Murilo Mondays #5

Hey Soldiers!

In this edition, I will be sharing the most useful life hacks I’ve learned this week:

1. Meditation is overrated (for most people)

Andrew Huberman (THAT’S WHY HE;’S THE GOAT) led the study, along with Spiegel (idk who that is tbh) which showed that Psychological Sighing is more effective than meditation or other breathing protocols for anxiety relief.

Physiological Sighing is a fancy word for breathing twice (usually the first inhale is longer than the other), through the nose and then exhaling through the mouth for 2 seconds

2. Books are Overrated

Don’t get me wrong,

I have read plenty of books over the past two years of my self-improvement journey.

Here is my mini library I have at home:

After some point, I realized that reading books is another form of procrastination.

Reading books doesn’t get you anywhere.

It gives you a blueprint on how to get there.

But it doesn’t anywhere.

You gotta go out there in the wild and catch some Pokemon

Otherwise, you are gonna be stuck in the same city and never get to advance your story.

3. Budgeting (Correctly)

Let’s be real,

Managing your money is the most important part

Because it is not how much you make

It’s how much you were able to keep

You see all these starts players or fighters

Made millions of dollars

Then went bankrupt

Like Mike Tyson (YES HE IS THE GOAT, NOT EVEN ALI COULD HAVE BEATEN HIM)

The best and most simple way to budget is to write down the following

• How much you make

• How much you waste

Usually, you can autofill how much you make because it will be the same roughly,

So you write down whenever you are going to make a purchase to see how much you will still have in the bank

Pro Tip:

Make an Excel sheet that will automagically calculate your net worth and

How much money you made that month after expenses

4. Buy a digital clock

Buying a digital clock will allow you to move your phone out of your room

Some people have gotten their best sleep when their phones are not in their rooms.

Personally, I haven’t gotten better sleep (that I can notice)

But!

I stopped looking at my phone first thing in the morning due to this.

Which is detrimental to your health

The clock that I currently have in my room was one I bought for $15 on Amazon

Here is the link if you want to buy

5. Schedule the clock 15 minutes in advance

This is especially for those who are used to getting late to places

If you schedule your watch in advance you are programming your clock to give you a heads-up before an event

This allows you to have less chance of being late to the event or work, school, etc.

6. Blackout Curtains

This is something I should have thought of a long time ago

The curtains to my room are anything but blackout

Even at night time, you can still see the lights coming through from the street

So I thought I should buy blackout curtains so my room can be street alley dark.

This is a tweet from Andrew Huberman (you can tell I like him a lot)

Saying even a little bit of light exposure can impair sleep

Even if your eyelids are closed

This should tell you how important your environment during sleep is

You know I am actually considering getting a high-quality eyelid so that it won’t matter too much whether or not I have the blackout curtains or not

Plus, it is an extra level of safety for me.

That is all I got for this week

I am also buying some nose strips and an eye sleeping mask to see if I get any improvement in my breathing or sleeping, or both (hopefully)

Let me know what you guys think of this week’s edition and if I should bring it back some other week!

Good luck with your battles soldiers!

Murilinho