1. A habit I am working on…
I’ve written about the importance of getting sunlight first thing in the morning to reset your circadian cycle to ensure better sleep. Well, after listening to neuroscientist, Andrew Huberman, again this week, I am committing to doing this more often. He said it’s the MOST important thing he does all day. You NEED 10 minutes of sunlight within the first hour upon waking. It can’t be through a window, the photons of light do what they need to do even on a cloudy day, and it’s the light hitting the eyes that do it (doesn’t have to hit the skin). Avoid sunglasses. These photons of light hit the retina of the eye and trigger all the cells in your body, as each cell works off a 24-hour cycle. Therefore, these 10 minutes of sunlight impact your mood, your digestion, your hormone balance, your immune system, brain function, and possibly most importantly… your sleep cycle. Your sleep WILL improve if you get these 10 minutes of sunlight each morning. (I’m soaking it in right now as I write this. Yeeeeehaaa!)
2. Something that gets me to shake my head every time I see it…
There is a billboard in Cleveland’s Hopkins International Airport that I see every time I’m there. I can’t help but shake my head in confusion. It’s a University Hospitals advertisement that reads… “Curing Disease.” Someone tell me one disease that had been cured in the past 50 years? I’m all for research, scientific advancement, and working to reverse our rapidly declining health, but the money, time, energy, and research is being done in the wrong places, on the wrong stuff. This is false advertising. Ask an oncologist how close we are to curing cancer, and they will tell you… we are so far from a cure. The diseases of lifestyle that plague Americans don’t get cured in a lab, by a doctor, with a pill, or with a procedure. You’ve been WAITING for “the cure” for too long! YOU are the cure. Your lifestyle choices are the cure.
3. Something I heard this week that got me thinking…
I heard Garth Brooks say that he first played for a group of just ten people, which then turned into 20, then 50, then 100, and on and on. He is currently setting records for sold out arenas and venues. His largest crowd??? One million fans in 1997 in New York’s Central Park. You have to start somewhere. We see successful people and forget (or don’t realize) the blood, sweat, and tears that went into that success. That path is paved with ups and downs, frustrations, and failures. A favorite quote of mine (which I have shared on FF’s before) is Every master was once a disaster. What do you want? Where do you want to go? What do want to accomplish? What do you want your life to look like ultimately? START NOW!!!
