#1385, Tuesday, March 10: Missing the planning

Post 1385, Day 69 of 2015
- 1,530 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

I'm beginning to miss the idea of escaping the US on retirement.

As much as I try to avoid it, news keeps getting through to me. None of it is promising. All of it is fear-filled. A lot of it makes me think nobody but stupid people make news.

And all this news, regardless of the source, seems to indicate that the US is circling the drain.

And none of it, in my personal, day-to-day life, can be confirmed or disproven.

I recently read that whether Americans become Liberals or Conservatives isn't a matter of rational thought about politics and governance, but a matter of non-political personality factors. If you have grown up in fear, you're going to be Conservative, and cling to values you know (usually from your parents) and will resist change, whether or not that change favors you. Otherwise, you're going to be Liberal, and embrace change, whether or not the outcome of that change favors you.

I assume it applies to me. I believe in a safe Universe, and I try not to base any decisions on fear. Which puts me on the Liberal spectrum.

Except that I hate the yin-yang false political labels, and don't want to be politically involved at all.

Decision-making is influenced by so many factors we are unconscious of - consciousness processing being a small percentage of what influences our behavior, that change cannot be well-directed. I always think of it as an arrow shot in the dark - you hope it finds a target that will make things better, that's the direction you point it to, but realize that you don't know what change will be effected, and know even less about the consequences of change.

The influence of the 24-hour news cycle, accompanied by commercial consumerism means that I don't trust that the information, that I'm being manipulated, and driven further away from understanding, not towards it. 'News' needs to be avoided.

Information that conveys fear needs to be avoided. All the information that I get about living in the US makes it seem like it isn't a good place to live.

I used to have fun with my indefinitely postponed expatriation plans.

I miss that.

Food and Diet Section

Today's Weight:                   207.8 lbs

Previous Weight (3/9):            206.2 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:                + 1.6 lbs

Diet Comment

I'm surprised at this little bump up. Didn't see that coming yesterday.
 

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

Eggs scrambled with baby kale, chard, spinach, peppers and onions, spicy tomato oil, and a side of bacon.

Snack 
A Quest bar.

Dinner 
Wild-caught salmon and cole slaw. And a Quest bar.

Snack 
A Quest bar.

Liquid Intake
   Coffee:  28 oz.   Water: 104+ oz.  

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