Hey everybody, I hope you are keeping healthy and safe during this extraordinary year. Personally, I’ve had the chance to really live my mantra . . .
”What happens to us isn’t nearly as important as what we do about it.”
Reboot Mode: Nature, fresh air, clear mind . . . WiFi off.
As many of you know, my wife Astacianna and I have been through a battle with Covid-19 this year, and while we are both now mostly through to the other side, we are left with an even greater appreciation of the truth that good health is a gift but not a given. As we come to terms with life in the new “abnormal” that we are living, we’ve been evaluating our goals and health and fitness protocols, looking forward to the next phase of life. Don’t call it a comeback ! . . . call it a reboot, a re-e-evaluation, a deep examination of how we live and love...and how we can change some things. We don’t want to waste our Covid-19 experience.
One of my new post-pandemic goals is to continue to share not just my athletic goals and obsessions but also my evolving beliefs around health, nutrition, aging, exercise and vibrant living. I don't want to just "get through this" trial, hoping to be the exact same person I was when or have the exact same life I had when it started. I feel I have an opportunity, and to some extent an obligation, to be a little more “evangelical” about what I believe works and why and hopefully encourage you to forge your own path, with intention and with some of the noise cut away.
Simple 2020 FORESIGHT: Loosen your grip and —> try something new!
So with your permission (actually even without it because you signed up :-) ) I’m going to send a short series of emails on my Lessons from 2020 - Let’s call them: 2020 Foresight. I promise they will contain useful and actionable information and some insight into my broader work and engagement with mental health, physical health, running, nutrition and sobriety.
And as always, there will be plenty of humor mixed in because life is serious enough already. Information doesn’t have to be boring.
I think you will agree the information will be useful, and I won’t be bashful in suggesting causes and products that I believe in and for which I advocate. If 2020 has taught me anything so far, it's that . . .
Life is too short to sit on the sidelines. NOW is always the best time to pursue your passions while honoring your inner-voice by standing with your conscience and pushing against what you feel to be profoundly “wrong.”
Life is serious enough already . . .
Goofiness is highly underrated. Take time off from from seriousness and you’ll reap the benefits: guaranteed!
Make someone laugh and you’ll be smiling and laughing too. I dare you to try!