Brian Schnabel's Head Space
Where Magick and Mind Digitally Interlace.
Week of May 31, 2026, Personal Journal Entries
Monday, June 1, 2026: 8:46 PM: I went to a local tech meetup at Planet Networks HQ for the first time yesterday. I’m looking forward to the next one, set for June 28th. At this first meeting, I got quite a bit of insight into how AI can be used to lighten one’s workload. But I saw too that this lightening of the load came at a price that was well above my pay grade. But down the line, perhaps when AI becomes more reliable and trustworthy than it is now, and I have the extra money in my budget to make it my servant… Well… “We shall see.”
Monday, June 1, 2026: 9:38 PM: I looked up a simple to operate digital recorder I was shown yesterday called a Bee. It syncs with cloud storage which also does transcription and is reported to have excellent sound quality and long battery life, etcetera so on and so forth. While I was told it was available on Amazon, it’s not there now. While I found the Manufacturer on the web, it would seem that even Copilot is clueless to this thing’s existence. What got my attention about it was its size (smaller than a car key fob, and simplicity of operation. Hopefully it will be available again on Amazon down the line at a discount at a more reasonable price.
Monday, June 1, 2026: 9:55 PM: I didn’t get anything done pertaining to financial Monday, today. However, I did get quite a lot of sleep, me barely remembering turning off my 5:00 AM alarm. I did talk with Ellen for a while, my nephew for quite some time, and hit Domonick’s for dinner. But get any work done? Hell no. However, there isn’t anything pressing that needs to be dealt with right away so I’m going to work on a bit of the financial stuff tomorrow and proceed from there.
Tuesday, June 2, 2026: 6:53 AM: After sleeping for 10 hours yesterday, I got another 3 hours of sleep today. Sounds reasonable, “Right?”
Tuesday, June 2, 2026: 6:54 AM: I’m going to hit Ellen’s later this morning to finish putting together a new chair for her. She sent me a text telling me she and Jen couldn’t get it together after 3 hours. From what I gather, it’s partially assembled already. So, it shouldn’t take me that long to check things over and finish the rest.
Tuesday, June 2, 2026: 7:24 AM: I need to shift gears with my intermittent fasting window. My low inflection point (Cyclical Depression) is kicking my ass and amplifying my segmented sleep cycle. It’s obvious to me that my current chemistry isn’t taking kindly to the 16-hour fasting window. So, I’m starting with my first meal of the day at 8:00 AM and wrapping up with my last around 7:00 PM. This should help with my squirrel like mentality of late and improve sleep cycles plus mood overall.
Tuesday, June 2, 2026: 9:28 AM: What can I realistically get done today? Well… I can get all of my May statements together that are currently available. I can update my 2026 Earnings Report, which I share with State and Federal Agencies like NJ FamilyCare. I can also sit down and write a response email to Ed Bernd, discussing his ideas on my potential writing of a book, along with the possibility of blindness leading to an individual naturally functioning closer to what some would consider the realm of the mystical. I do believe all of this is doable and will therefore, “getter Done.”
Tuesday, June 2, 2026: 9:14 PM: I have achieved all objectives today. Ellen’s chair had some factory defects resulting in my ability to complete it’s assembly. So that is going back to Amazon and she’s getting a refund. my May statements, my 2026 Earnings Report, a response email to Ed Bernd, all of that has been taken care of. “I win!”
Thursday, June 4, 2026: 6:04 AM: I got the shipping label over to Ellen and Jen that they needed for returning the chair to Amazon. In the process, I forgot to pick up much more than a sandwich and candy bar from Hayek’s Market. But I felt kind of off and really didn’t feel up to carrying an extra 30 pounds worth of fruit home with me anyway.
Thursday, June 4, 2026: 6:08 AM: Having started yesterday, I’m going to continue working on this PC. It still hangs for a while at login, and it seems to revolve around the time it takes to connect to the internet, which is about 2 minutes. I suspect that this has everything to do with JAWS for Windows 2026.2605.43 (Script Revision: 0) as that’s when the fun started. I’d call Vispero about it, but they have proven to me in the past that taking responsibility for their programming screwups isn’t one of their strong suits. I think though, I’m on the track to finally understanding exactly what’s causing the problem, complete with resolution. I am looking forward to knowing for sure by 5:00 PM.
Thursday, June 4, 2026: 6:15 AM: Having changed from a 16-hour fasting period to a 12.5 hour fasting period has begun to yield some interesting results. I knew something was wrong when I noticed an increase of dry skin patches along my lower spine. They were going away when I started this. But they began to return about 2 weeks ago. However, not even two days into the newer cycle, it would seem these dry areas are going away again. “I like the feel of that!”
Thursday, June 4, 2026: 6:30 AM: Writing out paragraphs in one-line sentences to start with has its advantages, I guess. It certainly seems to give me time to think. Going line by line makes it easy to fix things with the screen reader, that’s for sure. For me, it seems to be another form of meditation, the data from my Health app backing that up. When I’m working on my computer, my heart more often than not drops down into the 50s and sometimes even 40s. Maybe I don’t always have to do my traditional centering exercises to get to Center?
Thursday, June 4, 2026: 6:41 AM: I am noticing a bit of tension in my body more frequently in the day again. My phone and watch are politely letting me know that I’ve dropped off a bit on my physical activity a bit. I’m still closing all of my rings every day. But, overall, my movement and intensity of movement are a bit lower. My cardio fitness is said to be above average, rather than below average, as was the case when I started this little odyssey with my watch back in March. I’m sensing though that part of my overall wellbeing would benefit if I simply made up my mind to reach deep and push a bit harder than I’ve been lately, perhaps kicking me out of this low cycle in the process.
Friday, June 5, 2026: 11: 42 PM: Sometimes I think I probably do tinker a little too much with my routines and things. I realize this, especially when I realize that writing is a form of meditation all its own. For me, it requires an intensity of focus. And I’ve noticed of late just how low my heart rate goes when I’m writing, or programming, or doing other types of computer work that require all the attention and creativity I can bring to bear at times. So, Maybe I should worry a bit less about when the PC and other devices are on and turned off? It would seem so.
Friday, June 5, 2026: 11:59 PM: I’ve only gotten 45 minutes worth of sleep since 5:00 AM yesterday. However, my PC is working the way it should once again, and JAWS didn’t screw things up upon installation. I really do think that I need to set a rule that if the solution to a given Microsoft Windows based problem takes more than 3 hours to resolve, the device automatically gets a total reset. This way I’m not wasting so much time fixing problems so called experts and software engineers created. Everything I want to keep is stored someplace in addition to what’s in the cloud. So, since I don’t need sighted assistance to do it, why not just hit the reset button and have done with it?
Saturday, June 6, 2026: 12:10 AM: Despite my lack of sleep, I feel ok. While I find it hard to believe that my landlord has suddenly decided my rent should stay the same after producing a document reflecting a $69.00 increase, the estimate letter that arrived today didn’t even disturb me like it once would have not so long ago. Why worry about it? So what if I’m not feeling like I’m on top of the world? I can say that I’m getting things done. I feel good about where I’m at right now, challenges and all.
Posting that's a little off the trolley at times... Brian is a single Newtonian Gardens Apartments resident, Self-Publishing Author, cPanel WordPress Web Host and Windows 11 powered computer tech. He’s a musician, sailor, hiker, cycler and some women would say, “Magical, too!”