Jan 4
When I’m working with companies to re-design their programs or teams, one of the tools I like to use is super simple. I work with a small group to brainstorm all of the things about the current situation that are important to KEEP, what should be DROPPPED, and based on those two lists, what needs to be CREATED. This exercise is a really easy way to get clarity about what the re-designed solution might look like. Read more
Jan 3
The holidays are already feeling distant – the tree’s in the compost, the thank-you notes are in the mail, the champagne bottles are empty, the 2013 commitments have been made (or at least deliberated)…and alas, the inbox is filling up again. We’re quickly and abruptly moving into the time when the resolution rubber meets the road…when we begin to test whether the ideas that made sense during holiday relaxation and celebration are realistic during busier times of the year. Read more
Jan 2
The sea of options we have to motivate, inspire, and distract us during our workouts is incredible – music, podcasts, and books are all available and easy to take anywhere. Even with such abundant options, until a few years ago, I always defaulted to music – the light, poppy, top-40 stuff for my high-intensity workouts, and more melancholy sounds for trail running, yoga, and long rides (my needs were so basic that even my old Sony Walkman may have even sufficed). I wasn’t open to other kinds of media, in short, because I was concerned that my brain and body wouldn’t simultaneously function well enough to digest anything beyond music. Read more
Jan 1
photo by matthew hurst via flickr creative commons
We enjoyed a lovely and leisurely New Year’s Day breakfast of fresh fruit and quiche with good friends this morning. I love eating quiche for breakfast 1) because it feels special (after all, it’s served in a glass pie dish), 2) because you can make it the day before and then just heat it up (stress-free morning), and 3) because it makes me feel satisfied and nourished (like I could go work in the fields all day). I guess there is something to that “incredible edible egg” thing… Read more
Dec 31
New Year’s Eve is a special time. Although I’m not into staying up until the wee hours to see the clock turn twelve, I am into the bigger-picture optimism and hope and anticipation and motivation that come with the imminent arrival of a clean slate.
I obviously like and believe in goals and the daily practices that are part of achieving them (after all, this is what wellfesto is all about). But I recently found out that everyone thinks about their aspirations differently, and for many, goals are a really private matter. I conducted a survey a few months ago, and learned from my relatively small (70-person) sample that Read more
Dec 28
photo by maria reyes-mcdavies, via flickr creative commons
In the “purpose” section of my wellfesto, I share my belief that we become what we do all day long. If you agree with this, you’ll likely also agree that it’s damn important to shift our time balance away from things that feel misaligned with who we are and what we care about and toward things that feel well-aligned. As I shared when I launched it, that’s one of the reasons I’m writing this blog – to spend more time each day thinking and writing about what matters to me (health + wellness). And since purpose is foundational to health, I’m both experimenting with it and creating/reinforcing my own purpose as I write (super deep, huh). Read more
Dec 27
Christmas night in our house was marked by a rousing game of Trivial Pursuit. We all paired up and tried to figure out whether Helsinki or Oslo is further north (Helsinki), what the name of the first astronaut to return from space was (some Russian dude), and what organ hepatitis impacts (the liver). I’m thankful I married into a game-playing family, as I love games. I grew up playing hearts, cribbage and gin…I kept a deck of cards alongside my Eurorail pass as I traveled through Europe in college…I’ve bonded with friends over board games in my adult life…and I have fond memories of falling in love with Sean over al fresco Scrabble games. Read more
Dec 26
I remember reading a New York Times Magazine feature on the quantified self movement a few years ago and thinking the people they featured were fascinating and a little bit crazy and a little bit awesome…but definitely nothing like me. I was blown away by the amount of effort people were spending tracking their sleep, food, workouts, mood, etc; and I (admittedly judgmentally) took the stance that I’d rather spend more time actually in REM, eating meals, and exercising than graphing and reflecting on my activity. Read more
Dec 25
Sean and I ran six miles through Palo Alto this morning and didn’t see one car (moving) on the road. Not one. On any other day, this may have felt eerie or unsettling, but on this Christmas morning, it felt comforting and special and peaceful.
For those who celebrate Christmas and those who don’t, the national holiday gives us all a beautiful excuse to slow down…to eat a steaming breakfast with our families…to make a call to a loved one far away…to show gratitude for all that we have…to find a way to help someone who doesn’t have as much…and to find peace in ourselves so we can spread peace in this world. All of this is so amazing and so simple and for many of us, far too rare. Read more
Gluten-Free, Raw, Flexitarian, Pescetarian, Fruitarian, Vegetarian, Vegan, Paleo, Zone, Blood Type, Atkins, South Beach, Macrobiotic, Low-Glycemic, “French Women Don’t Get Fat,” Mediterranean…EEESH! When did eating food (or hosting a dinner party, for that matter) get so complicated? In the western world, we are so entirely bombarded messages from our friends, coaches, trainers, newspaper reporters, etc about which diet can best optimize our health that it can be immobilizing. And while we jump from one regimen to another, it’s easy to lose sight of both what our body is telling us and what an absolute privilege it is to have choices at all. Read more
Learning from parenting and life, while trying to get dinner on the table
A quixotic quest for the bright side.
don't sweat the baby stuff
by SBK & Associates
hacking health, designing life
Rudey's Room
Posts with strategies and tactics on building great products and how to be a better leader
Tim Ferriss is the author of five #1 New York Times bestsellers and host of The Tim Ferriss Show podcast.
hacking health, designing life
Marginalia on our search for meaning.
hacking health, designing life
wellfesto 