Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Tri-10, Wk08? - Day ???, Wednesday, Feb 29th, 2012

I started a list yesterday which mainly pertained to areas I need to focus on with school. With any list I make up these days, they tend to be incomplete because I can't think of everything that's going on at one sitting. For now, it looks like I have 10 things in my list pertaining to school. I think financial (non-school) tends to weigh most heavily on my mind. Maybe I'll start with that.

Financial - I know I need to reduce my overhead. I've already activated my cell phone to act as a Wi-Fi Hot Spot for $30 per month which means I can get rid of my Virgin mobile Hot Spot which currently runs me about $40 per month. So, there's a savings of $10 and using my phone is more conveinent because I usually have my phone with me.

10:22 a.m. - Let's move these words into action - need to log on and cancel my Virgin Mobile internet service.
10:37 a.m. - OK, I *think* I've done everything correctly and won't be charged anymore billing cycles and the current one should end (and not be recharged) on 3/3/2012.

10:38 a.m. - Next on the hit list is to cancel my Charter Internet & cable services. This will help things out a lot.
impressed by Charter - disco was easy and people nice - modem has already been returned. Small move but still saves about $1,000 per year :)

3:48 p.m. - Got distracted by some calls - need to get moving in other areas of my life.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Tri-10, Wk08? - Day ???, Monday, Feb 28 2012

It's actually Tuesday,Feb29th but, I no longer have any classes left at Logan to take on a Tuesday since the Tri-10 class I had (Billing & Documentation) only last 6 weeks and is now over.

I had a really nice weekend of NBS Board Reviews. The instructor, Dr. James is pretty darn impressive. To maintain the high level of energy, enthusiasm and caring he exudes for a solid 8 hours each day is quite a feat. The teacher we had for Billing & Documentation was similar. It's hard to imagine a class like B&D to be overly interesting based on the name of the class but, Dr. Mario did a very good job.

It's hard to keep track of everything in the works. I've got some extra weekend post grad classes I'm taking such as the Internal Health Specialist program and as of this coming weekend, Acupuncture. I never thought I'd be getting involved in acupuncture but, I've seen where it is recognized as a viable treatment by the AMA - I think that was from PubMed and, it's basis seems similar to chiropractic.

Senior Research Project -
Loomis, Internal Health Specialist -
Acupuncture -
Competency Boards -
Part III National Boards -
Advanced Basic -
Differential Diagnosis (ddx) -
Office Management -
Clinic -
Marketing

Financial - Domestic task (cleaning, laundry, dishes...) -

Friday, February 24, 2012

Tri-10, Wk07? - Day ???, Friday, Feb 24, 2012

I'm doing my research project on The Neuroplasticity of Happiness and the following paragraph is what I submitted for approval. (you're only allowed one paragraph)

When considering happiness, is there only so much of an aggregate total of happiness vs. despair, at any given time, such that the proliferation of one will necessarily diminish the influence of the other? In the realm of mathematics this type of situation is known as a Zero Sum Game. Neuroplasticity deals with the brains ability to change and adapt according to its circumstances and given a finite amount of brain tissue to work with then the zero sum game theory may be plausibly adapted to the neuroplasticity of happiness concept. This paper will explore that notion and consider concepts such as an individual's capacity for happiness at any given time, the duality of polar spectrum opposite emotions co-existing or merely fluctuating and if there are emotional thresholds that must be breached in order to experience any given emotion in the first place, much like the way some theories explain how people perceive pain.

other than that I was just trying to get a grasp of what the next few days hold. Lots to do :)

Feb 24, Friday - SRP concept submitted for approval
Feb 25, Saturday - NBS
Feb 26, Sunday - NBS
Feb 27, Monday - LBT IV Midterm due

working on -
SRP, concept submitted for approval
Office Management - need to chat w/ Dr. H?
Competency Boards - 2 down, 4 to go this tri - rest on 3rd day of next semester

need to do -
get hold of Dr. W, get something lined up for clinic

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Tri-10, Wk07? - Day ???, Thursday Feb 23, 2012

Looks like it's been exactly 1 month since my last post. I'm going to have to try and post more to maybe help with my focus.