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Reflections Update

#TIR #kaizen that grogginess and changing gears is my biggest waste of time. #Goal. I want to wake up and in 15 mins ready to do the ritual exercise immediately even if my eyes are still cloudy from sleep. #gearshift I want to be able to change gears quickly, i know i need to think and adjust my thinking. I want to be able to change what I'm doing in less than 5-15 mins depending on how difficult or complicated the task. The harder the task it takes me 15 minutes to concentrate and get my mind around it. #asyougo Clean-as-you-go, Note-as-you-go, Learn-as-you-go, document-as-you-go etc... is where I can do great improvements in my way of doing things. #kaizen note-taking is going to be one of the key skills I'll need to master. Basically the ability to reflexively make all the key questions in understanding a station or what was just said AND be able to note it to myself clearly. #TIR There is the testable or empirical statements, or #testable which means statements which c...

Summarizing, Body Fat, injuries

Summarizing the lesson of the day in the beginning of an entry to simplify the learning process. At greater than 172lbs my thighs are chaffing. I need to look at my carb and sodium macro intake. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1b4y6o3GEJDNysun4FuWRXLFA4DLF6m0usvZBEwrM_Og/edit?usp=drive_web I need to look at the rice I'm eating. Need to guess at how much carb grams I eat and find a good benchmark to approach. Knees are weak. Will need to run at a no incline and will focus on Hiits. I still have not yet looked at the sciatica exercise.

Running update

30 mins, 5km, nike 33mins, 3.47km, star trac 4.0 incline Distracted by Anime, about 1 hours a day Porn is eating about 0.7 to 1.5 hours a day Need to wrestle this time to focus. Will formulate a plan. Will do a HIIT. Back not so good. Kinda gotten weaker. Ben-g told me I can go generic entecavir from 9.5k php to 7k php. Have not seen the sciatica exercise. Will make goals prerequisite per episode I watch. Keep to 7-10 mins per episode. So max 2-3 episodes per say.

Morning Routine Update June 26 2016

My attempt to have a more efficient morning routine: Wake Up. I really need 8 hours of sleep.  I try to wake up at 5am and sleep at 9pm.  Major Challenges is getting  the family to go to sleep at this time.  Work Out.  My performance has been down since I'm kinda hungry having just woke up. Down by haf to 30% less.  I need all my things ready and accessible. So I: Pocket Dump Bucket. Where all my pocket stuff is dumped.  Cellphones Arm Bands Fitbit Chargers and Charging stuff dump in the nook.  Notebook Pens Earphones Eat and Coffee.  It takes about 15-20 mins to prepare 3 shots of coffee.  I have jaja prep bfast of corned beef, egg, and rice for me. I try to keep under 400g or about 300g meal. I will need to move slowly to a 200g meal to have better cutting.  Study or Write. I need to study more in this period.  So typically it takes me about 3-4 hours to be ready for work. If I can begin a...

Pacing and Agency in my Life

After the Dissenting Voice Coping Mechanism I realized the Pacing and Metre is a great tool for my own life. That my sense of Agency, a feeling I can always check when I'm evaluating a circumstance, can tell me where I am in a situation - framed in Pacing. Situations Framed in Pacing has Stage 1: Set up, Stage 2: Initial Conflict and Stage 3: Climax and Consequences. Stage 1: Set up - has a strong desire for Agency. So strong is the desire, I feel lost without Agency. Its only when there is agency I can start dealing with my problems. The sense of agency is a Compass as it directs me to where my biggest problems can be found - because of the lack of agency i feel when I ponder that direction. Stage 2: Initial Conflict - this is a stage I can understand when I am ready or able to deal with the Voluntary Loss of Agency. When I am willing to endure the Loss of Agency in Conflict. How I deal with the loss of Agency and how I advance through the experience determines how long I st...

My Dissenting Inner Voices

Chaos in my mind. My mind is made of many voices and minds. These minds rarely cooperate unless for things or actions that are of particular interest to them. If my mind was a squad of 10 there is only one or two who can be relied on and the rest are distracted by their own affairs. In few instances they are cohesive and cooperative. When up to about half is mustered and cooperative I am capable and confident. In the rare instances they are all present, I can predict what happens next and act appropriately and in time (like in airsoft). But the rest of the time 9-8 out of 10 are distracted. My Squad, if I visualize them, is made up of Doubt, Regrets, Guilt, Duty, Empathy, Introspection, Playfulness, Pragmatism, Curiosity, and Pride. These guys have different volumes and issues with one another. Introspection is the gossip of the group, always getting into the business of everyone. Playfulness gets everyone along, but only to have fun. In rare instances Playfulness gets Pragmatism a...

