Healthy Habits

Current daily habits I have been consistently implementing in efforts to help manage stress, stay healthy, and increase productivity:

• Mindfulness meditation
  • Sam Harris’ Waking Up meditation app, is amazing and probably one of the best things I have ever spent money on. I believe it’s either heavily discounted or free at the moment. Even if it isn’t free, he will give it to you for free if you email him, and let him know that you currently can’t afford it. 
• Wim Hof Method
  • Admittedly, I was skeptical at first, but I have been doing it for close to three weeks consistently, and definitely notice an increase in my energy levels and an overall increase in my baseline mood.  There are tons of resources online (including his own website) giving instruction on how to begin.
• I am working out every day, making sure I am staying disciplined. 
  • A book I love, and one I often refer to when I feel my motivation waning is Jocko Willink’s “Discipline Equals Freedom”. It is an excellent field guide to staying organized, task-driven and disciplined even when life seems chaotic and out of control. It also has an amazing workout regimine which I have been following closely. 

Podcasts, Reading and Entertainment

Current Events & Informative Podcasts:

• Sam Harris “Making Sense” Podcast
  • #195 Social Cohesion is Everything
  • #191 Early Thoughts on a Pandemic
  • #190 How Should We Respond to Coronavirus
• The Daily
  • All episodes are centered around current events
• Dan Carlin’s “Common Sense” Podcast
  • #319 A recipe for Caesar
• Eric Weinstein’s “The Portal”
• The Hidden Brain Podcast
  • Apr. 20 – A Social Prescription
    

Mental Health, Happiness and Equanimity Podcasts

• Sam Harris “Making Sense” Podcast 
  • Episode: The Science of Happiness
• Sam Harris “Waking Up with Sam Harris – Discover your mind. App (The whole thing is amazing)
• The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
  

Books I have recently read, or am currently reading that I highly recommend (all of these can also be found on Audible for the audio versions)

• A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William B. Irvine
• Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Help Others, Do Work that Matters, and Make Smarter Choices about Giving Back by William MacAskill
• The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus by Richard Preston (Understandable if you don’t feel like reading this at the moment :0)
• The Winds of War by Herman Wouk
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman by Neil Gaiman
• Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
  

Music I am currently listening to:

• I am on a 90’s bender.
  

TV I am currently watching:

• Disney + is amazing
• The Wonder Years on Hulu
  

Video games I am playing:

• Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary
• Red Dead 2
  

Dogs I am training:

Big Ducky (Ulf)