It’s important for me to maintain a good attitude and outlook on the day. It is easy to wallow in negativity. The hardest thing is to be aware or it. After that, it’s not too hard to bring myself back up to a good level
Yesterday was a good day. I dipped down a little in the afternoon but pulled myself back up pretty quickly.
Today is going to be a good day too!
I think this one should have been n right. For those who don’t use Duolingo for free, you start each day with 5 stars. And you can only make 5 mistakes and then it’s a hassle to keep your number of days streak going. (My streak is 280-something).
Sometimes it seems like they’re unfair a d try to steal my stars. I know it’s not true, but sometimes I feel like it, especially when I make dumb mistakes when I have only one or two stars left.
i went to bed early last night, and slept an extra 20 minutes this morning.
Friday and Monday are holidays here. I’m glad.
have a great day!
Below is part of a document I’m working on, something I’m investigating.
The lizard brain (amygdala) is located where the spine enters the brain. Its function is to take over the body and actions to ensure survival in times of danger. It operates the body in any way it deems necessary to survive. Near the front of our brain is the rational brain. It is our personality, who we are. Our social skills. Our experiences and memories and the things we learn in life. The rational brain runs the show when times are good, and communicates constantly with the lizard brain which learns things that might come in handy for survival.
The lizard brain learns from our rational brain, only in times without trauma. For example, when you learn to scuba dive, the lizard brain learns about scuba diving and how to stay alive in an emergency. I don’t think lizard brain learns from the scuba books we read, it learns from what experiences we have while diving. For example, a new diver may tend to panic and bolt for the surface if a problem is perceived underwater, but an experienced diver would not, because the lizard brain has learned from the rational brain during previous dives.
It seems as if there is a “trauma light” in the brain, when the trauma light comes on. The lizard brain takes over, the rational brain is cut off, and does not influence what we do or how we act. The light is on or off, there is no in between.
Trauma is trauma. If the trauma light is on, the lizard brain is running the body. If the trauma light is on, the lizard brain cannot learn new things, because it is disconnected from the rational brain. It cannot remember new names, cannot remember new details in a conversation. No new information is processed. When the trauma light is on, the lizard brain will do what it did last time, because it knows that it will survive taking this particular action. The lizard brain is modifiable only when the trauma light is NOT on.
There is no strong trauma or weak trauma. As far as the body is concerned, the trauma a combat veteran may feel hearing fireworks is no more or less than the trauma of a little kid who is afraid of clowns.
That’s probably the first quarter of the paper I’m working on. For what? I don’t know… I need to break up my routine. My counselor thinks I operate solely on my lizard brain almost all the time. In nearly constant fight or flight mode.
I got a new vacuum cleaner yesterday, it’s fantastic. It’s a shop vac that has more power, all the attachments and costs just over half what an inferior house model would cost. I’m very pleased with the purchase.
And now I’m off to work! Have a great day!
Happy Monday to you all. Above is the sunset last night from the roof deck.
On the dawg walk this morning, Mars and Saturn were very close together. Maybe they’ll be closer tomorrow, but probably not . They’re making a triangle with Venus, very bright in the morning sky.
And it’s just another wordless work week after a weekend made up of mostly good parts.
Enjoy!
tends to stay at rest.
it’s a Sunday night after a wasted day. Well, not totally wasted. I mowed the yard and did laundry, but I planned on going out and delayed and delayed and then didn’t go.
I wanted to go diving, none of my friends were going, but I was going to go to the dive site and just tag along with somebody. But I didn’t, I mowed the yard.
then I was going to go to the Westin for lunch, but I didn’t, I did laundry.
now I feel depressed, like I wasted the day. I know I didn’t waste the day, but I feel like I did.
yesterday, saturday, was a fabulous day. I went to a meeting then breakfast then Sabbath Services, then shopping for plant supplies then to the beach.
this is my Monday morning post on a Sunday night. Have a good week!
My phone gave me an award. For heroically going to bed on time and bravely waking up on time. I’m hoping that a large check will arrive in the mail to go with this magnificent prize.
I can’t seem to run the internet cable. The wire snake seems to come all the way in and stop just short. Going from the inside out, it doesn’t feel like it’s sliding along the conduit, but rolling up somewhere inside the wall. I can’t hear anything inside the wall. I’m now thinking now I have to cut some exploratory holes in my drywall. Which sucks. I dug up the yard, albeit not pointlessly, now I’m going to end up ripping out the walls too.
My life: never one problem, always multiple problems with the simplest task taking excessive amounts of time and money.
Anyway, it almost Friday. Have a good day!
This plant has been growing for quite a while. I thought it might be a weed but never plucked it. Glad I didn’t! I took this yesterday while I was checking on my pepper plant. Pretty Yellow flowers.
My internet is down hard. Massive problems with the underground conduits from the road to the house. Full of mud. The wires have been pulled and cannot be replaced until the conduit is cleared.
oh well. Have a good day.
I got the above message yesterday. Twice. On my ride to work this morning I’ll see if the price has gone up.
My internet is intermittent again. I turned off my phone wifi and am using cellular data to post this.
Just in time for the weekend! Every time!
But it isn’t going to bother me. It’s going to be a great weekend! I hope for you too!
I meant to post at 200, but now it’s 210 days in a row I have been studying with Duolingo. I almost lost my streak once but found a way to earn Stars. (Once you run out of stars, they try to make you pay.) But by “practicing” lessons, you can earn Stars. Then you can complete a task in order to continue the streak.
My mother and sister fly out tomorrow. At first it seemed like 2 weeks was too long, but now it seems like 2 weeks is too short.
it’s another Monday, ugh. I slept ok, feel pretty good. I got a negative covid self-test this morning.(twice a week for work) and the weather is looking good for the next couple of days.
All is well. Have a good week too!
Shark attack in Australia, first fatality in 60 years. Read an article HERE. Now they’re going to be culling sharks. Like they’re going to find the guilty party and give him a trial. .
The little girl in the Olympics for doping fell twice during her competition. She was devastated. But did she get any comfort from her staff? “Chilling” was the way her treatment was described. She’s a little girl. What’s wrong with the adults on this planet?
I think I woke up crabby this morning. But it’s Friday! Have a great weekend!