If you have read any of our previous articles, you will know that we are advocates of a moderate or middle-of-the-road approach to almost anything. We often see people get motivated to better themselves, start way too aggressively, burn out, and end up back where they started.

It’s not always easy to hit middle age. You feel that your abilities start to slip and you’re not as sharp as you once were.

Any glance at the myriad of world news outlets is guaranteed to give you one thing: Bad news. But is life on this planet really so bad, or is there some kind of human longing for negativity?

Longevity has become big business these days–I mean who doesn’t want to live longer, assuming that quality of life also continues? As time goes on, there has been more and more research regarding what specific metrics you can improve in order to lengthen both your healthspan and lifespan.

Most of life happens in the gray. Most of life is messy. But if we strive to keep the focus on ourselves, we will be well on our way to communicating in a more effective manner–even if we don’t do it perfectly.

This probably sounds a bit nonsensical, or something an inebriated simpleton might say on a Friday night, but we think that this sentence hits a note in the modern human condition that plagues our society.

The realization that you only have 4000 weeks to fulfill all the stuff that you want to do can be a scary and unpleasant thought, but if you contemplate this notion for a while, it can be a liberating realization as well.

Ugh. That feeling–you’ve let things pile up. Maybe you’ve been going through a bit of a slump. Low energy, little or no motivation, and the pressure of looming deadlines have caused a bit of a paralysis.

We’ve been diving a bit deeper into stress and trauma lately, and today we want to look at a different side of this story.

You don’t have to wait until some serious health incident occurs in your life, and please don’t.

In statistics there is a law saying you can’t take something specific and generalize it. And, of course, that makes logical sense. So despite whatever tough times we are going through–whatever specific things are going on with us–we cannot conclude that we are losers or failures

Habit stacking is an amazing way to incorporate new habits into your day by piggybacking them onto existing habits and routines.

So, what can you do when you’re stuck in a rut, and can’t see a way out? Well, here is the coffee talker's two-step guide to when you’re “fed up dealing with idiots”.

“The thing with research is that you can find out whatever you want to find out if you’re looking hard enough.”

— Confirmation bias

Einstein once said that you should make a thing as simple as possible, but not simpler than that. We’re paraphrasing, but we think that this hits the nail on the head. Life, society, and our bodies are complex systems, and if you’re only fixated on maximizing one thing, you’re probably hurting other areas.

I guess that’s pretty much the “Toxic Masculinity Top Ten List.” Thoughts like this have come and gone in my head over the years, varying in intensity–but ultimately forming a solid bedrock of negativity and lack of compassion for myself.

Do you trust your gut feelings? There are many times I haven’t. The most serious one, of course, was a feeling I felt for years that the performance of my heart just couldn’t improve.

"You are a ghost, driving a meat-coated skeleton, made from stardust, riding a rock, hurtling through space.”

It may have not yet happened yet, but eventually your training goals change. Whether you are an elite professional athlete, a CrossFit addict, or someone that wants to drop a few pounds–eventually that all gets overshadowed by wanting to live a longer life. It could happen at 40, 50, or 60–but it’s coming.

Wait, what? Yeah–we have been conditioned all our lives to dream big, set our sights on a specific goal–and go for it. But have you ever experienced that sinking feeling after reaching a specific goal?