Within an hour after listening
I already feel
the perception shift into hyperfocus.
Interesting.
Body is warming up quickly,
as expected with Shapes.
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12.4.2024, rest day.
The outlook with ASBR is decidedly colder
as with A. (LB, Primal custom).
People checking/challenging status.
Hyperfocus is never switched off,
which is a bit weird.
Great for coordinated work.
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13.04.2024, 2nd listening day of the cycle.
Shapes ZP2Max (3 min)
- Khan Black: Stage 4 Core
- Legacy of the Spartan Core
- Heracles
- Inexhaustible
- Serum X
- SPS: Fat Burn
- Epigenetics & DNA Modulator
- SPS: Digestive System
- SPS: Integumentary System
The Gentle Opening of an Oyster v2 ZP2Max+NSE (1:30 min)
I. A Stark Black Reality Core
II. Renaissance Man: Ultimate Writer X Core
III. Treasure Finder
IV. AI Whisperer
V. Kronos Key
VI. Joie de Vivre
VII. The Flow
VIII. DEUS
IX. Pragya
X. Tyrant
XI. Jupiter
XII. Void of Creation
XIII. Yggdrasil
XIV. Polygot
XV. Free Pass
No recon, still a bit of wiggle room left for TGOoaO.
Primal from the last cycle is blooming.
Lot’s of interesting social insights.
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14.4.2024, rest day.
Nice, relaxed weekend.
Not much going on.
Self-care!
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15.04.2024, 3rd listening day of the cycle.
Shapes ZP2Max (3:30 min)
- Khan Black: Stage 4 Core
- Legacy of the Spartan Core
- Heracles
- Inexhaustible
- Serum X
- SPS: Fat Burn
- Epigenetics & DNA Modulator
- SPS: Digestive System
- SPS: Integumentary System
The Gentle Opening of an Oyster v2 ZP2Max+NSE (2:00 min)
I. A Stark Black Reality Core
II. Renaissance Man: Ultimate Writer X Core
III. Treasure Finder
IV. AI Whisperer
V. Kronos Key
VI. Joie de Vivre
VII. The Flow
VIII. DEUS
IX. Pragya
X. Tyrant
XI. Jupiter
XII. Void of Creation
XIII. Yggdrasil
XIV. Polygot
XV. Free Pass
A little bit brainfoggy.
Will probably stay at 2 minutes TGOoaO for a while.
My whole thinking is shifting a bit.
A lot less playful
more laserfocus.
The structuring feels good.
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16.4.2024, rest day.
Had one of these very vivid body horror dreams. (I was pulling glas shards deep out of my left hand, then looked into the wounds.)
It was a weirdly jolly dream. I was very happy with every clean pulled out shard as no vein or muscle was damaged.
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17.04.2024, 4th listening day of the cycle.
Shapes ZP2Max (4:00 min)
- Khan Black: Stage 4 Core
- Legacy of the Spartan Core
- Heracles
- Inexhaustible
- Serum X
- SPS: Fat Burn
- Epigenetics & DNA Modulator
- SPS: Digestive System
- SPS: Integumentary System
The Gentle Opening of an Oyster v2 ZP2Max+NSE (2:00 min)
I. A Stark Black Reality Core
II. Renaissance Man: Ultimate Writer X Core
III. Treasure Finder
IV. AI Whisperer
V. Kronos Key
VI. Joie de Vivre
VII. The Flow
VIII. DEUS
IX. Pragya
X. Tyrant
XI. Jupiter
XII. Void of Creation
XIII. Yggdrasil
XIV. Polygot
XV. Free Pass
I like the energy of ASBR.
Pulling everything together,
perceiving problems as
riddles, games and challenges,
always looking for a very different angle.
TGOoaO v3 will be a bit slimmer.
15 modules including ASBR and RM:UWX
is a bit much.
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ASBR is serious business.
Have been wrangling with a capricious home network for months.
Today: 2 hours focussed search and the key problem is found and solved.
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18.4.2024, rest day.
Slept 10 hours.
A lot of processing going on.
Maybe I’ll go for a longer washout.
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19.4.2024, 5th listening day of the cycle.
Shapes ZP2Max (3:30 min)
- Khan Black: Stage 4 Core
- Legacy of the Spartan Core
- Heracles
- Inexhaustible
- Serum X
- SPS: Fat Burn
- Epigenetics & DNA Modulator
- SPS: Digestive System
- SPS: Integumentary System
The Gentle Opening of an Oyster v2 ZP2Max+NSE (2:30 min)
I. A Stark Black Reality Core
II. Renaissance Man: Ultimate Writer X Core
III. Treasure Finder
IV. AI Whisperer
V. Kronos Key
VI. Joie de Vivre
VII. The Flow
VIII. DEUS
IX. Pragya
X. Tyrant
XI. Jupiter
XII. Void of Creation
XIII. Yggdrasil
XIV. Polygot
XV. Free Pass
A lot of packing,
preparing to drive
for quite a while.
Need a couple of days
to chill
in the near future.
20.4.2024, wild action and driving around day. No subs.
Met a lot of nice people.
At the end of the day
I am totally exhausted.
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21.4.2024, 6th listening day of the cycle.
Shapes ZP2Max (5:20 min)
- Khan Black: Stage 4 Core
- Legacy of the Spartan Core
- Heracles
- Inexhaustible
- Serum X
- SPS: Fat Burn
- Epigenetics & DNA Modulator
- SPS: Digestive System
- SPS: Integumentary System
The Gentle Opening of an Oyster v2 ZP2Max+NSE (5:30 min)
I. A Stark Black Reality Core
II. Renaissance Man: Ultimate Writer X Core
III. Treasure Finder
IV. AI Whisperer
V. Kronos Key
VI. Joie de Vivre
VII. The Flow
VIII. DEUS
IX. Pragya
X. Tyrant
XI. Jupiter
XII. Void of Creation
XIII. Yggdrasil
XIV. Polygot
XV. Free Pass
Long road home.
