christopherjames Posted May 13, 2014 Posted May 13, 2014 Hello FDR! My name Chris, and would like to introduce myself to the community. I am a 26 year old male living in Vancouver, Canada. I am an immensely proud father to an amazing 16 month-old girl and loving husband to my beautiful wife. Transitioning from my current job in computer repair, I recently started a small business doing aerial photography with unmanned aerial systems. I love ‘geeking-out' on technology generally, and have a soft spot for gadgetry. I have long been an advocate of Austrian economics, but prior to FDR, have found few people who share my philosophy, I hope to change that :-). I have an interest in food production and for the past two years I have purchased half of a pasture raised cow directly from a ranch in BC, I also own a share in a dairy cow for raw milk, cream, and butter. I make Bulletproof coffee every morning, and have found it transformative. Like I said already, I would love to ‘geek-out’ anytime, on any of that stuff with you guys :-) There’s always more to learn, and I have many more interests and subjects that I’d be happy to explore with the community. I first started listening to Stefan/FDR after his appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience late last year. I must admit, my first reaction upon hearing his introduction as “The largest most popular philosophy show on the internet”, was one of skepticism. Luckily, at the time I was driving with my wife and daughter from Vancouver to Kamloops, which is the British Columbian equivalent of the drive from Penn and Teller’s Desert Bus Game. This uninterrupted time was exactly what I needed to begin an unexpected and ongoing philosophical journey towards a life of greater honestly, truth, and virtue. Since this first exposure, I have worked my way thru On Truth, Real-Time Relationships and countless podcasts digesting as much as I can manage. I purchased the app Downcast just to help deal with the load. My aim is to complete the rest of Stef's books by the end of this summer. My upmost personal goal is to be the best possible father to my daughter. It goes without saying that I am an advocate of peaceful parenting. My wife and I have structured our lives so that at least one, if not both of us, are her primary care givers day-to-day; no day-care. I feel so very fortunate to have this amazing little life to guide thru existence. My biggest anticipation is for my daughter to start having the “Why?” conversations with me, I can't explain how excited I am for this phase to start. I feel, therefore, that the more I explore philosophy, the better father I can be to her, the better husband I can be to my wife, and the stronger family we will have together. I have been, and continue to be, humbled and inspired by the courage of the FDR community. As I introduce myself today, I know I have only scratched the surface of my own self knowledge and understanding of philosophy. This fact is incredibly exciting to me. To know that I have so much left to learn, and so much more growth and discovery to explore. I became a subscriber yesterday to further this journey and take action towards living these values even more completely in my life. I can’t wait to continue down this rabbit-hole with you guys! All the best, Chris
powder Posted May 14, 2014 Posted May 14, 2014 Hey, I live in Kamloops! That is one fortunate daughter I would say. Good for you Chris, what a great way to start your life with your family. Good for you.
christopherjames Posted May 14, 2014 Author Posted May 14, 2014 Thank you, for the welcome! That's so cool you're from Kamloops, did you first here FDR on a road trip to Vancouver by chance :-) I really enjoyed Kamloops. We ate at a fantastic greek place downtown. Spent some time at the TRU campus where my wife was at a conference. Went to the Wildlife Park with my daughter. I was genuinely impressed by the place.
Thabani Posted May 14, 2014 Posted May 14, 2014 hello, Chris I may take you up on that offer as I have been looking over the work of Dave because I felt like my body was operating nowhere near optimum efficiency possibly because of the food I was stuffing myself with. Are you just taking the coffee or have you been taking the diet as well?
christopherjames Posted May 14, 2014 Author Posted May 14, 2014 I've been doing the coffee and the diet as well. The coffee allows for added energy and focus, good amounts of healthy fats, and helps promote intermittent fasting. It also takes care of the first meal of the day, which saves time and provides a nice routine which I enjoy. The foods, are a vast subject, but blended cooked veggie soups - along the lines that Dave talks about in his cookbook - are one of my favs. They are easy to make, easily modified to taste, and allow me to get many more veggies that I could stomach otherwise. Also, if you have not already, checkout the Bulletproof Diet info-graphic on his website - http://bit.ly/1kxL8F5. Make sure to pay as much attention to the "When to Eat" section as the "What to Eat" as macronutrient timing is an important aspect of the diet. He is planning to release a new "Bulletproof Diet Book" in the not too distant future FYI which, I imagine, will amalgamate the cookbook with the dietary information even further. One word of caution, it can become easy to get caught up in an 'paralysis by analysis' loop with a lot of this stuff. Keeping a 80/20 perspective has value in that regard. In other words, fundamentals first, details later. Also, elimination of bad foods and replacing them with healthy food you enjoy has huge physiological benefits; you don't feel deprived when you replace a doughnut , with an awesome steak or wonderful buttery coffee, for example. A simple rule for identifying a bad food is, huge generalization warning :-), if it comes out of a box, or if it claims to be healthy it's probably not optimal. Start with real foods, and be very sceptical of processed foods. They are not all bad, don't get me wrong, its just a useful heuristic. Ultimately, you have to let your own experience be the judge. So at some point after getting the fundamentals down, make sure to give a good two weeks of strictly clean eating as per the guide above. This provides an accurate baseline to judge what is truly working and what is not for you. One other thing, sleep. 8 hours a night is optimal. You can get free sleep tracker apps for your smart phone if you've got one. If not just note what time you go to sleep and wake for a week or so. I do not agree, and the data is behind me on this one, that the limited sleep model that Dave talks about is a healthy one. He talks about 5 hours a night, in some cases. As a newish Dad I can promise you, there is a world of difference between my performance on 8 hours vs. 5 :-) Anyways! Enough ramble. Hopefully some of that is useful. Hit me with any questions, it's a huge topic. Best.
powder Posted May 14, 2014 Posted May 14, 2014 Thank you, for the welcome! That's so cool you're from Kamloops, did you first here FDR on a road trip to Vancouver by chance :-) I really enjoyed Kamloops. We ate at a fantastic greek place downtown. Spent some time at the TRU campus where my wife was at a conference. Went to the Wildlife Park with my daughter. I was genuinely impressed by the place. I love spending time in Vancouver, my fav Canadian city. I think I first heard Stef on RedIce Radio a few years back.
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