Life Tips: Quickie Task, Pacing Metre, Notebooks not Apps,

Self Improvement Notes.  Quickie Task When reluctant or procrastinating I will tell myself I will do it quickly. I will do it in 5 mins. I will also work towards doing a lot of things in 5 mins. Think of things in 5 mins and have a grasp of  Pacing Metre and Variable Priority Training The Quickie Task Technique is just the beginning, it will evolve. I will learn to create mental slots for Set-up, Rising-Tension and Conflict Climax. Each slot is represents how my rhythm works and how I should allocate my attention and concentration. This is a way to Learn Variable Priority Training, giving context or a way to know where in the Priority a task goes. Notebooks instead of Apps I realized having a notebook is more productive than on my phone. On my phone I get too many distractions and will divide my attention. I will react and not prioritize. I am currently reactive and need to work towards planning. To have the virtues of the Quickie Task and Pacing Metre with Viar...

To Sleep Early or Not to Sleep Early

All of it stems from the ability to sleep early. I have terrible sleep efficiency. So I need the 8-9 hours needed because I dont hit REMS that reliably. I spend a lot of effort on self control that I have very little left for real productivity. if I want to do more in my day, the early morning of 4am is the best time. I wake up and take my time. I need to take my yogurt latte and a healthy breakfast (subway is not yet open), then I exercise first, doing uppers (dipps, push ups, and the punching bag), then I proceed to plan the day ahead with writing or blogging. I get into my documentation mode and start writing a lot and planning and reading up on things. By around 6:30 I try to wake up Niko, getting him ready for school. Ideally niko sleeps with me as early as 7am. so he gets also 9 hours of sleep where he wakes up in a really good and productive mood. Everything tends to be smooth saling from there. If I need to do an errand, I can head on over to where it should be and arrive ...

REM, Recovery , insurgency , shoes and pants

REM How correct is this analogy: REMs  is like rebooting your phone. Setting this back to zero has less errors because of of the finite level of precision. The heart rate is still governed  by ones neural system even if one are not conscious of it and like any imperfect program over time there are errors in the rhythm. These minor errors add up, and it strains various sub dependent systems. Thus how well one Reboots or Rem affect how perfectly clean the slate they start from. In 7 hour should be about 4 Rem cycles. So the need for reboot is dependent on genetics (because being a light sleeper may mean one can achieve enough rems but one is more sensitive to other variables, while others are more precise in their cardio rhythm  ) Information about sleeping habits is important because it's one of those things one is not conscious enough to document. When one has data they are able to better replicate the conditions for the desired output or troubleshoot based on tre...

running update

4km star trac 31 mins 4.3km fitbit 5km nike 2 incline issues left upper right side of the knee right knee shoes seem uneven  in how my feet have squished the insole. not enough sleep and foreseeing not enough sleep tonight soni decided to cut the run. run enough I can heal. played CS realized there are some techniques that I happen to be doing between shots. I snap shot more but between shots I adjust - when I long burst I cant adjust till after the long burst . so snap shotting or shirt bursts allow me to adjust. I am growing the technqieu where I snap shot more frequentl making such adjustments practiced instead of long bu4st tunneling. I will develop a training to encourage and practice that good habit.

Fired Maid/Nanny, Learning about Hiring a New one, Current Situation

Out maid of 3 plus years was bad. But got worse as the years progress. A fact of being an employer of a maid is that you are busy making ends meet to be always on top of things, and managing the household help. This is a Post I will be updating continuously because it is a GIANT Data Dump. I believe, two to three households can share a pool of maids and maintain an attention to performance and discipline needed but thats another matter. The Indiscressions of this maid/nanny was plenty (Story)Does not Clean, only once a day when told to do so.  Does not really pay attention or help my son, usually just locks the room and sleeps while he plays with her phone and toys.  (Story) Fought with her sister, the maid of my mom, regarding her duties.  She got paid 5k which was a lot, as this other seasoned maid is asking for 4k. 3.5k is the average.  (Stories) My brother corrects, and many others do but she does not listen.  (Stories) they say the maids room ...

I want to be a morning person

I woke up 4:45am, because of Jetlag.  I love it when I can wake up early for once. I fed Niko with reheated pasta his mom made and strawberry yogurt, a habit we both gained while in NYC. It took me around 30-40mins to feed him, given how difficult it is to make him eat even when you know he should be starving. It took me 40 mins to prepare about two 250ml of coffee, each with about 40-35g of Gourmet Beans. This should be enough for 4 days. I put two servings per container of protein shake, which melts into it while its still hot, because I intend to drink 120ml shot at a time mixed in with a lot of milk. I changed into running gear and strapped on my Pistol belt filled with pouches. It was raining pretty bad. I want to really check out my neighborhood what was open at around 6am in a regular day. I went to the new subway, a few months old, along valero inside the parking building. There should be one opening much closer, but given how long it takes to open anything in the Phi...

