I’m subscribed to the Calm app and their latest email just made me relax instantly.
“2025 was… a lot. Instead of jumping to all the ways you can improve, optimize, or generally be a whole-new-you next year, spend some time considering all that you did this year.
Because the truth is: you’ve done enough.
We’re not talking big milestones or flashy accomplishments (but, go you!). More like all the ways you continued to human...”
Für mich zu sagen ‚Ich bin bipolar‘ fühlt sich an, als würde ich die Kontrolle darüber übernehmen und es vollständig als Teil von mir annehmen – was sich eher so anhört wie: Hey, ich umarme es.
A Sapien Labs study found a significant correlation between earlier smartphone ownership and poorer mental health outcomes in young adulthood, with the specific symptoms including suicidal thoughts, aggression, detachment from reality, and hallucinations.
Ein toller Film - mit einer wundervollen Gisa Flake
Too much caffeine or what? ☕️ Sudden spike in anxiety that requires me to breathe deeply, stop, and connect with my body. 😮💨
Weekly lab report:
One day only this week, due to ongoing health issues. All good.
My 10yo grandson came in again, though it was a truncated visit to the lab. I got to talk to him about the consequences of choices of staying up late. He really wanted to explore the Mach-Zendeer Interferometer his older sister had helped construct earlier in the year. I was able to explain how the beam splitters worked and how the adjustable stage allowed us to vary the path of one of the beam paths. I described how interference worked from a "light as a wave" perspective. He is a good listener, as a couple of days later I was discussing something about waves and he said "wait, isn't that how interference works". Another high five from grandpa. When I get some time, we can rig up a double-slit experiemnt at home. My grand daughter had previously costed all the components for the Mach-Zender setup so she could replicate it at home. She stopped at $10k.
Data has been gathered to help identify the Pockels Cell issue. Our postdoc suggested the current issue for one of them may be related to the power supply, which would be cheaper to replace than a Pockels Cell. Awaiting info from our laser supplier.
We met a visiting student over vid link, who will be visitng the lab. A new PhD student will start in our lab next week. Exciting.
The Mechanical workshop's custom small gas bottle storage solution was installed. I am very pleased with the result.
My deep reading ability has improved a bit. I had a good chat with my younger brother and he shared similar reading behaviour issues when he was in my state of mind. I am patiently working through it.
I often say that education rewires the brain and gives one a new perspective on oneself and the world. This process I am going through feels like entire looms are being pulled out for reconfiguration.
I have been driving this brain around in this state for decades. Things take time, take time (H/T Courtney Barnett)
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