On March 1st, 2017, I became a Vegetarian. Since then, I have seen my actions inspire others to eat less meat and have gained a better perspective for how Vegetarianism and conscious food choices can have a positive impact on our bodies and our planet.
In this post, I’d like to frame the conversation around four repeatable and transferable strategies that might help others on journeys of their own.
Recently, I discovered the open healthcare data available on CMS.gov and downloaded a few different reports to see what helpful insights I might be able to discover. One of the more interesting data sets I uncovered was the Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data, which I used to produce this simple Cost Comparison Tool.
Did I lose you yet? What does that even mean? Let's try and break some of those convoluted healthcare terms into plain English.
When I first read Peter Thiel’s “Zero to One”, I was struck by the now popular question he asks in interviews: “what important truth do very few people agree with you on?” While discussing the book with a co-worker the next day, he asked what my answer would be.
The response popped into my head uncontrollably, as if it had been waiting all along: “If you asked most health professionals how to lose weight, they would focus on exercising more and proper nutrition, but before approaching physical fitness I would address mental health.”
Anyone who knows me well knows that I suffer from chronic pain.
At first (like...for more than 2 years!), I denied the facts staring me in the face. I always told others that I just had acute pain and felt confident that I could solve it with a simple fix, either via self-treatment or with the help of a health care practitioner.
In an attempt to regain some control over my daily habits, I underwent a September experiment: I wouldn’t drink for a whole month.
Now this might sound crazy for a 23 year old single guy living in one of the best cities in the country, but really though, how long is a month in the grand scheme of things?
It turns out a month is a very, verrrryyy long time