I Post What I Want, What I Like

Chances are if you are health and fitness savvy, you’ve heard of intermittent fasting and its benefits for fat loss and overall health.

See this?

This is called Afrezza. It’s an inhaler for diabetic insulin. That’s right. An inhaler. That means no more needles. It’s only for fast acting insulin, but it could still vastly improve the life of a lot of diabetics. 

Imagine having to constantly prick yourself with needles to keep yourself alive, and then suddenly there’s a new product that could change the whole way you live your life for the better.

And here’s the thing: it works. It works really really well. People with diabetes that have been lucky enough to have used it think it’s amazing.

But sadly, it’s probably going to end up as a failure because the pharmaceutical company (a French company called Sanofi) that was in charge of marketing it didn’t care enough to actually try. Not only that, but they made it incredibly expensive so hardly anyone could afford it. Most people have never heard of it, and the way things are going, no one else ever will.

Drink more water: Sometimes I don’t drink even 2 cups of water per day. So my main aim for now is to start and end the day with a cup of water and as much as I can throughout the day. Acne scars can kiss me goodbye.

Sleep early and wake up early: For point no. 3 and to kill these stubborn pimples for good.

Attend class regularly: Yep, typical college problem. I’m not proud of it and hopefully my attendance will be upto the required amount by the end of next month at least.(Yes, I know i’ve messed up badly. The worst thing is I didn’t even do anything fun, just slept.)

Have breakfast regularly: You know what they say, the late bird rushes to class and skips breakfast.

Cut back on coffee: Will attempt to reduce to 2-3 cups a day.

Study: Yes, have a serious study session at least twice a week. Only twice? I know but with the way i’ve been disregarding my studies, even just two days per week is going to do miracles for me.

Using phone less: 4 hours a day.

Wash face before sleeping.

Main aim:

Reduce pimples and fade acne scars.(i have terrible acne and it’s reached a point where i’ve become even more insecure about myself so i’m trying to find a way to get rid of it)

Live a more active life in general and be more physically fit/active.

I actually have so many things I want to add but I’m trying to be realistic, knowing all the things on this list may not get done but i’m going to try my best.

So I just told them to add the $20 something onto my bill, and I thought she was going to break down crying right there.

Another time, my dad gave 50 bucks to a guy who said he needed to buy medicine for his kids. I told my dad he was probably going to spend the money on alcohol or something, but my dad said that “whether he was lying or not says something about HIS character, but hearing someone in need and choosing not to help when I have the means to says something about mine”.

In honor of International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day

This has always been an ongoing personal battle, most notably in 2011, just shortly before the following story. If you or someone you know is struggling with issues of suicide, call 800-273-8255

In August 2012, at the age of 28, I was reconnected with the biological family I never knew. At that time, I learned that my father, also named Michael, did not die in a car accident as I had always been told. Rather, I came to find out that he took his own life on my mother’s 21st Birthday, just shortly before I turned a year old. He did not leave a note. Almost 30 years later, in my most personal and emotional creation to date, I wrote that note for my father. Written through our collective heart, eyes, and hand, that piece of our soul is “Michael’s Note.”

“Michael’s Note” was followed by half a decade of critical introspection, reflection, and expression in the form of a visual history paradoxically representing a singular moment, time, and experience as well as momentum, time, and experience in their totality. Completed in the Spring at the age of 33 and given life in conjunction with the Summer Solstice, “Reign Upon Sonrise” is a five year meditative reflection of a simple complexity, or “simplexity.” A 49 canvas polyptych with a myriad of possibilities and experiences, this meditation is a personal and elemental narrative veiled under the umbrella of a fractalized spectrum of sub-narratives called “Reigndrops.” Peering into the human soul with no definitive beginning or end, may you enjoy your journey across the “Reignbough” and discover the enlightenment you seek in the “Reign Upon Sonrise.”

Dedicated to the father I never had the honor and privilege to know-

MichaelCarini.com