Partly because of the recency bias, when we overstep the line in one direction it seems that we tend to swing back quite far to the other. People like to indulge over Christmas, then apparently go as far as to eat nothing for a couple days per week. Or swing from one dietary end of...
Whether you have been at it for a decade, a year or a day, really each day is new and a chance to improve on our craft. All too often though, we are “working” towards a target or goal that we’ve set. Something that seems reasonable. What happens when it is unreasonable? Sure, there’s a...
In most circles today there is a status upgrade to be had with “readiness.” It’s the cousin of the “work 12 hours per day” attribute and the second cousin of the “I sleep 4-6 hours per night” claim. There is a similarity. Readiness is to be able to “hop to it” at anytime and get...
What happens when we show up to do our work, our training/exercise or to contribute day after day, after day… Then we get tired? We get sick of it? There’s a short filter I apply, which sometimes means a pivot into something new, sometimes means buckle down and keep going: Wait. Do I need rest?...
For the general population, the physical training world is largely held back by a competitive conditioning: what numbers can I do, how much can I lose, what movement can I do… How does that fit with my peers, with the “model” of my belief system.. One of the trades here is that when we have...
I neglect my talents Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia....
When the surface is hard, the body needs to move and soften. When the surface is soft, it accommodates a harder body that holds tension. Whether it’s shoes, your mattress that you sleep on or your couch, if you shift to a thinner, harder surface your body is forced to soften a little just to stay...
Task based approaches have us working on a specific task until it’s done. This could be a set of handstands, writing, programming, finishing a report. This includes strategies such as lists. Time based approaches have us working for a specific amount of time. This includes strategies such as the pomodoro method. With task based, our...
