I recently heard about a gym that focuses on exercise for mental health rather than to change one's body composition. It's called Revocycle, and it's in Portland (surprise!) and was founded by Michael Hosking. Dr. Hosking suffered from severe, debilitating, mental illness for years. He tried drug after drug, and nothing helped. Eventually he started [...]
The chapstick ran out and I grabbed a back up that I received for Christmas. I put it on my lips eager to defeat the dry roughness I was currently experiencing. Moments later I tasted and smelled something sweet. I couldn't quite place it but I realized it was the chapstick. It turns out the [...]
The cookie sheet was covered in chicken fat and marinade from a night of homemade chicken wings. Water was added to let them soak overnight and as I awoke in the morning it was time to get to cleaning. I brought the cookie sheet to the sink located across from the oven before realizing that [...]
I recently wrote about scuba diving in a place that makes it easy to dive on your own. My instinct would be that this type of diving would have more potential for damage to the reef from human visitation. I would have thought that dive guides would help ensure that divers are not kicking, touching, [...]
I just learned that if you put +addsomethinghere before the @ symbol in an email address, it will still go to your inbox. (I heard about this and other useful tips on this podcast interview with Noah Kagan). Why would you care? If you give your email address away, you could track whether the company [...]
On this podcast episode (of Happier with Gretchen Rubin), I was introduced to a concept of beginning each workday (before turning on a computer or anything else) with reading a book for 15 minutes. Some book tied to self-development, which could realistically be construed to cover almost anything. The move seems to be coming from [...]
Someone recently posed this question: Does the 60 degree difference between 30 and 90 degrees Fahrenheit feel fundamentally different than the difference between 30 degrees and -30 degrees Fahrenheit? Or, once you are cold are you just cold and the level doesn't matter that much? I have been pondering this question over some particularly cold [...]
I came across this very direct request (on this blog by Chip Conley) that we be realistic about our mortality. I appreciate it and hope that you might also. Taking Control of Your Final Chapter I am not afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens. – Woody Allen The [...]
While not one to seek popularity, I have definitely not glided through life feeling solidly comfortable with who I am and how I'm interacting with others. I think few people are, but that with work, our comfort can improve overtime. I was recently reminded of the concept of fitting out, something discussed in my Health [...]
I'm sure you are familiar with ReCAPTCHA. It's a check on some internet sign-ins and sign-ups to make sure you are human. Sometimes you have to click on the pictures with something in them, such as a tree or lamp post. I'm pretty sure I just failed. Maybe twice in a row. Does that mean [...]
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