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Entry 27.2 (Written on 2.3 night)
Weeks until average life expectancy: 2737 (80th birthday)
Day 404: No Useless Videos
Day 1238: Sticking to Food schedule
Day 89: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00)
Day 94: Being in bed before 23:15

3 Things I did well, no matter how small
1. 3 German units
2. German exam
3. Afternoon workout
1 Thing I could do better
Having predicted I'd have a little bit of a pressure drop after the exam, and the need keep my foot on the gas nonetheless, possibly that would result in a couple of additional German units.
3 Separate meals (or less but without combining any of the three) and 3 hrs 45 minutes in between at least. Day 55
Fell asleep earlier than scheduled - 31 (Pretty sure that was an earlier than scheduled day)
Going to sleep in 1 bulk without falling asleep premmaturely in an unplanned manner - 24

Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5
Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 412

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Entry 28.2 (Written on 2.3 night)
Weeks until average life expectancy: 2737 (80th birthday)
Day 405: No Useless Videos
Day 1239: Sticking to Food schedule
Day 90: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00)
Day 95: Being in bed before 23:15

3 Things I did well, no matter how small
1. 8 German units
2. Afternoon workout
3. Second day in a row of training outside once some sun was out to gather vitamin D, even though it felt a bit cool.
1 Thing I could do better
Write getting a weightscale, so that I may have no excuses to not reduce the food amount at dinners, so that I may possibly reduce premature sleep occurances.
3 Separate meals (or less but without combining any of the three) and 3 hrs 45 minutes in between at least. Day 56
Fell asleep earlier than scheduled - 32
Going to sleep in 1 bulk without falling asleep premmaturely in an unplanned manner - 24

Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5
Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 413

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Entry 1.3 (Written on 2.3 night)
Weeks until average life expectancy: 2737 (80th birthday)
Day 406: No Useless Videos
Day 1240: Sticking to Food schedule
Day 91: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00)
Day 96: Being in bed before 23:15

3 Things I did well, no matter how small
1. 4 German units at the very least
2. Helping an apartment mate with a move
3. Long jog
1 Thing I could do better
-Be a bit less chill in the toilet, no idea how but together with checking the cooked food it seemingly took an hour
3 Separate meals (or less but without combining any of the three) and 3 hrs 45 minutes in between at least. Day 57
Fell asleep earlier than scheduled - 33
Going to sleep in 1 bulk without falling asleep premmaturely in an unplanned manner - 24

Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5
Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 414

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On 2/27/2026 at 12:37 PM, reader said:

Hey @Yan I think your journal is the example of well structured life. You run your life like a personal operating system :D .

Thanks :) Personal operating system? You mean a PC? Like I execute things systematically according to my values?

On 2/27/2026 at 12:37 PM, reader said:

Btw out of all the things you’ve optimized so well, which one had the biggest impact on your life so far?

I guess the base for everything is meal-planning and the avoidance of gaming, that is the basic platform where everything starts. The fundament that must be put in before any other bricks may be laid... No skyscraper is built without a well built fundament, otherwise it may topple like a house of cards...
I am no Architect. But these sayings just seem to make a boatload of sense to me (no research was done on this subject at he moment of writing these lines ;) )

On 2/27/2026 at 12:37 PM, reader said:

Also, if someone(including you) studied your journal 10 years from now, what would you want them to understand about this phase of your life?

That is a hard question, because I really don't know what will happen and how. What first comes to my mind is the inauguration speech of Steve Jobs... To the gist of(Not 100% precise) "We've got to trust that the dots will somehow connect in the future". I guess the only one that can give you an answer is the "me" of the current moment and not the "me" of 10 years away from now.
But as it seems to me as of now, I guess what is very important if not the most important, is not to allow our habits to mindlessly take over us. And fight the tendency to just keep going with them. If there is something we do that we feel is wrong, keep reminding it to ourselves again and again, and not accept it as a given. Until we have enough awareness of the subject to push us to action, and then keep going.

