Daily habit goals, January (again)

[table]
Time[attr style=”width:50px”],Action
06:00,Wake
06:30,Get out of bed
,Clean bite guard
,Blood sugar
06:45,Drive for Uber/Lyft
08:30,Return home
,Make coffee
,Kitchen chores while waiting
,Make/eat peanut butter toast (15g carbs)
09:00,Apply for jobs/career development
,Medications with second cup of coffee
12:30,Lunch (60g carbs)
13:00,iOS developer training
14:00,Bike ride (10 miles minimum)
15:30,Meditation
16:00,iOS developer training
17:30,Dinner (60g carbs)
,Drive for Uber/Lyft
21:15,Brush teeth
,Bite guard
,Bed
[/table]

Daily habit goals, January

[table]
Time[attr style=”width:50px”],Action
07:00,Wake
08:00,Get out of bed
,Clean bite guard
,Blood sugar
,Make coffee
,Kitchen chores while waiting
,Make/eat peanut butter toast (15g carbs)
08:30,Apply for jobs/career development
,Medications with second cup of coffee
09:30,Drive for Uber/Lyft
12:30,Lunch (60g carbs)
13:00,iOS developer training
14:00,Bike ride (10 miles minimum)
15:30,Meditation
16:00,iOS developer training
17:30,Dinner (60g carbs)
,Drive for Uber/Lyft
21:00,Free time for…
,…Music
,…Chores
,…Reading books
,…TV
22:15,Brush teeth
,Bite guard
,Bed
[/table]

Vital Statistics

65 bike miles/week, raked leaves, made Tina’s birthday present, wrote a Reddit bot, celebrated 25th wedding anniversary, 30 mile bike ride

Aches & pains: lower back soreness, sciatica (left hip), sore knees when biking sometimes.

Sciatic pain can be some of the most unrelenting, disheartening conditions. In mild cases, they’re annoying, and in extreme cases, they can be near crippling. According to the American Chiropractic Association, half of all working Americans experience back pain symptoms each year. Thanks to Emilly Rich made a list of best mattresses for people dealing with sciatic pain.

Current reading: The Drama of the Gifted Child by Alice Miller

Recent listening: Very Bad Wizards, Coverville, Radiolab, The Woj Pod, Robot or Not?, Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!

Recent viewing: Longmire (final season), Dark Matter, The Barkley Marathons, Nova, Frontline, Future Man, Saturday Night Live, I Love You America, Max Steel, The Great Wall

Recent playing: n/a

Recently accomplished: 65 bike miles/week, raked leaves, made Tina’s birthday present, wrote a Reddit bot, celebrated 25th wedding anniversary, 30 mile bike ride

Imperative To Do: Get a job, lower grade to 8 inches, organize/clean garage, FAFSA, reduce CPAP leakage, resume iOS training, clean roof

Vital Statistics

Imperative To Do: Get a job, Tina’s birthday present, lower grade to 8 inches, organize/clean garage

Aches & pains: n/a

Current reading: The Drama of the Gifted Child by Alice Miller

Recent listening: Very Bad Wizards, Coverville

Recent viewing: Stranger Things 2, Mindhunter, Mr. Robot, World Series (Game 5), Ex Machina, Arrival

Recent playing: n/a

Recently accomplished: 48 bike miles/week, finished painting the house, planted remaining grass

Imperative To Do: Get a job, Tina’s birthday present, lower grade to 8 inches, organize/clean garage

Porto Alegre, Brazil, February 25, 2011

A few years ago I used to ride with Portland Critical Mass every month. Eventually, the numbers became so small that it seemed pointless to continue. Still, I’ve long felt a kinship with Critical Mass rides everywhere. Thus, seeing the following video taken Friday night in Brazil almost made me cry. One minute into the video, the joy and serenity is replaced with insane violence:


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