Yesterday I started journaling in an attempt to get out the emotions that are causing my sore back pain. I mentioned that pain has moved from location to location as my subconscious is trying to hold on to this tactic. Oddly enough, after lunch I noticed that my left wrist was starting to hurt. I haven’t had wrist pain in months. I thought I was over it! As I was walking to the Apple Store after lunch to get Rachel’s phone fixed, I...

I am currently reading a book called Pain Free For Life by Dr. Scott Brady. I have listened to the audio books of John E. Sarno name The Mindbody Prescription and Healing Back Pain. Both have greatly helped me overcome RSI or Carpal Tunnel. I haven’t had wrist pain in months! As Dr. Sarno has pointed out, once the pain starts to leave one area, the subconscious mind will move the pain to another area. Essentially you apply the same...

I have had a series of events unfold over the last few days that have been nothing more than miraculous to say the least. I’ve been worried about how we are going to afford bills. We seem to fall short of our budget each month. We spend more than we earn. We have cut back a lot. It’s been hard. I have been wondering if we should sell our house and downsize to find something cheaper and smaller. Rachel and I have looked at other...

I was up at 3:56 am this morning. I just woke up, without an alarm, so I got out of bed. After spending a good 15 minutes on the toilet I hemmed & hawed about what type of workout to do and finally decided to just do another 30 minutes on the elliptical. I have to admit it is nice to have it available for convenience. But, what I’d really like to do is strength training. The problem is that the all the strength exercises I want to do...

I woke up at 4:04 am when my alarm went off. I would have turned it off and rolled over in bed. But when I am determined to get up the night before, I put my phone (alarm clock) in a spot where I have to get out of bed to turn if off. Then it makes the decision to get back into bed more deliberate. It took me a while to make the decision, but I finally determined to exercise on the elliptical for 30 minutes. I knew I would have to report to my...

Personal Bet Fit. I blogged about this today actually. I set a goal to weigh 220 by March 1st. I will do this by exercising more and eating smaller portions. No drastic food changes unless I’m not making progress. Learn. The average millionaire reads one non-fiction book per month. I think I’ve been doing this for the past two years (with audiobooks) but I don’t know for sure because I haven’t been keeping track. This...

I’m currently in Washington D.C. for DjangoCon – a programming conference. Neutron has paid my way and allowed me to come here. It’s been fun taking a break from work, learning new things and seeing iconic sights here in the nation’s capital. Honestly it would be more fun in Rachel were her to share experiences with her. Today is my last day. I had a dream last night that chilled me and so I wanted to get write it down...