I used to be awful at paying attention.  In college I would sleep through half my classes, probably because I was working 60 hours a week but that’s another story.  When I drive, I tend to zone and not pay attention to the road in front of me or the cars around me (or the screaming of my passengers as I almost hit things).  However, one thing I do pay attention to is my health.  I like noticing what’s going on with my body and then trying to figure out why those things are happening.  It helps me solve problems and improve my health in ways I never imagined.

As an aside, this kind of critical thinking is important in every part of life.  If you want to know why things are happening, pay attention to when they happen and then figure out what happened before, what happened after and what happened during.  Do this enough and you’ll notice patterns that will help you avoid and mitigate problems or take advantage of opportunities.  For example, with enough critical thinking and pattern recognition, you too can figure out everything from when the next recession is due to ways in to increase your sex drive.  Trust me, it’s all a numbers game and you just need to pay attention to the numbers.  However, that aside, let’s get back to the topic of listening to bodies, mine specifically.

Since I’ve changed my diet somewhat over the past few months, I’ve been focusing on what’s going on with my body a bit more than usual.  What I’ve seen ranges from the expected but enlightening to the pleasantly surprising. [Read more...]