by Kyle Brennan
I already wrote a post about my morning routine to get my day started, but how you end your day is eqaully important. I never had a “routine” – I would just go to sleep when I got tired and tried to get 7-8 hours of sleep. But as I read up on newsletters, interviews, …
One full week into my made-up 21 Day Challenge and I feel great. Eating healthy isn’t hard, but resisting urges to eat some of my favorite foods and drinks was tough. I tried to limit coffee as much as possible – something that I drink daily with a splash of milk. In the first 5 …
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Ever since my senior year in high school, I've been pretty into health and fitness but especially so in the esoteric realm. Whenevr I tell people what new fitness piece I'm experimenting or give advice to someone, they always give me the same response. "Mmm I don't know about that. Sounds suspect." But most people …
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Back when I was writing Rhymes with Ranga, I had a lot of random, crazy thoughts. I was in college and literally did nothing all day but think of ridiculous shit. I feel like I lost that when I started working, but I want to get back to it. Tweeting, and starting weird hypothetical arguments …
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I've always had trouble with my breathing, whether from asthma as a kid or just stress-related things that cause me to breathe a little heavier. I read some articles about meditation and their was enough evidence out there for me to convince myself meditating would solve all my breath-related issues.
Alright, let's get this out of the way. This isn't a New Year's Resolution, "New year, new me" post.
The keys to an effective wedding toast are easy. The hard part is delivering. Public speaking is the number one fear of all Americans. Number two? Death. That's how scared people are of public speaking. It's not easy. As soon as you're in front of a room full or people, your mind immediately goes into …
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My whole life, I've always had a knack for observing (hence the name of this site, dummy 🙂 ). Rather than doing a ton of research, I usually just observe what other people are doing, wearing, watching, reading, or whatever to figure out what I think is cool or interesting. I ask them for the …
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I love quotes. So much so that I have a notebook full of my favorite quotes. Whenever I read one that strikes a particular chord I make sure to write it down - If I don't have my notebook, I'll take a picture of it or write it down in the Notes section of my …
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"It is well to be upbefore daybreak, for, such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom." - Aristotle The morning it the best time to do anything – period. I've never been a happy person in the morning - I still prefer to not talk to anyone for the first hour or so until I've …
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