#889: Q&A with Tim — How to Get Unstuck, Resilience in Hard Times, Tools for Brain Health, Finding Inner Peace, Optimism as a Learnable Skill, and More

This episode is the second half of my recent live Q&A. I cover what I’m doing to try to prevent Alzheimer’s, how to change when you can see exactly what’s keeping you stuck, staying hopeful as current events turn darker, what Quantified Self 2.0 would need to deliver, where psychedelics fit in my life now, how I think about “all-natural” vs. synthetic options, and much more. Please enjoy!

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Timestamps

• [00:00:00] Start.
• [00:01:59] What I’m doing to help prevent Alzheimer’s: sauna, Norwegian 4×4 intervals, Zone 2, urolithin A, lithium orotate, and dental health.
• [00:06:46] Knowing what keeps you stuck and still not changing: IFS, CBT, DBT, and the cost of inaction.
• [00:11:26] Will I move to a looser, more extemporaneous format? (Send me your ideas.)
• [00:17:51] From intellectual collector to builder.
• [00:18:38] What we’ll wish we’d been doing with AI 12 months from now.
• [00:19:05] Staying hopeful as the news gets darker: social media fasts, upside time vs. downside time, and Hard Times.
• [00:27:19] Will handmade work and human imperfection become more valuable?
• [00:27:37] Fix your state: exercise.
• [00:27:58] The best way to spend 5K–10K to get current on AI (you don’t need to).
• [00:29:59] Where psychedelics fit for me now, shorter-acting compounds, and anti-inflammatory effects at tiny doses.
• [00:33:49] Hugh Jackman’s 2,000-meter row.
• [00:37:17] What Quantified Self 2.0 would need to show me, and the missing piece of behavior change.
• [00:43:26] Life before and after psychedelics, and losing the fear of death.
• [00:49:59] “All-natural” vs. synthetic: supplements, cholesterol, and being your own advocate.
• [00:58:02] Xylitol and white teeth.
• [01:00:22] What I still love doing inefficiently.
• [01:00:59] Preventing tech neck.
• [01:03:05] Minimum effective dose for flexibility.
• [01:04:39] The $20 tip from Billy Joel.
• [01:06:09] My favorite birds.
• [01:07:12] When to keep investing in a friendship.
• [01:08:09] Am I at peace?
• [01:09:20] Parting thoughts.

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