Not too many chocolates
An empty gym
Getting to sort your clothes
A nice, sunny day
Great lamb
Being at peace with your choices in life
Choices!
A Good Friday
Good for value Korean BBQ
People who stay at home and don’t clog up holiday traffic
Denis Villeneuve
Dune 2
Auckland’s unpredictable weather
Kind strangers at the gym
Filipino crew at McDonald’s
Bad
$40K bathroom redos
Coalition government clowns
sugar crashes
people who do the bare minimum
people who think they’re too good to work and feel entitled to welfare
people who think they’re interesting enough to do podcasts
X (Twitter)
Facebook
people who hate vaccines
China
Good
Roses who hold onto the waning days of summer
Ted Lasso
Supermarket security
9 degree mornings
cold showers
people who put themselves first when it’s actually necessary
Chinese science-fiction
Supermarket made hot-cross buns
Manipulative cats
China
When am I NOT busy?
Sorry, I’ve tried, but I think I’d rather do sex work than do physical labour.
We look at the world, and it spurs a strange kind of busyness; but we’re merely reacting thinking we’re doing something productive or substantial. We’re not.
An acquaintance has been messaging me without fail (on WhatsApp) and all I could say were variations of, I’m busy. I’m being truthful though. I’ve been tempted to make something up just to be different, but the messages stopped and it’s been two years.
And stupid me - I WAS TOO BUSY to realise that maybe it was my turn to message back.
Looking forward to April for a bit of a slight break.
Lists! 100 Ways to Live to 100: A Definitive Guide to Longevity Fitness
How many can you personally tick off?
1. Eat fresh ingredients grown nearby
2. Eat a wide variety of vegetables
3. Eat until 80% full
4. Eat home-cooked family dinners
5. Embrace complex carbohydrates
6. Consider a plant-based diet
7. Substitute meat with fish
8. Try not to eat just before bed
9. Let yourself feel hunger
10. Eat dark chocolate
11. Make more PB&Js (peant butter & jelly)
12. Eat more beans
13. Eat more nuts
14. Cook with olive oil instead of butter
15. Put a cap on fun foods
16. Eat slowly
17. Drink more water
18. Drink red wine at 5:00 p.m.
19. Drink tea every day
20. Coffee is also a good idea
21. Try the Mediterranean Diet
22. Let food be
23. Stop drinking cow’s milk
24. Know it’s never too late
25. Stick to your dietary changes
26. Sleep more than seven hours a night
27. Practice yoga
27. Meditate for 15 minutes a day
28. Schedule an annual physical
29. Start strength training
30. Move every day
31. Optimize your workplace
32. Keep an active sex life
33. Hang from a bar for one minute a day
34. Turn the volume down
35. Breathe through your nose
36. Relax your jaw
37. Exercise in the cold
38. Get off the toilet
39. Use sunscreen
40. Take power naps
41. Pick up HIIT
42. Learn to play again
43. Worry less about weight loss
44. Screen for cancer regularly
45. Make sure to floss once a day
46. Practice sleep hygiene
47. Start running
48. Get into swimming
49. Forget the six-pack
50. Ask for help
51. Don’t ride a motorcycle
52. Don’t take up BASE jumping
53. Don’t eat processed foods
54. Don’t take hard drugs
55. Don’t ingest tobacco
56. Don’t smoke e-cigarettes
57. Don’t binge drink
58. Don’t eat hot dogs
59. Don’t have unprotected sex
60. Don’t drive under impairment
61. Don’t live in the middle of nowhere
62. Don’t blindly pop OTC pills
63. Don’t overeat
64. Don’t eat more protein than you need
65. Don’t stay in a stressful job
66. Don’t hold a grudge
67. Don’t blame your genes
68. Don’t sit around all day
69. Don’t doomscroll
70. Don’t binge-watch Netflix
71. Don’t binge on screentime
72. Don’t play American football
73. Don’t fool around in National Parks
74. Don’t mess with firearms
75. Don’t ignore air quality
76. Check your household products
77. Live with a purpose
78. Manage negative thought loops
79. Have a plan after retirement
80. Pick up “forest bathing”
81. Settle down near a body of water
82. Play board games
83. Join a team
84. Tell the truth
85. Listen to live music twice a month
86. Take colder showers
87. Read before bed
88. Keep a journal
89. Embrace behavioral activation
90. Avoid social jetlag
91. Learn a language
92. Show up to events
93. Maintain friendships
94. Make time to travel
95. Visit museums
96. Find your spiritual side
97. Change your mind
98. Have a family
99. Summon some empathy
100. Celebrate aging: Not just in the birthday cake sense. Those who approach aging with a positive outlook end up aging easier than others. Proactively acknowledge what’s to come instead of fretting about the wrinkles under your eyes. Maybe you’ll make it to 100. Maybe you won’t. But your absolute best chance comes from living your best life along the way.
(You can read the full article here)