The world is blowing up now. There is a war going on with no exit strategy. Men are fucking everything up in every area of life and won’t admit it. I wake up at 3 in the morning thinking about the dogs and the children and the toxic air and the environmental disaster all this is causing that no one is even talking about.
Version 7.3
The next few decades of your life should include versions of yourself that don’t exist yet.”
The Vibe Isn’t Vibing
The Vibe I’m picking up everywhere is one I’m constantly trying to plug my ears to, shield my body from, and cover my eyes to keep from seeing, because it’s the vibe of misogyny and male entitlement, and deliberate ignorance. And it’s twanging all around me, enraging me and dysregulating me.
Nothing Inspired Me This Month
Why does a person do anything? Why teach yoga, why coach softball? Why own a coffee shop? Why cut hair? What’s the point of anything anyone does? We each have to make our own meaning, I guess. We each have to tell ourselves the story about why our lives matter.
A Fire Horse Meditation
The walks need to get longer, and the pace needs to be pushed a bit. The heavy things need to be picked up so the muscles will strengthen for the coming days of wielding shovels, pushing barrows, and circling kayak paddles in and out of heavy water.
Don’t Breathe
To stay sane, I am trying to keep myself on the strictest of media diets and practice cognitive sovereignty, I really am. But even the smallest dose of Epstein files news becomes an overdose. It's like taking acid. The smallest tab and I'm trippin' balls, waking around, foaming at the mouth.   
Mastering Cognitive Sovereignty: Take Control of Your Mind
But the takeaway for me, personally, is his answer to the problem of social media and political manipulation. Go into training. Practice being really, really uncomfortable. He says we have to practice existential hormesis in order to regain cognitive sovereignty.
Overcoming Phone Call Anxiety to Make Change
When I was finished, I felt better. Much better. Calmer. Not as ragey. I didn’t think making those calls would make a difference, but it did. Taking action does relieve anxiety.
Inspired By In January 2026
What do you do to get through January? Aside from fleeing to somewhere sunny and warm? I know “winter is a mindset.” I know, I know. I read How to Winter too, but it’s hard when your skin doesn’t fit your face, and the cold is abusive, and there are only 9 hours and 41 minutes of sunlight, most of which is invisible. What do you DO!!!
Will You Recognize Yourself?
While they focus on changes in body weight or muscle tone, they often overlook what is happening on the inside due to sheer persistence. The act of showing up to train, day after day, month after month, year after year is the alchemical ingredient.
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