An Excellent Wknd
Fitness for both mind & body this week
Hello, hi, 👋
A snowy Sunday welcome to the 17 humans who have joined us in the last week. A wink & a nod to you.
Let’s jump.
🎧 ICYMI
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[ 💭 ] From Oblivion to Awareness, w/ Chris Irwin
Exploring how to train our minds like we train our bodies with Chris Irwin, creator of Rare Sense, diving into the first of his mind-killers: Oblivion.
[ 🏃🏾 ] Get Ridiculously Fit: The Complete Blueprint
Compiling the multi-part conversation we’ve been having this year about getting into the best shape of our lives into one mega-episode, giving you everything you need to make a plan for 2025.
[ 🧒🏻 ] The ABCs of Being Happy & Healthy
A full reading of my new kid’s book for those with little humans who like to listen!
🤔 SOME THOUGHTS
I’ve been using my phone a lot less lately.
I was curious if I could quantify just how much less, so I went into the Screen Time settings to measure my stats against three months ago.
It turns out Apple overwrites your screen time data every few weeks, though. As far as they’re concerned, what you did last month doesn’t count. Except, of course it does.
That they put this artificial constraint on the data is a choice. Just like it’s choice to feature our “daily average” so prominently & not our cumulative time. Seeing Daily Average: 2 hours doesn’t feel as bad as seeing Weekly Total: 14 hours.
(And, really, the average American spends 4+ hours on their phone every day - so many would see: Weekly Total: 28hrs. It’d be hard not to, at some point, think, “Shit; that means Tuesday didn’t exist.”)
Like every one of our 5 Factors, what we do today matters — but what matters more is how many calories we’ve eaten, how many times we’ve gone to the gym, or how much deep sleep we’ve gotten over the last 90 days.
It’s the accumulation of days and decisions that move us in one direction or the other.
Did we spend 15 hours on our phone last month or 115?
Worthwhile to know, and in this case, exactly why it’s hard to figure out.
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🙋🏽♀️ QUESTIONS
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Hope you’re in the midst of a great weekend, my friends.
🤙🏼 Patrick
I have also been WAY less interested in my phone and social media. I think just because of awareness from this show. Very interesting that Apple doesn’t keep the data around! That’s crazy!! Thanks for all the great episodes and content 💯
PS super excited to read the kids book to my kids! We ordered for a Christmas gift for them so I’m
Just patiently waiting to read it 🤣👍