glitch  ::  developing return to daily time tracking  ::  survived another cold spell  ::  (3) two four-hour sleep durations  ::  (4) had difficulty sorting weekly pills (Mild Cognitive Impairment) forgot on day of evening pills also locked keys in car and left the lights on later in the day and the next day also called Cecile "Celine" -- all negatives on dementia scale ! -- ended the week with TWO evenings of missed pills in spite of alarm use  ::  book title leans to Rejected rather than Loner  ::  one three-hour sleep sweat  ::  renal nutritionist review  ::  SRF Lesson Seven  ::  (5) ordered Stoicism book to merge with the SRF study  ::  

growth challenge :  ::  Matthew Stanley, New York University via CuriosityStream.com with subscription "The Unknown But Knowable." (6) One minute clip below, full lecture one hour.  Harv is the unknown.  Then, with science-leaning, Harv attempts to KNOW HARV'S KNOWABLE SELF by study/publishing, leading to further study etc.  ::  an interesting calendar development shows Harv's life flow in whole hours but then, as the days unfold, certain residuals remain as anomalies -- giving the perspective that 'little' growth/freeing is actualized when existence and others draw from the 24/7 weekly time constraint.

FEW GROWTH PERIODS REMAIN AFTER ACCOUNTING FOR LIFE-FLOW TIME CONSTRAINT

"me" history events

::   -2029-  statistical life expectancy y91 DEATH for planning ::   -2024-  blog/tome unlimited internet world-web/publishing  ::   -2022-   cancelled world cruise at $8000 loss to seriously fight a CKD-ESRD death GFR trend arrested with plant based diet  ::   -2020 -   settled for Four Townes FL with COA 'retirement office'   ::   -2018-  walked Disney World daily with walker and annual pass adapting from CA eviction  ::   -2017-   old-age balance ended LIFE-LONG CYCLING tricycle still in CA -- CA future ends  ::  -2016-   cancers -- prostate, scalp -- NC future ends  ::   -200x-   write/publish for PERSONAL GROWTH no-talk seriousness of seven web-sites, built ties to CA...  ::   -1998-   ended SPORTS CAREER  ::  -1996-PhD   almost a life-partner  ::  -1992-   Europe Germany Swabian Alb  ::  -1990-   in effect 'RETIRED'   ::   -1989-1985   EDUCATION CAREER  ::   -1984-   noted no-talk err(s)  ::   -1980-CMA   personal computer taken on consulting job (also took bowling ball) ::  1982-1961-MBA   PERFECT MARRIAGE (B.Dunn), INDUSTRY CAREER  ::  -1960-BSME   voluntary induction 4F  ::   

::  -1959-   KNIGHTED HAPPY HARV H2o anchor of "kid's" bowling team first place in men's league  ::   -1958-   NROTC flat feet  ::  -1956-   offered artist job post high school -- stranger than engineering college (because Harv assembled Erector sets 'good')  ::   -1950s-   HARD WORK TRADITION with accomplishment joy -- cathedral decoration, farm summers, pin-setting, bowling alley work, fitted storm windows, household shopping, parochial school, latch-key kid.  ::   -1940s-  walked away from home.

MISTAKE (err): noun: an action [inaction] or 

judgment that is misguided or wrong.

INACTION: noun: lack of action where some is 

expected or appropriate.(OAD)

 week 50:   "A feel-good, productive, lower-intensity week."   

biggies:  ::  (1) self-stabilize will of space/time POCTA, specifically COA...  :: different choice of parking location is (2) improving wifi connectivity "Yea."  ::  another year, another (3) dental exam/cleaning 116.77.62, resulting in even less brushing -- lucky or undisclosed other-maintenance? Lost top of one tooth the next day on bran flakes/milk -- no pain  ::   had (4) US-exam of multiple liver cysts, perhaps one on pancreas but none on kidney -- MRI would provide better definition -- but to what end?  ::   strengthened cooperation with (5) younger friend, visited with Bob  ::  

non biggies :  ::  more fish less shrimp  ::  returned for one week to "1972 time control -- life control" study (extra 20 hours weekly spent on two hour sleep/pee durations   ::   completed last-released SRF lesson -- study of SRF parallels with (6) Harv's spirit-principles  ::  replaced pee sprayer  ::   tweaked pee sprayer  ::   car oil change  ::  

 week 49 : 168 hours available weekly  this week: 90 hours sleep, 39h others, 39h putz  ::  "A packed week."  ::  shut 'COA deterioration'   ::   head hair cut  ::  winter laundry    ::  renewed routine-vision    ::  GFR 39 (kidney) CKD status ok due to plant-based diet  ::  prep for PCP... visit  :: renewed calendar use (akin journaling)    ::   donate Goodwill items  ::  recharge closet electronics  ::  heart aneurysm status at 4 of 5.5cm-critical  ::  looks like  statistical life expectancy of year 91 will be a difficult go  ::  weight shooting up after 10# loss in 10 weeks  ::  broke into the 40-year-old two-foot stack of life-papers  ::  excitement over a real assisted-living-situation deflates  ::  good wifi until 9:45pm -- data out also  ::  difficulty with 24/7 calendar validity  ::  discovered dropped referral for liver ultra-sound -- rescheduled  ::  using heat pad for 57F outside while working  ::  scheduled cardiologist  ::  obtained/read CT report -- 'small head of lettuce' cyst on kidney -- mulled cysts goings-on -- consulted MRI friend -- concluded that Harv needs a definitive MRI for his non-heart internal abnormalities  ::  pushed on in-car bin organization  ::  began another cut in BP Rx medication by PCP  ::  skimmed SRF Lesson Five Part One  ::  second winter 'cold' wave added car-heat to the sleep-routine  ::  gleaned some 40 year old life 'papers'  ::  COA parking lot being used creatively for peace/serenity work/naps  ::  stature at COA has been referred to as "mayor" -- "the don" has also been used  ::  'jail' FaceTime from Susan  ::  StarLink recommended by COA wifi updator  ::   received pass from cardiologist and urologist-recommendation for cysts  ::  2022 fantasy world-cruise 2023-2024 embarked this week -- "I missed this 'love-boat' like so many others in life."  ::  more in-car ceiling storage  ::  celebrated with protein bar instead of ice cream  ::  studied LTE 4G 5G internet connection  ::  acknowledged birthday greetings via return text emphasizing this web site blog  ::