"From Monday to Friday," I tell the wife, "I'll be doing 100 push-ups. And Tuesday, Thursday, and I think Saturday, 100 squats. Oh, and I'll be aiming to run 20km per week." She looks at me like I'm mad. "What for? What'd you pushing yourself so hard for?" "I gained three kilos since the lockdown,"... Continue Reading →
I'm currently reading The Sports Gene by Jeffrey Epstein (really enjoying it so far) and he provides a great analogy for nature vs. nurture, liking nature to be "hardware" and nurture to be "software". So here are a few things that really stood out for me: You are born with certain traits, i.e. your genetic... Continue Reading →
50 metres from the fork in the road I had to decide, "where do I want to go from here?" To the left was a detour of about 7 kilometres; on the right, a more direct route that would have taken me home in about 3. It was an exceptionally warm day; I hadn't ran... Continue Reading →
Read Tim Ferriss' Tool of Titans on the train yesterday evening on Jocko Willink. There was this thing about the #0445club, which after a late night of drinks seemed to me like an incredible idea I had to try. So this morning... #0445club A pity about the rain though. Had gotten my gear all readied... Continue Reading →
I was halfway through reading the book Flying Without a Net by Thomas J. when I came across the following brilliant insight: in order to improve a particular skill, we have to first start by recognising that however we are performing that skill may not be the best way of doing so, and that to... Continue Reading →
"Worrying doesn't get you anywhere." Or so they say, "they" being the anonymous group of trolls in my head that churns out stuff like that. But worry does have a use. It urges me to take action. Because of worry, I do things today that I'd ordinarily put off to tomorrow. I admit, worry makes... Continue Reading →
I was reading an article on what "rich people do" that implied that if you wanted to become rich, you should do what they do. The problem with these sorts of articles, as I'm sure has been explored many times before, is manifold. Firstly, they're talking about what rich or successful people do now. That is, after they're rich... Continue Reading →
Foods that help defeat bad moods: just looking at the pictures helped to calm me. I've got to keep an stock of these foods on hand, just in case.
I once saw a mattress ad that argued that choosing the right mattress was the most important life choice you’d have to make after choosing a spouse. The basic premise of that ad was that since you’d be spending a third of your life sleeping, splurging on a good mattress would be money well spent,... Continue Reading →
I’m not a person who takes not knowing lightly. If someone asks me a question and I’m unable to find the answer off the top of my head, chances are good that within the next few minutes, armed with a computer and a good internet connection, I’ll find the answer to that question. Of course... Continue Reading →
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