Daily 5 minute Journal. Jan. 2, 2016

Woke up with blood sugar 107 which is still too high. I'm not sure the Metformin is working. I've upped my dosage of metformin to 1000 mg but it hasn't seemed to lower my blood sugar.

Weighed 166 this morning which was higher than I'd like.

I have set my goal for this month to weigh less than 160, but I've been stuck where I am for so long I'm not sure if I can reach it. I have stopped putting butting and coconut oil into my coffee.

Still have a messy area and thought today that I should do the following:

1. Come up with life's goals
2. Come up with 10 year plan
3. Come up with 5 year plan
4. Come up with years goals
5. Come up with monthly goals
6. Come up with week's goal
7. Come up with day's goal
8. Do most important thing on day's to-do list

Yesterday, I spent a lot of time watching Youtube videos. I learned how street performers levitate and watched many of Project One Life videos and saw very funny Jesus pranks. This guy  I have that http://Time-creator.com software that would every 15 minutes remind me to log data about what I did the previous 15 minutes.

question of "What did I do yesterday?" I feel like I did a lot of nothing that was goal related. I had an alarm in my

• What did I do
• What goal?
• My rating for review
• Exceeds Expectations
• Meets Expectations
• Below Expectations
• What an Exceeds Expectation would have done
• What to put on resume

Walked the dog and it was very cold. Watched Larry David with son.  I'm into compiling Larry David songs and he sang two:

1. Jaiya Jaiya Jaiya I made it out of clay
2. N-E-S-T-L-E-S song (The Terrorist Episode)
3. Ah Yapa doody Ya Ya

Daily 5 minute Journal: Dec. 22, 2015

Woke up at 10:15 and weighed myself at 164.6. I'm below 165 but not near my goal of W<160. Went to Cheescake Factory for dinner to celebrate by son getting into Buffalo University and other son getting 3.88 average at Cornell for his first semester last night.

Have pain in right thumb, I'm thinking from juggling weighted balls.

The weather is mild but raining on Long Island.

Made my Bulletproof Coffee and it's the last day of my vacation.  I'm angry over my phone which rebooted 3 more times last night, my blood sugar was high last night (measured at 152 probably higher) after eating Nachos, Avocado Egg rolls, 1/2 California Cheesesteak and about 8 french fries, I skipped the steak.


I need batteries for my blood sugar machine.

I'm also trying to figure out what plug I need for my exercise bike. I thought I found a plug that worked but it didn't. The Lifecycle isn't marked with a serial number except on the transformer.

I contacted my doctor on Friday morning and she hasn't gotten back to me yet.

I've been reading and watching a lot of Sam Harris and watched a few Robert Spencer from JihadWatch.org videos.

I updated my book Wisdom of a Dad on the internet in pdf form.

December is running out and my goal for the month lower my blood sugar hasn't been reached. My goal for November 2015 was to declutter and I'm no where near finished.

Yesterday, I finally looked into code that helps you control a website and used it to retrieve the due date of my library books.

Search on "vba CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")" and you should find examples.

Aug. 30, 2015

Health

Blood Sugar 97. Drinking Bulletproof coffee for breakfast. 

News

• Dr. Wayne Dyer, self-help guru passes away at age 75
• Bernie Sanders gains on Hilary Clinton in primaries for Presidential nomination
• Sheriff gets shot. A lot of shootings in the news

Excel Diet

Find a way to get below 160 lbs. Figure out why diet hasn't been working.

Listi.net

Work on getting tables created in SQL Server. I decided to find an automated way to do it instead of creating tables manually. This isn't easy as it's been 2 hours working on this. 

1. Download SSMA for Access 6.0.0.exe
2. Download and install Sql server express 2014 
1. I do the above but I don't see how to run sql server express or do anything.
3. Annoyance: I install the MSI in step 2 but don't know what to do next
4. SFA (So Fucken Annoying) trying to install .net Framework
5. Computer acting strange
1. My "Logger" software is having issues now, WTF, so
2. Shortcut not working to start it
3. Had to kill program from taskmgr
6. Decided to manually recreate the tables
7. 
   

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How much time do I spend pursuing money?

WOAD - Wisdom of a Dad

Proofread book plan. This seems to be a daunting task.

My writing needs improvement.

I want to proofread the book and turn it into a book on tape.

Idea

Process to create a book using FTAD method

1. Write one article on a topic
2. Store ideas for articles
3. After 10 articles, create a small book with the information
4. Use top/down, bottom/up or hybrid of both methods

Home

1. Fix Hole in bathroom
2. Clean desk

Terrorism and Random Murders

How big of a problem is this vs. other problems.

