01 Oct 2026 #wellness #selfgrowth
#1. If it drains you, cut it out.
Screens, social media, doomscrolling, sales dashboards, anything with a number next to your name…
Either it energizes you or it’s out.
Time in front of a screen is time away from real interactions and yourself.
#2. Stick to your baseline.
For over two days, my overthinking didn’t let me sleep.
I woke up with my heart racing and breathing fast, just like when you had a bad dream with a love one dying in an accident.
I had to go back to exercising, sitting in silence, journaling, and walking in nature to quiet my monkey brain.
Have a set of daily healthy habits that keeps you regulated—and stick to it like your life depends on it.
#3. If you work for it, you’ll have a perfect life. But it won’t be perfect all the time.
Credits to my sister, when I opened up about my frustrations.
Struggling is always part of the journey.
#4. You get what you expect when you detach from the outcome.
The more you chase something, the more it gets further away.
It’s true for money, relationships, and pretty much anything else in life.
Do your part and surrender the outcome.
#5. “Better to have one handful with quietness than two handfuls with hard work and chasing the wind.”
From Ecclesiastes 4:6 (NLT).
Another proverb from one of the wisest man in history.
It came to my mind on a Monday evening when I was drinking a green smoothie and eating some olives at a cafe.
Only tourists and retirees were around—and me.
Better to find contentment in a boring but perfect Tuesday than in a meaningless pursuit just for the sake of money.
#6. There won’t be a perfect occasion.
It’s your job to make every day a perfect one.
#7. Your frustrations, worries, and anxiety has something in common:
You and your mind.
You create them and you have the power to control them.
Keeping a healthy baseline is one of the 10 Surprisingly Simple Ideas That Changed My Life. Big plans and New Year’s resolutions don’t change your life. Small daily actions do.
30 Sep 2026 #books
If someone recommends you a book you already read, it’s time to reread it.
Last week I asked a friend for a book when you want to slow down.
He’s the kind of guy who needs a separate truck for his books when moving out.
Of course, he had something for me.
He told me about the author he had in mind.
When we met, he returned one book I lend him and showed me his recommendation.
It was Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, a book I already had and read.
A perfect excuse to pick it up again.
Yes, rereading books is fine.
The book is the same, but we aren’t.
And yes, reading a couple of chapters is fine too.
You don’t have to read from cover to cover.
He was a bit upset, but of course he had another recommendation.
If you want to read more and love it, here are my 10 book reading rules. And here are my books if you want to apply those rules.
29 Sep 2026 #wellness
You don’t need to win the lottery or visit an exotic place to have a perfect day.
A perfect day is rather boring and simple.
- A good night of sleep the day before.
- A moment of silence to quiet your monkey brain.
- A high-protein, nutritious breakfast.
- A workout session with upbeat music.
- A day without drama at work.
- A good book.
- A coffee outside with people you love.
- A walk after dinner.
You can always choose to make a day a really good day.
Don’t let bad weather ruin it.
A happy life is made of happy random Tuesdays.
Following a daily healthy practice—to make a day a perfect one—is one of the 10 Surprisingly Simple Ideas That Changed My Life.
28 Sep 2026 #writing
Gabriel García Márquez shocked me in the prologue of Strange Pilgrims.
I’m binge-reading some of his most popular books.
Love in Times of Cholera was the last one.
I’m not ready yet for One Hundred Years of Solitude.
But in the meantime, I picked up Strange Pilgrims, a collection of short stories that take place outside his hometown.
Here’s an excerpt of the prologue:
“When I started Chronicles of a Deaht Foretold, in 1979, I confirmed the fact that in the pauses between books I tended to lose the habit of writing, and it was becoming more and more difficult for me to begin again. That is why, between October 1980 and March 1984, I set myself the task of writing a weekly opinion column for newspapers in various countries, as a kind of discipline for keeping my arm in shape.”
In the Spanish edition, the last line reads more like “for keeping my arm warm.”
Maybe a reference to baseball or other sports.
Wow! A Nobel-winning writer lost his touches if he stopped writing.
He practiced with opinion columns: something shorter, less complex than a full-length novel.
Every post is a repetition, a push-up, a practice session,
Even if it’s just a few sentences that nobody seems to be reading.
Better a small session than a broken habit.
If an athlete goes to the gym, does drills, or runs every day.
If a Nobel-winning writer gets out of shape in the time between books.
Every day you don’t write “colds your arms.”
Write every single day.
Writing daily helped me recover from burnout. That’s one of the simple ideas that have changed my life.
27 Sep 2026 #wellness
Wear the fancy dress.
Get your hair done.
Go out, even alone.
Don’t wait for an especial occasion.
Because maybe there won’t be one.
Make every day an especial occasion.