“There’s a deep continuity between the way biological life self-organizes and the way cognition self-organizes, which means there is a deep interconnection and interdependence between the functioning of your brain and the functioning of your body.”

John Vervaeke

Does the world need another fitness essay or influencer? Nah.

I share merely to affirm personal psychological value – which compounds over a lifetime.

Fitness, unquestionably, is one of the most important endeavors of my life, in terms of wellbeing and lessons about living well. Namely:

• Regularly clearing my mind
• Becoming finely attuned to the body, nutrition, and sleep
• Delayed gratification and patience
• Discipline
• Resilience in tough moments
• Pushing beyond my known limits
• Understanding and respecting the enormously powerful relationship between body and mind