How to Treat Oneself

Motivation

We might think of ourselves as rational beings, fully in control of our behavior but the reality is a more complex trinity of our conscious minds, our subconscious body and our environment.

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The diagram below shows a very rough approximation of what causes a certain behavior in any person.

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Robert Sapolsky Stanford Lectures

Motivation

A collection of recommendations for the body to maximize well being. No one size fits all, provide options to pick and choose along with pro and cons.

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Food

Exercise

Sleep

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Motivation

A collection of  recommendations for the mind to maximize well-being. No one size fits all, provide options to pick and choose along with pro and cons.

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Learning

Meditation

Cognitive Biases

Drugs

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Motivation

A collection of recommendations for selecting or shaping the environment to maximize well-being. No one size fits all, provide options to pick and choose along with pro and cons.

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Community

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Motivation

A collection of recommendations for finding purpose in an inherently purposeless world to maximize well-being. No one size fits all, provide options to pick and choose along with pro and cons.

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Motivation

Many concepts in older religions from heavens to reincarnation and souls are means to soothe us into thinking that death is not the end of us. Death-denial has its benefits for a person and for the society but it also prevents certain better approaches to life from developing and may even cause harm. Given its inevitability, how should one approach one’s own death? How should society approach death?

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