
I write a Weekly Journal Reflection. This reflection is based on nuggets of thoughts, ideas & learnings that struck me during the week.
Below are abbreviated excerpts from my Weekly Journal Reflections.
How do you reflect on your thoughts, ideas & learnings and how do use your reflections to inspire yourself?


Grateful for Gratitude
“Even if you don't have all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don't have that you don't want.” — Bob Dylan

Procrastination
"If everyone waited until they were 100% ready, nothing would ever get done." -Dominic

Metabolic Syndrome: The Unbalanced Body
"To say that you have tried every solution to solve your problem implies that you are an expert that has given up." - Dominic

The Read on Reading
"It's okay not to know something. Just don't let it stop you from learning more about something." -Dominic

Weigh-in On Weight
“Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can” - Arthur Ashe

Consciousness: Part II
"Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most." - Gautam Buddha

Consciousness: Part I
"If you put yourself in a position where you have to stretch outside your comfort zone, then you are forced to expand your consciousness." -Les Brown

Ultra-Processed Food
"Those eating the most ultra-processed foods have nearly twice the odds of having shorter telomeres, not to mention a higher risk obesity, depression, heart disease, stroke, and premature death in general." - Michael Greger, MD

Food: To be or not to be
“The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison.” - Ann Wigmore

Aging Muscles
“Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you’ve got a kingdom.” – Jack LaLanne

Anger: It’s All Yours
“When a person’s speech is full of anger, it is because he or she suffers deeply.” -Thích Nhất Hạnh

Whole-Food, Plant-Based
“There are two kinds of cardiologists: vegans, and those who haven't read the data.” -Kim A. Williams, MD (past president of the American College of Cardiology)

Plantar Fasciitis
“An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.” –Henry David Thoreau


Mind Control
“Self-discipline is needed to acquire all that you want to achieve.” - Dominic

Worry About Worries
“Worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do but never gets you anywhere” – Erma Bombeck


Lifestyle = Outcome
“It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.” ― Miles Davis

Journaling on Journaling
“I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say.”
– Flannery O’Connor