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Weeklongs 7 | Meals Are Not A CheckBox

This post is part of my Weeklongs Project. This week was about letting internal signals direct eating instead of external cues. As an undersized college football player, I ate constantly. My 5’10 frame was not going to stop me from trying to look like Lattimer from The Program. I didn’t stop eating when I was full and [...]

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Weeklong 6 | Do I Really Need This?

This post is part of my Weeklongs Project. The first week of this project I wrote about my experience getting rid of 5 things a day. In the spirit of shedding materialistic tendencies, a reader Brandon Rennels suggested I put a sticker on my wallet that forced me to think about the necessity of my [...]

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Weeklongs 5 | The Economics of Packing Lunch

This post is part of My Weeklongs Project. People always say its cheaper to pack your lunch. I’ve never doubted this, just always been hesitant because of the perceived time it takes to pack a healthy lunch each day. This week I wanted to put this theory to the test. I wanted to measure how [...]

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Weeklong 3 | Eating Vegetarian

This is post is part of my Weeklongs Project. For the past week I ate a vegetarian diet. Typically I stick to a paleo/4 hr body hybrid regimen, so the departure from meat wasn’t easy. Pretty much every day looked like the following: Breakfast: 3 eggs Lunch/Dinner: Mixed greens salad with veggies and tofu or [...]

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Weeklong 2 | Diligence Toward Friendships

This is post is part of my Weeklongs Project. Last week I hung out with a non-tech friend every single day of the week. It was great. One thing about the tech scene is that there is no off switch to value creation. There’s no shortage of work to be done, networking events to go [...]

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Minimalist Living

Weeklong 1 | Getting Rid of Things

I did my first Weeklong last week. Everyday Monday through Friday I picked 5 things to throw out or give away. My PHD in multiplication equates that to 35 things.         Note* I only make my bed for photos I post on my blog My motivation for this Weeklong was the following: [...]

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LifeStyle Design

Lifestyle Design: My Weeklongs Project

I have a new personal project over the next few months I’m calling Weeklongs. It’s more a less an exercise in Lifestyle Design. The gist is that I’m going to engage in a different experimental activity/practice every week for at least 5 days in a given week. Activities will range from playing a sport to [...]

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