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Sunday updates on my life, projects, and other thoughts.

Vision

This morning, I woke up blind. All I could see were shimmering and pulsating black and white geometric patterns. Lots of squiggly lines. Even with my eyes closed, my vision was filled with them swirling around like a kaleidoscope. With my eyes wide open, I could faintly see some of the outlines of...

Sensitivities

Living with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) has given me a kind of superpower that few people have: Knowing how sensitive my body is to insulin. I read so many books and health articles talking about the importance of reversing insulin resistance and balancing blood glucose levels, but most people have no...

Life Puzzles

I am currently in the "I don't want to do this" stage of my self-employment journey. The only thing that interests me right now is having enough money to pay the bills. The dwindling savings is taking a much larger toll on my psyche than I would have expected. Sudden expenses appear and my timeline...

The Right Way

While working and living at Shambhala Mountain Center, I got to attend many pricey spiritual retreats for free. On one retreat I was sitting in a circle with a group of 5 or so others and we were instructed to meditate quietly together on this question: "What are you most afraid of?" After a few...

Hormones

Every now and then I read a book that completely changes my perspective on myself and the world. I just finished reading one of them: The Power of Your Thyroid and Adrenals: How They Shape Your Health Throughout Life and How to Heal Them by Dr. Elizabeth Bright. It is highly technical and gets into...

Punny Business

This past week I spent a lot of time diving into the legal side of setting up my own business. It's been moderately annoying. Payment processors, copyrights, privacy policies, terms of service, cookies, and country/state specific data laws. There's a lot of things to juggle to do the most basic...

I gotta lotta projects

I've got a lot of stuff rumbling and tumbling around inside me right now. Mentally, and physically. Physically, I've been doing a full lion diet elimination for awhile and slowly trying to add back things to see how my body reacts. Yesterday I ate 1/2 tbsp of raw honey, which I guess my body just...

Hello World

Hi. I've decided to spend my Sundays writing, but I needed a place to put it. So I'll be doing that here. I might end up creating some separate spaces for 'stories' or 'memoirs' or something like that to separate my life updates. Song of the Week A couple years ago I spent a hellish 6 months living...