A year and more of debt, reflection
It's been a year. I haven't really done much in that year. I burned out. I burned out so hard that I'm disabled in multiple ways, and I need your help.
Wooden's 8 Laws of Learning
Legendary basketball coach John Wooden won 10 national championships in 12 years with the UCLA men’s team—a record yet to be bettered. His thoughts on coaching still provide insights and wisdom…
Women shot-putters and the de facto world record
When Jessica Schilder threw a world-leading 21.09 m in May, I realized that it had been 15 years since a woman had gone beyond 21 m—the 21.24 m achieved by Valerie Adams in 2011. This brought to mind…
Going through my trauma would not make yours easier
Lately I've been entertaining romantic relations with someone I'd already established a good friendship. As I mentioned in my last blog post, he has been through some pretty horrifying shit. He also…
Fitness Tracker
Open source fitness tracker
autism, "too nerd, too normal", and other stuff
autism I'm considering getting tested for autism after a conversation with my family. If I'm really on the spectrum, my whole life suddenly makes a lot more sense. I've always been ignorant about…
The FULL Diet: What My Bloodwork (and Claude) Made Me Do
My annual physical in early March came back with some numbers that weren’t exactly alarming, but weren’t nothing, either. Glucose at 102 when normal tops out at 99. LDL cholesterol at…
Regulators Bearing Gifts
Last Wednesday, I had a letter from Michael Davis, the Acting Director of FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. It wasn’t a complete surprise to get a letter. I’d written to Dr Davis 3 weeks…
emdr has hands!
I started therapy again, but this time I’m doing EMDR and I had my first session yesterday. Much like IFS, it’s exhausting, but I know it’s worth it. Self-care included getting a pedicure (my first…
How to Fail at Fighting Burnout
The other day, a friend said myself and many of the people in that friend group have a cockroach mentality. I haven't stopped thinking about it. It's so accurate for me, it hurts. If I can survive…
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