There are many people who do not take responsibility for what happens or try to actively manage their life.
But 90% of your situation in life is your responsibility, and you caused it, whether you're aware of how you did it or not... (So I believe, nothing I say is the holy grail of course)

I guess the good ew are that since you caused it, you can also change it usually, even though you won't erase the past, you may reverse some effects in the future. For example if you were eating unhealthy for 10 years and caused yourself a cancer, and didn't stop early enough... It has already happened... As of now there's not enough technology to change the past.... But you may change your mealplan now, not say "it's just the way it is" I got cancer because so is the world. I think it is very rare, if at all happens, that our way of life is not -in part- contributing to the development of disease, if not -in majority-.

So if you act now and change the meal plan where you think you should, there is no guarantee you'll hit the spot and get the cancer effects changed, but if you do, there is a chance that it will happen. You can indeed get it to heal, and get your body to prosper again. Again, so I believe...

In any case there is more chance to make that happen than if you just keep on taking some superficial pain medications like 90% of people do (Again a number out of the blue, but I mean the majority[so it seems]).

The medications may eliminate surface symptoms, but not your habits which will keep causing the symptoms, and probably a worsening of the symptoms. Because you're not aiming at the root, but at some small branch...

Accept that most of the things in life you experience today are a result of how you acted in the past. And get to work trying to understand what it is and execute execute execute. As much as it depends on you....

We don't know how much really depends on us and if we're really able to achieve something or not.
What we do know is that we should keep trying to the best of our ability. Because that sure as hell leaves you way more chances to get your long term life goals, in comparison to not doing anything.

So is our human condition. Work work work until our last breath. But, huge power comes with it. The potential to create machines such as airplanes, computers, spacecraft.... The potential of becoming an interplanetary species... etc. etc. etc.

Rant over ;)

P.S. This message might not be well structured.... I just threw my thoughts on the page for 20 minutes. Hope for your understanding , and that it's somewhat readable. IF there's anything that is not clear or you'd like to ask about. (Which probably is the case because transfering a thought/idea/vision is difficult in general and in written form in particular). Feel free to do so.

Thanks again for your message and complements. I just keep trying. I know I could have done better. Probably almost every day, if not every day. Please do not in any way idolize me. I do however generally try to keep shaking the dust off of my dreams and not lie to myself about things I do which might seriously be hindering my goals. I could have acted on them way faster. But I guess most people don't even keep these facts in their sight, which is why I appear different to you. But it is not about being "better" or more improvement inclined than other people. It's about achieving your own potential.

And I just hope God(Whatever I can't control, call it as you wish) gives me the power to do what it takes, despite the pain to get to that potential.

On this note: Thank you god for being alive, for having my body. Hands, legs, eyes, ears. And for the opportunity to wake up one more day, despite all the possible damage I do to my body, or to my purpose on this earth.

I know I am fallible, but I forgive myself. I am human. I do the best I know how, every day. Otherwise I wouldn't be doing it...

Things are the way they had to be, but they don't have to keep being the same. We are, as humans the creators of our own lives and have the opportunity to create new habits and new hormonal balances.

We've just got to keep the vision, our potential as we see it in front of our eyes. And devote ourselves to achieving it... That's all there is to life as I see it...

Rant 2 over, after 15 minutes more.

Best wishes.

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Entry 2.3 (Written on 4.3 night)
Weeks until average life expectancy: 2736 (80th birthday)

3 things contributing to life's goals this week
-German progress
-Daily workouts
-German Exam
1 thing I could do better towards life's goals
-Find something active to do in the evening to avoid premature falling asleep. Probably something that includes movement. Why? Because each time I fall asleep prematurely I end up spending about an hour of time.
Each such hour I could finish important life tasks, such as finally finishing the 2025 financial report or changing the SIM card or closing my portfolios in tax authorities in Israel.
Day 407: No Useless Videos
Day 1241: Sticking to Food schedule
Day 92: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00)
Day 97: Being in bed before 23:15

3 Things I did well, no matter how small
1. 15 German units
2. afternoon workout
3.
1 Thing I could do better
-no salty water at "dinner"
3 Separate meals (or less but without combining any of the three) and 3 hrs 45 minutes in between at least. Day 58
Fell asleep earlier than scheduled - 34
Going to sleep in 1 bulk without falling asleep premmaturely in an unplanned manner - 24

Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5
Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 415

