I wish to make a modest proposal. I am not sure I fully understand the proposal or how it might work but I want to sketch it out here and then try to develop it further.

The publication How the Brain Works described a Control Centre Network (CCN) and the fact that the brain trauma victim can learn to activate this network and apply it to the performance of tasks previously undertaken by damaged portions of the brain. That, at least, is my understanding.

This idea resonates with me as I suspect that this is exactly what I did when I worked to complete the first insurance claim appeal. Without realizing what I was doing, I was able to activate the CCN and harness it towards the goal of completing the required claim submission. How the Brain Works claims that learning how to activate the CCN is the “most important work of self therapy.”

My hunch is that the subliminal attraction of this blog effort is somehow associated with the fact that it also requires the activation of the CCN. I first learned how to deploy the CCN in regard to the insurance claim appeal. I then followed that up with two aborted efforts in which I “amped up” the CCN but did so in regard to two projects which were beyond my abilities at the time. It was as if I fell into some water and discovered how to dog paddle and then, on my next two swimming attempts, I attempted to dog paddle across the English Channel and failed miserably at both attempts. So I returned to the shallow end of the pool (this blog) and kept myself in practice. Actually, I must give credit to Dr H. It was her suggestion that I reactivate this dormant blog.

Looking back at the blog time line, I realize it has served as a means to continue practising activation of the CCN, keeping it going at a low simmer. There are gaps in the schedule of past blog posts. On all of these missing dates I was heavily engaged in another document creation / submission process. Once that work was completed, I returned to working on the blog.

What I want to do now is to extend this blog process further. I want to extend the activation of the CCN to other aspects of my life routine. And here I run into a small roadblock as I am not sure how to do this, or exactly what such an attempt should entail.