Some Notes On Life. Just some notes from various books…
By: Sunny Aditya
Tags: Sleep, Notes, Life Lessons, Healthy Lifestyle, Mindfulness

What we feed the body?

Less Processed is better. Seasonal takes the cake. Diversify food on your plate like your assets. More color better it is. Sugar is the enemy. I know the blueberry cheesecake. Have it. Don’t become a slave to it. Salt? Anything in excess is bad. Water. Stay hydrated.

Sweat it out

Less Time? Do Seven minutes of exercise. More Time? Yoga, Gym, Cycling, Jumba, etc. Whatever you prefer. Working out at home saves time. Get a mat. Lift weights. Dumbell, kettlebell. You get the drift. Keep it simple. Take a walk. Fitness over everything else. If you are healthy, you can take care of rest work, family, and commitments.

Mind

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Meditate. Start small. 1 min, 3 min, 5 min,… 20min. Small is the key. Gratitude. Every day find things you are grateful for. Food on your plate, the cheerful auto-rickshaw driver, your family, your irritating friends etc. Write it down, even better. Make a gratitude diary. App or get a diary. Communicate. If you don’t like something don’t act out. Speak up, no one is a psychic. Giving. The most selfish thing you can do is to give. Such a good feeling. Donate, you got lucky enough to be in a place where you can. Communicate II. Tell people you like something about them. Try new things. Learn a language, learn a musical instrument, learn to sketch, learn trading, etc. . If you never try, you will never know.

“A person doesn’t know what he can do unless he tries. Trying things is the answer for find your talent. “ — Howard Finster, the legendary artist who discovered he could paint at 59

Read.

This is almost equivalent to cheating. So much knowledge distilled in a consumable form for you.

Again, diversify like your portfolio. Read fiction, classical fiction, mystery, business, psychology, startup, self-help, rocket science, research papers, history. Make a routine. Make it easy. Read one page daily.

Stillness

Stop being too busy. Ask the correct questions. Why you don’t have time for ‘X’? I like going to the movies but I don’t have time for them. Take a walk. Walking solves problems. Take thinking breaks.

Writing

I got the opportunity to read a few writing books. On Writing and Bird by Bird

Practice. No escape there. Writing brings order to your thoughts. Write your fears, likes, thoughts. Write about what you are learning. Teaching is the best form of learning.

Sleep

It is your superpower. Sleeping helps consolidate what you have learned. Helps in forming long-term memory. The body needs its to share of rest. Healing. Protect it at all costs.

The average person spends about 26 years sleeping in their life which equates to 9,490 days or 227,760 hours. Surprisingly, we also spend 7 years trying to get to sleep. That’s 33 years or 12,045 days spent in bed! — Source

Get a routine, stick to it. Seriously, early to bed and early to rise takes the cake. Darkroom helps. Dim screen light at night. Stay away from your phone when going to sleep. Separate working and sleeping area. Invest in a good pillow and mattress. You are going to sleep a lot in your life. No tea, coffee, or nicotine late at night.

Work/Life Balance

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