Random killing by people instead of lightning, animals, accidents. It's preventable? 

Dogs

Do dogs get mosquito bites? Yes and can get Heartworm from them.

Problems/Ideas

I'm trying to upgrade my Microsoft Access DB to SQL Server and it's a PITA (Pain in the Ass). Have a method to do this easily. Too many decisions, perquisites. Just have an install button and check whatever is needed then allow to install by default.

Book

The $100 Startup. 

I read this book awhile ago and now to look at my highlights and implement what the author says. I read a lot of nonfiction books but don't take enough action. 

This is a great title. It tells me that for $100 I can start a business. 

Maybe I could learn something from the author as he wrote a book and what questions would I ask him

Cover

The cover has 4 sections

1. Title
1. 2 words with "the"
2. Centered
3. Red
4. Caps
2. Subtitle
1. Uses 2 colors
3. Picture
1. Red "Pee-wee Herman Bicycle with money bag on rear carrier
4. Author's name
1. Caps
2. Red
5. Background 
1. Off-white
2. Black thick border

Aug. 26, 2015

4:05 A.M and I up again. Had to pee and wife was snoring.

XD - Excel Diet

I ate okay yesterday, very low carb. BPC +Bulletproof coffe for breakfast, two questbars for lunch, nuts and low cal grape drink for a snack and for dinner tuna with seeds and pistachios and some cheese. Walked almost 18,000 steps.

POD - Principle of Day

Each day I randomly select a focus from a list of key principles I keep in a spreadsheet. Yesterday's was FOCUS. I take the principle and create an image using pbrush.exe (Paint brush software). I then show it on my desktop to remind me.

I2$
I'd like to have a better way to turn an idea into money as I haven't yet done this. I have a few books that could help. From Idea to Success , $100 Startup, and The 22 Immutable Laws of BRANDING. are on my bookshelf that I've read but know need to implement.

I had 2 downloads of the XD (Excel Diet) spreadsheet yesterday. I'm over 100 so this could be the opportunity to focus on.

I had a few new ideas and I'm not sure to work on them or to work on something else. I could also DAMAGE (Don't Ask Me Ask Google Everything) on how to go from idea to money

Why I've failed with my previous ideas?

Here is a list of reasons, maybe excuses why I've failed.

1. Twixcel - Twitter automation because Twitter changed the API so software stopped working.
2. No one knows about the idea
3. If someone does know I'm not following up
4. I'm not charging for any of my content
5. I get excited, work on project, slow my work and then move on to next project
6. I haven't committed any cash to an idea
7. I haven't gotten any feedback
8. I'm working solo
9. I have a job so I can only work on my ideas in my spare time

WOAD
I worked on Wisdom of a Dad on train in morning and afternoon and at lunch and at night. I'm editing the book which is pretty boring. I've noticed that there are still many typos, duplicate content. I'm still adding content to it which is bad. I'll never finish if I keep doing this, so unless the content is earth shattering I'll keep the idea in a separate place, maybe in my blog.

Dog
Walked Lola with Cheryl and Max. Lola almost ran into street at Hollywood park after I took her off leash,. I screamed, "LOLA STOP" and she did. I've been thinking about how I dealt with neighbor with a dog. I was correcting the husband because he was holding his dog's leash too tight when around my dog. A few days later I saw his wife and she didn't remember me but she would up letting my and Lola into her back yard. Her dog Riley is a puppy but was very aggressive and excited with Lola. Lola already had a play date with Stella. When we got home she was panting very hard and was even shaking a little.

She just went through a phase of not eating her food.

Work

Worked on creating trade blotter in Python. After 2 weeks to a month awaiting permission, I set up a meeting with Anudeep and Ivan to chat about the method to get the data to be merged into our online Risk system. Ivan doesn't shet up. He's one of those people that my saying "I'm smart enough to know I'm not that smart."

Work was fun. I even worked late which I haven't done for a while. Boss finally said hello to me which is pissing me off. One of the reasons I worked late is that I have my car back.

Walked from work with Evan. He was stressed because he had to work on a project for Debby who is his boss's boss.

I merged Shortcuts to my main spreadsheet at work.

Family
Max was sick last night but felt better today. Nigel had his first day of school today. I hope it went well.

Cheryl saw neighbor walking her dog and was afraid that neighbor would criticize what she was wearing as she's done it before.

Health

My blood sugar has been good for me the last couple of days all under 100. 82 at 8 pm. 92 at 8:30 am. 