Diet - No Time Table, Just Changing Habits

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Its made up of many very small victories. Small victories that are hard fought and won. Today I'm 166.4 end of day weight, which puts me at 13lbs loss from when my weight started to go down. Its a much slower progression but I'm taking my time and the lesson is - It takes time. Losing weight with a certain goal of time does not work for me. Because essentially its not the Weight that changes, but the Habits. Habits change when we replace them with other habits. So the time it takes to trial and error a new habit that works is the amount of time it will take. So now I just eat a breakfast steak for breakfast, with an egg  or protien shake, which ever I can do at the time. The protien shake works with coffee, although I like it cold so I prepare it a day in advance. I've never planned my meals before and now I do. I imagine what I will eat, and look forward to it even when before I didn't like it so much. It is a real compromise with adjustment. No more carbs, just m...

More Goals

Strength and Upperbody measure the progress of my punches. Basically I need to be able to make X number of punches of a certain strength in 90 minutes. Currently my muscles are not used to punching so hard, the back of my neck feels strain as I land a punch on a 30lbs bag.  Striking strength to strengthen my wrist and my posture. The ability to make fast strong punches. I will try to figure out how much damage I will be able to deliver from the bag and its shadow and some test measurements. The idea is to deliver more than 50 joules at the minimum (enough to cause comotio cordis ) at the torso. To be able to do  Be able to draw a 100lb bow 100x in an hour in the long term. I don't want to have the muscle specialization of a real horse archer who can do 60lbs effortlessly and even shoot an arrow a second. To reach that I have to condition to draw about 100lbs often enough. Ideally I can draw a longbow of about 40lbs. As for aiming a Bow and shooting it. I will just work...

New Habits to Conditon, Upper Body Update

Lately I'm able to be cleaner and more organize. I've gotten my evening rituals down. Prepare Coffee and Protien Shake for the next day. 30mins Prepare Water by the bed for medicine and when I, or anyone gets thirsty.  Medicine by the Bed.  Niko brushing his teeth Fitbit on sleep tracking mode.  Phone on Sleep tracking mode.  Leave everything to Charge The morning rituals are different  Wake up early(5am). Get ready to run on some days, rest in others, and do the upper body exercises in other days. Today, July 2 is a rest day for me and I am very tired from yesterdays 12,000 steps and 42 minutes of activity.  Get a pull up bar installed, using the second expansion tube and hook.  After my work out, I blog my performance for tracking purposes. Write down how it all felt, to check for symptoms of something that may lead to injury. I listen to my work out music.   New - Listen to my Chinese lectures Pimelseur or Chinese Pod, while...

Set exercise and efficiency goals only 2 weeks far

Setting my goals with my calendar at 2 weeks far and allowing myself to cross them out helps. I will cross the out using this blog reporting and posting when I am able to accomplish anything. I guess I will be using this blog more and more to channel my need for affirmation.

Forgetful Goals, Exercise notes for today

I keep making statements about things I'm going to do, or try to do to get myself to do them. Goals can change, because along the way there may be something easier or more fruitful. I have some current goals. An effective Diet. One that allows me to stand eating X or Y everyday. I tried corned tuna and it was horrible compared to Tuna Lite. I dont mind the blandness of Tuna lite, I can't stand the saltiness and the mush that is corned tuna.  Diet is really for a goal is really to bring down my fat content. The best indicator is my belly, no belly no problem. Exercise for better strength and mobility. Move more quickly under my gear.   Abs is just a sign of low fat content, not musculature. The lower the fat, the more muscle shows. Back pain should go down as my torso and back strength goes up as I combine Dips with Pelvic Thrust.  An effective group of habits that allow me to do my job and learn stuff on the side, plus the games I run that keep me feeling a se...

Goals by 40

What I hope to apiece at the rate I'm going: (In no order) level 3 HSK mandarin. At this level I can have short conversations in Google Hangouts in mandarin.  Python, Maria DB Programmer. To be able and have a couple of app projects in android and Ubuntu. I've trained our IT and are making an ecosystem for our company and selling the service successfully.  Never to Late to get healthy - Can do a marathon, can run 15kph in 10mins before dorsiflexion kicks in. Can capable of hiking with 60lbs. Good upper body strength. Short Story Writer. I churn out a 10k short story every 2 months and make at least 300usd sales a month for them.  Blender 3d Artist and Game Developer Hobbyist level. I have a 3d game project where I'm building assets for the stories I'm wring and converting spin offs to machinema. I use the same expertise running simulations for training with the VR tech emerging then.   Niko would be 7 and his sibling 2 or 3. Im teaching him mandar...