{"id":597,"date":"2023-01-03T19:36:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T23:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/sunday-sermon-1-52-life-is-short\/"},"modified":"2023-01-03T19:36:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T23:36:59","slug":"sunday-sermon-1-52-life-is-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/sunday-sermon-1-52-life-is-short\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Sermon 1\/52: Life is Short"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/hop.clickbank.net\/?affiliate=infohatch&amp;vendor=J1R2C\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10614 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png\" alt=\"Profit Gen\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png 400w, https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"text\">\n<p><strong>\u201cStop saying, I\u2019d like to be this. I\u2019d like to be that. Grab your f\u2014king nuts and be it\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Grab Your F--king Nuts and Be It&quot; - Greg Plitt\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rXAEK6jtTLg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>I didn\u2019t do an annual review this year.<\/p>\n<p>I had plans for one, but it seemed life had other plans for me this last month (more on that in a future newsletter).<\/p>\n<p>One thing that\u2019s gotten really clear \u2013 life is short. So short.<\/p>\n<p>This year especially \u2013 it seems like things go by fast.<\/p>\n<p>2020 was both months and 4 years ago somehow. Wow.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes the shortness of things is all you need in order to clarify what\u2019s important and figure your priorities out.<\/p>\n<p>One of my primary priorities this year is to get back to writing more. In fact, I\u2019ve been doing a ton of it lately \u2013 with a bit more of a bent towards research on some more health, sleep and energy topics at <a href=\"https:\/\/impossible.co\">Impossible.co<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/impossiblefitness.com\">ImpossibleFitness<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But I want to do a better job of sharing it with this list and being consistent about it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>One of those is weekly Sunday emails.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A weird psychological thing happens when you want to change something or start something new. You think you need to have a big excuse or explanation for the behavior change.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s like turning around in the middle of the sidewalk when you passed your destination. You feel like you need to look down at your phone or have an excuse to turnaround. But you can just do that \u2013 turn 180\u00ba with absolutely no explanation \u2013 like a maniac \u2013 and a funny thing happens.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No one cares.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But next time you see someone pass their destination, I guarantee you they fumble with their phone or mumble something to themselves before they turn around.<\/p>\n<p>Annual reviews can feel like that. We make such a big production out of the next 90 day fitness plan instead of just doing 20 pushups right now.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Seriously, try that \u2013 do just 20 pushups right now).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If the annual review helps with that \u2013 great, but I\u2019ve found as I\u2019ve done them more and more over the years, they turned into their own big exercise for their own sake \u2013 an exercise in elaborate procrastination \u2013 versus being genuinely helpful.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes a slap in the fast can be just as helpful as a carefully crafted 72 hour retreat with an annual review itinerary.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p><em>One of the biggest traps for smart engineers is optimizing something that shouldn\u2019t exist.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><cite>Elon Musk<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So instead of a full review, I took 10 minutes to myself to be quiet and I wrote down what I needed to do:<\/p>\n<p><strong>My main priorities this year<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get back to writing every week<\/li>\n<li>Experimenting with video with one specific deliverable.<\/li>\n<li>Scale our impossible sleep subscriber base.<\/li>\n<li>Dialing in my fitness more than ever (building on last year).<\/li>\n<li>Selling off any other businesses &amp; side projects that distract me from the above.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This year, more than ever, the phrase kept coming back to me:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYou already know what you need to do. You just need to do it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There are some additional meta goals that involve getting more things off my plate and doing less and less so I can do more and more but those are goals to serve a purpose, not a primary goal themselves.<\/p>\n<p>A personal things I\u2019m I\u2019m hopeful to do this year is spend more time off the computer. I\u2019ve built up so many things online over the years that I\u2019m looking to try and spend some time learning \u201coffline skills\u201d (fun, remember fun?). Comedy, kitesurfing, cars (?). We\u2019ll see.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p><em>\u201c\u201cWork with your mind. Rest with your hands.\u201d \u2013 <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cathrynlavery\"><em>Cathryn<\/em><\/a><em>\u201d \u2013 <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nathanbarry\"><em>Nathan Barry<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>(I\u2019m just going to keep quoting my friends quoting my friends. You can\u2019t stop me).<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a few things on <a href=\"https:\/\/impossiblehq.com\/impossible-list\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"8\">my impossible list<\/a> that no longer feel nearly as impossible as they used to \u2013 I just need to sit down and do them.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and somewhere in here, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joelrunyon\/status\/1600979923442667520\">we\u2019ll handle the lawsuit as we need to.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Requirements: a strict schedule, a lot of caffeine and focus.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you need to do a review \u2013 great. But sometimes\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Life is short. Get to it.<\/p>\n<p>\/\/\/<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of energy \u2013 the best way to improve your baseline daily energy is to improve your sleep. Not just how fast you fall asleep, <strong>but how long you stay asleep.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll be sharing more and more articles here soon on this, but the research is clear. It\u2019s not about how fast you fall asleep, but the quality of the sleep that you get (and staying asleep). I\u2019ll be sharing more on that soon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/impossible.co\/products\/sleep\">Reason You Should Subscribe to Impossible Sleep<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2192 Save 10% on every order<\/li>\n<li>\u2192 Get free shipping<\/li>\n<li>\u2192 Get a free welcome sleep reset kit<\/li>\n<li>\u2192 Get a 7-step sleep reset course designed to help you build good habits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You also get random dope merch drops throughout the year because I love you and you\u2019re awesome (p.s. current subscribers should check their mail the next few days) \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/impossible.co\/products\/sleep\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/impossible.co\/products\/sleep\">Subscribe to Impossible Sleep and wake up ready to do the impossible.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\/\/\/\/<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you\u2019d like to do an annual review \u2013 they\u2019re worth doing. Here\u2019s a few good ones from some friends.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking for a way to organize your goals this next year \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/impossiblehq.com\/impossible-list-upgraded\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"22817\">you can start your own impossible list<\/a>. We have tens of thousands of these out in the wild and it\u2019s my favorite way to organize your goals so you can live a more interesting life.<\/p>\n<p>Reminder: You can do sop much more than you think you can.<\/p>\n<p>Keep your head up. Push your limits. 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