A Do Nothing Day

Very frustrated.

When I have a do nothing day, a day that involves walking across the face of the earth, I seem able to perform without problem all day. The lungs work, the legs work, I notice that I must be more careful of traffic towards the end of the day as I am not as alert as I was at the beginning and I will take more chances. Read the last sentence to be saying “towards the end of a long day of walking, as my ability to perform computational mechanics in my head declines, and as my innate ability to calculate the speed of advance of an onrushing vehicle worsens, I become less capable and more of a threat to myself.” But I can function. I can get there and back. I have the satisfaction of a minor accomplishment.
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Hearing Test

The prior post was left incomplete.

Two additional possibilities needed to be added. The first proposes that feeling down is some form of “grey day syndrome.” The morning sky was blanketed with grey in expectation of snow, the bleak dawn posed a threat, not a welcome. Perhaps feeling down was attributable to environmental factors.
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Hair Cut

Finally got a hair cut. Walked over 13 miles yesterday in minus 20 c with the wind chill. Today have been up since 0500 but having great difficulty in generating much enthusiasm for the work. Big contrast with yesterday when I was raring to go. Trying to understand the reason for this difference. Possible answers include:
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