By: Joel Luedke
Author Greg McKeown says the most fitting defintion of essentialism is "less but better." Basic Value Proposition: "Only once you give yourself the permission to stop trying to do it all, to stop saying yes to everyone, can you make your highest contribution towards the things that really matter."
This was an extremely interesting topic and while the episode I took it from was focused on cleaning out your life from 'to-do' lists and things that don't help propel you forward. I wanted to try and take this concept and bring it into the world of health and improving what you're looking to do moving forward.
There is one thing I'd change about the line above. "Only once you give yourself the permission to stop trying to do it all, stop stop saying yes to everyone and EVERYTHING, can you make your highest contribution towards the things that really matter." The world has too much information that and that can make it near impossible to know where to start (we realize it is iron ic as we run a blog of health information but we digress).
I think the best option when it comes to trying to focus on essentialism in your health is making sure you don't bypass the basics. A few examples:
Nutrition: Don't leap to the detoxes, energy producing vitamins, fat burning teas, etc. While these tools might have their time and place know basic caloric needs can trump all. Find a resource that allows you predict your energy expenditure (see below) so you can get an idea where you need to be on a daily basis and then begin to track what you use during the day. Wait until you start here before you add more things to remember in your day, keep it essential.
LINK: Calorie Expenditures
Aches and Pains: Disclaimer-if you are in that much pain you need to someone. These ideas are not for medical conditions or emergencies, more so the everyday soreness we might experience. That being said we don't know it is always necessary to rush off to the chiropractor, physical therapist or physician. Often times things like general low back soreness can be something more than soreness but the evidence doesn't support that getting a MRI is always beneficial. Often there are findings on those results that can make it seems things are extremely bad when keeping things basics can help. Start basic, start essential with mobility and soft tissue work and some rehab and see where you can get.
LINK: Upper Body Mobility
LINK: Lower Body Mobility
LINK: Low Back Video
Find the essentials in what you need to do for health. Keep things as simple as possible for as long as possible to find the things that are most effective and don't cloud what is going on related to your health.
*Kowlaski, K. (2017). 10 life hacks from 'essentialism: Book review. [Web article]. Retrieved from https://www.sloww.co/essentialism-book/
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