As an overweight kid, I only cared about fitness. I assumed health was a natural consequence. I was wrong.

Fitness does NOT = Health (necessarily)

 

Yet health does require fitness.

 

It's more than just macros and calories.

(Left) Reference photo: 10 years ago

I had finally figured out fitness but lacked health (low energy, mood libido, digestive issues, joint inflammation, etc...)

(Right) Drawing / photo: Last year

It took me another decade to figure out health and fitness. Look similar but feel like a different person.

 

The mouth holds the secrets to health.

 

The best thing you can do is:

• Dramatically INCREASE your MEAT consumption

• Dramatically DECREASE your SUGARY and ULTRA PROCESSED FOODS

 

 

Do not eat vegetable seed oils. Ever.

 

 

Obesity is the epidemic in plain sight.
Poor sleep is the epidemic hiding in the night.

Breathe through your nose.

 

 

"Trust the Science" is the most anti-science statement possible.

 

Question science.

 

That's how it's done.

 

 

Systems trump goals.

 

My 2019 Challenge was to learn to draw by spending at least 5 min day / 5 days a week practicing. It was my 4% system. 5 minutes was my daily floor (4%). No excuses. No ceiling.  

(~2 year progress pic)

 

Half of art is just showing up.

 

 

The other half of art is escaping the herd.

 

Humans are like sheep. We look around and follow. We imitate. We don't know what we want. We don't know who we are.

 

Turn your gaze from the outside, in.
Follow Yourdrum. Not the herd.

 

#7: Business

 

If you have a problem, and you can't find a solution, it's called a business.

Treating sleep apnea patients, I needed nasal EPAP + nasal dilation. It didn't exist.

 

Now you can sleep with NED (Nasal EPAP Dilator).

 

#8: Education

 

Online education is the exit from the monopoly of industrial education.

 

Online:

•Free / Low Cost

•Modern / Relevant

•Best Teachers in the World

•Lifelong

 

Industrial:

•$40k/year

•Outdated

•Tenured professors

•Finite

 

#9: Wealth

Finished this drawing yesterday. Felt like a great way to close the year.

 

#10: Values

 

After looking back over the past 10 years, for the 1st time, I wrote out personal values to guide the next 10:

#11: 2022 Challenge

 

After 10 years of Challenges, on to the next 10 starting with...

 

If you haven't guessed by the above links, my 2022 Challenge is "365 Days of Tweeting."

 

I decided on this Challenge because of 3 "S's":

• System
  • A tweet a day is a simple 4% system to reignite my writing habit. 
• Skill
  • Twitter forces clear and concise writing. 
• Social
  • Pro: Millions of people gather to discuss, share and refine ideas
  • Con: Potential censorship of those ideas

I am excited to share these ideas in 2022!

A Saturday morning roundup on health and wealth, art and science, creativity and innovation, laughs and life by Kevin Stock.