Vital Statistics

Aches & pains: slightly sore left elbow and shoulder

Current reading: Getting Things Done by David Allen

Recent listening: Waking Up with Sam Harris, The Accidental Tech Podcast, Radiolab, This American Life

Recent viewing: Saturday Night Live, The Frankenstein Chronicles, The Looming Tower, The Last Man on Earth, Jessica Jones (Season 2), Scandal, The Naked Truth (Season 1), Godless

Recent playing: n/a

Recently accomplished: Got a job (4 month contract), bike riding to work, replaced dishwasher, completed physical therapy for dislocated elbow

Imperative To Do: Take Butters to the vet, 100 miles/week riding, lower grade to 8 inches, reduce CPAP leakage

Vital Statistics

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

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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

Aches & pains: ankles, fingers on right hand, right heel, right big toe

Current reading: n/a

Recent listening: Very Bad Wizards, Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, This American Life, The Partially Examined Life, Waking Up with Sam Harris, Chris Cornell

Recent viewing: Rick & Morty, Ray Donovan, Twin Peaks: The Return, Mulholland Dr., Cloud Atlas, Doctor Strange, Master of None, Rogue One

Recent playing: n/a

Recently accomplished: The Daily Bowie (completed), 9000 steps a day for 2 weeks, rode bike 5-6 times a week, bought a new bike, house painting: scraping, caulking, primer, repairs, masking, rented spray painter (60% done)

Imperative To Do: Get a job, clean roof, finish painting house: belly band, repairs, spray paint, gutters, downspouts, trim, dormers, lower grade

Vital Statistics

Aches & pains: sciatica

Current reading: The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

Recent listening: You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen, Olé Coltrane, Peace Trail by Neil Young, Slightly Stoopid, Johannes Brahms, Dylanesque by Bryan Ferry, Watermark by Art Garfunkel, Roxy Music (eponymous)

Recent viewing: Longmire, Limitless (series), The Daily Show, Real Time with Bill Maher

Recent playing: Mario Run, Really Bad Chess

Recently accomplished: Finished a book, traveled to Georgia, laundry – Find out Piraja Fisken)

Imperative To Do: Replace CR-V, change insurance agent, clean roof/gutters, fix HP printer, bariatric application, write Mother’s article

Daily habit goals for 2017

[table]
Time[attr style=”width:50px”],Action
08:00,Wake
08:30,Brush teeth
,Blood sugar
,Start hot water
,Walk
09:00,Make coffee
,Make/eat protein breakfast*
09:15,Begin work
09:30,Medications (second cup)
11:00,Standup
11:30,Lunch: (tbd) calories and (tbd) carbs
13:00,Blood sugar
15:30,Snack
17:30,Chores
18:00,Dinner: (tbd) calories and (tbd) carbs
19:30,Free time for…
,…Mindfulness
,…Music
,…Chores
,…Reading books
,…Second walk
,…TV
22:00,Brush teeth
,Bed
[/table]

* eggs, snack pack, peanut butter toast, cottage cheese, string cheese

Vital Statistics

Aches & pains: sciatica, headache

Current reading: The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

Recent listening: David Bowie

Recent viewing: CBGB, The Daily Show, The Nightly Show, 11.22.63, QI, Scandal, Parks & Recreation (final season), Billions, Better Call Saul, The Martian

Recent playing: Galcon Fusion

Recently accomplished: Replaced rain gutters & downspouts, paid parking tickets and transferred title to van

Imperative To Do: Fix HP printer, latches for gates, rake front yard, hose off back and front

Vital Statistics

Aches & pains: sciatica, left knee (intermittent)

Current reading: The Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons

Recent listening: Fairport Convention, Fifth Dimension, The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard and Clark, The Incredible String Band, Woody Guthrie, Bert and John, Gentle on My Mind

Recent viewing: Justified, Inside Llewyn Davis, Steve Goodman, X-Men: First Class, Brian Wilson presents Smile, Star Trek Into Darkness, Cashback, Safety Not Guaranteed, Revolution, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show

Recent playing: 2048

Recently accomplished: FolkDive 2 (in progress), 10b5-1 contract, birth certificate for G, mowed lawn

Imperative To Do: Laundry, prep for graduation party, clean roof and gutters, contact Social Security, turn compost

Vital Statistics

Aches & pains: sciatica

Current reading: The Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons

Recent listening: Negro Prison Blues and Songs, Folk Singers ‘Round Harvard Square, The Hurdy Gurdy Man, Vulgar Display of Power, The Bootleg Series Vol. 6, I’m Sorry Sometimes I’m Mean, Goodbye Jumbo, Belafonte at Carnegie Hall, Tom & Jerry

Recent viewing: The Johnny Cash Show, The Wolverine, Justified (Season 1), Captain Phillips, Control, 24 Hour Party People, Wonderfalls, Ender’s Game, 20 Feet from Stardom, Scandal, Cosmos, Revolution, Grimm

Recent playing: 2048

Recently accomplished: Rebalanced 401k, contacted teachers, sold old iPhone, sold Apple TV, keyboard repair, FolkDive 2 (in progress)

Imperative To Do: Laundry, execute 10b5-1 trading contract, clean roof and gutters, contact Social Security, mow lawn, turn compost

Vital Statistics

Aches & pains: left leg numbness and itching

Current reading: n/a

Recent listening: The Kingston Trio, Arlo Guthrie, They Might Be Giants, The Beach Boys, Rick Nelson, Frankie Vallie & the Four Seasons, Back To Mono, Live at the Apollo, Bach on Wood, Sublime

Recent viewing: Falling Skies, Homeland, Breaking Bad, Warehouse 13, 2012 Olympics

Recent playing: Plants vs. Zombies, Words with Friends, Monsters Ate My Condo

Recently accomplished: Mortgage refinancing, hair cut, the start of using the black castor oil, Crater Lake/Roseburg loop, Roundup weeds, mowed lawn

Imperative To Do: Vacuum, make doctor appointments, mail packages, turn compost, trim butterfly bushes, Troop 820 can recycling, refinish deck

Vital Statistics

Aches & pains: n/a
Current reading: Beginning iPhone 3.0 Development by David Mark and Jeff LaMarche, Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
Recent listening: Neil Young, Edith Piaf, The Modern Lovers, The Black Keys, Tones on Tail, Thomas Dolby
Recent viewing: Countdown, Rachel Maddow, Friday Night Lights, Kill Bill, Hollywoodland, The Fly, LoudQUIETloud, Crazy, The Heart Is A Drum Machine, Psych
Recent playing: Words with Friends, Plants vs. Zombies, Angry Birds, QRANK
Recently accomplished: Hauled old computer equipment to Splash office, ongoing yard revival, filled propane tank, returned Nehalem to Foster City, CDs for Laine
Imperative To Do: Buy deck boards, birthday party invites, haircut, chainsaw some stuff, iPhone app