Category Lessons Learned
These posts reflect things I’ve learned in life. They could be profound writings as I often do while traveling, or small tips that I want to share with others. Part of this log of lessons learned, is to serve as a backstop so I don’t forget them and repeat the same the lesson again :-p
Small Adjustments or the Lack There-of
Today I was at my first PT session for strain of my plantar fascia. There, I saw an older man who was hunchback. From the middle of his back to his shoulders was severely arched. His back was curved like…
From Nothing, to Everything: How aging introduced me to a new companion, allergies.
Last update July 7, 2022: Trying levocetirizine , see below Prev updated Nov, 25, 2021: Switch to Loratadine, see below Having crossed the big 4O, I’m constantly discovering new quirks of being old, most recently, allergies 🙂 It started when I…
Fact Check: Caffeine… how it works and a few surprises
Yesterday, I was speaking with a friend about coffee and caffeine. I thought I had an idea of how it worked, though my friend, who always seems to have an opinion on everything, explained it differently than I imagined. I…
Dopamine awareness and layering
I heard a good video yesterday about dopamine, the pleasure chemical that is released in your brain when you do certain reward activities. In the past, they were the result of work. You scavenge and find food, you search for…