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You should be donating blood regularly
Buckle up, this will be a preachy one. If you aren't already, you should regularly donate blood. There are some reasons where that isn't possible or allowed, but the majority of worldwide adults are able to donate blood. I'm ashamed to say, the first time I did this was as recent as in November 2022. Since then I've done it eight times (every 84 days). A friend from my high school years went through a very dramatic medical situation over the last couple of years, where she literally would hav
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month - Fundraiser for St. June
Donate to St. Jude now! I’ve been a listener to various shows from the podcast network Relay for many years now, and even longer to Accidental Tech Podcast. This Relay community is awesome for many reasons, but this takes it to the next level. In September every year, all the shows and the people in the network come together do a massive drive to raise money to St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month - but it is also a month where this community drop
I have a coach now.
Yep! I have a coach now. “A life coach!?” You ask? Ah, no. It’s a training coach! I’ve been a longtime reader and follower of everything by Stronger by Science (purchased one of their training programs back in 2016) and I’ve eyed a coach subscription in the past but ended up not going for it mostly for financial reasons. But becoming a parent has put a strain on my workout regime to say the least. During parental leave but especially after returning to a busy work life and then balancing that
My 2022 in health and fitness
Using an app I can very much recommend - Fitness Totals (not an affiliate or tracked link), I generated the above summary of my health & fitness in 2022 vs 2021. The data is generated from the fact that I wear an Apple Watch Series 7 really 24/7 except the 30-45mins it spends every morning on the fast charger as I get ready for the day, then all of this is of course synced to Apple Health which then feeds the Fitness Total app widgets. All-in-all, I am not very satisfied with the outcome here,
