A Brief Look At Some Things We Missed

Summary: I’m sitting here at my desk on a cold, rainy, late-autumn afternoon trying to keep warm simply by increasing my brain activity. I read somewhere that the more active we keep our brains, the more active molecules in our body become, slightly raising body temperature so that we are fooled into thinking we are more comfortable. The trick isn’t working, but there’s certainly no shortage of things to keep my brain busy. Over the course of the year, we’ve covered a variety of topics from why <a href="https://www.oldmantalking.xyz/i-dont-have-to-be-your-friend/">we don’t need to be everyone’s friend</a> to <a href="https://www.oldmantalking.xyz/what-is-the-value-of-life-pt-1/">the value of life</a> in several parts, to <a href="https://www.oldmantalking.xyz/updating-the-personal-terms-of-service-for-your-life/">personal terms of service</a> and <a href="https://www.oldmantalking.xyz/the-challenge-of-reducing-your-digital-footprint/">reducing your digital footprint</a>. I like to think it’s all been interesting. At least, I’ve been interested and a couple of other people keep egging me on. This has been the first year for us to try turning our weekly writings into a podcast, and I rather like what we’ve accomplished even if there’s no one lining up to hand us any awards. Next week I’m going to take a contemplative look over what’s happened this year and how my own life is changing as we go into 2022. There’s a lot to think about and discuss and I hope that you’ll join me before we take the month of January off to rest and catch up on some things we missed. This week, though, I want to take a look at some of the things we didn’t have time to talk about. I get hundreds of articles and studies landing in my inbox every day. Even if my body didn’t require any sleep, there still wouldn’t be enough time to get through all of them. A part of me feels bad for not reading everything because every article represents a lot of time, research, and effort on the part of at least one writer and often an entire team of people. I hate letting them down by not reading their work. Still, there are limits to my endurance. What I’ve done this afternoon is go through that mountainous stack of unread articles and pulled just a handful that we’ve not discussed so that I can present them for you here. Obviously, I’m not going to give each the in-depth full-on conversation I might in other circumstances, but there are links to the articles and I’m hopeful that you will more fully explore the ones that pique your interest. One never knows when some random piece of information we’ve lodged in our brains suddenly becomes relevant in a conversation or a life situation we weren’t expecting. So fill up your mug with something warm, wrap yourself in a blanket or a sweater, and let’s ponder these compelling ideas from a year with too many serious and troubling issues. <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/03/your-weird-pandemic-meals-are-probably-fine/618210/">You don’t need to eat three meals a day</a> Many of us grew up being told that we need three “square” meals a day, breakfast, lunch, and dinner, in order to be healthy. We even organize our days and activities around maintaining those three meal times. At least, we did right up to the point when we were all staying home all day, working from home every day, and grew fearful of going out and doing anything. The pandemic has brought to light something many dieticians were already arguing: smaller meals or snacks consumed five or six times throughout the day are healthier for our bodies.

A Brief Look At Some Things We Missed

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