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Entry 2.3 (Written on 4.3 night)
Weeks until average life expectancy: 2736 (80th birthday)

3 things contributing to life's goals this week
-German progress
-Daily workouts
-German Exam
1 thing I could do better towards life's goals
-Find something active to do in the evening to avoid premature falling asleep. Probably something that includes movement. Why? Because each time I fall asleep prematurely I end up spending about an hour of time.
Each such hour I could finish important life tasks, such as finally finishing the 2025 financial report or changing the SIM card or closing my portfolios in tax authorities in Israel.
Day 407: No Useless Videos
Day 1241: Sticking to Food schedule
Day 92: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00)
Day 97: Being in bed before 23:15

3 Things I did well, no matter how small
1. 15 German units
2. afternoon workout
3. Finishing dishwashing in below 10 minutes, wow. Probably much thanks to the fact that a few apartment mates moved out and I just washed my own dishes.
1 Thing I could do better
-no salty water at "dinner"
3 Separate meals (or less but without combining any of the three) and 3 hrs 45 minutes in between at least. Day 58
Fell asleep earlier than scheduled - 34
Going to sleep in 1 bulk without falling asleep premmaturely in an unplanned manner - 24

Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5
Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 415

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Entry 2.3 (Written on 4.3 night)
Weeks until average life expectancy: 2736 (80th birthday)

3 things contributing to life's goals this week
-German progress
-Daily workouts
-German Exam
1 thing I could do better towards life's goals
-Find something active to do in the evening to avoid premature falling asleep. Probably something that includes movement. Why? Because each time I fall asleep prematurely I end up spending about an hour of time.
Each such hour I could finish important life tasks, such as finally finishing the 2025 financial report or changing the SIM card or closing my portfolios in tax authorities in Israel.
Day 407: No Useless Videos
Day 1241: Sticking to Food schedule
Day 92: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00)
Day 97: Being in bed before 23:15

3 Things I did well, no matter how small
1. 8 German units
2. morning 75% effort run
3. No salty water at dinner btw yesterday I wrote it in quotation marks because I really ate planned dinner at lunch time. and lunch at dinner time. That's how i prefered to do it to align the chlorella preparation effectively with the pauses in between concentrated German units
1 Thing I could do better
-Just do 20 pushups every 20 minutes after dinner. This might suffice in order not to fall asleep and save "wasted" hours because of waking up at night and feeling like time is endless...... Which of course it most definitely isn't.
3 Separate meals (or less but without combining any of the three) and 3 hrs 45 minutes in between at least. Day 59
Fell asleep earlier than scheduled - 35
Going to sleep in 1 bulk without falling asleep premmaturely in an unplanned manner - 24

Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5
Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 416

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Entry 4.3
Weeks until average life expectancy: 2736 (80th birthday)
Day 408: No Useless Videos
Day 1242: Sticking to Food schedule
Day 93: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00)
Day 98: Being in bed before 23:15

3 Things I did well, no matter how small
1. 4 German units
2. Afternoon workout
3. Getting out of bed relatively on time despite having only slept 2 hrs at night
1 Thing I could do better
-Start writing sleep time documentations
(Sleep 3-4 March = 2 15 + 4 22
3 Separate meals (or less but without combining any of the three) and 3 hrs 45 minutes in between at least. Day 60
Fell asleep earlier than scheduled - 35
Going to sleep in 1 bulk without falling asleep premmaturely in an unplanned manner - 25

Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5
Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 417

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On 2/18/2026 at 4:05 AM, Yan said:

Food schedule update 17.2 - 5.3
Changes:
1. 1 Added cucumber at dinner to see how it affects sleepiness.
2. 10g brazil nuts interchanged with 10g almonds

Why is it important to have the food schedule planned until Thursday?

So that I may use a light jog to go to store instead of wasting an opportunity for a 75% one.
I would also like to carry it myself, despite the distance, and not look for a hitchhike next week. So I'll need to consider waking up quite early if I want to pull that off, so that I'd be at the store at 07:00, then have two meals at that day, because the purchase shall take at the very least an hour. Also when I am in DM, get the groceries I need there for a month, so that next purchase I can just go to Aldi and Kaufland. One shop less.

