Staying Healthy and Sane At a Startup
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#2This could have easily been titled "Staying Healthy and Sane." Useful ideas all around.
In particular, business on meditation is interesting to me. I do all my best thinking in the shower. I suspect this is because without meaning to be, I'm in a meditative state there. Every time I have a really hard problem to ponder, I find a shower has the power to jolt me in the direction of the solution.
I'd like to find a way to harness this in a more convenient way that doesn't require soap, water or nudity, so I'm going to check out the NSR site Alex recommends.
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#3One tip I'd add to the diet section is to drink enough water. I find that always having cold water at arm's reach helps keep my mind fresh and alert.
Also, making the switch from coffee to tea can have innumerable benefits to one's energy level and overall health.
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#4This is a great article, very useful ideas.
I think that the last point he makes is probably the most valuable and one that I only just learned, that is to not worry if you miss a workout or two, or if you have that cake on the weekend every once in a while. I always used to set myself a very strict plan for whatever I was trying to do, and inevitably whenever I fell off I would feel like I failed and wouldn't be able to get back to it. I've recently started taking a more relaxed approach to my 'goals' and I feel like I've made much more progress, as long as the trend is in the right direction you're good to go.
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#5A lot of this applies to working for yourself, or for a big company. Startups exaggerate the extremes of stress and crunch, but I pretty much do all these things (and have done for the last 18 months or so, so ~8 months of BigCo and ~10 months of CEO) and they work equally well in both contexts. As long as you're working somewhere that you can go and take a walk when your wheels are spinning.
Things that I've found helpful: Vegetarian diet (currently trying vegan out to break my fro-yo addiction), yoga, running with a goal in mind, running without a goal in mind, massages, a long commute without a laptop. All except the former help me let my thoughts just drift and it's surprising what pops out.
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#6One tip I'd add to the diet section is to drink enough water. I find that always having cold water at arm's reach helps keep my mind fresh and alert. Also, making the switch from coffee to tea can have innumerable benefits to one's energy level and overall health.
A thousand times yes. Having water at hand and always sipping is a really great way to tame hunger and oral fixations, and is great for your body to be flushing itself out.
I find that tea doesn't give me as much of a high as coffee, but it lasts longer without any come-down. Awesome.
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#7One other thing that has helped me keep my sanity: wash and fold laundry service. You take your dirty laundry, put it in a bag, and they'll clean and fold it for a modest fee (the place around the corner from me is around $1.10 a pound). In urban areas you can find services that will pickup and deliver.
It's a luxury, but it isn't that expensive (especially if you typically rely on coin-op laundromats anyway) and it's one less thing to worry about.
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#8Been shopping for a martial arts school for the exact same reason - seems like a great way to add variety to what would otherwise become a dull workout routine.
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#9This could have easily been titled "Staying Healthy and Sane." Useful ideas all around. In particular, business on meditation is interesting to me. I do all my best thinking in the shower. I suspect this is because without meaning to be, I'm in a meditative state there. Every time I have a really hard problem to ponder, I find a shower has the power to jolt me in the direction of the solution. I'd like to find a way…
Try thinking about the issue before you go to sleep. This has worked great for me, often I'll awake to a keen sense of understanding what I was thinking of, although a few times it has resulted in keeping me up for hours frustrasted with neither sleep or understanding!
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#10This could have easily been titled "Staying Healthy and Sane." Useful ideas all around. In particular, business on meditation is interesting to me. I do all my best thinking in the shower. I suspect this is because without meaning to be, I'm in a meditative state there. Every time I have a really hard problem to ponder, I find a shower has the power to jolt me in the direction of the solution. I'd like to find a way…
Try thinking about the issue before you go to sleep. This has worked great for me, often I'll awake to a keen sense of understanding what I was thinking of, although a few times it has resulted in keeping me up for hours frustrasted with neither sleep or understanding!
Every time the challenge du jour pops into my head before sleep I just end up thinking about it for hours. And not sleeping. It's tough.