The night before long runs – be their training or actual marathons, feels similar to those days back in my hometown in Venezuela when I was twelve and used to get nervous and excited at the same time before my Saturday soccer matches. I wouldn’t be able to sleep until too late in the morning. … Continue reading The night before
There is much written and said about human self-awareness. Things like we should know who we are, what we want, what our values are, and what we like and don't like. These aspects define us as humans. They make us different and unique. Based on this, we think, analyze, and make decisions. Self-awareness is a … Continue reading Catch yourself
There is something magical behind these three stages: repetition, iteration, and progress. Most of us want to progress in our life, but rarely want to deal with the boring parts – repetition and iteration. But they are all intertwined. We can't have progress if we don't repeatedly work on what we want to make progress on. A project … Continue reading Repetition, iteration, and progress
I am constantly searching to improve myself mentally, physically, and psychologically, changing for the better, learning from the past, fixing for the future while living in the present. So, if somebody tells you who and how I was when they met or last interacted with me – perhaps that was a week, a month, or … Continue reading Improved version
Every day is a constant reminder to improve myself in every possible aspect. From being kinder and more empathetic to being more selfless and generous with my time, presence, and attention. I’m trying to be a friend to myself. I'm trying to be a better friend, partner, son, and brother. I’m also trying not to … Continue reading Improving myself
All these thoughts. Positive and negative. Positive thoughts that are telling you, “you could become the person you dream of after hard work, being disciplined, and having consistency and persistence”. But the negative thoughts — these are the killers. They tell you that you suck; they tell you that you’ll never get to be the person you’re … Continue reading Make it or break it
For better or worse, I treat life as an experiment. I’m constantly trying new things, exploring new ideas, balancing between the extremes — breaking here and repairing there. I’ve gone through a wide range of trial and error periods. For example, taking only cold showers, meditating or doing yoga on a daily basis, sleeping with no pillows, … Continue reading Switch it off
As a human being, I treat my body and life as a laboratory and run self-experiments quite often — most of them have kept going for weeks, months, and even years! I’ve experimented with cold showers, eating habits, finances, optimizing gym workout routine times/week, writing (this), reading, programming, running, traveling solo with no plans, and most recently … Continue reading Experimenting life
Just like an athlete trains every day to improve physically, mentally and psychologically, you can do so with your mind, body and other parts too. Do it for the right reasons though: not for fame, not for money. Focus on long-term goals and something that passionates as well as challenges you. Not all things will … Continue reading Do it for the right reasons
Everyone has an opinion. That’s for sure. But that’s not the main point — the point is that you are better off letting them talk, whether it’s about you or not, and entirely focus on yourself because people might be talking about you because you’re doing something good… or maybe you’re doing something really bad or wrong. … Continue reading Let them talk
Richard Chan 