Reframing Goal-setting for Flexibility
In today's entry I talk about my goals for 2026 - but also about the need to not put all one's eggs in one basket but to eat a few along the way to sustain yourself.
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My Brain is a Liar
I'm an expert at dithering and finding excuses to avoid doing something I know will make me feel good. Yesterday not only did I push through it - I made video proof for my future self to capture just how wrong I was about what a chilly autumn ride would be.
The Joy of Racing Yourself
In this entry I realize I am almost completely recovered from August's Covid infection - recovered enough to race my past self in many different ways.
Brick by Brick: Week 7 & 8
Shifting gears again I'm now moving from quantitative metrics that don't make sense to me to qualitative ones like: I had some nice bike rides, am reading interesting things and am feeling happier and sleeping better than before.
Brick by Brick: Week 6 Part 2 – The Details
Today I have so much energy I could go to work *and* write the rest of the entry I wanted to write yesterday about how my body responded to being sick. I owe much of it for being able to really take it easy for 10 days, living like our cat Squishy.
Brick by Brick Week 6: Good News / Bad News
While I intended to write a long post, COVID got in the way. I'm confident that more will come later as recovery is definitely well underway.
Brick by Brick Phase 2: Building on a Foundation
Pivoting from tracking metrics of sleep, stress, and exercise, Todd moves on to tracking mood and content consumption in the experiment to improve his overall mood and well being.
Brick by Brick: Week Three – Settling in
It was a slower week with a little less exercise, some stumbles in my routine but some bright spots in terms of quality and quantity of sleep. And most of all, avoiding getting sick.
Brick by Brick: Week Two – Tweaking the Routine
This week Todd continues his project of optimizing his eating/sleeping/exercise routine and is taught a lesson by a rogue kottu roti.
June Update – What’s New?
After almost a month, Todd writes a post about what's happening, where he's been and why he's been so lax in posting. It's all good and all about disrupting internal and external algorithms!