10 Things On My Radar Right Now

In this week's P.O. Box:

I’m loving the offseason right now. Here are ten quick hitters of things I’ve been doing or thinking about recently…

💤 Sleep goalzzz. For the first time in my life, I’m trying to standardize when I go to bed. For the past few weeks, I’ve gone to bed somewhere between 9:30-10:00pm. At first, I felt depressed doing this—as if my days were being cut short or something—but now I’m loving it. The time I’m swapping at night (generally watching TV or sweating NBA DFS lineups) for in the morning (writing, getting ahead for the day) has been a successful trade. Don’t worry, I’m not going full hardo.

🍫 My current favorite Creami mix-in. My mom had given us some of these Ghirardelli chocolate mint squares in a Valentine’s Day package and I’ve been cutting up two of them up as a Creami mix-in. It tastes exactly like mint chocolate chip ice cream. 10/10.

🍺 Non-alcoholic beer alpha. In an effort to reduce my alcohol consumption in the house to zero, I recently went down the non-alcoholic beer rabbit hole as a way to wane myself off the Devil’s juice. I might do a longer post on it later, but my early findings are 1) The Athletic stuff is overrated and 2) the non-alcoholic Coronas are shockingly good. They legitimately taste like a regular Corona. If only there were non-alcoholic Modelos, I’d really be in business.

👟 New running shoes. I had toyed with the idea of an ambitious running goal for 2025, but after trial-ballooning it for a few weeks, I decided I don’t actually want to run that much. I’ve settled back into my “hybrid” “training” routine with more variety (lifting, yoga, sprints/hills, etc.), but I did stumble upon a new pair of running shoes I love in the process. I had always heard good things about Hokas and can confirm they are excellent.

🛀 Took the plunge. I splurged on a cold plunge a month or so ago and I’m finally ready to report back. I’ve been doing it after the sauna most days for 3-ish minutes at 45 degrees. It never gets easier, but I am really enjoying it. I’ll probably do a longer post on it sometime in the future if there’s interest.