YouTube Micro habits

https://youtu.be/DJBZRfibicE?si=FmLS70G_MQnXAFHR

 

1 - 10 seconds of sunlight upon waking up 
2 - Drink 2 glasses of water first thing in the morning 
3 - One line journaling - Brief daily writing - One sentence - Something observed or felt 
4- The visualisation, spend 60 seconds imagining your day going well
5 - Intention statement, write down or speak out loud what you want to achieve today 
6 - Two minutes start up, just do something for two minutes to avoid procrastinating 
7 - Single tasking window 
8 - Two slow deep breaths buffer before responding to emails or texts 
9 - The End and What chain
10 - Movement 
11 - Every day give one genuine compliment to one person 
12 - Use person’s name
13 - The assumption check 
14 - Gratitude anchor, attach it to something you do every day 
15 - Micro kindness 
16 - Cold water exposure 
17 - Read 5 pages of a book per day
18 - Week evaluation - reset
19 - Bed time routine 
20 - Never do nothing, do at least something 

 

Before we get into the positives of the above.  In the modern way of enshitification, the mobile YouTube  app does not allow you to copy text so I had to open the URL on my PC and copy this list and paste it into my blog.

Pumpkin Soup Recipe

PUMPKIN SOUP RECIPE 

No potatoe 

I'd always made pumpkin soup with essentially potato and pumpkin in almost equal proportions and a chopped up onion.  With the new desire to go carb free, potato's are off the menu.  Luckily Phoebe came to the rescue with a recipe below that has no potato and is dam good.  By a lucky coincidence, cream (but not milk) is on the approved list. 

1/2 pumpkin in chunks

2 onions diced

4 cloves garlic chopped up.

1 golf ball ginger chopped into small bits.

1 leak the pale bit. 

Chicken stock carton 1L

Some butter in saucepan

Put everything except pumpkin into a pot.

Fry a bit "sweating " but not cooking. 

Add some chicken stock if needed. 

Pour in all the chicken stock

Add pumpkin

Simmer until pumpkin cooked.

Mix it. 

New Italy

BP EV Charging

BP EV CHARGING

Still a ways to go with EV charging. Pulled into BP to buy a coffee and observed a charger. Phoebe went to buy coffee while I attempted to get the charge going. Despite the short form instructions saying "tap your card", the only way I could get it to work was to download the BP EV charging app. That took time. 

I'd tried to see if I could pay through charge chargefox to no avail. 

Surely they could have a tap and go option on the charger. 

South West Rocks - BNE Drive

A couple of days ago decided to go to South West Rocks to see Phoebe's extended family including her brother Kim who's recovering from a fall. 

Friday morning though started with a pre commitment in the form of rowing.  It was not a bad row. In an eight with one new guy - Hugh in 5 seat. 

As soon as the boat was away I high tailed it home and just after 7 we were on the way.

 Maccas on Ipswich Rd provided a couple of coffee's, a sausage and egg mcmuffin and for Phoebe, the worst cheese and tomato tostie.

Lost an hour as we crossed the border to NSW.

A couple of stops to charge along the way.  The range is just too little. 

Most of the way out was raining very heavily. The car is very heavy so unlikely to aquaplane but still the rain made visibility very poor and consequently we had to drop the speed. 

Arrived at South West Rocks around 3:30pm. We'd missed the family lunch. 

Dropped into see Kim and he's doing great. 

Penny met us and guided us to our accommodation. It's two shipping containers done up with a covered area. 

Early dinner of fish and chips at a local pub. 

South West Rocks - Parkrun

SATURDAY 

PARKRUN

It's 6am and v dark. We have awoken in our airbnb shipping container. Locate phone and search parkrun. 7am. Of course daylight saving adds confusion as I thought NSW park runs were at 8.  

A quick stop for a heart starter coffee and then locate the cult members gathering.

And they were off. We were still trying to take off jumpers and stow phones. Near panic set in as Phoebe's jacket zip was stuck and we observed the tail walker had crossed the start line. Finally we were on our way with the singular objective to over take the tail walker. 

4 ankle biters screamed past. A fellow we will call "tradie" appeared shortly after. As we walked, a consequence of travel flu and Phoebe's dodgy ankle, we observed tradie the shepherd keeping them together and encouraging extra effort from the stragglers. We offered to saddle magnus and put one of them on her but in a burst of energy the potential jockey sprinted into the distance.  

The first of the runners appeared on the return leg and the ankle biters had a new challenge - to slow the buggers down.

We are about half way through the course and #1 runner has appeared. Turns he's dad to two of the ankle biters. I think "tradie"needs a dad-of-the-year award. Then two ladies appear on the horizon and one of the ankle biters scream past us arms outstretched. 

The best part is this distraction put enough distance between us that we beat the ankle biters to the finish.

 

 Horseshoe Bay Reserve parkrun results for event #319. Your time was 00:48:00.
Congratulations on completing your 68th parkrun and your 1st at Horseshoe Bay Reserve parkrun today. You finished in 71st place out of a field of 75 parkrunners

 

 

Cough phlegm

Got sick in Japan. Coughing up phlegm and runny nose.  It keept going upon return to Brisbane. 

Sunday 8 March I decided to go a doctor. Phoebe went out and bought covid test kits and face masks.  The covid test was negative. 

Went to the emergency care clinic 

 364 Ipswich Rd, Annerley QLD 4103.

A bit of a diversion while I accessed my Medicare card as the government has discontinued the Medicare app and replaced it with part of the my gov app. A good example of enshitification.

In the end it was quick and free. 

The doc looked in my mouth and said their was some infection. 

I had looked up dr google and it said that phlegm can be generated as the body's response to infection or irritation in the upper respiratory tract.

The doc prescribed as below.

I'm annoyed at myself for not going to the doc as soon as we got back to Brisbane. These days I try to go to the doc a soon as I start to feel crook but this time I didn't. 

APO-Amoxy/Clav 875/125 (amoxicillin/clavulanic acid) is a prescription antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections that may cause excess phlegm, such as pneumonia, bronchitis, and sinusitis. It is a high-dose tablet often used for severe infections, taken every 12 hours. 

Healthdirect

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How it Treats Phlegm-Producing Infections

Mechanism: Amoxicillin kills the bacteria causing the infection, while clavulanic acid stops bacteria from destroying the amoxicillin, making the antibiotic more effective.

Indications: It is indicated for lower respiratory tract infections (like pneumonia and bronchitis) and upper respiratory infections (like sinusitis) that cause thick mucus.

Viral Infections: It will not treat phlegm caused by viral infections, such as the common cold or flu.