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Sumac is a restaurant in an airstream in the middle of a field. And it takes a minute to get your food.

The way we live today, we don’t wait. We don’t stop. We don’t breathe deeply. And we don’t idle. Most of us aren’t in any sort of place we would want to idle anyway. Lately, I’ve been wondering,

“how did we learn it? That talent for insatiability.” – Margaret Atwood. 

(keep going… there’s a playlist for you at the end of this post).

Everyone is running from place to place – especially in Tech. Trust me, I would know. Gym, office, lunch (Sweetgreen or some other expedited version of “healthy”), office, happy hour, home, kids’ soccer practice, takeout, sleep. Most of us are a little overweight, drink too much, savor too little. Our FitBits and Apple Watches count our steps and send us little firework emojis when we hit 10,000. We have meditation apps, calorie counting apps, water intake apps, apps for our menstrual cycles, apps for music to work to, sleep to, exercise to. We measure everything – so we can reduce calories, increase water, increase steps, reduce stress. Fucking sleep. There is actually a company whose slogan is “hack your metabolism.” So I ask again… where did we learn it? This talent for insatiability. This quest for ‘more.’

Everyone asks me what diet plan I use. Keto? Whole 30? Intermittent Fasting? 80/20? Everyone asks me what workout routine I follow. Cycling? Lifting? Cardio-centric? The truth is, there is no diet (nor will there ever be) and there is no routine. There is, however, a philosophy. 

The philosophy is pretty simple. And you’ve found bits and pieces of it sprinkled across this blog before.

It goes something like:

  1. Movement – start with Steph Rose at Phase6.
  2. Hydration – two to three liters a day.
  3. Nutrition, #eatfoodnottoomuchmostlyplants and nothing that comes in a package (Michael Pollan)
  4. Rest, #measurelesslivemore (#mllm)
  5. Balance, #equalpartsdisciplineandindulgence 
  6. Consistency – do it every day. 

This is #oneandahalfslices 

Everyone is looking for something that works – something that will make them lose weight, live longer, sleep sounder, be happier… 

The diet that works and the changes that matter aren’t difficult. You don’t need a nutritionist, a therapist, or a personal trainer. You need this post, your own diligent mind, your own beautiful heart, and ecosystem of supportive, motivated, divergent thinking humans to spark your curiosity in a million different directions. 

For a time, it has bothered me how much we think we “need.” We need a drink because we’re stressed, a coffee because we’re tired, lunch because it’s lunchtime, a vacation because we’re overworked. Oral fixation. Immediate gratification. Lately I’ve been centering around this concept. And it is remarkable how little we do, in fact, need, especially compared to what we consume. 

“Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.” – Ayn Rand

My personal experience and observation is that when we live life unchecked, working as hard as we’re working, going as fast as we’re moving, we end up sprinting down a path of consumption, production, progress, and more. More of what? And why? To save? To spend? This place of progress is not always a place of growth if there is no center of gravity, sense of deliberate self, and genuine connection at the core.   

“People want nothing but mirrors around them. To reflect them while they’re reflecting too … Reflections of reflections and echoes of echoes. No beginning and no end. No center and no purpose.” ― Ayn Rand

This is a mantra of the coming season. To require less. Smaller coffees, less frequent meals, maybe more steps and maybe fewer – not counted either way – but taken for the love of walking. 

Remember the One Year Anniversary post? Yes, great recipes. But the season to come holds both recipes and a phase transition. From ‘supposed to’ towards authenticity. We are going to listen more and require less. Measure less and live more. You’ll find writing, exploration, deliberation, and a remarkable joie de vivre. In what we do, what we value, and how we live. 

“Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe, to know what he ought to desire, and to know what he ought to do.” – St. Thomas Aquinas

The thing is, Sumac has it right. Go slow, be deliberate, do what you love, think of others, inspire, appreciate, adore, #measurelesslivemore

Now, for those who have made it this far, either out of genuine curiosity or just really wanting to get to the music, I’ve got a summer playlist for you. Because people | have created | beautiful things and we should share them.

Music and food are such things.

  1. Summer in New York – Sofi Tukker
  2. Borderline – Tove Styrke
  3. Parachute – Kyndal Inskeep
  4. 1000 Words – 0171
  5. Insomnia – Daya
  6. Magic – Sereda
  7. Provenza – Karol G
  8. Space Ghost Coast to Coast – Glass Animals
  9. Astronaut – Mansionair
  10. 2000 Angels – Ben Khan
  11. On My Knees – Rufus Du Sol
  12. Lebanese Blonde – Thievery Corporation
  13. Se Acabo – Beatnuts feat. Method Man
  14. C.R.E.A.M. – Wu Tang Clan
  15. Falling – Trevor Daniel
  16. Him & I – G Eazy feat. Halsey
  17. Die For Me – Post Malone
  18. Facedown Domino – Mansionair
  19. Dribble – Sycco
  20. Synchronize – Milky Chance
  21. Run – OneRepublic
  22. Feels Right – Biig Piig
  23. You’re Somebody Else – flora cash
  24. Dancing in the Dark – Cannons
  25. Kuliru – Beard of Harmony
  26. Amerimacka – Thievery Corporation
  27. The Sun – Mauve
  28. Face Your Fears – OsMan
  29. Sundara – ODESZA
  30. Sundara Aftermovie

Bonus: Hear the Story of the Russian Cosmonaut

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