life - Arv' Musings

On Addictions

characterized by a persistent and intense urge to use a drug or engage in a behaviour that produces natural reward, despite substantial harm and other negative consequences ... perpetuating cravings. weakens self-control.

discussion

If it was harmful ...

We all kinda sorta know of the obviously harmful. For example, we know smoking cigarettes is terrible for health. Right? No one is smoking under the impression that it is a net positive. But what about the stuff we don't know of?

ArvTraining

Pondering a Redo: My Unanticipated Results and Unrealised Targets in Fitness

If you could do something over, what and how would you go about it? If I could have a do-over for my fitness journey, how would I go about it?

coaching

Seize Your Wellness: The Power of Preventative Health and Fitness Before it Hits the Danger Zone

Individuals in the 'in-between' health state need to take preventative action and proactive measures to ensure they move towards optimum health rather than avoiding sickness.

activity

Revving up your fitness journey: How to get motivated and start exercising at 40+

You can get fit at any age. You can get started at any time. Sensible fitness training will add immensely to your quality of life. Don't hesitate. Get started. Do it your way! And good luck.

guilt

Learning from Imperfect Actions: Turning Negativity into Personal Growth

In your daily life, you often encounter situations where you witness people making poor decisions. Or engaging in actions that you find distasteful. It's natural to react with judgment or disapproval. But instead of reacting, you can use these experiences as opportunities

framework

Transform your life: Why fitness, nutrition, and lifestyle changes are for the long haul

Let's optimise for health while allowing for life. For the rest of our lives.

design

The Deeper Cost of Milder Distractions and Addictions

take it from me, use your distractions wisely and you'll be cranking out top-notch work in no time. It starts with awareness. So, what are those pesky addictions and distractions that pull you away from being your best self?

daily9

Do you check-in with yourself?

Coasting and doingWith a lot going on, it is easy to get distracted by "doing". As a chronic overthinker, it is difficult to know if I am caught up in the midst of overthinking. Or if I am coasting. Spending time writing is an

daily9

Listen to yourself

I am coming to the frightening realisation that every answer that I look for - in books, in mentors, in deconstructing the actions of much smarter people - is already inside me.

books

Four things that caught my eye this month

Laws of valuation, Have the willingness to pay talk early, the dubious rise of imposter syndrome, and ALOK

discussion

Changing your mind is a GOOD thing

ou are not the same person you were 10 years ago. Heck, 10 days ago. Change is the only constant. Be true to yourself. Follow your intuition. Question everything. Including your stances.

framework

Understand and replenish your energy

Understanding my energy levels, paying attention it, and then setting my "best" for the day has made a big difference. It has led to the larger goal of self-kindness be more effective.

framework

Consistently Intense is your path to burning out

Sprinting with inadequate recovery leads to reduced performance. And if you do not rest enough before your next sprint session, you will eventually injure yourself. You think a cheetah can sprint 10 kilometres?!

discussion

The drama triangle and other stories

Learning to separate facts from stories is imperative. Hold on to your stories with curiosity. Your stories are your framings from your limited perspective. Many a time, your stories are triggered by implicit memories from childhood which you haven't addressed.

framework

How much is too much?

Having too much is a confounding method of copping out from figuring out what I need to be doing.

coaching

The bane of weighing yourself

But the association of how good a person you are, how good you should feel about yourself, how much you should berate yourself, how much harder you should work at the gym, how much starvation you are going to endure - that's all coming from somewhere inside of you.

discussion

The issue with advice

When you ask for advice, know that no one can or should be able to answer this question for you. If someone attempts to, it is a good litmus test (that you should be warier of what they are saying.)

habits

There's a cost to everything, including passion. Especially passion.

There is a cost to everything we do. Knowing the cost is important. Knowing our values and our end game, equally so. And then, we can start working on ensuring that we aren't fucking ourselves up while narrowmindedly going towards a goal that does NOT encompass all of us.

challenge

Keep doing more of this with the goal of stopping

And so, we are all stuck in a fucktarded trap. Where we all think we will find salvation by doing more of this and we'll get out of here where we can start doing less of this, once we get there.

activity

Start with recovery: 7 strategies to feel amazing

When you are unwell, you feel like staying in bed for longer. You want to push work away and instead vegetate on the couch, watch some mindless TV. That's your body getting what it needs - minimal calorie expenditure and lots of rest.

discussion

On why we are bored and dissatisfied

One is to keep accumulating new experiences. There are infinite options out there. This intuitively sounds silly. If you got bored with the first 20, the next 200 will lead to the same end.

discussion

To stand still against the current

Recently, I had the chance to do something interesting - to eat by myself. I thought I could do this anytime. But that's because I did it while reading a book, which for some reason I didn't think was the same as a distraction like watching TV. It is, as much of a book snob, as I might be.

discussion

A few fundamentals we shy away from

the unfortunate definition of a blind spot is that you don't know what it is. By asking for feedback from the people I spend a lot of time with, by journaling and by reading those journals, I've been able to decipher these rather fundamental things.

discussion

Zooming out and a sense of time

One limitation in our progress is our handicap of looking at time. Using one hundred years as a lifetime, we tend to focus on short durations. The disruptions we are producing i.e. the variables in the system we are affecting are unbeknownst to us.