Elite daily habits

Title. Share your best daily habits that make you better each day. The little things sure add up over time. Curious how i can better my mental & physical health, productivity, social fulfillment, general knowledge, and daily interests.

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Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Incredible insight into how to improve your understanding of the world and others around you, be more patient, and most importantly, be a better person. Plus it’s super interest to see the world through the eyes of one of the greatest leaders in human history, to see his unfiltered thoughts and flaws and philosophies on life. Highly recommend.

 

I've tried to keep it simple, and make it one big mix of whatever happened that day or week - the latter to start is much more approachable, that's what I started with and generally will fire up daily notes if I'm stressed, anxious, or nowadays sometimes when I just want to write things out that I'm thinking about - it really does change how you view your own thoughts when you read them back to yourself. I don't really structure it per se - generally it's a mix of what happened, things that I keep thinking about, cool ideas or random thoughts, how I'm feeling, or things I want to work on or task out to myself. To start - I recommend setting a timer, and a time, for 15 or 30 minutes - and just start. First couple times are awkward and hard, but it will get simpler from there. 

My preference is to do it on physical paper, in an actual journal, something like a minimalist art from Amazon or whatever is what I've used in the past (I also burn through these as I use them for work where I still prefer taking physical notes on calls).

Digitally, there's a lot of good options - Good Notes, Nebo, and Craft are three that I've used and all I think can take your writing and turn it into text to keep that handwritten experience (or at least a rough approximation of it). The latter I'm now using more regularly, incorporating a lot more than just journaling - my calendars, task lists, and more active goal setting. It's a pretty nifty app, and there's some AI functionality that might be really useful as well. Haven't gotten very far there. 

 
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Leave my alarm far from the bed

Go for a morning run

Listen to the FT News Briefing on my commute + read 2 or 3 articles

Write down a to do list

Write down one positive thing I have done throughout the day

Respond to all the messages before I go to bed (gotta be honest lately I have been kinda lazy and haven’t responded to a few retards for more than a week)

 

1 Thessalonians 5:17 (KJV) “Pray without ceasing.” | Pray without ceasing,  Pray, Daily bible verse

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Never understood, and frankly pity, the people who dont have the time to exercise almost every day.

So you are willing to give at the very least 8-9 hours to your employer a day, but cant find one hour to give yourself and your physical health?

I get that family and kids can get in the way, but end of the day it's just an excuse. If you have any white collar job then you can afford a home gym. Dont have the space? Get a peloton. Or run. Yes with age your ability and free time to work out will diminish. But I cant imagine a scenario where I just accept getting old and getting fat

 

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