Btw. If I decide in these two weeks to assemble my bike, it may not be needed to carry the things on foot. However, I'd still like to be there at 07:00, after recycling already

P.S. If I see the cucumber doesn't help, the next step might be reducing half of dinner and spreading it throughout the other meals(then spreading dinner completely)(Also probably need to omit potatoes at some point). I shall give myself a week to try it out. 19.02-26.02. and update on the 26.02 whether the next step is needed.
*Also, any additional changes are allowed until the end o Monday in case I forgot something

Food Plan 05.03-19.03 not including 19.03
Everything remains the same except for the fact that the big cucumbers are to be eaten a third every meal, and if I am to change one long jogging session in order to viist goethe institute, the foods that were supposed to be on the sae day, can be change with it. That said, I'd probably like to revisit cronometer by Thursday of 12.03 and make some additional changes
Edit 1 12:50 05. March: The cucumbers that I have left are to be eaten half a cucumber at breakfast and dinner. once I beggin to eat the ne ones, than it should be a third, and with the small one half per meal. If there are any additional changes which I might have forgot to add, I am allowed to dothat by the end of saturday

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Entry 5.3 (Written on 6.3 morning)
Weeks until average life expectancy: 2736 (80th birthday)
Day 409: No Useless Videos
Day 1243: Sticking to Food schedule
Day 94: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00)
Day 99: Being in bed before 23:15

3 Things I did well, no matter how small
1. 5 German units
2. Groceries bought for two weeks
3. Written "Sleep b4 AS" before 23 15 (on phone)
1 Thing I could do better
-Keep olive oil at 15grams and not more.
(Sleep 3-4 March = 2 15 + 4 22 = 6 37)
(Sleep 4-5 March = 7 45-56 = 6 49)
3 Separate meals (or less but without combining any of the three) and 3 hrs 45 minutes in between at least. Day 61
Fell asleep earlier than scheduled - 36
Going to sleep in 1 bulk without falling asleep premmaturely in an unplanned manner - 25

Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5
Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 418

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Entry 6.3 (Written on 7.3 morning)
Weeks until average life expectancy: 2736 (80th birthday)
Day 410: No Useless Videos
Day 1244: Sticking to Food schedule
Day 95: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00)
Day 100: Being in bed before 23:15

3 Things I did well, no matter how small
1. turned on heater in second room
2. afternoon training

3.7 German units
1 Thing I could do better
-Write a dedicated time for answering emails
(Sleep 3-4 March = 2 15 + 4 22 = 6 37)
(Sleep 4-5 March = 7 45-56 = 6 49)
Sleep 5-6 March 1 50 + 6 51 = 8 41
3 Separate meals (or less but without combining any of the three) and 3 hrs 45 minutes in between at least. Day 62
Fell asleep earlier than scheduled - 37
Going to sleep in 1 bulk without falling asleep premmaturely in an unplanned manner - 25

Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5
Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 419

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Entry 7.3
Weeks until average life expectancy: 2736 (80th birthday)
Day 411: No Useless Videos
Day 1245: Sticking to Food schedule
Day 96: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00)
Day 101: Being in bed before 23:15

3 Things I did well, no matter how small
1.10 German units
2. afternoon training
3. Visualization
1 Thing I could do better
-Write a dedicated time for answering emails once more
(Sleep 3-4 March = 2 15 + 4 22 = 6 37)
(Sleep 4-5 March = 7 45-56 = 6 49)
Sleep 5-6 March 1 50 + 6 51 = 8 41
Sleep 6-7 March 1h 45m + 7h 22m = 9h 7m
3 Separate meals (or less but without combining any of the three) and 3 hrs 45 minutes in between at least. Day 63
Fell asleep earlier than scheduled - 38
Going to sleep in 1 bulk without falling asleep premmaturely in an unplanned manner - 25

Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5
Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 420

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Entry 8.3 (09.03 night)
Weeks until average life expectancy: 2736 (80th birthday)
Day 412: No Useless Videos
Day 1246: Sticking to Food schedule
Day 97: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00)
Day 102: Being in bed before 23:15

