Create your custom comeback plan to ease back into training after time-off.
There will come a point in all our lives where we’re going to have to take some time off from training — whether it’s planned or not. The impetus behind the decision could stem from an illness, injury, a major life event, a vacation, or simply falling off the wagon. Regardless, there might be a hiccup that occurs down the line — and hey, that’s okay.
Perhaps you’re in the midst of training for a marathon and suffered an acute sprain. Maybe our personal relationships shift or a huge life milestone occurs — like having a child. …
These mental tools have saved me thousands of $$$ by making me more mindful about what I buy
We buy stuff we don’t need all the time.
In my teenage years, my allowance was barely enough to buy me a decent meal in the cafeteria. It didn’t help that my family would be at the mall every Sunday and that my mother wasn’t fond of leisure shopping, because I loved buying clothes. I would save up by bringing a lunch box to school and starting an online clothing store.
Those years taught me to be more economical and to make wiser purchases. I gradually understood the business of fashion and learned to delay gratification. …
Creativity never rises in “perfect” conditions. Constraints are a way to shake things up.
Imagine that you have the perfect life. All of your desires are endlessly satisfied.
Now what?
I’d probably be pretty bored, and probably not creating much. I might even be unconsciously creating problems just for the sake of solving them. (I think a lot of us do this.)
If you’re filled with ennui about your work, you might need to try a sort of hedonic reset to give your creative teeth something to gnaw on like a happy dog intent on a fresh bone. Grrrr…..
Herbert Lui provides some great tips to do just that in his article, How to…
Five lessons about learning faster that can be applied to any skill you’re trying to develop
This year it will be 20 years since I first picked up a guitar.
I’ve put thousands of hours and literal blood, sweat, and tears into that instrument, and it has all been worth it.
Did I become the rock star I wanted to as a young teenager? Eh, no — but that’s OK.
Reflecting back on my progress on guitar over the last 20 years, I realize that I’ve learned so much about the learning process itself. …
It’s possible to lead without managing people — and this process helped me find the perfect role
I’ve been working in the tech industry for over ten years at various software as a service (SaaS) companies on customer success teams. I started my tech career working for an EdTech startup where I was writing marketing materials and managing customer relationships. Then I moved on to a ratings and reviews company that helped brands and retailers collect and amplify reviews on their products to increase conversion. Next up, I joined a tech recruiting company that helped other companies hire tech talent through targeted content. …
MONDAY MOVE
These two moves will get you comfortable squatting a little more deeply
Few fitness moves, aside from maybe good old walking, are more functional than a squat. After all, being able to stand up safely and comfortably from a chair (or, you know, a toilet) helps you move with ease throughout your daily life; maintaining the strength to go from seated to standing also helps you maintain your independence as you age. But in a fitness setting, many folks can’t — or believe they can’t — do a “proper” squat, where the hips get to parallel with or just a bit lower than the knees.
A simple, anti-algorithmic list of everything we’ve added this week to the enormous collection of tested advice you’ll find on Better Humans.
Editor’s picks for this week:
- Zachary Walston offers surprising new research about handling inflammation in Should You Use Ice After an Injury?.
- How I Broke Out of the 9–5 Grind by Building a Coaching Business is a must read for any new coach (even if you want to keep your 9–5), by Hailey Magee, Codependency Recovery Coach
Noble Leisure Is the Antidote To Languishing
Rediscover an ancient concept to fight off stagnation and start flourishing again — by getting into flow.
by Max Frenzel
How I Broke Out of the 9–5 Grind by Building a Coaching Business
I hate to shop for clothes, so I acquire them in other ways that are more creative, sustainable, and fun.
I don’t know about you, but shopping stresses me out. Even online shopping!
There was a short window of time when I liked to shop — that was way back when I was a teenager hanging out at the mall, digging for clothes at Wet Seal or The Gap. But gag-me-with-a-spoon, the mall is the last place you’d find me today.
Now, I could go the way of Lauren Bravo, a recovering over-shopper who spent a year not buying clothes and wrote about it in her book “How To Break Up With Fast Fashion: A guilt-free guide to changing the…
Being an entrepreneur requires the ability to shift yourself out of negative thinking to persevere
Leading yourself as an entrepreneur can be a daily struggle at times. It’s hard to get up day in, day out and generate your own energy and belief in something that doesn’t exist yet.
Recently I went out on my own as a business consultant and coach. The timing was three months before COVID hit, and luckily, I had a contract that transitioned me through 2020. This year, finding a steady stream of work has been a struggle.
With the lockdowns and restrictions, old-school in-person networking became non-existent. …
A complete, self-tested guide to habit change for smart snacking
When the pandemic hit last year and the sudden changes in the kind of life we started living, most people’s mental health was affected. Like everybody else, I was affected too. However, I found my solace in snacks. Tired? I snacked. Happy? I snacked. Sad? I snacked. Bored? I snacked. Have to deal with something? First snack. Snacking helped me cope with the loss, the helplessness, and to some extent, even the guilt. If anything, I became a habitual snacker.
I snacked all the time — before the meals, after the meals, along with the meals, in between the meals…
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