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Strength, health, embodied discipline, and the quiet work of maintaining capacity for duty and life.

"No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training." — Socrates

The Gymnasium

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The Gymnasium holds training, health, physical capability, and the practical maintenance of strength and vitality.

This realm is about discipline in the physical sense, the habits, routines, and choices that shape endurance, energy, and readiness over time.

2021

Journal For Discipline

View the original post: https://drewredifer.com/blog/articles/journal-for-discipline.html Originally published on 2021-10-02 at drewredifer.com. Journal For Discipline! # Over the past two years I have kept a daily journal for tracking tasks, notes, and events. For taking notes I follow the Bullet Journal Method. The images to follow display how I have organize my journal. It is what works for me.

4:30 AM

View the original post: https://drewredifer.com/blog/articles/why-I-make-waking-up-early-a-priority.html Originally published on 2021-09-07 at drewredifer.com. When you are young you are dependent on others and you have few responsibilities. Therefore you do not have to spend the bulk of your time managing these responsibilities. However, as you age you increase both your independence and the number of things that you are responsible for. You want to maximize this new found independence and responsibility, and in fact I firmly believe that doing so to the best of your ability constitutes a life well lived. For further reading see my article on this topic: Maturity Matters. Unfortunatly, this comes at the expense of your personal time.