{"id":37345,"date":"2017-01-21T03:30:05","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T11:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=37345"},"modified":"2017-01-21T03:30:05","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T11:30:05","slug":"life-hacks-winter-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/21\/life-hacks-winter-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Hacks: Winter, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"eric<\/p>\n

Dear friend,<\/p>\n

I want to share some personal life hacks that have helped me in life (as of Winter, 2017).<\/p>\n

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Consider this a list of what has worked for me<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and will probably not work for you. However, I hope this list of things can help stir some new ideas for you.<\/p>\n

Diet & Nutrition<\/h2>\n
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Sapa, 2017 (photo by Cindy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I feel that it is my life\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s duty to be the best blogger I can possibly be. This means that I prioritize my mental and physical fitness \u00e2\u20ac\u201d in order to be more productive, to have more energy, and to feel less tired.<\/p>\n

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve experimented with my diet and nutrition since I was 16 years old. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve found that the food I intake (and the timing) affects my mood, energy levels, and productivity massively.<\/p>\n

As of now, I am currently following a semi-strict \u00e2\u20ac\u0153ketogenic\u00e2\u20ac\u009d diet (meaning, I eat virtually no processed carbohydrates \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and mostly eat meat and non-starchy vegetables).<\/p>\n

One of the biggest things I learned about myself was the importance of skipping breakfast<\/em>. Whenever I eat breakfast, I feel tired and sluggish.<\/p>\n

Now what I do instead is whenever I wake up, I start off the day with a lot of water and black coffee (no sugar, no cream).<\/p>\n

I then usually start off the day reading, thinking, or writing. I generally do this for at least 3 hours or so, until it is lunch time (around noon).<\/p>\n

For lunch, I usually eat protein + veggies (no bread, sugar, simple carbohydrates, or starchy veggies like potatoes).<\/p>\n

I have also been recently experimenting with fasting all the way until dinner (instead of eating lunch, I will just drink another coffee\u00e2\u20ac\u201d and eat dinner at around 6pm). Honestly, this is a bit tougher to do \u00e2\u20ac\u201d but the coffee kills the hunger pangs. And by skipping lunch, I actually have more energy to do more reading, writing, and contemplating. And when dinner-time rolls around (6-7pm) I will eat a lot<\/em> of food (lots of meat, fish, veggies).<\/p>\n

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve experimented with eating only 1 meal a day (dinner) for about two weeks, and it probably has been the most creatively productive I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve ever been.<\/p>\n

Recently, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been eating lunch with Cindy and my family (currently traveling with them) because I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to miss out on good food. But whenever possible, I will try to stick to this 1-meal a day philosophy.<\/p>\n

Physical fitness<\/h2>\n