health

A collection of 11 posts

Aug 28, 2021

August - The Good and The Bad

We spent a week at the start of the month at the in-laws. It was right when the Delta surge was making news in Los Angeles. Due to my father-in-law's age and general

Jul 28, 2021

Hot Take Time - Delta Edition

Hot Take Time - Delta Edition

It's easy to be pissed off at the unvaccinated and resent this return to indoor masking requirements. To be honest, I am pretty pissed off myself. But let's acknowledge the new science that

Jul 17, 2021

Your body is a business not an engine

Interesting piece on how metabolism adjusts to how we eat as much or more than what we eat. This is something that I have intuitively been landing on but seeing real research is

Jul 14, 2021

The Nuts and Bolts

The Nuts and Bolts

The other day I wrote about the pre-game training I did to tackle my health issues. Today, I'm going to write about the day in and day out practices that I used to

Jul 12, 2021

Half Year Progress Report

Half Year Progress Report

For this check-in, I wanted to take some time to acknowledge the progress I've made and document the changes that went into it. Not so much for other people (although the beauty of

Jun 5, 2021

Long Month

Long Month

Wow - that month sure seemed to take forever. What? It's been two months, and change? No way... Yeah. I missed my monthly check-in post for May. But hear me out. We left

Mar 3, 2021

Monthly Check In

Monthly Check In

Not a lot to report this month other than to acknowledge that I am on track with my health goals and things are trending in the right direction and the right slope. More

Feb 1, 2021

Intention and Attention

Intention and Attention

One month into the Year of the Body. I plan to have these monthly "accountability" posts if for no other reason than documenting this journey has intrinsic value. This post is also a

Jan 27, 2021

Thinking about Thinking and Art

Thinking about Thinking and Art

This past week, a few things that happened to me that caused me to notice the synchronicities between them and dig a little deeper into what meaning they might hold. One of my

Jan 19, 2021

Leveling Up

Leveling Up

You know how when you play a video game and then you level up and you get points to put into a skill, but you don’t know what you want, so you

Jan 2, 2021

2021 Resolution

2021 Resolution

For me, 2020 was the Year of the Mind. 2021 will be the Year of the Body. Last year, I quit drinking and seriously addressed some personal issues that had clouded my brain