Since writing the first two posts on this subject, I’ve actually been sleeping much better. I’ve started getting more tired earlier, and I have even taken a few naps in the evening, almost as if my body is catching back up with what it really needs. I suspect the stress had been building up for […]
Anxiety as Status Symbol, Part 2
I finally went hiking today, and it gave me a lot of time to think about what I wrote the other day. Ironically, I prayed the night before that I would wake up at the time I needed to get myself out the door, so I don’t know if it was just an answer to […]
Anxiety as Status Symbol
It’s a boring Sunday evening, and a voice at the back of my head tells me I should go to the gym. It tells me this because the more I go to the gym, the better prepared I will be physically for exploring the high country; more importantly, the more I go to the gym, […]
Bread Machine Maintenance: Economic Thoughts on Bargains
I have finally figured out a decent custom setting for making einkorn bread in my Breadman bread machine, but while making my most recent loaf, the machine started producing an annoying squeaking sound. For awhile now, I’ve been finding some grease at the bottom of the pan, so I decided it was time to replace […]
A Quick Note on Salt
As a brief follow-up to my previous post on biomarkers, it would appear that my blood pressure has actually dropped since my last visit to the doctor. Mind you, the first reading was at my gastroenterologist’s office, and was only about 10 points above normal for both systolic and diastolic, which is pretty low compared […]
Perspectives on Health, Biomarkers, and Aging
It might seem odd to put “aging” in the title when I’m nowhere near “old man” status, but the truth is, the years are passing, and the health decisions I make today might not kill me overnight, but they could easily kill me in 10 or 20 years if I don’t choose wisely. The funniest […]
Organizing Medical Records and Expenses
It is precisely because I hate administrative paperwork so much that I am insistent on keeping it organized. However, for the past few years, my file drawer has absorbed a crazy number of medical and insurance documents, and this has been getting in the way of other things, so I finally sat down the other […]
When the Skills Pool is Dominated by Special Interests
I’m a firm believer in learning and developing skills over time, but I have to acknowledge that these don’t always work in employees’ favor. The first thing that comes to mind is how academia gleefully encourages people to pursue academic degrees even when those degrees can’t afford their own expense, but this also carries into […]
Apathy vs. Grind
I made the mistake yesterday of watching a YouTube video detailing the business lessons one guy had learned over the past decade. He wasn’t otherwise (quite) arrogant, readily admitting that most lessons he had only learned in the past few years, after many more years of experience, but there was also a certain “hustle bro” […]
Things I No Longer Care About: Tax Hacks
I can’t believe how many years it’s been since I was first introduced to the FIRE movement. After reaching a 50% savings rate, I pretty much tapped out trying to increase this number further – and I think that was good for me – but now that I’m 2+ years into unemployment, I’ve realized something […]