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I’m not athletic. On a scale of 1-10, my natural athletic ability is probably a 3. That sounds dramatic, but ask anyone who’s known me since I was a kid. Off-season was my season. But I wanted a challenge, so I signed up for a 10k run. I knew I could do it, but it’d…

Whenever I’m in Greece, I feel… lighter. It’s easy to chalk it up to the sunny weather, good food, and direct access to the sea, but I’m convinced there’s more to it than a vitamin D overdose. It’s hard to explain. To try and capture this feeling, I decided to post a daily photo/video series…

How it Started 4 months ago, I was laid off for the first time in my life. Our whole office was shut down. I was shocked, but I knew this was going to give me the time and space I wanted—the time and space I needed. So What’s Next?  After being heavily inspired by Art’s…

It’s the only smile that makes you frown. Tensions are high and moods are low. It’s understandable; everyone is suffering from the pandemic blues. However, the passive aggressive smiley only makes matters worse. I’ve witnessed an uptick in inappropriate smiley usage in Slack at work and especially in our flat share group chat. 5 people…

Sometime deep in the black hole that was 2020, I stumbled upon the Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD) while reading the book* The Longevity Diet by Valter Longo. Improve your health by letting your body eat itself? I was intrigued. Damaged cell buffet? Yum. Count me in. The Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD) FMD was designed to…