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When cortisol is high, caffeine doesn’t do much for you (except for temporarily relieving your caffeine addiction symptoms).
The easiest and cheapest way to run this experiment is to buy a box of green tea bags and try substituting two or three cups of tea for every cup of coffee you’d normally have.
Meditation is just a breather for your brain.
Meditation is also exercise for your brain.
2. Aim low. Even a three-minute session can increase your energy.
Resist the itch to fill the blank space.
try to take breaks without screens:
82. Eat Without Screens
If you want to improve your sleep, keep the phone out of your bedroom—at all times.
1. Starting when you eat dinner or a few hours before your ideal bedtime, turn down the lights in your home. Switch off bright overhead lights. Instead, use dim table or side lamps. For bonus points, light candles at the dinner table.
2. Turn on your phone, computer, or TV’s “night mode.” These features shift screen colors from blue to red and orange. Instead of looking at a bright sky, it’s like sitting around a campfire.
3. When you go to bed, kick all devices out of t...
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4. If sunlight or streetlight is still sneaking into your bedroom, try a simple sleep mask over your eyes. Yes, you will feel and look a little silly, but they work.
The Highlight hypothesis If you set a single intention at the start of each day, we predict you’ll be more satisfied, joyful, and effective.
The Laser hypothesis If you create barriers around the Busy Bandwagon and the Infinity Pools, we predict you’ll focus your attention like a laser beam.
The Energize hypothesis If you live a little more like a prehistoric human, we predict you’ll enhance yo...
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Take Notes to Track Your Results (and Keep You Honest)
When you create a practice of setting your own most important priority, daily life changes.
Highlight: Schedule Your Highlight (#8
Laser: Block Distraction Kryptonite (#24)
Energize: Pound the Pavement (#62
Reflect every evening for three days
FURTHER READING FOR TIME DORKS
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
Brain Rules by John Medina
Deep Work by Cal Newport
The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
Getting Things Done by David Allen
How to Have a Good Day by Caroline Webb
The Power of Moments by Chip and Dan Heath
Headspace app starring Andy Puddicombe
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Mindset by Carol Dweck
In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez
A Guide to the Good Life by William B. Irvine
As Long as It’s Fun by Herb McCormick
The Living by Annie Dillard
On Writing by Stephen King
Sprint by Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky, and Braden Kowitz
