Now, it’s time to look ahead, and make some plans about what I’ll be doing for 2026. Possibly even set some goals.
I won’t have a wordcount for the year. First time in quite a few years. We’ll see if I maintain that, or if I decided midyear that I need to start counting words again.…
This is going to contain a lot of talk about diet. Read—or don’t!—with your own self-care in mind.
In 2025, I really thought I was going to lose weight. I got back on Carb Manager, which is the app that I use for tracking calories.…
I have three of these essays planned. This one will be a retrospective for me of health, exercise & diet, writing & publishing. Then I have a connecting piece about changing my perspective, followed by a looking forward piece.
2024 was one of the hardest, most stressful years of my life.…
I’m currently sick with a sinus infection. While I’m unhappy that I’m still sick, I’m still kind of okay with it.
Let me give you some of my history with sinus infections.
Back in April of 2004, I came down with a sinus infection.…
Read, or don’t, with your own self-care in mind.
I’ve been wanting to lose weight all year. I’ve tried numerous times and been unsuccessful.
A large part of why I’ve been unsuccessful is because there’s something wrong with my body chemistry.…
I recently listened to a podcast about doing hard things.
The problem with doing difficult things two-fold. First, defining what is hard. The other, is knowing why you would do that.
Defining Difficult Things
I do things every day that other people might consider really hard, like getting in twenty minutes of exercise before breakfast.…
I recently learned about the “iceberg” theory, that you’re only aware of 10% of the stuff that goes on in your mind, while the other 90% is happening beneath the surface.
However, there are ways to strengthen that connection. I’ve always considered myself an unconscious writer.…
I’m going to talk about my experience in lowering my stress levels. This is ongoing work for me. However, I’ve had measurable success, and I wanted to share my progress so far.
I read the book The Stress Prescription by Dr.…
(Though I wrote about this in my newsletter this week, I’m expanding it here.)
I was recently listening to a Huberman podcast where he talked about stress, and how the normal response to stress is to stop eating. However, when you have chronic stress, your body rewires itself and you start wanting to eat when you’re stressed, in particular, craving sugar and fat.…
Essay – Sleep, the Final Frontier
Though I am continually making tweaks to either help my health or improve it, I feel like that “country” has been better explored than the vast continent of sleep.
However, I also believe that for the first time I’m making good headway, and am finally getting better sleep.…