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Why Long Walks Will Change Your Life

Nature refreshes us

In nature, you leave yourself behind. In the repetition of walking, you empty yourself; you free yourself of opinion and expectation. In this state, your mind begins to clear and is able to bring forth wisdom.

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An 18-Minute Plan for Managing Your Day

An 18-Minute Plan for Managing Your Day

https://hbr.org/2009/07/an-18minute-plan-for-managing

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Yesterday started with the best of intentions. I walked into my office in the morning with a vague sense of what I wanted to accomplish. Then I sat down, turned on my computer, and checked my email. Two hours later, after fighting several fires, solving other people's problems, and dealing with whatever happened to be [...]

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Set Plan for Day: 5 min

Before turning on your computer, sit down with a blank piece of paper and decide what you can realistically accomplish that will further your goals.

Take your calendar and schedule tho...

Refocus: 1 min every hour

Manage your day hour by hour. 

Set your phone or computer to ring every hour. When it rings, take a deep breath, look at your list and ask yourself if you spent your last hour productively. 

Review: 5 min

Shut off your computer and review your day. 

What worked? Where did you focus? Where did you get distracted? What did you learn that will help you be more productive tomorrow?

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I'm 32 and spent $200k on biohacking. Became calmer, thinner, extroverted, healthier & happier.

I'm 32 and spent $200k on biohacking. Became calmer, thinner, extroverted, healthier & happier.

https://hackernoon.com/im-32-and-spent-200k-on-biohacking-became-calmer-thinner-extroverted-healthier-happier-2a2e846ae113

hackernoon.com

This post is about how to use modern science and personalized medicine to make yourself healthier, more productive and happier. Every day. Executive Summary (key points): I am a tech CEO who wanted to have better energy, mood, focus, happiness, confidence, willpower, intelligence, health and longevity.

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Questions to ask before trying biohacking
  • Is it scientifically sound?
  • Is it logically sound? (i.e. is there a sound explanation behind the tactic?)
  • Is the estimated cost (risk, money, time/energy) ...
Sleep Hygiene

Objective: Get plenty of restorative deep and REM sleep on a regular basis.

Key tactics: 

  • Measure the stages of your sleep
  • Block blue light 3-4 hours before sleep
  • Have your bedroom dark and humid
  • Wake at exactly the same time each morning
  • Evaluate things that seem to help or disrupt sleep.
Optimal nutrition

Objectives: Minimize insulin levels, maximize glucose disposal, optimize various growth factors towards things we want (e.g. muscle) and away from what we don’t want (e.g. cancer).

Key tactics:

  • Do not eat sugar in any form. Sugar is poison
  • Do not eat processed foods. Eat natural food instead
  • Do not eat cheap industrially-farmed animal products
  • Eat mostly plants
  • Eat organic when possible, especially when discussing animal products
  • Try keto diet.

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How I finally learned to sleep

How I finally learned to sleep

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/dec/16/how-i-finally-learned-to-sleep-insomnia

theguardian.com

My brain flickered into consciousness and, a moment later, a tiny lift in my chest made itself known. Glee. A simple but palpable joy on waking. I bounded out of bed, looking forward to the day. Then a sudden jolt had me standing, motionless, gazing across the room in wonder.

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The Elixir of Life
Sleep, something which people take for granted, much like oxygen, is the elixir of life.

Insomniacs must know that sleep is natural, and normal, with each of us having the ...

Tips for Sleeping
  • Get up at the same time every morning.
  • Write affirmations to tell yourself that your body knows how to sleep.
  • Don't involve your over-thinking mind too much.
  • Use your bed is for sleep and sex only.
  • Don't lie awake for more than 20 minutes on the bed, and if you can't sleep, get up and try to do some calming activity like folding laundry.
The Enemy of Sleep

Our body will take care of itself if left on its own. It is our mind which is the culprit, running like a motor, inducing low-grade anxiety inside us.

Sleep is not something you have to do, but something which happens naturally to you. If an insomniac forgets that he is an insomniac, he will have a good night's sleep.