Stage 3(A), Day 14,
Used the grounding panel; it went alright. I got by on tea throughout the day. Was decently productive.
Was able to finish the Spinoza book; it's oddly arbitrary and not relevant to my book, so I skipped through a large portion of it. I'm now working through some Bertrand Russell with some diligence.
The blond woman from a few days ago gave me her number, as I expressed marginal interest in doing some karaoke. She invited me to her party that night, but I have a book list to read.
Wow; worked a five day week, and fell, for the most part, recharged after only 8.5 hours of sleep. I woke up naturally and have started my day. It normally takes 10 hours on a day off to catch up on sleep, and it's a drag to get out of bed. There is definitely a noticeable difference. This is attributable to Sleep Induction, and probably my sleep panel.
Not so much of a brisk nap this time around. Slept about 10.5 hours last night.
Here's my journal after 16 days on side A:
https://youtu.be/i9nmatqFePc
I'm coming up upon a more crystallized date upon which I'll apply for BAMM. It will be done within the next 12 months. I'm strongly considering throwing down once I finish all three volumes of my book and get it all put together.
Stage 4(A), Day 5,
Shit; I forgot to listen to my loop today. Oh well. I finished a partially-completed book yesterday, and another one today. The slate is rather clean; I'm about 10 pages into the next book, but there are no other books that are half-chewed.
Stage 4(A), Day 6,
Having a very sore knee; it comes and goes. It mostly reveals itself while walking outside (on uneven surfaces) or up/down stairs.
Was very tired today. I need to work on managing my sleep for Sunday and Thursday nights. It affects my work the next day.
Stage 4(A), Day 7,
This older woman at the gym very obviously ogled me; that's about all that's new on the woman front.
Not feeling all that willing to go out and try to meet women.
Stage 4(A), Day 8,
Finished an audiobook, finished a statistics book (and am done with learning statistics), and am 100 pages into a book on finding information online.
Stage 4(A), Day 9,
This round knocks me out. Felt ok at work but really began to feel tired in the last afternoon. Passed out for a couple of hours. About to go to bed now, so not that much time to tackle my reading list.
Stage 4(A), Day 15,
I was supposed to take the day off, but I did an extra day of A without realizing.
Will take that day off tomorrow.
EDIT: Never mind, I did it properly. 7 days on, 1 off, plus 7 days on = 15 days.
Will still take that day off tomorrow
Stage 4, Day 16,
I've been having female work colleagues reach down to get something, right in front of me, in a way that shows off their boobs. It's happened twice or thrice today, and a couple more times last time I was at that place.
"Stage" 5, Day 4,
The boob thing happened again today. I've been incredibly unproductive at work today; I did a lot of activity, but there were so many things holding me up.
It's strange that I've generally lost my sex drive; I find the idea of approaching women with the notion of sleeping with them strange and foreign. It must be some kind of unconscious reversal/resistance thing. Not sure what's going on, but DMSI is still playing, one loop at a time.
"Stage 5, Day 6,
Nothing much to report. Well, except for my book.
I got all of my book notes printed at the print shop. I got 125 pages printed. I've also started Draft #2 (the research pass). For the last book, it took me 15 days to get through the first 120 pages (or 8 pages per day). I've made it through 6 pages today, but this portion of the book was most especially research-heavy. I've got probably 25-30 referrals in the first few pages.
I think that I can do much better this time, given that for the last book, I missed a day here and there due to not feeling up to it. I don't think this will happen this time, simply due to how my schedule is different this time.
Stage 5, Day 10,
I've had a hickup today; my new scanner came in the mail, then my brain was thinking 'wait, do I stop writing my draft?" And my landlady started using up my time, trying to connect me with someone who will swap out our winter tires. We were going to start to change it ourselves, but there were some complications. Also prepped for tomorrow's work, given that I have to leave early to go to a concert out of town.