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Hello September 🍁

It’s been a busy few weeks on the blog!

• How Restrictive Diets Actually Work—The 5 Principles of Weight Loss. A look at how we really lose weight, and the principles that can get us there without “dieting”
• A Whole Lot of Reasons To Try Huel. Huel is a nutritionally complete shake that I’ve been a fan of for 2 years now. There are a lot of reasons to consider trying it out. Plus: £10 off your first order. You’re welcome.
• How To Breathe Well. Kick stress in the balls by learning what it means to breathe well.
• Why You Should Be Writing in Markdown. Do you write content on the Internet? Then you need to meet the saviour of the web, Markdown.
• Organising Your Blogging With Trello. Looking for a more visual way to organise your world-changing insights? Meet Trello.

Bonus: I wrote a blog for the mental health charity, Mind. I talk about anxiety and how running has helped my mental health.

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Seven blessings friends,

First off, a big thank you to everyone who supported me as I ran my first 100km along the Cotswolds. We raised over £1200! It was bloody hot.

New on how to human being

• Of course, race reports! Part 1 deals with my training preparation for running 100km, along with everything I learned about running in the heat 😅
• Part 2 is a hill-by-hill account of how the race actually went. It was my first Top 10 finish! 🏅
• Finally, I jotted down my Lessons From 3 Months Without Booze, following on from my Sober Spring.

#TransformationTuesday

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Hello sunshine ☀️

It’s been a little while since I sent out an update. This is the first edition of an expanded newsletter that will go out less frequently, but with more interesting links and reads. Let me know what you think, and what else you want to see!

New on how to human being

• There is a profound joy in being able to make a staple like your own bread. And sourdough is the king of breads. Now you can knock some up yourself by following my guide to making sourdough.
• “Do not attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity” — check out my 2 minute summary of Hanlon’s razor, and how it can make you a happier human.
• The low down on why I started reading obituaries 💀
• I shared my unjustified fears about writing & publishing online, also detailing the explosive viral growth how to human being has witnessed since launch.
• And finally a short piece on why I chose Ghost to run my blog, and why they are a company worth paying attention to.

What I’ve Been Reading

• We’re used to our phones and laptops improving with updates, but recently Tesla released a software update that improved the breaking distance of their cars by almost 20 feet.
• Can you think yourself fit? “The journal Health Psychology recently published a fascinating (and well-written) scientific study suggesting that how fit you think you are affects your risk of death more than how fit you actually are.”

Listening To On Loop

• Defender — Simian Mobile Disco

Running Ridiculous Distances

A week today I’ll be nervously packing my gear ready to run 5 half marathons back-to-back across the Cotswolds, with 8 Eiffel Towers worth of hills thrown in for fun. As if that wasn’t enough, we now have a “mini-heatwave” en route to add a whole other layer of difficulty.

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