I walked 17,900 steps which is 7.9 miles according to Walk Logger app on my phone.

Goals

1. Declutter - Desk is messy
2. W < 160
3. I2$ - Turn an Idea into money
4. WOAD - Wisdom of a Dad
5. bs = 83
6. No foot pain
7. Listi.net accessing SQL Server
8. Read books I have, especially library books
9. Add content to Twixcel spreadsheet
10. Learn the Hanukah song on the Guitar

Messy desk

Stocks

Stocks bounced back yesterday in the morning and dropped near the close yesterday. It's my understanding that the close tells you what the big investors are doing. I don't know if this is true or not. Here is the chart.

Dow Chart

I'm thinking that the market up at the close would be a buying signal.

Aug. 8th 2015

Spent a good 4 hours working on BFN - Book for Nigel as he's leaving for college in a few weeks. I changed the title today from Wisdom of a Scott to Wisdom of a Dad.

This project hasn't been that exciting and I've spent a lot of time on it. I've been writing on the train in the morning. At lunch hour at work and train in the evening and also when I get home.

Sat outside on my deck an wrote. Very enjoyable. My dog Lola was there by my side. She's so wonderful. And to think I use to be afraid of dogs. It's a beautiful day outside, low humidity. The crickets are very loud and I have to prepare for party for tomorrow. We're having my relatives over to say goodbye to Nigel who will be going to Cornell. I'm very proud of him and will miss him.

Time goes by so fast. I remember the day he was born. I hope I've been a good father to him.

I feel good today. Had my Bulletproof coffee for breakfast. My current goal is BFN. And this has helped me make decisions on what to do. It helps a lot to have a deadline as if I want to finish the book I have to focus on it. I've skipped walking to work and having lunch with people because it's against my MIG - Most Important Goal.

Did the lawn. Picked up the poop. Tested Cheryl's blood sugar and it was 69. Pretty tired now. Will continue working on book.  Already cleaned the dishes. I felt like my blood sugar was low and it was 94. I ate some cheese, nuts and diet grape drink.

Took dog over to Stella's house for a play date.

Watered the lawn and a baseball catch with Nigel, my son, went shopping for chips, beer and soda and took a one hour nap.

I acquired the domain WisdomOfADad.com. Tonight have plans to see Mission Impossible movie.

I took Lola out for a walk and we saw 2 cats and 4 dogs. Lola seemed afraid of the cats as they were on leashes and they weren't afraid of her. One of the dogs, was small with a Russian woman, growled and after smelling Lola, I asked if he was friendly to owner and he lunged at me and it scared me. There was an Irish Setter with an elderly guy and the dog was barking at us and pulling the owner. I didn't think he could control the dog well so we avoided them. We saw a fluffy dog behind a fence who Lola smelled but the dog growled at me. I squatted next to the fence with my back facing the dog, which I saw Cesar Millan do and it worked in calming the dog. I let him smell a treat I had, but didn't give it to him.We then saw a guy on the sidewalk who freaked out my dog. He was in a tee shirt and shorts and was looking at his phone. When Lola is freaked out her ears go way behind her head. We then saw a small white fluffy dog that kept barking at us. Lola laid down on the grass. I didn't approach because there were 4 women talking.

In the news

• Jon Stewart did his last Daily Show on Comedy Central Network
• The republican debate took place on FOX network with 24 million viewers
• Donald Trump was very entertaining.I think people are sick of politicians and like his honesty and political incorrectness

In stocks

• Planet Fitness had their IPO. I can't see how this is a viable business that charges $10 a month for members. 

Creativity

I came up with the acronym PURGE - Prioritize yoUR Goals Everyday. Another recent acronym was DAMAGE - Don't Ask Me Ask Google Everything.

Health

My weight was 163.6 this morning. I'm having trouble getting below 160 lbs. I've been on a low carb diet for a while. My blood sugar hasn't been great. One strange thing I've noticed is that the Oreo Questbars raised my blood sugar to 154, but the Smores only to 101. I'm wondering the cause of this. Didn't walk that much this week. Still having foot pain.

Found a bunch of videos while looking for +Tim Ferriss, I found Tim Ferriss's Top 10 Rules for Success by Evan Carmichael. It was done very well and worth watching.

Reading

I'm currently reading Sam Harris's book "The Moral Landscape." I recently finished "Waking Up" by Sam. excellent book also.

Goals

Some Other upcoming goals I have are:

• Make Listi.net more usable especially for new users
• Declutter and clean up the house
• W < 160 lbs.
• Lower my Blood Sugar
• Resolve my foot pain