Kristine Joy, Writer

1. The Great Reveal

I feel like the time has finally come for me to share, far and wide, the ONE key SECRET to how I’ve stayed so fit all these years—and apparently managed to look a decade younger than I am.

Keep reading and I’ll reveal the exact exercise sequence I follow every morning. Believe me—IT WORKS. In fact, it’s the ONLY thing that works.

Fad diets didn’t.
The Shake Weight didn’t.
Biohacks didn’t.

Your avenue is through me, because I know the avenue you need to be on.

Drumroll, please…
The curtain is being pulled back…

Made you look. Sorry.

There is no quick fix.

Turns out the hack was consistency. Awful branding, great results.

I am 40,000 hours of athleteing and another 144,000 hours of not sitting still.

2. A(I)dvice

I asked ChatGPT to give me some comedic right-about-now pertinent life advice….

Never confuse discomfort with disaster. It might just be hill repeats.

Play the course you have, not the one you deserve.

Memento mori. Also, sunscreen.

3. Too Close to Home

4. Confessions of an Icosathlete

When you’re not a 10, and you don’t wear make-up to close the gap on being a 10, and thus feel pressure to nail everything else on the attraction scale – kind, funny, sporty, smart, interesting, competent, low maintenance, supportive, adventurous, witty, fit, accomplished, emotionally steady, easy going, charming, useful, warm, resilient, independent but not too independent and hard working – try keeping that up for 30 years!

5. Hermit Hash

Quote from The Way of the Hermit, by Ken Smith (but not the Ken Smith who is my second cousin):

“I tell myself this: no matter how bad it seems now, it won’t last forever. You will light that fire again, you will feel warmth, things will always get better if you can just keep going forward.”

6. Hit or Miss

That time you hyped yourself as one of the greatest athletes of all-time, was given an opportunity to prove it via adult league co-ed softball, and your at-bats were a bit sketch.

7. Resting Spouse Face

Last week, I was lying in bed belaboring on about having been disrespected and then discovered that my husband was fast asleep.

8. Bro Code

My brother-in-law, DRod, had the following to say….

Let things happen. Show up. Move things forward.

(who thinks Ken Smith, the hermit, and my brother-in-law would get along and if so, what would that look like?)

9. Closing Credits

I appreciate you.

And I appreciate your readership. 😘