Sunday Sum - 6th August 2023

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The Sunday Summary

, a collection of insights and my behind the scenes from the past week.

🚴🏻 Some big non-taxi news:The UCI Cycling World Championships is already underway in Glasgow, Scotland! I'm excited to announce I will be 🎙️commentating on the semi-finals in the sport of bike trials!  It will be available on BBC Sport and Catch-up services.  And should also have a live stream as it takes place this Friday 11th August, I will be spectating the final which will be on Saturday 12th.I'll pop the link on my Twitter as and when I know more! 🎧 A podcast episode I'm loving:The Man Thats Ageing Backwards: “I Was 45, I’m Now 18!” - Bryan Johnson (Diary of a CEO Podcast)I’ve been enamoured with Bryan Johnson for the past few months. He’s been a huge inspiration on my quest to live healthier. A lot of his media appearances get misconstrued. In this one he clearly puts across the point that we are a self destructive society.  Engaging in a lot of behaviours at detriment to ourselves and others. I guess it’s the living embodiment of Peterson’s “Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world.”Being inspired by his protocol (some of these things are from elsewhere), I’ve already adopted the following habits

• A bigger priority for sleep. I now leave London even earlier to ensure I get the best opportunity to sleep.

• Introducing more vegetables into my diet.

• Not over-working and accepting the longer view. Not every task can be blitzed and will naturally take its time.

• A daily breath work protocol. This has a remarkable affect on lowering my stress levels before bedtime and could influence better recovery.

👴🏻 Some old man purchases (31 going on 61):Bremermann Comfort Shoehorn 58 cm MetalThis thing could do some serious damage! This is like Archimede’s lever!  I was using a travel shoe horn but it kept bending and wasn’t hugely practical.  This is a joy to use! Be careful though as it will probably tear your shoe apart before you manage to bend it!  It's solid steel!Stance Socks - Uncover the UncommonI’ve practically changed my entire sock collection to Stance socks. Their InfiKnit range has a lifetime guarantee!  They are stylish, comfortable, and super practical. I smile every time I put them on!  They even have snowboarding and hiking socks with appropriate friction/comfort padding which work tremendously!🌎 📰 An interesting article:100 Tips for a Better LifeShort pithy stuff.  Very similar to Kevin Kelly’s book; Excellent Advice For Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier.📖 A book I'm reading:Mort: Discworld, Book 4 - Terry PratchettI’ve lost count of how many times I’ve wanted to break into the Discworld novels.  This might be my best attempt yet. After watching this video I decided to start with Mort as it’s the first book centric to the character Death.  Which helps me to keep track of the storyline (it also helps that his speech is entirely in caps).  Will let you know how I get on with this and fingers crossed into the series.

📺 No upload this week:But a backlog in content!  So plenty of videos come for you all!

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Have a great week everyone!

Tom

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