Mind & Build Your Vigor:
Sleep fills the vigor well
NSDR replenishes it (Look it up)
Exercise raises capacity for more (vigor)
Caffeine etc. borrows it (but IMO is great)
Reaching milestones reinforces it
Pointless back & forth drains it
Good people in your life secure it.
Pillars of mental & physical health & āperformanceā:
1) Sleep 2) Sunlight 3) Movement,
4) Nutrients 5) Relationships (all kinds, incl. w/self).
Amplifiers:
Cold exposure (1-5 min, circa-waking & BEFORE exercise).
Non-Sleep-Deep-Rest (NSDR); done at any time.
Every 24 hours we need to re-up:
1. Sleep
2. Morning Sunlight
3. Exercise
4. Nutrients (even if from body stores)
5. Water
The fact that we can survive >24hrs without one or several of these, is irrelevant. Health flourishes when we make getting all 5 of these a daily priority.
In summary:
(1) Family time is limitedācherish it.
(2) Friend time is limitedāprioritize real ones.
(3) Partner time is significantānever settle.
(4) Children time is preciousābe present.
(5) Coworker time is significantāfind energy.
(6) Alone time is highestālove yourself.
Addiction is a progressive narrowing
of the things that bring you pleasure.
Happiness is a progressive expansion of the things that bring you pleasure. The former emerges passively.
The latter takes work.