FI Weekly – July 19, 2022: 1% Changes, Gmail Productivity Tips, Community Wins
1% Changes Make a Huge Difference One concept we’ve talked about over the last 5 years on ChooseFI has resonated above all: The aggregation of marginal gains. Small 1% changes you make at the margins aggregate into massive positive change in your life. It’s time to start looking for these small improvements in every aspect of yourlife, not just financial. Many of my recent wins come in the area of health. Here are 3 quick examples: Not consuming any food after dinner (or at least 3 hours before sleep). This is the simplest, yet most impactful change I’ve recently made and the ‘proof’ shows up every night in my Oura Ring sleep data. Simply put, on nights where I do not eat after dinner, my resting heart rate is lower and my REM and Deep Sleep times are dramatically increased. Eating close to bedtime destroys my sleep quality and therefore how I show up in life the next day. The continuous glucose monitoring company Levels mentioned on their podcast that the best tip they’ve aggregated for controlling blood sugar and weight is simply this: Take a short, ~5 minute walk after every meal. This ties with a Chinese folk saying, “if you