Thread by @curious500bc

Liban slept around 1030 last night and woke up at 5 AM this morning; the last 1.5 hours, he was on his bed relaxing occasionally checking Facebook and other media but generally relaxing ; he did not follow any principle of wake up or sleep time.

He will follow this principle; sleep between 9:3p-10:30p depending on drowsiness, however wake up time is not negotiable,
5:AM; this will impose rational order on sleep; if he is tired he can go to bed early if not later, however wake up time is not negotiable

Liban is exercising now and his system is administrating aversive stimuli, anxious feelings around the chest and pain on the left side of the brain to decrease the probability of exercise now and in the future. In the absence of observation and reflection, he may comply with this

Liban does not have nutrition plan that he follows, like preparing healthy foods; he eats easy to cook foods or eats from outside; he eats a lot too, gaining weight and failing multiple times to lose weight; he will come up with healthy meal and weight management plan.

The biggest insight is awareness of the applied aversive stimuli( by your brain or some other unconscious part of you) to reduce the frequency of behavior, such as exercise; if you aware of it, then you may continue and actually reward the behavior by relaxing for instance.

Liban is now putting work and reward working process philosophy into practice.

Liban focused, stilled and listened to the humming sound. He is now getting a lot of work done. He has not learned anything at all; the reason for this is not known; perhaps he was not reflecting.

Liban learned to pay attention to triggers( events that stress people or cue them to use some coping skills such as distraction) and early warning signs for high screen time consumption; having plan to deal with such matters helps one reduce time and energy claimed by screens.

Liban practiced remaining calm despite stressful situation by using optimal breathing, microcosmic circulation and being assertive. He is less tired now and has a lot of energy.

Without the skills of relaxation, it is harder to problem solve, during irritating and stressing situations; it is probable that one might make more mistakes and create more problems than solve them. Moreover, the human brain, parasympathetic systems, works when it is relaxed.

Liban focused again and learned that triggers are events that are stressing people ; if one notices this event, then one ought to figure out a way to deal with it. Otherwise, Liban wrote, one may respond to it by using old ineffective means of coping with such stressors.

Liban spent last few hours socializing with family members; time well spent; he will focus now and report.

Liban remained calm; he was meditating a lot; now, he had added tai chi practices; this helped him remain awake moment to moment experiences without running away from it.

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