![]() I measure it in number of minutes spent reading printed books without interruptions. Also, when I started working with a personal trainer twice a week, I started getting into the best shape I've ever had. It's pretty clear how the muscle inflammation I had ruined physical activities for weeks. I measure all activities in minutes, and the target number was 30 minutes per day. So I only measured moderately or highly intensive physical activity such as playing football, running, working with a personal trainer at the gym doing functional training, using TRX at home, doing push-ups or sit-ups, table tennis, squash and golf. I want to be only 2-3 weeks away from that in any given time. Moreover, I literally want to be ready if the chance of becoming an astronaut arrives and I need to get in excellent shape. I need to exercise almost every day to be able to focus on my cognitive tasks. My Goals and the Results 1) Physical activity So I set my goals – exercise more, read more printed books, learn Spanish, mediate more -, and I have been keeping track of my mental and emotional health as well as my speaker season.Īs I honestly believe that my method can motivate people to have long-lasting, impacting change in their lives, I’m keen on showing here my system, which you can adapt to your own goals, own life, own personality. ![]() So I turned to an Excel spreadsheet on Google Docs and on the first day of 2016, I created a system that has been helping me adjust changes to how I live my life. They need a simpler, cheaper, more personalized solution. So after all these years, I had to realize people won't start changing their lifestyle with a wearable tracker. There are apps for changing habits, but I needed a personalized solution. They don’t motivate me for making lifestyle changes, I still have to do that myself. Well, some sensors are great, but the apps are nowhere compared to what I expect them to do. When the sensor revolution began, I thought great wearables and the accompanying applications will finally help me make better decisions about lifestyle. For example, if I exercise today, I can focus mentally better the next day and if I can focus well, my emotional health becomes better on the long term. It taught me important lessons about how I live. I gave a score from 1 to 10 to my mental, physical and emotional health, and I disciplined myself to follow through every day. I have to disappoint you: trackers and wearables were introduced in the last couple of years, but I’ve been quantifying my health since 1997! So how did I start? On paper. You would think that I started tracking my vital parameters, when sensors got to the market. In some previous articles, I have described how I track sleep and stress or how you could live healthier with the help of technology. Let’s, peak into it! Lifestyle change starts with a piece of paper As I am hooked on data, I created a system in a simple excel spreadsheet to monitor my vital signs and my progress towards my set of goals. ![]() Exactly twenty years ago, I felt the need to change my lifestyle for having better health on the long run. ![]()
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