3 Things I did well, no matter how small
1. 5 German units
2. Long run
3. 3 Emails sent. Regarding staying permit, exam results deeper overseeing request and Identification documents from the consulate to close my bank account abroad.
1 Thing I could do better
- Reduce evening fats (almonds, coconut oil) and dates since they are the parts of the meal that are the heaviest and longest to digest. , and, since I am allowed to recover un-eaten foods from previous days, spread them across the breakfast and lunch of one of the next days where I eat less (Not 1.5 meal days)

Reasoning: This might help me avoid the evening "slump" - early falling asleep. Possibly after the update on Thursday, I may also add a carrot and Orange to the meal to make me chew a little more, since without the almonds I'm going o feel a bit of a lack of chewing possibly. Also possibly I'll gradually reduce the quinoa and lentils from dinner. We'll see after those few days.

Also, even if it doesn't help preventing an early "slump" it might be helpful in preventing acid reflux in the case I do fall asleep. A win-win so it seems to me. Just need to see that I manage to recover the needed foods in the next day to maintain calorie balance. Or alternatively weigh myself to keep track of the effects of reducing so much calories, if it gets to such a condition...


Sleep documentation for the week
(Sleep 3-4 March = 2 15 + 4 22 = 6h 37m)
(Sleep 4-5 March = 7 45-56 = 6h 49m)
Sleep 5-6 March 1 50 + 6 51 = 8h 41m
Sleep 6-7 March 1h 45m + 7h 22m = 9h 7m
Sleep 7-8 March 2 14~ + 5 41 = 7h 55m
3 Separate meals (or less but without combining any of the three) and 3 hrs 45 minutes in between at least. Day 64
Fell asleep earlier than scheduled - 39
Going to sleep in 1 bulk without falling asleep premmaturely in an unplanned manner - 25

Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5
Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 421

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Entry 9.3 (Done writing on 11.3 night)
Weeks until average life expectancy: 2735 (80th birthday)

Contributed to life's goals this week:
-52 German units (Approx 26 hrs)
-Reducing olive oil, salty water, dinner fats
-Daily workouts
Could be done better towards life's goals this week:
-Even though I did ask in all three stores that I were about the weightscale, I could have asked another worker at the last store, where he wasn't sure they have one (A big store)
Why is that important?
Because this may allow me to reduce meal size and still keep tracking my weight, to see that I'm not undernourished. At least caloriewise. + Get myself to stop withdrawing to bet prematurely through the reduction of meal volume/calories/etc.

Day 413: No Useless Videos
Day 1247: Sticking to Food schedule
Day 98: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00)
Day 103: Being in bed before 23:15

3 Things I did well, no matter how small
1. 11 German units
2. Afternoon workout
3. Reduced evening fats as planned
1 Thing I could do better
- I had just 10 minutes left or so until timely falling sleep... could have done some pushups ...



Sleep documentation for the week
(Sleep 3-4 March = 2 15 + 4 22 = 6h 37m)
(Sleep 4-5 March = 7 45-56 = 6h 49m)
Sleep 5-6 March 1 50 + 6 51 = 8h 41m
Sleep 6-7 March 1h 45m + 7h 22m = 9h 7m
Sleep 7-8 March 2 14~ + 5 41 = 7h 55m
Sleep 8-9 March 2 20 + 3 57 = 6h 17m
Overall average this week: 7,57...h - Some 7h 34m
3 Separate meals (or less but without combining any of the three) and 3 hrs 45 minutes in between at least. Day 65
Fell asleep earlier than scheduled - 40
Going to sleep in 1 bulk without falling asleep premmaturely in an unplanned manner - 25

Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5
Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 422

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Entry 10.3 (Written on 11.3 night)
Weeks until average life expectancy: 2735 (80th birthday)


Day 414: No Useless Videos
Day 1248: Sticking to Food schedule
Day 99: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00)
Day 104: Being in bed before 23:15

3 Things I did well, no matter how small
1. 7 German units
2. Morning jog
3. Three emails again
1 Thing I could do better
- Begin the day at 3 44, when I went to pee, as I knew the alarm is set for 4 00. There was no appropriate reason to return to bed for "10 minutes"
Sleep documentation for the week
9-10 March 2 07 + 5 40 = 7h 47m
3 Separate meals (or less but without combining any of the three) and 3 hrs 45 minutes in between at least. Day 66
Fell asleep earlier than scheduled - 41
Going to sleep in 1 bulk without falling asleep premmaturely in an unplanned manner - 25

Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5
Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 423

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On 3/2/2026 at 2:05 AM, Yan said:

Thanks :) Personal operating system? You mean a PC? Like I execute things systematically according to my values?

