Keep Your Mental Energy Up to Perform Strong
We engage in physical and mental activities all day long. Some activities sustain our energy and some drain it; we want to track those energy flows as part of our Good Time Journal exercise.
Dave Evans • Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life

When a runner has been overreaching, workouts are no longer enjoyable or productive and running is a struggle. However, a few weeks of easy running or rest and plenty of nourishing food is usually enough to bounce back. Overtraining, on the other hand, is a severe case of overreaching that requires a much longer recovery period of rest or very ligh
... See moreZoë Rom • Becoming a Sustainable Runner: A Guide to Running for Life, Community, and Planet
experimenter regularly ramped up both the speed and incline. Most people get winded by minute six and give up within eight. When accompanied by music, however, patients soldiered on for an average of fifty-one seconds longer. That’s almost a full minute at their highest level of effort. A cardiovascular stress test is the gold standard for determin
... See moreKelly McGonigal • The Joy of Movement: How exercise helps us find happiness, hope, connection, and courage
Research overwhelmingly shows that people who regularly do aerobic exercise, such as running, perform better on several types of cognitive tasks.