Four years ago I knew I needed to make some changes in my life. I wasn’t eating very well, drinking a few to many double IPA’S and not getting enough exercise. After my son was born I took a big swing and promised myself that I would make some full sail changes in my life. Well that promise lasted a week or two and I was right back where I started.
I looked for some answers to help me on the path and they came in the form of podcasts. It started with one about surfing and I heard one of the most profound and simple explanations on nutrition Surf simply pod cast. Then my buddy Brad called me one day and said you have to check out Jocko Podcast and I learned how “discipline equals freedom” and I started to make some real changes in my life. Healthy eating, regular exercise and ownership became a regular occurrence. The tools that I learned from Jocko lead me to GORUCK where I learned to embrace the suck. GORUCK lead to ultra running and the East-coast trail running community where I learned to keep moving forward and the value of supporting your fellow athletes as it will give you the strength to keep pushing towards the finish line.
The path to where I am today has been paved by the collective wisdom learned over thousands of hours of listening to people who are further down the path then I am. The things I learned through the process where gentle nudges that helped me put the ship back on track.
I’m a lot healthier and happier now then I was four years ago and I did it by making small changes and sticking to them. The success of one change felt great and that lead to another and then another. Making a big change in your life is a lot like a shipping freighter trying to make a 180 degree turn. It can be done but both need to make a slow and gradual turn to keep everything from spilling overboard.
My goal with this blog is to be the bumpers in the bowling lane of life, a gentle nudge and hopefully a pearl of wisdom here and there that will help you down the path you are looking to travel. Our journey together will also help me to be the best version of my self as well, and for that I am forever grateful. I didn’t get to where I am today alone, my wife, kids, parents, church and friends have helped mold me into the more complete version of who I am today.
I have a lot more to learn and together you and I can maybe change the world that we live in.
Here’s a few we could be working on together…
- Sit down at the table at least once a week and share a meal without the TV or Radio on.
- Go for a walk after dinner. You will burn off more calories thanks to the thermic effective of food.
- Work on finding a community to belong to. You will make like minded friends that can encourage you to stay on the path.
- Go meatless for at least 1 dinner this week and then next week you can try for the whole day.
- Listen to a podcast or an audio book for at least one drive this week. Podcasts are free and you will be surprised how much you can learn.
Some of my favorites are the Jocko Podcast, The Jordan B Peterson Podcast, 3of7project pocast and the Rich Roll Podcast. Those 4 alone should keep you busy for the next decade.
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