Crowding out is a technique I learned in health coaching. It’s a dietary strategy that focuses on adding more healthy, nutrient-dense foods rather than obsessing over cutting out junk food. So instead of trying to cut out Instagram, I’m going to crowd it out with something healthier.
Category: projects
My Review Of The Ladder App
’ve been going to the gym with Linda every Thursday for a few years and using the machines, but I’m not getting any stronger. It’s probably because I only go once a week, and the machines aren’t designed for a 5’2” woman with narrow shoulders, so I always feel like my form is “off” on them. Plus, the weight increments are weird. Plus, I always just want to go home.
A Q3 Daily Yoga Update
I’m 60 days in now, and the fact is, my flexibility gains have been minimal, and my body is no more toned than it was in early July. The mirror shows no change whatsoever, and my fancy scale says I’m actually moving in the wrong direction.
Halfway Day and Q3
I’m done thinking of my life as a through-hike; instead, I think of it like an art project, something I get to design based on whatever happens to be bothering me or intriguing me at the moment. At the moment, that project is about incorporating weights, managing cortisol, and adding more protein to my diet. I want to feel what it would be like to be strong.
Change of Life
I didn’t even notice The Change when it happened to me twenty years ago. That was the medieval era, when there was nothing to do about it but endure it. What else could you do?
Project-Driven in 2026
So around the solstice, I wrote down 6 things on little slips of paper. These were the 6 things that I knew would make me happy, healthy, and creative. These were the things I knew would keep me playing the infinite game with gusto for a long time.
The Art of the Stealth Project: How I Keep My Secrets
I needed a plan. And I realized this with a pain and a sadness and the most loneliness I had ever felt before, that no one was going to help me
Ending The Year With Fun?
What exactly do I want more of in my life right now? What might I theme around from now until the end of the year?
Embracing Structure: How I Overcame Boredom and Boosted Productivity
I wish I were more free-wheeling and spontaneous, a creature of whimsy, driven by synchronicity and intuition rather than the Pomodoro technique. In my psychology, I want to be what BoHo Chic is in fashion—all flowy skirts, strappy sandals,,and diaphanous scarves— the Anthropologie aesthetic.
Do What You Want To Do
Concerns about making a ton of money, achieving fame or notoriety, or making it big in your industry—concerns you have at 50, aren’t important at 70.
Inspiration Location 