Good News

My sister and I finally thought of the main character for the fantasy book. I have to get back to studying the digestive track, but I'm really excited the book is going the a fun and interesting direction. Anyone who reads the book, will be surprised who the main character is.

Small Victory

I am really happy that I finished my 50 minute massage on time today. I thought it would take a lot longer to catch up, since I have been finishing last for the last 9 months straight. However, to my surprise, it didn't take long at all to get the timing down very well once I focused on it. I have the feeling that from now on, time won't really be a problem, which is good in case I go to work somewhere. Massage has been nothing but a series of small victories for me. I fixed Carpel Tunnel Syndrome, I fixed a bad elbow, hundreds of trigger points, a dozen head aches, oodles of scar tissue. I don't try hard, I just focus, relax and do my best as a student. That has served me better then trying hard. I worked for 5 years in the ambulance and it never got to be a burden. But, now that I got laid off, I think a will retire from that work. I think I will try to work as a massage therapist. I just hope that I don't work anywhere that starts to corrode my enjoyment and stifle my growth. It would be unfortunate for me to loose my passion to help people, when few people truly have that passion to loose.  

I have been keeping up with studying, but I have not yet been able to get ahead. Unfortunately, I couldn't get into any summer classes. I really hope I will be able to get the 3 classes I need this Fall, General Chemistry 2, Physics and Biology.  

I wanted to get through studying the rest of muscle tissue, the nervous system and the endocrine system today, so I could spend tomorrow drawing, but it will be unlikely since it is already 8PM.


I read a tip for applying to med school today that said "Where is Waldo." The point was to stand out like Waldo... I don't think they realized that Waldo doesn't stand out, and it takes a minute to find him, even when you are looking.

Trying to Get Ahead in Studies Today

I had a hour to kill in Stanton, so I stopped in at my friends tattoo shop Spiritual Journey Tattoo
long story short I am now am apprentice tattoo artist. 


Backstory: My jiu jitsu gym (Leon Jiu Jitsu) was located in the same parking lot as my college friends tattoo shop, I ran into them in the parking lot after 10 years. I was pleasantly surprised to see a friend doing well, since it is more common for people to kind of stagnate, doing the same things in the same places. I saw it as a form of positive personal growth to make a business venture that celebrates culture and art (Spiritual Journey Tattoo has been in National Geographic and is legitimate at traditional tattoos), instead of just a liquor store. I always enjoyed the tattoo shop, since it is very clean and has really cool decoration and a good vibe that reminds me of Hawaii (where I grew up). http://spiritualjourneytattoo.com/

I hope that I will be able to get ahead in studying today.

Today in class I was 12 minutes behind in finishing my massage, but since that is about 8 minutes better then usual, I feel pretty good about it. 50 minutes is a very short time for a full body massage, it doesn't really have as much of a therapeutic effect as a longer massage would. Spending 5 minutes on each limb only gives about half of the therapeutic effect on that area. With 10 minutes hemoglobin would increase more, adhesions could be taken out of connective tissue, blood flow would increase more in stagnated areas removing waste, greater amounts of cellular waste, cortisol, epinephrine and norepinephrine would be removed from the body. An 80 minute massage is really the minimum amount of time that would be required to give a decent full body massage, considering the physiological mechanisms behind the benefits of massage.

I have been going to school on time, studying more, learning more, putting more effort into the things I do, staying on a healthy diet (except for pizza yesterday night). I feel better now that I am keeping up with school and studying everyday. Some days are much easier, because I understand the material well. Other days last forever, because each topic I don't understand takes a long time to unravel.


I have not been going back to the gym, since I am setting aside as much time and energy to study as possible until I get ahead. That makes me a little sad, but I don't think I can justify perusing my hobbies until my studies are completely in order.

Today I was on time to school, I woke pretty easily (since I haven't had coffee lately). Tomorrow I want to wake up so early I have time for tea and oatmeal. 

