Peak-performance, diet, lifestyle, Mark Hyman’s “Ultramind Solution” and Barry Sears “Zone Diet”

I recently came across Mark Hyman’s book “The Ultramind Solution”, which led me to Barry Sears older Zone Diet system.  Both books cover the same topic, which is how diet and lifestyle impact our bodies, which in turn impacts our cognitive capacity and personal resilience (ability to weather upsets and disappointments).   I have been [...]

Polyphasic sleep on hold – and Happy New Year!

I have put the polyphasic sleep thing on hold, prior to even starting it, as I have developed a low-grade chronic fatigue (CFS).  I am quite happy, just tired and droopy for the last two weeks.  Historically such things clear out with time and super-healthy diet and exercise, but it cannot be rushed.  I only [...]

Polyphasic sleep experiment – Day minus 1 or 2

I have postponed my polyphasic / Uberman sleep experiment by a day or two as I have a minor stomach flu.  I will start either tomorrow or within a couple of days depending on how I feel.  I want to begin the experiment rested and in good shape.  I am feeling very happy and reasonably [...]

Polyphasic sleep – preparation

My polyphasic sleep experiment starts this Sunday.

For two reasons:

1) I don’t want to overload “Marc’s Life” list with over-long posts and sleep logs (the “narcissistic ramblings” stuff, you know).

2) I am sure that many of you already think that I’ve lost my marbles, and I don’t want to provide additional evidence for this unless you [...]

My story with Trellis, Rebekah, work, hypomania, and more…

If you are wondering how my juice feast is going, I am now on the modified version, which is juicing two meals and eating solid one meal a day. I was feeling so incredible for 3-4 days I could not believe it (unbearably happy and very-very expanded), but I wasn’t very focused.  This is the [...]

What is “Lifestyle Design” – Review of Timothy Ferriss “4 hour work week”

A Brief History of “Lifestyle Design”

The term “Lifestyle Design” was invented by Timothy Ferriss in his bestselling book and blog The 4-hour work week. The fundamental idea (and it’s an extremely exciting one) is that any of us can, by following the directions in the book, free ourselves from financial dependence on our job, develop [...]