Truly internalising that we're going to be dead one day.
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Free registration at the forum removes this block.Haha reminds me of the teenager a while back who introduced himself as 100% meat only and declaring that his diet was going to make help him become a millionaire and then got upset when people pushed back.
nothing to it. they've improved the app a lot. the desktop is cool too because you can run correlation studies ..... does this affect that, does that affect this. helped me figure out to go to bed later and get up earlier was the key to better sleep! (picked up 2 hours a day that i use for working out, etc.)Interesting. Been looking at the Oura ring. Has it made a huge difference? When you first use it, is it easy to learn what to do to make the changes to sleep better?
Guess that still has to kick in for me ... or maybe it never will.As I said above, youth is terribly forgiving to poor or imbalanced diets.
Remember all those guys/gals in college who could eat whatever they want and never get fat? That's youth.
By the time they hit their 40s, they're fat sloths. By 50, they're on six prescription medications. Me? I'm on none. Not even an acid reflux pill, which BTW, I had to guzzle down in my 40s as I lived my "low carb" paleo life.
Stoping being afraid to walk away: I have been in a lot of exhausting and toxic relationships. Always afraid to stop taking shit. Partly because of being afraid to be alone, partly repetition compulsion. Therapy helped a lot.
Starting boxing: In the gym, I learned for the first time what it really, really means to push beyond what you think is possible. Having done strength training and other forms of martial art for most of my life, I could never push myself as far as in the boxing gym. It transfers to other parts of my life. It builds confidence and makes me believe more in myself. Being on the verge of passing out. Against the ropes. Combos raining in on you. As the trainer screams at you to move you try to hold on till the bell rings. It is marvelous.
Going Vegan: Made me realize how many food insensitivities I had. In the beginning, it was just for health reasons. Then I watched Dominion on Youtube. I will never go back. Helped me physically and spiritually (in a non-woo-woo way).
Same here. I'm 42. Thin as always. Maybe a slightly bigger belly. Buy I do eat a lot of trash.Guess that still has to kick in for me ... or maybe it never will.
I am 41 now and I have a hard time getting my hands on enough healthy food to not go crazy over the course of one day. So it is Burgers, Fries, Schnitzel or Pizza almost every day. I could order more healthy food, but it gets more expensive and is just not nearly enough to get through the day.
If I want to gain weight, I still need to add protein and do a workout. Fat just isn't happening ... even with beer added into the mix, which I mostly avoid.
Not saying I am healthy - far from it - but genetics seem to make enough of a difference that here are no hard truths that apply to everyone.
reading food labels. Doing stuff to eliminate heavy metals / parasites. Drinking tea. Learning of
What improved your life so much that you wish you did it sooner?
Saw this question on Reddit and thought it was a pretty thought-provoking question that may lead to some interesting answers.
It can be whatever in any aspect of your life, both big and small things.
Going Vegan: Made me realize how many food insensitivities I had. In the beginning, it was just for health reasons. Then I watched Dominion on Youtube. I will never go back. Helped me physically and spiritually (in a non-woo-woo way).
@MJ DeMarco I struggle to eat more plants in my diet, and I have been wanting to do more vegetarian or vegan days and cut out some meat and dairy. My wife and daughter are also extremely sensitive to eating red meat and their digestion will me messed up for days after eating red meat.
Do you have a good resource for meals and snacks?
talk about fitting imageJust google MTF and you'll see thousands of pictures
With regards to meditation..often awareness and rise in consciousness is quoted..My morning meditation,
Never knew back then that there could be a way to raise awareness to such an extent,
Now, 20min of meditation in the morning and get so much productive for the day.
Really wish i knew this sooner !
Just google MTF and you'll see thousands of pictures
Those two hours were the most unspeakable thing I have ever seen in my life. I had to stop after like six minutes and I cried. It is strange to me how we have a rating scale for other beings. Like we pamper dogs, cats, and other pets. Anyway, I don't want to derail the conversation here.I can't bear to watch it. I think I'll be traumatized for life.
Learned it through two things mostly:And how did you learn to walk away? For example, when you cut ties with a friend who's toxic, do you tell them or just try to have less and less contact until it naturally dies off?
Publishing content online every day. Waking up early. My morning health routine. Investing regularly. All things I wish I started doing 10 years before I started doing them.What improved your life so much that you wish you did it sooner?
