New Year, Happy and Healthy You!

“People who live the longest have two dispositional traits in common: a positive attitude and a high degree of emotional awareness”

Happy New Year! Like you, I have big plans for this coming year. Growing this newsletter and my website continues to excite me. To help me stay focused and motivated I’ve been working on my 2023 Year In Review and 2024 Goals. They’re both simple documents that I created for myself in 2020 when I was looking for reassurance and guidance about my path. It’s a simple way to acknowledge your accomplishments over the previous 12 months, and visualize the next 12. Give it a try.

And if you’re looking for a good book to start the year, check out my Top Ten Favorites from 2023.

A Good Book, Podcast and Article

Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life, by Héctor García and Francesc Miralles

I’ve realized recently that health begins with happiness. It doesn’t matter how much you move or how healthy you eat, if you’re unhappy then health will always evade you. This realization made this Ikigai, the perfect book to end the year and rein in the new one. You can find the book here, and read my takeaways here.

The Consistency Project with EC Synkowski: on Sleep Supplements, Separating Hype from Evidence

Last week I shared my takeaways from Tim Ferriss’ conversation with Andrew Huberman, Ph.D. This sleep stack, which I subsequently purchased, was part of those takeaways. This week I found an episode of The Consistency Project on sleep. I listened expecting to hear overlap and confirmation of Huberman’s advice. Boy was I wrong. You can listen here and read my takeaways here.

The Financial Samurai: 10 Helpful Financial Moves To Make Every Year

With the New Year in mind I also took Sam Dogen’s (The Financial Samurai) advice and did an exercise of “10 Helpful Financial Moves to Make Every Year.” You can read the article here and read my takeaways here.

Moves and Workouts to Try

Last Workout in the 4 Part Series

Over the last 3 weeks I’ve shared 3 variations of this full body workout. Each week the exercises have progressed in difficulty. This week, Progression IV, is the most challenging of them all. Give it a try, or work on the first one, two and three before advancing.

More Ways To Challenge Yourself With Push Ups

Having fun with exercise requires knowing all the moves. Check out these 4 push up variations to inject some excitement into your routine.

Modifying Workouts and Exercises

Sometimes our plans get interrupted. Like when the gym closes for Christmas or you run out time before finishing your workout. This week I shared two workouts I modified to complete them at home. Staying consistent is rule numero uno!

Shrimp and Seaweed Handrolls

Check out my one of my favorite meals, and many more by clicking here. Buon Appetito!