I am beginning to subscribe to the "nothing bad happens to me" philosophy.

This is because what ever happens to us can be a learning experience. This thinking will not work for everyone. As a scientist, there are resources open to me that are not available for most people that allow this point of view. It is just a philosophy. It is just a theory that I am trying out.

My depression connection was solved within about 25 hours of research. (My research is now considered ancient. But many principles remain the same).

My chronic bronchitis took about a year. It was more challenging as I did not really have chronic bronchitis. What I had was not recognized till a decade later as cough variant asthma. However, that too is no longer a problem nor has it been for over 15 years now.

Oh yea, no sore throats for over 15 years either. Thank Dr. Mogerman for this. He was a doc I worked for at my first hospital nursing job. (zinc lozenges do the trick)

A simplified life and boring life are not necessarily synonymous though. My life is full of numerous interests. However, it is rather complicated and a simple life would be easier.

You see, I am an artist. But that was not enough. I paint, sculpt in steel, carve stone, photograph, create found art and create functional art. I let the sand carved glass go for health reasons.

You can see my artwork at http://www.JonathanSteeleWorks.com

I also am a non-degreed engineer. Because of working on converting both my wife's car to a water hybrid and my home to a water hybrid heating system, there is no time to do art and this is the best season to be selling artworks.

You can see the supplemental fuel cell http://www.speechmastery.com/HHO-Fuel-Cell.html  here. It is on my kitchen counter. Have to take it off the car when ever it is worked on so it does not disappear.

It is still a work in progress. My Avalon only gets 48 MPG. I am shooting for 80-90 mpg.

We are hoping that my theory that works on the car will help us get our heating bill down from $250 to just $50 per month. This is nothing new. It is technology from the turn of the century. The 1800 to 1900 turn of the century. It just got forgot. I have modified it a bit from what is currently being done in this industry.

Then too, I am a nurse. Maybe a recovering nurse. The nursing profession is a passion but the politics, well they are another story. So, my health care career is mostly in the form of research and education and occasionally hospice nursing.

Then there is the book on hospice I am trying to write. It is mostly done. It is also terrible. Trying to get someone to massage it and make it into something sellable. This is the most painful as it takes so long for me to write and edit. And Dwaine Dwyer wrote Your Erogenous Zones in 18 days. Go figure, I am going to soon be at 18 months.

Somewhere in all of this is remodeling, painting, and fixing up a rental property to sell, in order to simplify my life.

Oh yea, I manage a few web sites and do public speaking too. You can find me at Speechmastery.com

And my research on health related issues at www.GlutathioneDiseaseCure.com

If your thinking how do I have the time. I do all this so as not to get bored. I have the antithesis of many diseases and syndromes, an inability to sleep. Unless sick, I go to sleep at midnight and wake between 4:30 and 5:30 to start my day.

It would be wonderful to sleep in. Don't know how.

It would be wonderful to be able to take a siesta. It would disrupt my sleep at night.

The only way I can rest physically is to spend some mental time writing or working on the web sites. When I am tapped out, reading others or creating posts for sites like this helps me take a break.

Yea, a simple life would be nice. I would like to know how to get there. And if you are thinking the grass is greener over here, well, consider this....it may be greener because there is a broken septic line. You get a bit closer and there are some major disadvantages on this side of the fence.