This is a slightly modified version of an internal p2 post I did at work to try to gather ideas. I decided to publish it publicly to share with others and try to gather more ideas before I go and b…| greg.blog
BOOM! Apparently I started my trial project at Automattic ten years ago today. Ten year Automatticversary is on July 18th. Still a great place to work. Also this has happened in the meantime. You s…| greg.blog
I guess for most folks 2020 has been a crazy year, though I think for me it was mostly more of the same. COVID complicated things a bit, but rehab is really what is hard. The year didn’t go h…| greg.blog
Very exciting day! I went with my wife and kids (5 and 2) for a hike near our house. It is a trail I had been on countless times in the past and had often also run on. I don’t think I’v…| greg.blog
It has been about a month since I started using Dreem and I am now 18 nights into the core part of the CBT program. Feels and looks like it is working. I’ve been fairly optimistic for the pas…| greg.blog
For a bit over three years I’ve been tracking my sleep mostly with a an Apple Watch and great little app called AutoSleep. I’ve been suspecting for quite a while that the tracking was n…| greg.blog
March till early July was filled with experiments for adjusting my medications. It was pretty terrible. I was trying to reduce how much pain I was in. Particularly in the afternoon when I couldn…| greg.blog
My spinal cord getting slowly damaged from T5-T8 over the decades means that pretty much every muscle below my armpits are weakened in some way. Lungs rely on a lot of muscles and even getting aero…| greg.blog
I’m currently re-watching The Martian for what must be the 20th time this year. It has become my go to movie when I am in too much pain to focus. Often I don’t even want to watch anythi…| greg.blog
It is now about seven weeks since I had surgery to remove my arachnoid web. I thought I would write some thoughts on how recovery has gone since surgery. I think my big takeaway is that spinal surg…| greg.blog