(Cross-posted on ZDNet)
The wellness movement is gathering momentum in the same way that the environmental movement did a decade ago. The national health crisis is now a matter of public policy debate, and it has attracted significant media attention as well as Silicon Valley talent and investment.
Yet the idea that Americans should take responsibility for improving their health and wellness is only just starting to take hold.… Read More
Self-awareness is the first step to self-improvement
We all want to lead healthy lives, but sometimes it’s hard to know where to start. For a med student like me, the place to start was a summer internship at Basis.
One of the simplest and best tools to increase self-awareness is objective self-tracking. Benjamin Franklin was one of self-tracking’s earliest advocates: He charted his progress toward “moral perfection” by keeping a daily log of whether he practiced 13 virtues, from temperance to humility.
