Consciously override the natural default of making decisions based on fear, which is our strongest survival emotion, and instead choose to make decisions from a place of ‘abundance’ to guide your life choices.
Actively choose your life’s direction by stepping back and reflecting on your choices and what you tolerate, rather than passively going through the motions and letting life happen to you.
Engage in foundational practices like adequate sleep, a healthy diet, regular exercise, and mindfulness, as these improve the quality of your thoughts, leading to clearer thinking, better job performance, and improved relationships.
Develop a daily gratitude practice that progresses from appreciating external things (family, friends) to recognizing intrinsic qualities (creativity, resilience), which builds internal tools to deal with future unexpected challenges.
Regularly create a list of accomplishments you are proud of, including both traditional successes (academic, career) and personal efforts (e.g., being a good stepmom), to build a stronger self-image and acknowledge your hard work.
Use journaling to record daily events, emotions, and potential future actions, which helps sort out thoughts, gain objectivity, and reduce stress by moving anxieties from your head onto paper or into conversation.
Actively bring changes into your life by trying new things, meeting new people, having new experiences, and reading diverse books, as these activities make your brain more open and flexible, enhancing your ability to deal with future changes.
Shift your life decisions from avoiding negative outcomes (e.g., debt, relationship loss) to actively building positive ones, such as creating a financial nest egg, improving relationships, or making new friends.
Focus on making small, incremental changes (e.g., going to bed 30 minutes earlier, increasing steps by 1-2k daily, drinking more water) across multiple areas, as these micro-tweaks build up to significant improvements in well-being and brain power.
Understand that your physical state (e.g., cold, hungry, tired) directly impacts the quality of your thinking, and your mental state (e.g., confident, anxious) affects your body’s nerves and hormones, highlighting the interconnectedness of mind and body.
Consider supplementing with AG1, a daily health drink containing five strains of gut bacteria and plant-based compounds, to support digestion and enrich the gut microbiome by increasing beneficial bacteria.