This is definitely happening, and it will be happening soon

 I was out watching Oppenheimer today with a buddy, and there was a technical problem with the projector.  I walked out to use the bathroom and get a refill before returning to the theater.  When I was out, I got in line, and looked around the foyer, at all the people, colors, odd movie theater carpeting, looking around and kind of had an 'oh shit' moment, like I realized things had gotten real, and this thing I had been working on for the past 13 years may soon come to an end.  My eyes almost in sync.  It is a different sensation.  I can feel how it is different now.  I am using both eyes.  It was an emotional and private moment.  There's no way anyone could ever know what is happening to me, nor does it matter.  It's all mine.  I am very close.  I credit the cold plunges. 

Big changes are coming.

 The cold plunges definitely did something to my brain.  Things have definitely accelerated.  It feels like my brain just works better, and that I have more mental energy, for willing my eyes to do what I want them to do.  And, also, it all feels quite a bit easier to manipulate my visual system at will.

I think the cold plunges accelerated progress

 I can't be sure, but I think they have.  My vision as improved a lot since I began doing them.  Not just vision, but overall cognition.  I swear... if they could put that stuff in a pill, someone would make a lot of money.  Just interesting, because the effects last all day, even though the plunges are only three minutes of suck.  And they're not even that bad anymore.  It's crazy how fast the body adapts.  The first few days were absolutely brutal.  Now, it's still a bit of a shock, but I kinda don't mind it anymore.  There's still a bit of 'oh shit' and hyperventilating.  It's quite invigorating, and it lasts only three minutes.  I kinda get the feeling that this is going to be a trend.  As crazy as it seems, I think we're going to be seeing a lot more people doing it. 

I might have learned something new and important (it is the brain)

Recently I finished a solar-powered cold plunge project that I showed a bit here.  Basically a mini-solar grid I created in my shed, which I hooked up to a large chest freezer that I sealed with caulking, filled with water, and installed a filter and thermostat.  So I have a large water-filled chest freezer that has 35° F water in it all the time.  

You might wonder what the purpose of this is.  Indeed.  

Basically, it's bio-hacking, and inducing my body into a panic state.  This has a lot of cascading biological effects that happen to be very beneficial to one's health and well being.  Another word for it is hormesis. 

So I start my day with some breathing exercises and push-ups first thing in the morning for about 5-10 minutes.  Then I head to the shed, where I submerge my body into 35° F water for about three minutes.  Then I get out and make myself eggs.  That's really all it takes.  It's super-efficient.  But it does put the body into a state of panic, and effects stay with me all day.  Spiked dopamine, improved mood, cognitive function, it obviously wakes you up nearly instantly, rapid fat loss, increased metabolism, decreased inflammation--there's really a giant list of interesting and beneficial effects.  It's kind of a no-brainer and I wish I had completed this project way sooner. 

One of the things I noticed, is significantly improved vision, especially when walking around in my neighhorhood, I've been very carefully watching and monitoring where my eyes tend to fall when staring straight off into infinity.  This is what has made me notice very significant improvement, and the improvement seems to have happened at the same time I began doing cold plunges.  It's probably related to either increased dopamine, or decreased inflammation in the brain.  We'll see how it goes.  I wonder if this is the last thing I needed.  We'll see. 

Big perceived changes today

 Not so much in qualia but eyes seem straighter.  Changing my gaze from one object to another, I notice both eyes kind of automatically land close to where they should.  It feels awesome looking around.  

I'm going to stop talking about when this is going to happen, and just live my life and each moment.  I am really enjoying myself, and this journey at the moment.  Man, it feels good.  I feel like when I have that feeling, it's me moving in the right direction.  I've had a lot of those moments during the week.  And I suppose that's why I've had such a rewarding day: it's the payoff of having so many of those little 'feel-good' moments when noticing I'm using my eyes correctly, moving in the right direction, and stretching my capabilities. 

Over the hump

 There were previous blog entries where I talked about a type of regret that I didn't take my vision therapist's advise of using prism lenses, because of the speculation that it would have way cut down on the time it would take for me to achieve my goals.  I kinda sorta still have that regret.  But at this point, I don't think it matters, because I have much lower visual conflict these days, so the channel is really allowed to open up now.  

My vision feels so good these days, and things are moving so fast, I kind of want to say I will have achieved my goals in a month or two.  It'll probably be more like 6 or 12 months, but ... with the speed with which I'm seeing and feeling improvement ... it's hard to think that it will be that long.

Yep, things are definitely accelerating

 Today has been another holy shit day, especially when near the end.  Had a pretty long (almost 14 hour) shift today.  It's an extremely exciting time.