Category: Habits

If at first you don’t succeed, try again. And again. And again. Over and over and over. The number of ‘fails’ doesn’t matter. Every fail is one more chance to learn something new, or remember something that you’d forgotten. Apparently last October I recommitted to working on my fitness. I say ‘apparently’ because it seems that I’d forgotten that I… Read more →

I’ve been here before. The news has become too much to process the last few weeks, and I need to hit ‘reset’ on my brain. My news fast officially starts tomorrow, as today I’ve already taken in some of the tragedy and the heartache that is the 24 news cycle. This is a simple little post to remind myself of… Read more →

I stepped on the scale today and it said that I weighed 203 lbs. Ouch. Before the pandemic the last weight that I have for myself was on December 13, 2019. I weighed 181.5 lbs. That’s 21 and a half pounds in the last 2 years, nine months and 3 weeks. That’s 21 and a half pounds that I don’t… Read more →

I had the incredible good fortune this past week to get to see three phenomenal classical music performances. On Thursday night I saw Anthracite Fields by Julia Wolfe at Carnegie Hall. On Friday night I was completely blown away by pianist Evgeny Kissin. Also at Carnegie Hall, this was a program made up primarily of pieces by Frederick Chopin. It… Read more →

Here’s where I’ll list and continue to update my ‘Project Fitness‘ strategies. Cardio Initial Strategy – Started: 5/18/22 30 minutes (minimum) of vigorous low impact cardio, 5 days a week Define ‘vigorous’ Walking fast on hilly terrain and/or steps Possible Locations: Mt. Riverside / Mt. 135 / Mt. Morningside Do my cardio exercise first thing in the day Mix in… Read more →

If I want to be all that I can be and do all that I’m capable of then I must have a lean, fit, flexible, athletic and healthy body. As of today, I’m 6 foot 2 inches, and 195.5 lbs. That’s not the heaviest I’ve been, but it’s also not where I want to be. I’ve let my fitness slide… Read more →

I’m a big fan of Sam Harris. I’ve been following his podcast for some time now, and his Waking Up meditation app is fantastic. A better way to put it would be to say ‘The ‘Waking Up’ app is fantastic… when I actually use it.’ It’s time to eliminate the qualifier from that sentence. If I am to become the… Read more →

I need to reset my brain. One way that I’ve successfully done this in the past is by doing a 30 day ‘News Fast’. For the next thirty days I won’t read any newspapers. I won’t watch any news programs or news reports. I won’t read any online magazines that deal with current events in any way*. For the next… Read more →

It’s been 172 days since I started experimenting with daily cold showers. For the past 172 days I’ve taken my normal hot shower, but have switched to cold water at the end. I started with 30 seconds and worked my way up to 60 seconds. It’s been an incredibly positive experience. Today I had to take a cold shower. As… Read more →

Wim Hof has been showing up in my data stream for a while now. The Ice Man. Cold showers. Words like ‘heat shock proteins’ and ‘cold shock proteins’. The effect that breathing has on your overall well being. Today the final algorhythmic straw broke the camels back and I took my first cold shower. I didn’t completely dive right in,… Read more →