Saw this question on Reddit and thought it was a pretty thought-provoking question that may lead to some interesting answers.
It can be whatever in any aspect of your life, both big and small things.
I always wanted everything to be perfect when i did something, whathever i tried it had to be done perfectly. So if i was to start working out i would adopt a specific hardcore routine that was merciless fastroad to my goal, or in some assignment i did it ahd to be perfectly executed from the heavy research to the actual creation itself. What ended up happening was as soon as i lost a day in the workout schedule id really take a hit psychologically because im no longer moving as fast as i need to, or as efficiently, and i am trash because i cant keep a 'simple' schedule/routine. Id soon miss another day, and now id be on the edge, then id miss a second dayin a row and id stop working out for a year because id be broken. If for a school course id half a$$ the research id again feel insecure that it wasnt done properly bc i know it needed the dedication adn time to be done correctly id quit altogether on the assigment because it has no chance of being perfect now.What improved your life so much that you wish you did it sooner?
Saw this question on Reddit and thought it was a pretty thought-provoking question that may lead to some interesting answers.
It can be whatever in any aspect of your life, both big and small things.
Thanks for suggesting the Water-Pik flosser. Mine arrived yesterday.Big one: I went vegan in my late 40s. Every chronic ailment that I dealt with in my 40s (and spent $1000s of dollars on trying to diagnose/fix) disappeared in my 50s. Even had a scar on my face for 48 years which suddenly disappeared. Nothing dramatically changed at 48, other than dropping my Paleo, heavy protein low-carb diet to mostly plant-based, raw food and/or unprocessed food. On top of that, going plant-based has given me a great respect for all forms of sentient life which I felt I always had, but didn't live through my actions. I'd never murder a chicken, or pay someone to directly do so, but I'd have no problem eating one (and hence, indirectly paying someone for the slaughter). Going plant-based resolved this "I love animals" incongruity, a big source of cognitive dissonance in my life.
Buy a Water-Pik flosser for your mouth and combine with daily brushing. It will save you longer cleanings and big dental expenses. Nothing worse than laying in a dental chair for 2 hours with a rubber dam strapped to your mouth.
Big one: I stopped my daily visits on social media, and it improved my life.
And I stopped watching any network news, or news put out by big-tech/big-media platforms.
I stopped paying attention to politics, whereas before, I paid attention in an effort to make my "vote" count. Voting is worthless as the morons far outweigh and outbreed any intelligent opposition. I'll never vote again for the rest of my life as the last election showed me everything I need to know about that clown show, legit or not. Voting shows I consent for one of the two political parties, which I do not. They're both corrupt organizations who maniupulate the masses for their own gain.
Big one: Stop worrying about what other people think, quite possibly the hardest thing to do for me outside of going plant-based. This is a big one for young people -- the less "F*cks" you give about what random strangers think (not customers) the more success and happiness you will have.
Big one: I stop participating in organized religion which, like politics, is mostly about control, money, and manipulation, and instead, I started focusing on spiritual growth and enlightenment. When I noticed most churches (including my large Christian Church) were more opulently appointed than my own home (imported stone, marble, granite, shimmering chandeliers) the light bulb went off. No, this doesn't mean I'm an atheist, it means I have more faith in the higher power than I do humans entrusted with bringing truth to bear about a higher-power.
Bottomline, I'm all-in on living my life right now, while not giving any fuel to "what may happen," "who said what," or "who might do what" a few months from now.
In a funny case of irony, I stopped going to Reddit and it improved my life. Although this thread posted above has some great gems worth a read.
Mine is pretty simple, yet it is so effective. I wish I started my career far earlier. If I did so, I couldn't even imagine how much I could have scaled it... My business could be ten times larger than it currently is, even if I started it just a few years earlier.What improved your life so much that you wish you did it sooner?
Saw this question on Reddit and thought it was a pretty thought-provoking question that may lead to some interesting answers.
It can be whatever in any aspect of your life, both big and small things.
Living out a stronger understanding of LOVE and GRACE and reciprocating more LOVE/GRACE to others.What improved your life so much that you wish you did it sooner?
Saw this question on Reddit and thought it was a pretty thought-provoking question that may lead to some interesting answers.
It can be whatever in any aspect of your life, both big and small things.
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