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GOOD EL NINO WINTER MORNING! Things are flaking out. A massive winter storm just plowed through the country. It’s shivered up some cold memories (despite the fact that South Florida remained balmy with storms.) It turns out I have a unique relationship with the cold… 🥶
There’s that time my Toyota got stuck in ice on the train tracks in North Carolina. Then there’s that time I ran the national Junior Olympics cross country championships in snow with below zero conditions in Ohio (had to put vaseline on my cheeks to prevent frost bite!) But, perhaps most typical for me is one of the three Baltimore blizzards of 2010. We were live all day in 5 feet of snow and somehow locked the keys in the live truck! Merriam Webster, here’s your new definition of brain freeze 😆
“Any locksmiths around?”
STILL, THERE’S NOTHING LIKE A COLD PLUNGE TO TRICK YOUR BODY AND PSYCHE INTO SOME GOOD STUFF! Ice baths are such a thing now. They reduce inflammation, add mitochondria to the muscle, and put the body into an anti-aging survival mode. Yet, below freezing in the Chesapeake Bay in January hits different (best fundraiser ever for the Special Olympics.)
Doing things that are polar opposite of your norm actually shock break you into a higher plane. It’s like with working out. Your body gets used to certain patterns and doesn’t elevate unless you trick it. You’ve always got to be changing it up. Like using the opposite hand to write or walking backwards! Nobody expresses it as hilarious as Jason Gay 😁 https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/fitness/should-we-all-be-walking-backward-00c636b2
It’s the same with the mind. Humans operate on embodied thought. If a negative thought tries to hijack your head, either clap your hands, do a weird hand shake, jump up and down a few times. It’s one of the practices the kids in the SolHuBod club do in my novel. Physically and mentally snap out of it!
“DISRUPT YOUR DEFAULT TO DEEPEN IMPACT.”
One can only hope the MIAMI DOLPHINS do that on some level Saturday. They’re gonna be playing Kansas City in single digits 😱 Let’s hope Taylor Swift distracts everybody! It’s certainly the opposite of a “Cruel Summer.” You know it’s gonna be tough when the Kansas City National Weather Service office is throwing shade at the fins! Check out part of their weather discussion!
“MAY BE COMPLETELY INHOSPITABLE TO THOSE FROM WARMER CLIMATES”
👂️ I have an idea. The Fins need to pop some good Celsius before the game. Major League Soccer is in! And Capitol Hill! And Gen Z! I’m talking about my go-to every morning. Celsius energy drinks have the equivalent of two cups of coffee and lots of vitamins and minerals. They’ve gone stratsopheric this year. Plus it’s “cool” they’re based in Boca.
Energy Degrees!
Get moving! You can’t chill your way through life. But you may need to chill if you’re running on fumes. The key is to strategically flip your strategy to exploit shock value. Turn that cold jolt into a hot re-set! Turn your mid-winter into momentum. I think you’re beyond cool for reading this each week !❤️🔥
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