Rattibha

Most people are alive… But they’re low on LIFE FORCE.
They wake up tired. They barely have any energy left after lunch.
Why is this the norm?
See, we weren’t meant to be like this. The Human Being is the Apex predator. We were meant to live difficult 16 hour days outside. We…

The first fundamental shift you have to make is to stop differentiating WORK & LEISURE.
Understand that everything is “work”. You are simply spending time improving a different skill.

Life is all but a multi-disciplinary game. The greatest one made. Sitting at the computer is work. Socializing is work. Cooking a steak is work. Sleep is work.
“Work” is continuous self improvement across every tenet.
Your ability to work is dependent on your energy levels

To maximize your energy, or as I like to call it, LIFE FORCE, you need to increase your proficiencies in the following skills:
1. Nutrition
2. Sleep & Recovery
3. Conquest of the Mind

NUTRITION
What you eat and drink literally fuels everything that you do.
Most people know this intrinsically, but they rarely put it to action.

Your mental state is guaranteed to be in disarray if you’re not feeding it the right building blocks.
This is especially true if you’re already unhealthy with a compromised gut.
So what’s the solution?

You probably think this is where I reveal a “SECRET DIET” that solves all your problems
Wrong. While that seems to be the answer you probably found on your own previously, it’s backwards.
The truth is that there is actually no secret diet.

All you have to do is (1) avoid the poisons in our food supply & (2) prepare your food properly. That’s it. You can eat everything if you follow these 2 rules.
The next time you do your groceries?

Avoid everything that contains these:
❋ Artificial dyes & flavorings (Red 40 etc)
❋ Seed oils (canola oil, rapeseed, safflower, etc)
❋ Processed soy (Soy lecithins, soy milk, etc)
❋ Iron-fortified grain (Conventional cereals, granola, cookies, etc)

Then, source for foods that are not sprayed with glyphosate and are in their most natural form.
Meaning, meat from animals that are fed their natural diets. Cows that eat grass. Chickens that forage on pasture. Salmon that’s out in the wild.

It’s sad that what was NORMAL just a hundred years ago is now what we have to pay a premium for.
But that’s the world we’re in now. And nutrition is one of the best ways you can spend your money on.

It’s far cheaper to figure your nutrition out then pay 6 figures to insert a stent in your arterial walls.
Don’t just stop at fixing your food either. Fix your WATER. It’s often neglected but incredibly important.

Dehydration is one of the main reasons why people are experiencing brain fog & why they impulse eat junk food.
And again with food, most people are clueless as to how to properly hydrate themselves.

Water is a carrier of trace minerals. You want Magnesium. Potassium. Sodium. Boron.. and the other trace minerals.
These minerals are present in tap water. But the problem is that they often come with unwanted chemicals like fluoride & other junk that’s in municipal tap water.

So this is why most people do a reverse osmosis or some other process to distill their waters.
But that’s not enough.

See, when you remove all the toxins, you’re also filtering all the essential trace minerals that our bodies NEED.
You need to reintroduce them by adding some sort of trace mineral drops back in.

Or you can skip this entire 3-step process and just buy gallons of spring water, with a natural trace mineral composition.

If all this talk about nutrition feels overwhelming, I understand. It took years to figure all this out.
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Nutrition is ONE skill. One building block in your efforts to optimize your state of mind throughout the day.
The next reason why people feel tired all the time is the don’t recover properly. This is a skill you must master. It’s a no-brainer.

SLEEP & RECOVERY
I have tinkered with my sleep for years now. I’ve tried just about everything.
This thread is already getting long so I’ll make this as concise as possible
You want to be maximizing REM SLEEP

Actionable Sleep Tips:
❋ Bedtime > Waketime.
Focus on when you need to get in bed instead of just setting an alarm for the morning
9 hours from when you need to get up is a good estimate.
Remember: When you get in bed ≠ When you sleep
For example, set 2100 as the time…

Now that you’ve got your nutrition & sleep in order, it’s important you work on your MIND.
If you don’t master your own mind, you’ll struggle to keep consistency with any worthwhile habit.

You’ll even doubt yourself on the days you do. And you might just derail everything you’ve worked so hard for.
Everyone tells you to do meditation, but the problem I’ve been seeing is most people are treating meditation COMPLETELY WRONG.

They just set a timer for 5-10 minutes and close their eyes, hoping it passes by as quickly as possible. Just something to check off the “habit tracker”.
Or they listen to some guided meditation thing and it becomes entertainment in its own form.
Marcus Aurelius said it best.…

“Reflect on the greatest blessings in what you do have, and on their account remind yourself how much they would have been missed if they were not there.”

NATURAL ENERGY LEVELS
The body isn’t a machine. It’s impossible for you to go full throttle every minute & hour of the day.
I mean, you can if you want to, but you’re not going to be maximizing the power of your combustion engine.

Treat your days like the seasons. Energy goes in peaks & troughs. Work with your body, not against it.
I learned this concept from @ellobosalvaje
Just as you WORK OUT, you must WORK IN
Just as you CREATE, you must READ
Just as you WORK, you must RELAX
Yin & Yang.

When you think about it, it makes sense.
Even in nature. The lion is either chasing a buck at breakneck speed, or he’s laying in the Sun (nuts out)
What he doesn’t do is run at a jogging pace throughout the entire day chasing buck after buck.

Important: Resting is NOT going on your phone and scrolling social media or watching random YT videos
This is one thing most people get wrong and why they feel lethargic all day long
They’re squeezing for more gas when there’s nothing there

What you need to do is ACTIVE REST. Or as Lobo calls it “WORKING IN”
Shadow box. Stretch. Foam Roll. Take a walk outside. Close your eyes & listen to binaural beats. Deadhang. Do a deep breathing pattern. Meditate.
These are activities you do in the trough

How long does your “WORK OUT” period last? I’d say it really differs based on the individual
I know some who enjoy doing these in 25 min intervals a la pomodoro technique
And others who do 1.5h chunks of work (I find this works best for me since 25 min is too short to go deep)

The point is, you have to realize that your energy levels naturally rise and fall throughout the day
It is your duty to work WITH your body, not against it
Remember. Yin Yang. Balance is KEY.