#1376, Wednesday, February 25: Planning as sci-fi

Post 1376, Day 56 of 2015
- 1,517 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

I found myself thinking about the future today. I do that often. Too often.

It is probably generous to call it 'thinking' - it is fantasy. I imagine some future event or action (or both), and then I think how I would react or respond.

I can post-fantasy rationalize this as preparation, but if history has shown me anything, it is that I can't make specific preparations for the future - it has never arrived how I imagined. We aren't talking about living in Syracuse and buying a Winter coat in July (which I have never done), or setting your alarm clock. I'm talking about imagining activities you aren't currently doing and imagine doing in the future.

This might be a failure of imagination on my part, an inability to predict a future actively unfolding in real time. But I think it isn't that. I think it is a simple matter that whenever you make a plan, you set up expectations about something you don't know about. Sunrise doesn't happen according to your plan. A plan to change it in any way is going to end in frustration. You don't even know whether you will be able to see it - it could be obscured by clouds.

So planning is daydreaming. It may be that, as in the Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov, at some point, a predictable way of forecasting large-population events will be found.

But they call that series of novels science fiction. I think it is more accurately fantasy/science fiction.

Food and Diet Section

Today's Weight:                   205.6 lbs

Previous Weight (2/24):           205.2 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:                + 0.4 lbs

Diet Comment

I wrote yesterday about my end-of-day beer and Quest bar orgy. So it goes. Today, better already...
 

Food Log

Breakfast
A cocoa-hemp-kale protein shake (almond-coconut milk, kefir, kale, large organic egg, whey powder (36g protein), hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), celery, raw organic cacao powder, fermented coconut water, chia gel, moringa leaf powder, cinnamon and stevia-inulin blend.

Lunch

Roasted turkey breast chopped salad: baby kale, baby spinach, chard, cole slaw mix, black beans and balsamic vinaigrette. Quest bar for dessert.

Dinner

At Eskapes: Bacon-cheddar burger with chipotle peppers and sauce, on a bun, with chips. Two big cookies for dessert.

Liquid Intake
   Coffee:  32 oz.   Water: 84+ oz.  and a nice glass of Pinot Noir.

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