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: Who’s to say what’s good or bad? »
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: What if I’m wrong about everything? »
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: Observations from India »
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: The most valuable habit I ever adopted »
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: What I eat (ideally, most of the time, perhaps) »
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: It’s Diet, Stupid »
Oh hey, look, more book reviews. Cataloochee, A Novel by Wayne Caldwell Ambitious novel telling the story of a few generations living in the area in Tennessee that is now the Great Smokey Mountains. The prose was true to the “country” way of talking, but not pretty. There were a lot of characters, but the most… Read More: Book Reviews – December 2017 »
I’m working on Operation Get Strong, You Weakling! and reading some of my past articles for advice. No, I don’t think that’s embarrassing. When I was walking myself through learning to cook like my mom and thinking about what worked for my early retirement dream, I decided I needed to: Formulate a good story for why… Read More: You Manage What You Measure — Fitness Edition »
In my book, I have little “Action Plans” you can do if you want concrete steps on how to retire. The first Action Plan is to picture what you want your life post-retirement to look like. You have to understand why you want this because it has to matter to you on a deeper level.… Read More: Get stronger, not thinner »
I’m working on life bucket list items #18 and #19 — Operation something, something health and fitness. The goal is to make daily exercise into a routine, long-term habit that, eventually, I spend minimal mental energy on. Here are my notes from The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg in case you skip my book review posts. Your… Read More: Consider your possible excuses »