Seaside Vacationers Are Doing It Unsuitable. Psychiatrist Richard Friedman makes the case that holidays the place you do quite a lot of mendacity and idling round might “work in opposition to the very issues a visit is supposed to domesticate: a psychological reset, a way of leisure, happiness.” He argues that what most of us actually need a break from is the anxiety-creating “tyranny of self-absorption,” that leisurely holidays solely improve this preoccupation with our ideas, and that it might be higher to take energetic holidays filled with the type of bodily exertion that creates endorphins, absorbs your focus, and takes you out of your self. As somebody who dislikes the seaside (particularly sitting on the seaside), and simply acquired again from spending a pair days in Colorado mountain climbing, biking, and fishing, I endorse this message.
The Materials Evaluation. OG males’s type blogger Michael Williams (take a look at my podcast interview with him and David Coggins about growing your “private uniform”) has resurrected a sister web site that he had along with his web site A Steady Lean. The Materials Evaluation is a bi-weekly Substack during which Williams and his co-conspirator, Taylor Stacey, spotlight cool stuff they’ve come throughout on the world broad internet associated to gear, journey, sport, meals, and life. You’ll discover hyperlinks to fascinating articles and merchandise (lots of that are American-made). That is how the net must be: human-curated hyperlinks fairly than algorithmically-pulled-together content material goo.
St. Thomas Aquinas’ Prayer Earlier than Research. Andrew McLuhan, grandson of well-known media mental Marshall McLuhan (the man who originated the concept of “the medium is the message“), tweeted this prayer penned by St. Thomas Aquinas that his father Eric McLuhan (one other deep media thinker) stored pinned subsequent to his desk. It’s a prayer to supply earlier than partaking in research. I actually like the concept of infusing soul into your mental pursuits.
Legendary Protein Toaster Pastry. I’m at all times looking out for tasty and handy high-protein snacks. One which I’ve been having fun with recently is the Legendary Protein Toaster Pastry. They’re a high-protein, low-carb Pop-Tart different. They’re simply 180 energy and have 20 grams of protein and solely 22 grams of carbs (quite a lot of which is fiber). They arrive in quite a lot of flavors, together with brown sugar cinnamon, chocolate (my favourite!), and strawberry. Do they style precisely like a Pop-Tart? Positively not. Are they a “frankenfood” that bears little resemblance to precise meals and may solely be consumed every now and then? Certainly. However they’re nice for if you want one thing excessive in protein and low in energy on the go and have turn out to be one in all my go-to highway journey snacks.
Quote of the Week
A person is already of consequence on the planet when it’s identified that we will implicitly rely on him. I’ve regularly seen in life an individual most popular to an extended listing of candidates for some vital cost, which lifts him directly into station and fortune, merely as a result of he has this fame — that when he says he is aware of a factor, he is aware of it, and when he says he’ll do a factor, he does it.
— Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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