What I'm abouttoshowyouis a highlyoptimizedhealthandwellbeingritual, somethingthatinvolvesmeditation, eating, exercise, sleepbutdoneinsuch a waywhere, nomatterhowbusyyouare, you'reabletogetthebenefitsofthesepracticeswhilesaving 15 hours a week.
Nowdothemapsaving 15 hours a week.
It's saving 60 hours a monththatit's 720 hours a year, or 30 extradaysoffyourlifeeveryyeargivenbacktoyou.
Andthereason I designedthisroutineisbecause I amridiculouslybusy.
Andthen I havethesetwopeopleinmylivesaboutthatbrat.
Soas a singledad, doingallofthisstuffcanbereallyoverwhelming, so I neededtofind a waytogetmyhealthandwellbeingpracticesdonerightnow, I knowthesepracticesworkbecause I'vebeanchangingandevolvingveryrapidlyoverthelastfewyears.
Thisis a pictureofmethreeyearsago.
Thisis a pictureofme.
Today.
You'llseethat I'm gettinghealthierandfitteras I getolder, evenwhenmylifeincreasesandcomplexity.
Solet's getstartedwiththesepractices.
Thisiswhat I dowhen I wakeup.
Sothefirstthing I dois I checkedmysleepusingmysleeptrackingor a ring.
I trackedeverythingaboutmysleepandwiththedata I getfrommyauradeviceandmyiPhone, I knowexactlywhat I'm doing, rightorwrongtoallowmetohavethebestsleeppossible.
Thisallowsyoutocustomizethebackgroundtrackovermyvoicetochoose a backgroundsoundyoulike, whetherit's jazzorthesoundofwaterfallsorbynormalbeat.
Thentheentiremeditationtakes a mere 20 minutes, andyougothroughallthemostoptimizedstatesofbeingsothatyoushowupinyourbestformeveryday.
Now, bymeditatingthisway, I estimatethat I savedmyselfthreeand 1/2 hours a weekoffuselessmeditation, andatthesametimeitoptimizesmyperformanceeverysingleday.
Butwhat I needtodothatdaybreakfast s fuelisaninterestingideabecauseourbodiesneedvariety.
Andbasedonwhatwe'retryingtoaccomplishin a givenday, whetherweneedtooptimizeforcognitivefunctioningalloptimizedformusclegrowth, weneedtogiveourbodywhatitneeds.
A goodthingaboutbreakfastforfuelisjusthowefficientitis.
I gettomakeconsumemybreakfastinunderfiveminutes.
Letmegiveyou a look.
Butnowlet's talkaboutnobreakfastatall.
A lotofpeople, notifyoupracticeintimateandfastingintimateandfastingessentiallygivesyourbody a breakfromtherequirementsofneedstodie.
Justfoodandourbodiesneedthat.
So I amfor a 16 hourfast.
Whatthismeansisthataftercompletingmypreviousmealat 8:30 p.m. Thepreviousnight, I skippedbreakfastthenextdayanddonoteatanythinguntillunchtime, whichis 12 30.
Thisgivesmybody a 16 hourfast.
Whenyoudothisonceortwice a week, thehealthbenefitscanbeincredible.
Anditsavestime.
When I lookathow I putbreakfasttogetherin a givenweek, oneortwodaysofintermittentfastingcareerfordaysofbreakfast, thisfieldintwodaysofbreakfastasrichWell, I findthatitsavesmeonehoureveryweek.