I guess the base for everything is meal-planning and the avoidance of gaming, that is the basic platform where everything starts. The fundament that must be put in before any other bricks may be laid... No skyscraper is built without a well built fundament, otherwise it may topple like a house of cards...
I am no Architect. But these sayings just seem to make a boatload of sense to me (no research was done on this subject at he moment of writing these lines ;) )

That is a hard question, because I really don't know what will happen and how. What first comes to my mind is the inauguration speech of Steve Jobs... To the gist of(Not 100% precise) "We've got to trust that the dots will somehow connect in the future". I guess the only one that can give you an answer is the "me" of the current moment and not the "me" of 10 years away from now.
But as it seems to me as of now, I guess what is very important if not the most important, is not to allow our habits to mindlessly take over us. And fight the tendency to just keep going with them. If there is something we do that we feel is wrong, keep reminding it to ourselves again and again, and not accept it as a given. Until we have enough awareness of the subject to push us to action, and then keep going.

There are many people who do not take responsibility for what happens or try to actively manage their life.
But 90% of your situation in life is your responsibility, and you caused it, whether you're aware of how you did it or not... (So I believe, nothing I say is the holy grail of course)

I guess the good ew are that since you caused it, you can also change it usually, even though you won't erase the past, you may reverse some effects in the future. For example if you were eating unhealthy for 10 years and caused yourself a cancer, and didn't stop early enough... It has already happened... As of now there's not enough technology to change the past.... But you may change your mealplan now, not say "it's just the way it is" I got cancer because so is the world. I think it is very rare, if at all happens, that our way of life is not -in part- contributing to the development of disease, if not -in majority-.

So if you act now and change the meal plan where you think you should, there is no guarantee you'll hit the spot and get the cancer effects changed, but if you do, there is a chance that it will happen. You can indeed get it to heal, and get your body to prosper again. Again, so I believe...

In any case there is more chance to make that happen than if you just keep on taking some superficial pain medications like 90% of people do (Again a number out of the blue, but I mean the majority[so it seems]).

The medications may eliminate surface symptoms, but not your habits which will keep causing the symptoms, and probably a worsening of the symptoms. Because you're not aiming at the root, but at some small branch...

Accept that most of the things in life you experience today are a result of how you acted in the past. And get to work trying to understand what it is and execute execute execute. As much as it depends on you....

We don't know how much really depends on us and if we're really able to achieve something or not.
What we do know is that we should keep trying to the best of our ability. Because that sure as hell leaves you way more chances to get your long term life goals, in comparison to not doing anything.

So is our human condition. Work work work until our last breath. But, huge power comes with it. The potential to create machines such as airplanes, computers, spacecraft.... The potential of becoming an interplanetary species... etc. etc. etc.

Rant over ;)

P.S. This message might not be well structured.... I just threw my thoughts on the page for 20 minutes. Hope for your understanding , and that it's somewhat readable. IF there's anything that is not clear or you'd like to ask about. (Which probably is the case because transfering a thought/idea/vision is difficult in general and in written form in particular). Feel free to do so.

Thanks again for your message and complements. I just keep trying. I know I could have done better. Probably almost every day, if not every day. Please do not in any way idolize me. I do however generally try to keep shaking the dust off of my dreams and not lie to myself about things I do which might seriously be hindering my goals. I could have acted on them way faster. But I guess most people don't even keep these facts in their sight, which is why I appear different to you. But it is not about being "better" or more improvement inclined than other people. It's about achieving your own potential.

And I just hope God(Whatever I can't control, call it as you wish) gives me the power to do what it takes, despite the pain to get to that potential.

On this note: Thank you god for being alive, for having my body. Hands, legs, eyes, ears. And for the opportunity to wake up one more day, despite all the possible damage I do to my body, or to my purpose on this earth.

