What Keeps You Content? - Data Driven Wellness

What Keeps You Content? [meetup.com]

Attendees

• Kris
• Leo
• Ivan
• Trevor
• Tyler
• Zee
• Jennifer
• Scott
• Harondel
• John
• Bill

What keeps you content

• Kaggle (Google bought them) - The local meetup is really informative
• Content; Does it equate to being happy, or the other way around?
• Stimulate his mind, keep him creative, keep him active
• Re-aligning expectations - usally through journalling
• 4 - not content, 2 person identifies as content - 2 on the fence (1 - content, not happy)
• Yoga - even once a week works for me
• share and willing to be vulnerable with coworkers, now feels like a family
• 2* Sleep - Refuse to have an alarm clock - Work less party, "Alarm clocks kill dreams"
• exercise
• Time alone
• Marijuana
• tech to do the processes, but also don't let it be a crutch
• Meditating
• Being outside
• Diet
• The definition of content (satisfied? comfort zone?)
• The key to happiness - giving up on your goals (goals and expectations, especially from view of others, removed anxiety)
• Stop followed my instinct - helped contentment. Thought I had to do certain things, like hanging around people, or be outdoorsy. Stopped exercising. I'm a fat buddha now.
• Chatam House Rules
• Over time, you stopped caring anymore, start to be more contentment
• Yoga - free in parks in summer, "I love Bikram". So many different types! Gentle
• Meditation - Headspace app - So many types of it!
• Haven't got into the habit (meditation)
• Vipassana, MDMA, and Burning Man.
• Research shows multiplier if you do mental (meditation) and physical. (Ask Scott for link)
• Waves of commitment and habit (1 year off, 1 intense month)
• Nice yoga studio on Granville island, made of wood, overlooking the water
• TM meditation - 20 minutes, 2x a day, more than 40mins value
• Book: Body, Mind & Sport
• HRV - Heart Rate Variability
• Marco Altini
• Yoga - it's a big step to get to the first level
• To someone with anxiety - Have you tried relaxing
• Don't push yourself too hard
• Gaiam
• Time alone - Spend it working on goals, always want more.
• Time alone - torturous when laid off/unemployed.
• The Power of Now
• When alone, not really thinking, more working on stuff (busy & productive)
• I was an introvert that thought I was an extravert
• Nootropics
• Drugs (Crystal meth equated as all drugs to one person)
• Food is a source of exploration, the more I can consume, the better
• keto diet - no carbs
• modafinil
• only recreational drug I do is social media
• I eat whatever I want as long as it makes me happy. I don't diet or restrict myself
• in one day of master cleanse. I lose allergy to cherry blossoms. I've only done for 5 days, can do for 10 days. Body goes through an arch of energy (lack of).
• MCT oil helps with brain fog.
• Ashwagandha
• Paleo diet
• Looking at a menu - "What will make me feel the best after"
• anxiety - tend to worry about too many thing. I liked realizing it happens to everyone. Everyone has different ways of dealing with it.
• I'd never considered tracking my contenment. I have an emotion tracking app. exist.io
• Contentment always feels below happiness, but maybe it's a subset
• if you're always working on problems for yourself, you're creating more problems
• Everyone has their own diet
• I feel safe and enjoy sharing my feelings
• "If I knew this was happening I would have left" (I enjoyed it (he didn't know what he was getting into, was here accidentally))
• Shambhala Mediation

Talk about next time:

• Brain functions & chemicals ("I have issues with too much dopamine")
• Nootropics (4)
• Quantified Self (2)
• Recreational Drugs (2)
• Biohacking
• How to get back into engaging with others without triggering anxiety