Do you see the world as a prison or a playground? If you answered prison, I have a book for you to check out. Michael Pollan just explored the history and the science and the experience of using certain chemicals found in mushrooms and ergot to reset your brain. Go read it. I’ll wait. It’s called How to Change… Read More »
I would rather be lucky than good. Luckily, Richard Wiseman wrote a book telling me how to grow luckier. The author breaks luck down into four principles to consider when increasing your luck. I’ve explained his takeaways and interpreted with my own jive. Principle One: Maximize your chance opportunities There are three aspects to a person’s… Read More »
I know it seems like I’m talking to you, but I’m really just a narcissistic lunatic writing to herself. I’m trying to help my future self navigate. I write because that’s how I process the world. I’m reviewing and theorizing about what works and what doesn’t work for me, reporting my events and taking notes… Read More »
I’m just over eight months into my Year of the Body experiment, the project where I try to put my body’s interests first and foremost for a year. A few months into my research and, in particular, my exercising, I began to understand something called the muscle mind connection. And now that I do understand it, I… Read More »
Have you read the Book of Joy yet? I read it several months ago, but my mind keeps wandering back to it, specifically a story about a wise farmer. Our farmer’s horse runs away. His horse! He loved that thing. It was how he made his living. Farmer’s neighbor comes over to lament. Farmer’s neighbor:… Read More »
It’s time to remind you that I really don’t have any idea what I’m doing. I’m winging it and I often wonder if I’m wrong about everything. The retirement life I dreamt up when I started my retirement chart was pretty specific. I wanted enough money to slow travel. I wanted to cross off the number… Read More »
I have a giant, subcontinent-sized crush on this place called India. When I told India this, India told me we should just be friends. A couple of weeks later, India hinted that one could never have too many acquaintances. A few days after that, I heard India wanted to humiliate me in an arm-wrestling competition. Observation… Read More »
Have you read Gretchen Rubin’s The Happiness Project? In it, she talks about how she uses a resolutions chart to basically grade herself on life. You are what you repeatedly do. Are the character traits you hope people will use at your funeral the ones you’re emulating on a regular basis? I’ve kept a resolutions… Read More »
Too long; Didn’t read summary Eat Eggs and avocados for first meal Spinach, whole milk or heavy cream, and frozen berries in smoothie form, for second meal Lots of vegetables and some sort of beans for final meal Avoid Sugar Grains Misc Aim to keep your body in a fasted state for 16 hours each… Read More »
The title is a reminder to myself. I’m not calling you stupid. I’m working on Life Bucket List item #18 — find the good kind of six-pack. All my previous articles on fitness have been about trying to make daily exercising into a habit. That’s all well and good and awesome and all, but diet matters… Read More »