I know I am fallible, but I forgive myself. I am human. I do the best I know how, every day. Otherwise I wouldn't be doing it...

Things are the way they had to be, but they don't have to keep being the same. We are, as humans the creators of our own lives and have the opportunity to create new habits and new hormonal balances.

We've just got to keep the vision, our potential as we see it in front of our eyes. And devote ourselves to achieving it... That's all there is to life as I see it...

Rant 2 over, after 15 minutes more.

Best wishes.

@reader I wonder, did you read this scroll-message? ;)

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Entry 11.3
Weeks until average life expectancy: 2735 (80th birthday)
Day 415: No Useless Videos
Day 1249: Sticking to Food schedule
Day 100: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00)
Day 105: Being in bed before 23:15

3 Things I did well, no matter how small
1. 3 German units
2. 3 hours of German Tandem
3. Limiting calls to ABH to an hour
1 Thing I could do better
- Get out of bed at 8 00
Sleep documentation for the week
9-10 March 2 07 + 5 40 = 7h 47m
10-11 March 2 47 + 6 53 =9h 40m
3 Separate meals (or less but without combining any of the three) and 3 hrs 45 minutes in between at least. Day 67
Fell asleep earlier than scheduled - 41
Going to sleep in 1 bulk without falling asleep premmaturely in an unplanned manner - 26

Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5
Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 424

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Entry 12.3
Weeks until average life expectancy: 2735 (80th birthday)
Day 416: No Useless Videos
Day 1250: Sticking to Food schedule
Day 101: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00)
Day 106: Being in bed before 23:15

3 Things I did well, no matter how small
1. 5 German units
2. Visualization
3. 1 Pomodoro
1 Thing I could do better
- Try avoiding potatoes at lunch and see the effect (Got eczema symptoms after lunch about two hours after it)
Sleep documentation for the week
9-10 March 2 07 + 5 40 = 7h 47m
10-11 March 2 47 + 6 53 =9h 40m
11-12 March - 5h 31m
3 Separate meals (or less but without combining any of the three) and 3 hrs 45 minutes in between at least. Day 68
Fell asleep earlier than scheduled - 41
Going to sleep in 1 bulk without falling asleep premmaturely in an unplanned manner - 27

Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5
Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 425


P.S.
Today I spent about 37 minutes reading about the cfities of Russia by size, their time zones and other similar stuff, I assume it is a result of feeling sorry for myself and having the eczema symptoms, which barely allow me to close the hand. If I already find myself in a symptom situation, I guess I can start a concentrated unit anyway. I love to use my time towards my long term goals, rather than short term satisfying distractions.

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Entry 13.3 (Done writing on 14.3 although began on 13.3)
Weeks until average life expectancy: 2735 (80th birthday)
Day 417: No Useless Videos
Day 1251: Sticking to Food schedule
Day 102: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00)
Day 107: Being in bed before 23:15

3 Things I did well, no matter how small
1. 5 German units, perhaps not so impressive, but most definitely better than nothing :)
2. Long morning jog
3. Visiting Immigration authorities after my Goethe visit, and in 6 minutes as I saw it was difficult to get in without an appointment, doing a U-turn to continue with a call at homee
1 Thing I could do better
- Not exactly today but get a weightscale or maybe research some doctor office where I may weigh myself
Sleep documentation for the week
9-10 March 2 07 + 5 40 = 7h 47m
10-11 March 2 47 + 6 53 =9h 40m
11-12 March - 5h 31m
12-13 March 5h 55m 1h 32m = 7h 27m
3 Separate meals (or less but without combining any of the three) and 3 hrs 45 minutes in between at least. Day 69
Fell asleep earlier than scheduled - 42
Going to sleep in 1 bulk without falling asleep premmaturely in an unplanned manner - 27

Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5
Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 426

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Entry 14.3 (Written on 15.3 night)
Weeks until average life expectancy: 2735 (80th birthday)
Day 418: No Useless Videos
Day 1252: Sticking to Food schedule
Day 103: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00)
Day 108: Being in bed before 23:15

3 Things I did well, no matter how small
1. 12 German units, that is somewhat of an improvement I guess, allthough it makes kind of some sense, because that is exactly the difference in workout length (There was also an additional hour yesterday spent on Goethe visit - 52 minutes, and 6~ minutes in the immigration authority) So it is almost the time I was lacking I guess... More or less ;) +- 1 hour
2. Afternoon workout
3. Omitting potatoes
1 Thing I could do better
- At "goals" time devote 2 minutes to visualizing how I would feel if I lost my digestion capabilities.
Why? Because I just might, if I keep having a Food plan that has such a high food volume and overloading my stomach. In any case I want to value my stomach more, and do more adjustments than I currently do, rather than falling back on established habits.

