It’s the strangest thing: something always happens when I try to write.
So I wake up this morning alert, ready to start with my brand-new writing routine. Then, somewhere in the distance, I hear a smoke detector beep.
And, of course, smoke detectors have that sharp beep. Fine, I’ll find this one dying battery and go to the store later to buy one.
So I get up, shower, and pour myself a nice glass of water with a pinch of salt. The beep goes off again. Okay, I have a pretty good guess which one might be dying.
So I grab a chair from the kitchen and go to the smoke detector in the hallway.
I wait there to hear it beep, just to make sure. I don’t want this to be an ordeal. Then I hear the beep, but it’s not coming from the smoke detector I’m under. I stare down the hallway and see the three other smoke detectors. *Shit*.
So I pick up the chair and stand under that one. The beep is intermittent, so it takes a while to go off. I wait. Then I hear the beep again, but it’s coming from the one I just came from - I think.
Fine. It’s that one. I go an take the battery off the one I was originally at, thinking, problem solved.
Beep.
Nope. Damn.
After I took out that battery, it seemed all my smoke detectors went into open revolt. It got to the point where I removed nearly all the smoke detectors in the house. And even after I took ‘em down, I heard one more beep.
Ugh. Happy Wednesday, Andrew.
See, that’s one of my issues; between revolting smoke detectors and needy ass dogs (I love ‘em, but sometimes, Oy!), it’s hard to write.
It feels like the dogs instinctively know I’m trying to put some words down and concentrate. Like, they’re not needy when I’m trying to work. As if they know my work is tied to their eating. But writing, hell, he doesn’t make any money off of that, though I like doing it, let’s bother the hell out of him.
Like when I’m trying to edit a picture or working on some video is when everything goes to pot.
I just think it’s funny. Resistance is real. I know because just this morning, I experienced it.
The other problem I’m having when it comes to writing is that I work from home. There’s been talk about going back to an office at some point, but we haven’t got any word on that for a while. Add to that; I feel we’re back to the mask mandates, so another lockdown may be coming. Hell, the school districts are defying the Governor; businesses are sure to follow at some points. It’s just a matter of time.
I’m kind of ambivalent at this point on mask mandates and vaccines. It’s like, let’s just get through this: masks, no masks, vaccinated, not vaccinated.
Of course, I believe COVID is here to stay, like the measles or the flu. We’re going to have outbreaks and lulls with this thing. Are we going into this hyper mode every time there’s an outbreak? That would suck.
I think COVID is more serious than the flu. I’ve experienced COVID firsthand, but it’s now a part of life and not going anywhere anytime soon.
The thing is, we’re an unhealthy species right now. I think all of this has to do with our way of eating. Delving deep down into the Carnivore rabbit hole has taught me that much. Could I fend off COVID better if you were on Carnivore? I’d like to think so since your immune system isn’t fighting off inflammation and other ailments. .
But right now, the world eats mostly junk food and bad carbohydrates that cause inflammation, so most people are already fighting an uphill battle.
I got some news yesterday that made me happy.
See, the reason that I got back on Carnivore was that Jerry wanted to fight his Afib. He thinks Carnivore is a solution and wants to try it out. He needed an accountability partner, and I said, sure, I’ll do it.
The thing is, Jerry, suffers from chronic gout as well. His flair-ups are so bad he takes pills for them.
Well, yesterday, he went to the doctor, and all his markers for gout were down. A couple of weeks prior and they downgraded his Afib, to a heart flutter. So the Carnivore diet seems to be working.
As for me, I’ve lost about ten pounds in the last month and a half. And this is with no exercise and occasional cheats here and there. If I had to guess, I’d say I’m about 90% Carnivore. I’ll keep going and try to get to 100% for at least 60 Days. That’s my goal.
Of course, the best case scenario is that Carnivore becomes a way of life.
Do I miss regular foods? Sometimes I do, especially when I’m eating my regular meals. But after I eat, I don’t think about food too much. Like, okay, this is done, let’s move on to the next thing.