An Excellent Wknd [25.20]
3 thoughts on stress, desire, & limbic capitalism
Hello, hi, 👋
Welcome to the 13 happy & healthy humans who joined us last week.
Let’s jump in.
🗓️ THIS WEEK
Scaling Back to Move Forward: How Modulating Intensity Creates More Fitness
Talking about balancing consistency with intensity, navigating toxic environments, & approaching fitness with intention.
Fighting Stress: Why the 5 Factors of Health Are Our Best Weapon
Exploring how stress affects our health & why the five factors are crucial in building resilience against it.
The Daily Chase
Brief, focused essays delivered each weekday to Chase Club members. (🔓 indicates the post is free for the weekend.)
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🤔 3 THOUGHTS
More than 70% of Americans report stress negatively affects their physical or mental health. I doubt the solution will come from more training sessions or tighter macro tracking, but when we create daily countermeasures against the 4 horsemen of modern overwhelm:
Suffocation from too much stuff
Paralysis from too much choice
Exhaustion from too much speed
Distraction from too much noise
“Desire is a contract you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want. I don’t think most of us realize that’s what it is. I think we go about desiring things all day long and then wonder why we’re unhappy. I like to stay aware of it, because then I can choose my desires very carefully. I try not to have more than one big desire in my life at any given time, and I also recognize it as the axis of my suffering. I realize the area where I’ve chosen to be unhappy.” - Naval Ravikant
“Limbic Capitalism: Capitalism needs us to keep buying, and the best way to keep us buying is to get us addicted — to food, drugs, porn, news. Our brains are being overstimulated as businesses compete to obsess us; the market is slowly turning us into mindless dopamine-junkies.” - Gurwinder
🦉 SHARED WISDOM
A weekly community survey exploring what matters most. Results & a new question shared in next week's edition.
Last Week:
Which of these most influences your daily health choices?
59% of you said that daily schedule & routines played the most significant role, while 22% said the previous night’s sleep did.
This Week:
Next week, Ben & I are talking about three key distractions keeping you from health. It’s the first of a series of episodes we’re putting together on distractions, & I’m excited to get them to you.
Thanks so much for being here, & have an excellent weekend.
🤙🏼 Patrick