I feel really driven to study today. 

No More Coffee

Finished studying for the MCAT late today. I haven't drunk coffee in about two weeks (I have been drinking earl grey, green and lemon grass tea) my energy levels are improving. At first I couldn't wake up mentally without the coffee, but now my mind feels much less foggy. I've been eating flax seed oil everyday with cottage cheese, I have noticed a boost in memory retention and mental acuity since the first week I started eating that snack. The cottage cheese provides sulfur protein that helps the omega 3 from the flax seed be absorbed by the body at the point of the cell membrane. Nominated 7 times for the Nobel Prize, German Biochemist Dr. Budwig developed the cottage cheese flax seed oil diet to cure cancer. I use the omega 3 to help my memory retention. Someday, when I have free time, I plan to read Dr. Budwig's book. There is a lot of information online about her diet:


http://cancertutor.com/Cancer/Budwig.html

Things like curing cancer with food make me hopeful that we can see an end to cancer in my lifetime. I want to be an instrument in people's well being. Often I feel like I can't break through to people around me who have very ignorant, common views about health. I have learned so much and experienced so much recently regarding health, nutrition and fitness, but it was the experiences that changed me, not the information. I don't know how to be able to share information with average people in a way that they will really take seriously so they will be able to benefit from knowing what I now know. It's a frustrating feeling. I think most people are not mentally open to the scientific or medical terms that are the basis of physiology and health. Maybe if people learned physiology in laymen's terms they would have a basis to understand their own health?  

It makes me happy that I am concerned about other people's health, when I was younger I wouldn't have concerned myself with anyone else's problems. I just got laid off from the ambulance recently, but having spent the last five years working with sick and hurt people gave me more compassion then I ever expected to have. Often people see me as very clinical, but I am compassionate to the sick. It truly pains me that some people suffer so much from diabetes and kidney failure, the body functions shutting down one by one (neuropathy takes away feeling of the limbs and body, diabetic diet takes away sweets, mascular degeneration  takes away vision, poor circulation takes away the ability to heal small cuts and bruises, renal failure takes away the bodies ability to remove toxins from food and drinks and eliminate toxins from the body). All sickness is sad, but the ones that were not only preventable, but easily preventable, those are the ones that make me lament. I want to know exactly what is true about health and what is not in preparation for the day that someone takes an interest in their own well being and respects me enough to come to me for advice. I have found a lot more healing with massage therapy, then I ever expected to find. Especially regarding mental health. I have worked on people with depression, anxiety and insomnia and unintentionally make a significant difference in those problems.


I feel hopeful and frustrated. Frustrated that the health care system and general health of this country is so unexceptionably abysmal causing the majority of people to be ill and suffer, but hopeful that the ignorance, greed and corruption which caused the problem can be strangulated by knowledge, generosity and a new reign of osteopathic medicine.

Becoming Focused on MCAT

Good news, lately I've been getting school on time (most of the time), studying more, learning more, putting more effort into the things I do and staying on a healthy diet. 


Bad news, I have not been going back to the gym barely at all and I haven't kept up with my diary even monthly. 


Some important things in my life right now are finishing massage therapy school (July 11th), supporting my friends and family, continuing education for massage therapy, registering for summer school, keeping healthy with MMA and Jiu Jitsu class and maintaining my healthy diet.


The most important thing in my life right now is studying for the MCAT. I created a study plan today. I am typing my notes and sharing them on www.everythingmcat.blogger.com, it is a good way to be responsible since my friends can see my schedule and hassle me about my progress. 


I feel really positive today. Even though I didn't get a good score on the pretest, I feel confident I can improve in the next 89 days I have left to study. I am very grateful that I can rely on my family and my friends to help me take care of laundry and shopping so I can focus on studying. I am hoping for a great score to compensate for my middle of the road GPA. I also feel very humble today, realizing that most of my friends had much better pretest scores. I have half a page more of biology to study so this concludes my break...