Life | Aaron Graves, PhDude

I tracked my food every day for the last three weeks. Did I learn anything?

June 30, 2024June 29, 2024 by Aaron Graves

For some time, I have been quite displeased with my weight. I was doing great, and then Covid hit. The lockdowns started. And I sort of lost motivation to do anything. Now, that’s entirely my fault. I have nobody to blame but myself. That said, since the start of Covid, I found myself slowly gaining …

Things to Practice for Greatness

June 4, 2024June 3, 2024 by Aaron Graves

I keep a digital journal (it’s Day One for reference). I’m not the greatest at actually “journaling,” lately it’s more just tracking what I’ve done during the day in terms of food, activity, etc. However, one of the things I love about this journal is the “on this day” feature which shows me past entries …

If It’s Worth Doing, It’s Worth Doing Poorly

July 10, 2022July 10, 2022 by Aaron Graves

The first draft of this article began in February 2022. I’m getting around to posting it in July. What happened? Frankly, perfectionism happened. Perfect is the enemy of good. Perfection is the enemy of done. I want this article to be absolutely perfect. As a consequence of that, it’s sat unfinished, merely an amalgamation of …

Reset Your Mindset

June 13, 2021October 21, 2020 by Aaron Graves

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zh6I0lm5Hw

Powerful words by such luminaries as Tony Robbins, Jim Rohn, Les Brown, and Jocko Willink. Emotional background music by Whitesand.

The Spark That Ignited the World

September 12, 2020 by Aaron Graves

It’s been a while since I’ve written anything, and that sucks. Paradoxically, that’s ok. It seems a bit wrong to talk about sparks when part of the country is literally burning, but honestly, that’s kinda what got me thinking about this. All it took to arrive at a massive fire is one little spark. (Ok, …

The Cure to Laziness and Procrastination

August 6, 2019 by Aaron Graves

We want to be the best among the average people.

The Sting of Loss

November 10, 2018 by Aaron Graves

I’m going to start out by saying that this is a total first world problem. Consider yourself forewarned. Loss. Whatever it is, it’s never easy. Life. A child. A spouse. Your retirement. Data. Wait… Data? Yes. Data. Or roughly about eight months of your history in Apple Health. The first world-ism is about to get …

Success Comes…

June 21, 2018 by Aaron Graves

Success comes not in doing the things that you want to do, but in doing the things that you don’t want to do. Boy, isn’t that the truth. If your goal is to get fit, then success won’t be found in sitting on the couch watching Netflix. That run that you don’t want to go …

Things to do before I die

June 8, 2018 by Aaron Graves

Alright, so it’s not the most fun thing in the world to think about — dying, that is. And yet, I’ve mentioned before how it’s actually a good practice. You’ve heard of the proverbial “bucket list,” and I guess I thought one up for myself the other day. It’s not very long, nor is it very broad. …

Desire More Success For Others Than For Yourself

January 21, 2018 by Aaron Graves

Most important by far is that you be able to care about others’ success more than your own. Everyone around you needs to ultimately become better than you. That’s how you lead. The light is in front of you and you take them to the light and then go back. If all the people around …