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Recovered somewhat, from extended illness .

Applied for jobs

did some @#$%! ! yardwork involving cutting down overhanging tree branches and tossing them into the margins.

So far , have gotten my day started . And hope to keep up the effort into the garden today . After alittle breakfast.

Achieved to not get humiliated and treated like an idiot. Yay me!

Bought fertilizer today, for the garden , dry erase marker and weed poison . Promptly got home and had to lay down
Think, stressed the system . More than expected .

got out of bed. took out some recyclables to the bin. took my morning [afternoon] pills. contributed to the biome. occupied space. listened to some calming classical on KING-FM HD#2 "evergreen channel." belatedly paid a late bill. made myself smile. :/

Work. Meeting with assistant. Training new staff on baffling state web-based documentation system. THE FUNDING FOR MY HOMELESS PERSON CAME IN! So finished up odds and ends so he can move in on Monday. This is what makes my work worthwhile.

Arranged a phone interview for Monday

Yesterday (or the day before?) I bought a 200W incandescent light bulb and put it in a clamp reflector socket I already had. $4 near infrared light therapy. Worked well, so I bought a 300W bulb and put it in another reflector socket I already had. $9 near infrared light therapy. In the first day I used it I was able to move my sleep schedule mostly to nighttime. We'll see if that's just coincidence.

This is why incandescent bulbs are so inefficient for lighting, but they emit lots of infrared. The grey part is visible wavelengths. The part that's useful as human lighting. The part right of the grey area, or at least the leading portion of it, penetrates at least several millimeters into your body.



If you cover a bright light with your thumb and you see red light coming through it, it's not because your blood is red. It's because it's the red end of the visible spectrum that makes it through that much flesh. Supposedly.

Now, how far into the body the IR penetrates may be a matter of marketing vs science. It may be optimistic to think it penetrates to the muscle at all, and various light therapy claims go farther even than that. So, it may do nothing beyond the skin and subcutaneous fat. But in any case, being exposed to bright light early in the morning may reset my sleep schedule. If that's all I get out of it, that'll be fine. I've invested $9, and not the hundreds or thousands for LED light therapy panels.




The hoped benefit, though, is that near IR causes the production of melatonin in the mitochondria. It is theorized that people who spend a lot of time in the sun are getting reduced covid (and influenza) complications not because of vitamin D, which comes from UV exposure, but from melatonin, which comes from near IR exposure. Here's a video from medcram, which is very legit.



Here's a study, referred by another medcram video (Sunlight: Optimize Health and Immunity (Light Therapy and Melatonin)), that says newr IR penetrates up to 8 cm:

Melatonin and the Optics of the Human Body

Washed a mountain of dishes because I’ve been cooking a lot. Organized my apartment more. Went for a walk. Called my aunt. Bathed. Trying to sell some stuff I don’t want anymore to reduce clutter.

Got me fed …. Read abit about medical benefits ….lamented the fate of society .

I somehow haven't had a meltdown all week.

Worked 10 hours.

hefted heavy-@$$ed lawnmower into back of car, drove it to mechanic who told me that chances are it's a goner and not fixable due to the company going out of business and no spare parts available. damn.