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[–] 13347404? [S] ago 

You'd have to elaborate. Are you always on the go, always working alot? Are you transient? I work 60 hours a week, go to school full-time and have 5 kids under 10. I still reload, garden, read for pleasure, build holsters out of kydex, and do alot of cooking now that I'm on keto. The biggest thing that helped me manage myself better was getting a day planner going and cutting out TV.

To me it sounds like you need to focus on freeing up time for yourself if you're that overwhelmed that even mentally tracking excess in your pantry is an issue.

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[–] samc_PMN ago 

What is your current BMI, if you don't mind me asking? What are your hours of sleep per night and hours of sleep opportunity per night? I'm very interested in whatever I can learn from people who get huge amounts done every day.

I'm not saying it's very hard to be healthy while being very hard-working. Plenty of people are extremely productive and still get 7-9 hours of sleep per night like Tim Ferriss and are normal-weight like Jeff Bezos.

I listened to Dr. Walker, a sleep expert, on the Joe Rogan podcast and he said something interesting about Reagan and Thatcher. Both prided themselves on sleeping very little and both got dementia.

What are your three best tips for getting lots of things done? Or your one-page summary or something?

For example, here's what Ferriss recommends. https://tim.blog/2013/11/03/productivity-hacks/

Maybe reading blogs too much is where all my time goes.

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[–] 13655734? [S] ago 

My BMI is 28 but I'm outside normal height range for a good BMI average. I'm short and very stocky with a a half keg going for a Dad gut. I recently started Keto and have lost 26 lbs in 8 weeks. I'm still on the fence about it though because it's incredibly restrictive and managing constipation is an issue.

Sleep, during the work week I get exactly 6 hours. I studied psychology for a time and trained myself to do only 90 minute cycles so I get either 9 or 7.5 on my off days and exactly 6 on my On days. The advantages to this is waking up at the right time in a cycle and I just bounce up with much less grogginess. It takes about a week to get into the cycle but totally worth it.

I do tDCS once a week in the morning on Saturdays. I take in about 2-4 cups of coffee every morning and a green tea pick me up around 4 pm. Everything else is water. At least half a gallon a day.

My biggest recommendations stand, a day planner for me has become an indespensible part of my life. I got one that breaks a year down by the hour and it let's me track phone calls, overtime, school assignments and kids soccer practices. I never had the discipline to do it in school but I guess I matured as my responsibilities grew too. Cut the TV too. Listening to podcasts and radio will give you just as much info with out sucking the IQ out your eyes.

Joe Rogan has some great guests on his show that discuss a ton of stuff. I listen to him at work or in the car sometimes and my only beef is he will often have contradictory information on and won't get to the bottom of it.

PM me if you want to chat some more.

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[–] samc_PMN ago  (edited ago)

garden

Done.

That reminds me of something.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Great-Basin-Indian

Great Basin Indian

More than 200 species of plants were named and used, principally seed and root plants.

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Children began to learn about and participate in the food quest while very young.

I already turned this article into an audio file (using Balabolka) to listen to while walking, biking, hiking, and working out to go along with all my other audio learning files. This was for personal interest though not prepping.

I just spent 5 minutes beginning a new audio file devoted solely to prepping.

I found this: http://www.wolfcollege.com/stinging-nettle-harvesting-processing-and-recipes/

Stinging Nettle the first leaves emerge from snow or soil in late January (in the Pacific Northwest). The leaves and stem are vibrant green and pubescent (hairy), sometimes with a hint of purple. As the nettle grows, the strongly serrate/toothed margins or edges of the leaves become more evident. Each leaf has a twin on the opposite side of the erect central stem and they’re arranged such that one pair is in the 12 and 6 o’clock positions.

While biking today, I made a quick plan to make 200 entries about edible and useful plants, turn them into audio files, and slowly memorize them over time. They'll each be about 30 seconds long. Once I'm done, I'll be able to talk for 1.7 hours about edible and useful plants of the pacific northwest. I should know the same things as an Indian and start forgetting the things I've been taught to make room, if necessary.

Yes, I'm a transient. I just a bought a 1990 Jeep Cherokee yesterday though to live in so now I'll have more time. That choice of vehicle was partly motivated by prepping concerns.

So that's entry number one.