I also want to note that this is a difficult subject for me to touch, where I keep justifying sticking to the status quo, because for me the food is a fundamental part of the up and down cycle which dictates my day. There are people who leave for the weekend, well I currently sort of live for the next meal.

Which makes it that difficult to try to actually not overeat, because then I won't be overflown with a feeling of satiety and the according hormones, and there will be withdrawal symptoms because of the created void, just like with gaming.

Sleep documentation for the week
9-10 March 2 07 + 5 40 = 7h 47m
10-11 March 2 47 + 6 53 =9h 40m
11-12 March - 5h 31m
12-13 March 5h 55m 1h 32m = 4h 57m (Mistakenly wrote the time of 13-14 sleep time in the previous entry)
13-14 March 5 55 + 1 32 = 7h 27m

3 Separate meals (or less but without combining any of the three) and 3 hrs 45 minutes in between at least. Day 70
Fell asleep earlier than scheduled - 43
Going to sleep in 1 bulk without falling asleep premmaturely in an unplanned manner - 27

Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5
Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 427

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Entry 15.3 (Written on 16.3)
Weeks until average life expectancy: 2734 (80th birthday)
Things contriubuting to life's goals:
Experimenting with food plan by reducing dinner fats
Experimenting with food plan by reducing potatoes
German studies
What I could do better:
Set a German unit minimum for the day and really stick to it. I may start small. But build trust with myself again... I must give a reasonable amount of hours to the matter. As someone who doesn't work (At least for money it should be at the very least 5 hrs daily most probably. To be discussed further on possibly.
Day 419: No Useless Videos
Day 1253: Sticking to Food schedule
Day 104: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00)
Day 1: Being in bed before 23:15
Just didn't notice and as I looked at the clock it was 23 22 or 23 20... I'm pretty sure it was food/digestion related... Because my hads were giving eczema symptoms once again, and I was moving sluggishly

3 Things I did well, no matter how small
1. 7 German units
2. Afternoon workout
3. Omitting potatoes once more
1 Thing I could do better
- Apparently be more attentive to the clock =/
Sleep documentation for the week
9-10 March 2 07 + 5 40 = 7h 47m
10-11 March 2 47 + 6 53 =9h 40m
11-12 March - 5h 31m
12-13 March 5h 55m 1h 32m = 4h 57m (Mistakenly wrote the time of 13-14 sleep time in the previous entry)
13-14 March 5 55 + 1 32 = 7h 27m
14-15 March - 6 hrs
Average 6.89h (About 6h 53m)
3 Separate meals (or less but without combining any of the three) and 3 hrs 45 minutes in between at least. Day 71
Fell asleep earlier than scheduled - 44
Going to sleep in 1 bulk without falling asleep premmaturely in an unplanned manner - 27

Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5
Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 428

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Entry 16.3
Weeks until average life expectancy: 2734 (80th birthday)

Day 420: No Useless Videos
Day 1254: Sticking to Food schedule
Day 105: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00)
Day 1:(Actually yesterday was day 0) Being in bed before 23:15

3 Things I did well, no matter how small
1. 8 German units
2. Afternoon workout
3. Cooking dates further, even though I already cooked them, to avoid teeth pain
1 Thing I could do better
- Call the two people who I worked with/almost worked with to ask them how the place was going without me after I left/was in general
Sleep documentation for the week
15-16 March - 7h 27m
3 Separate meals (or less but without combining any of the three) and 3 hrs 45 minutes in between at least. Day 72
Fell asleep earlier than scheduled - 44
Going to sleep in 1 bulk without falling asleep premmaturely in an unplanned manner - 28

Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5
Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 429

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