Sunday, October 25, 2026: 2:49 PM: I had a vision this morning in which I was planning to publish a summary of Dale Carnegie’s How to Stop Worrying and Start living. So, after I get done with my current book, that I shall do. In the meantime, though, I began a reread of How to Stop Worrying and Start Living sensing that perhaps it wouldn’t be a bad idea to review it again. I’m up to chapter three thus far and feeling like my time reviewing it is well spent so I’ll continue on reading.
Author: Brian Schnabel
A resident of Newtonian Gardens in New Jersey, he is a witch in the nontraditional sense: an explorer of consciousness, meditation, dreams, intuition, manifestation, and the strange territory where inner experience meets everyday reality. Accepting claims solely on the authority of a teacher, book or tradition isn’t in his DNA. His approach is experimental rather than prescriptive: he tries various techniques, observes what happens, journals, questions, and adjusts his practice accordingly. For him, witchcraft is a conscious practice of working with attention, intention, language, and intuition to explore personal transformation. He writes honestly about that ongoing experiment, sharing successes, failures, doubts, surprises, and unanswered questions here. He does not claim absolute answers as to what an experience means.
Victory Lap: Forever Learning, Setting Intentions
Sunday, October 25, 2026: 11:57 AM: Getting someone set up with a new Dell 16 over the course of this past week is just one of my accomplishments. I also generated an unencrypted copy of my journal, making access to a few hundred files much easier so I can more efficiently use it in writing my book. “There’s a lot in there!”
Continue reading “Victory Lap: Forever Learning, Setting Intentions”Not Conversational Effort Worthy Audio Journal Entry
Tuesday, October 20, 2026: 7:29 AM: You know, I’m reading The 5AM Club by Robin Sharma this morning, if anybody’s interested. It’s kind of one of my go-to books, but anyhow, something clicked in my head: I walked away from therapy because I started looping. It got to be way too much to constantly dredge up ancient history again and again and again while trying to deal with what was currently going on at the time.
Continue reading “Not Conversational Effort Worthy Audio Journal Entry”Justin Morales Goldberg Realty Email
Wednesday, October 14, 2026: 2:25 PM: This afternoon, I received an interesting email from Goldberg Realty regarding maintenance coverage at Newtonian Gardens. Our illustrious property manager is reportedly out for the week, but the email says maintenance services will continue via the Ascot Park Apartments property manager. Residents are encouraged to contact the Ascot Park Apartments property manager for maintenance emergencies or use the emergency hotline if needed. The message also noted that Justin Morales is available to assist with any issues related to Newtonian Gardens while our property manager is away. But this raises an interesting question, despite the absence of Ascot Park Apartments property manager contact information should we need it. “Is Justin Morales taking over as regional manager for Gordon Ancis?”
Substandard New Jersey Housing
Wednesday, October 14, 2026: 7:07 AM: I fell asleep last night around 8:45 PM, waking at around 10:55 PM with a God-awful headache and the realization that the heat was set way too high. I tried opening windows but quickly realized the damp air outside wasn’t helping my cause. So, keeping in mind a vision I had two days ago about the baseboard thermostatic valve I decided my property manager could take his verbal order that I’m not to use it and shove it up his ass, me turning the setting of said valve from 4 to 3. Then I fired up my AC and went back to sleep.
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Wednesday, October 14, 2026: 6:53 AM: I’ve disabled my Apple SE 3 watch’s ability to track sleep and will be taking it off at night from now on. I’ve killed off all things sleep in my iPhone SE 2022 as well, including turning off the 5:00 AM alarm. No matter what I do, the watch itself will never be happy with my sleep cycle. However, at the same time, it has answered a few questions for me. But where sleep is concerned, “I’ve gotten all out of this bad boy that I can.”
Danfoss Thermostatic Valve
Tuesday, October 13, 2026: 10:31 AM: Today I decided to use Copilot to get some straight answers about the thermostatic valve on my baseboard heater. Since I’m blind, I had to rely on AI descriptions via my iPhone’s camera, but after imaging the valve from multiple angles, it was confirmed that the valve is manufactured by Danfoss.
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