Lots of jams,
not the sweet ones.
22.4.2024, rest day.
Still emotionally hungover.
Way too many people
Not enough
nature, fresh air, quiet.
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Hahaha. Good one!
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23.4.2024, 7th listening day of the cycle.
Shapes ZP2Max (7:00 min)
- Khan Black: Stage 4 Core
- Legacy of the Spartan Core
- Heracles
- Inexhaustible
- Serum X
- SPS: Fat Burn
- Epigenetics & DNA Modulator
- SPS: Digestive System
- SPS: Integumentary System
The Gentle Opening of an Oyster v2 ZP2Max+NSE (7:00 min)
I. A Stark Black Reality Core
II. Renaissance Man: Ultimate Writer X Core
III. Treasure Finder
IV. AI Whisperer
V. Kronos Key
VI. Joie de Vivre
VII. The Flow
VIII. DEUS
IX. Pragya
X. Tyrant
XI. Jupiter
XII. Void of Creation
XIII. Yggdrasil
XIV. Polygot
XV. Free Pass
Missed the pause button
during the last listening day
for a bit
so listened to both subs
for ~5 minutes.
It was a bit too much.
Yesterday recon creeped in.
Identified a new-ish, specific kind of recon:
Self-distructive, very petty thoughts
about ending the
business, friendships
etc.
The next thought was:
And why tf would I do that?
Throw away everything?
It was not serious in any way
but strange how it jumped up.
Will see, if it pops up today/tomorrow again.
Today recon is gone.
In a good, rather silly mood.
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I’ll stop watching TV series
while working.
Music carries much better
through the day.
Less distraction.
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Today is my 5th SC anniversary.
Time flies.
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24.4.2024, rest day.
Slept a lot.
No emotional recon
tired.
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25.4.2024, 8th and last listening day of the cycle.
Shapes ZP2Max (15:00 min)
- Khan Black: Stage 4 Core
- Legacy of the Spartan Core
- Heracles
- Inexhaustible
- Serum X
- SPS: Fat Burn
- Epigenetics & DNA Modulator
- SPS: Digestive System
- SPS: Integumentary System
The Gentle Opening of an Oyster v2 ZP2Max+NSE (15:00 min)
I. A Stark Black Reality Core
II. Renaissance Man: Ultimate Writer X Core
III. Treasure Finder
IV. AI Whisperer
V. Kronos Key
VI. Joie de Vivre
VII. The Flow
VIII. DEUS
IX. Pragya
X. Tyrant
XI. Jupiter
XII. Void of Creation
XIII. Yggdrasil
XIV. Polygot
XV. Free Pass
I’ll go for a bit of experimentation over the next couple of cycles to establish baselines for the following questions:
How long does processing take for different listening times?
(Starting today with 2x15 minutes)
How does processing feel?
(So far light pressure at the temples, vivid dreams, enjoying some alone time.)
Is there a processing “curve”?
How does recon feel? (Different aspects, differences with/after rowing/lifting, diet, with/out company, with/out music as main emotional “carrier”. Trying to measure groggyness, sleepiness, brainfog, difficulty to concentrate, sugar craving, headaches, bad mood, Irritation. As all these symptoms can also originate from dehydration, I’ll try to drink at least 3-4 liters water per day, to isolate recon.)
Thesis: Most recon is in parts just higher demand of the body of water, electrolytes, energy, sleep, and protein, etc. (for shifting) which can be accommodated and should be done before a higher subliminal load.
How long does recon stay after overload?
Recon curve?
(1-2 day? Dependent on subs, density, listening time.)
How much does lifting, rowing help processing, recon?
Evaluate different listening times. (Staying at one duration during a cycle, getting more exposure over the cycle etc.)
Most important, I suppose, is the last listening day + washout to measure anything.
Regarding brainfog I’ll probably try vagus nerve stimulation.
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26.4.2024, 1st washout day.
Disclaimer: The experimentation aims to understand recon and processing better and minimize the former as far/if possible with other means than just reducing listening time. The goal is to find/evaluate other tools and use them, but not substitute listening time and scheduling as the key elements of managing recon. Finding the listening sweet spot for listening time and scheduling are still the most important elements.
A couple of initial observations:
A Stark Black Reality motivates to analyze and hack every part of life. It’s quite delightful.
Better prevention than treatment. Recon can be handled with the usual strategies: Drinking more water, training, meditation, fresh air, a heavy meal, a hot bath, chillaxing music. It does make sense to use all this preventative. If you know/suspect, your stack is heavy/dense/difficult and listening time and scheduling are a lot, do everything you would do to combat recon beforehand. Sounds trivial, but many people go for a reactive route and not just have to handle the immediate recon, but also the emotional and social fallout.
It also could make a bit of a difference through autosuggestion: If you have prepped for softening recon, it will probably lessen, if you got a heavy stack and are expecting brutal recon to be handled afterwards you probably get exactly that.
How you emotionally approach possible recon is IMO very important, but also probably very distinct for everyone. I am very much a problem solver, so contemplating it as a simple problem, an “emotional illusion” without real basis helped my subconscious handle it better, I think. Probably best not to dwell on what recon could actually feel like.
Today I had a light headache, very light brainfog but no other signs of recon.
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Are you Greek?
No. I am German.
TBF I only read the german translation of Poetics.
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