Matt Test

Nov 11, 2024 | nerdfitness.com | Matt Test |Steve Kamb

In 1933, an overwhelmed and frustrated woman named Frau sent a letter to psychologist Carl Jung, asking “how to live.”(She didn’t have any Instagram influencers to yell motivational platitudes at her, I guess)Jung replied:“Your questions are unanswerable, because you want to know how one ought to live. One lives as one can. …if you do with conviction the next and most necessary thing, you are always doing something meaningful and intended by fate.”He was sharing the key to life.

Nov 4, 2024 | nerdfitness.com | Matt Test

Have you ever heard of “Blue Zones”? These pockets of the world are known for having citizens who live exceptionally long, healthy lives. Some of these locations may sound familiar:Okinawa, Japan (home of Mr. Miyagi from Karate Kid!). Sardinia, Italy. Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica. Icaria, Greece.

Nov 4, 2024 | nerdfitness.com | Matt Test |Steve Kamb

I remember racing up the down escalator in Macy’s at the Cape Cod Mall. My mom, calmly riding the Up escalator like a regular human, would say I was going to hurt myself (possible) or I was making a scene (correct) or interrupting the people trying to get down the escalation (also correct). Sometimes I would be able to get to the top, exhausted and out of breath, while my mom would arrive at the same time laughing at how hard I had to work.

Nov 4, 2024 | nerdfitness.com | Steve Kamb |Matt Test

I’m currently reading ​The Tainted Cup​, a fantasy detective novel. Think “Sherlock Holmes set in Westeros.”The main character has this augmentation that allows him to absorb every single detail of every interaction, crime scene, and then recite back these exact details at a later date. I remember a horrifying Black Mirror episode about this very thing: being able to recall every fact of every interaction in the past.