We're beginning to feel soft and sluggish in this holiday season with grand plans of becoming hard and sharp in the new year. In the meantime, we have the excuse that it isn't 2022 yet. So, we wallow some more in our cushy and cloudy ways, following the same recipe as the year before. And … Continue reading The Time is Now
Category: Health
Begin Your Ascension
You know what you need to do in order to reach your goals. You know what you need to do to lose weight and get in better shape. You know what you need to do in order to finish that house project. You know what you need to do to free up some headspace and … Continue reading Begin Your Ascension
The Memory Nap
Throughout a very mentally taxing day of learning new and important things, the hippocampus becomes overtaxed, as it acts as a short-term memory reservoir. This can make one feel exhausted. During deep NREM sleep, a wave of electrical activity in the brain provides a path between the hippocampus and the cortex, which is the place … Continue reading The Memory Nap
Evolution of Short Term Rewards
Our long-ago, pre-civilized ancestors had it much more rough than we do today. Finding food and water, building a shelter, and starting a fire was a big part of the day. They had to take any and all of the short term rewards they could get, as they were fewer and further between. Any calories … Continue reading Evolution of Short Term Rewards
Raise Up Your Shield, Spartan
Your breastplate and your helmet is to protect only you. The shield is to protect the entire group. Stephen Pressfield, author of "Gates of Fire" about the 300 Spartans at the battle of Thermopylae (also "The War of Art" another one of my favorites), encouraged us recently to hold up our shields. The United States … Continue reading Raise Up Your Shield, Spartan
The Shaw Show 