Comments on: “Trading a Life” – My Story (Part 1)

By: Build a Website. Market Yourself and Your Brand like a Politician | DesignShop

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:49:57 +0000

[...] Many people tell me they don’t want a website because they are private people. But what does that leave Google to show people about you? Whatever other people or companies want to say about you! Without your own voice online, you’re at the mercy of everyone else. Your company’s brand may be held hostage to a few complaining customers or college pranksters. When competing for a job, you’re just a name when other applicants already have an online reputation, which translates into an offline personal network. This is actually a big part of my success in the finance industry even though I was sick and confined to my home. [...]

By: Getting by with Effort, Blinders Attached | Jeffrey Lin: Allergy Boy, Trader, Media Artist, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Survivor

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:55:03 +0000

[...] sure deep deep down, the smarter part of my conscious was protecting me and didn’t let those nightmarish days come back to me. I’m thankful for that, in a [...]

By: Spending the Skin I’ve Built Up | Jeffrey Lin: Allergy Boy, Trader, Media Artist, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Survivor

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 02:06:04 +0000

[...] Last night I decreased the amount of Cyclosporin yet again to 25mg from 50mg all last week. But even towards the end of last week, you can see the rashes peeking through more and more until they’ve gotten a foothold and started spreading. This is all while I’m back on a almost-food-abstinent diet, getting by on just drinking elecare and some beef and potatoes here and there. I’m am dying for some real food! But that’s the irony here isn’t it – if I do eat anything else (which are all stuff I’m even more allergic to) my skin would be much worse or maybe even a relapse. [...]

By: Knocked the Freight Train off Track a Bit | Jeffrey Lin: Allergy Boy, Trader, Media Artist, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Survivor

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:42:49 +0000

[...] having trouble controlling the car. This felt like it made the situation worse because, since the beginning of my recovery a few years ago, driving has become a therapeutic activity. Even at times when I was dead tired [...]

By: Phantom (Having) Hands Feeling | Jeffrey Lin: Allergy Boy, Trader, Media Artist, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Survivor

Sat, 07 May 2011 01:11:20 +0000

[...] guess after almost 2 yrs of my hands and most of my skin has fully healed, muscles and nerves have “memories.” What doctors call “phantom” feelings [...]

By: Adjustment Issues: It’s Not How Hot (or Cold) It Is – and Preconceptions Suck | Jeffrey Lin: Allergy Boy, Trader, Media Artist, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Survivor

Tue, 03 May 2011 22:24:39 +0000

[...] tried to help or give suggestions about what I can do about my allergies. But as I said before, they’ve ALWAYS made it much worse. Why? They didn’t understand my unique situation..just tried to impose their own ideas and [...]

By: Jeffrey Lin Strategic Asset Management (S.A.M.) » Blog Archive » Saw a Shrink: Depression, Battle Fatigue, or Doesn’t Really Matter?

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:52:08 +0000

[...] be a good idea to see a psychologist, but I put it off for months thinking maybe I was just fatigued from 26.5 years of 60/60/24/7/365 survival mode. But I finally went just to get an unbiased opinion. Maybe I was too close to the situation to [...]

By: Jeffrey Lin Strategic Asset Management (S.A.M) » Blog Archive » “Trading a Life” - My Story (Part 2)

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:11:46 +0000

[...] PART 1 [...]