In this week's P.O. Box:

It says it’s 24 degrees out right now.

I always hate when this time of year hits because the combination of the cold weather and daylight saving time threaten to derail a lot of the positive habits I’ve established over the course of the year.

In hopes of keeping me from slipping too much, here’s an honest report card of where I’m at with a lot of my 2025 resolutions as we enter the heart of winter and the final stretch of the NFL season.

🔴 Steps. I’ve really prioritized getting 10k+ steps in most days this year and was absolutely cruising until the past month or so. I’m down from an average of 10-12k steps/day, to more like 6-7k. It’s almost entirely due to weather. I’m not bundling April up for a walk around the neighborhood at 7am like I did in July. I’m also not chasing her around at playgrounds as much since we are forced to more indoor activities. I have been sucking it up and taking some calls while on walks, but seeing “4.4k” on my watch as I walked up the stairs to bed last night was frustrating.

🔴 Book club. My reading always slows down naturally in the season because I have more nights where I’m up working and am too tired to read before bed, but I’ve really slacked this fall. Part of it is due to not landing on a book selection I’ve loved (more on that below) and part of it is just not making time for it. We’ll regroup in 2026.

🟡 Exercise. I’m still consistent with working out 3x a week and running 2x a week, but I have noticed that I’m not pushing myself as hard as I did in the summer. My brain is firmly in “maintenance mode” right now. I did recently upgrade my regular bench to an incline bench, so that’s been energizing to have a new piece of equipment.

🟡 Alcohol rule. I have stayed committed to my resolution of no drinking in the house, which has been great. Of course, with the holidays and birthdays and travel, there are way more opportunities for me to drink outside the house and I’ve been taking advantage of those in a way that is counter-productive to the original goal. I’m due for a stricter detox in 2026.

🟢 Yoga. Locking in to yoga has probably been my biggest W of the year. I go to a studio 2-3x a week and wish I could go even more. It’s done wonders for my lower back pain (basically non-existent now), it’s an hour away from my phone that doubles as meditation, and it’s a legitimately good workout (I’ve been doing “Power Yoga” mostly).

🟢 Sleep. Ever since I started getting up earlier, it’s been easy for me to go to bed on time. It’s pretty rare for me to get less than 8 hours of sleep, which has been massively beneficial.

I’m just going to try to keep the train on the tracks until January, but excited to dial in some new habits/goals when the season is over.

💎 Week 12 Gems: My favorite sleepers on Underdog. This is shaping up to be a wild week at RB. I broke it down here for YouTube members and here for Masterclass subs.

🤯 BLOCK PARTY & BULLY THE SIMS: Week 12 DFS Strategy: Top Plays & GPP Angles. JMToWin and Youdacao both share some off the board stacks. Reminder: you can now get 50% off both One Week Season DFS subs (promo code Pete50) and Run The Sims packages (first payment, promo code Pete).

⏰ OFF & ON THE CLOCK: Week 12 Battle Royale Strategy & Sleepers. Scrolls, draft angles, and spicy pick ‘ems. Check show notes/description for link to pick ‘ems.

🔮 FANTASY LIFE: Week 12 Draft Strategy for Underdog. 12 tips for this big slate with lots of moving parts. Also, don’t miss the draft stream I did where an old prompt came up on the wheel and forced me to draft exclusively AFC/NFC South teams. Woof.

🤓 FANTASY LIFE: Newsletter Roundup. This week in the newsletter we entertained the idea of a Luther Burden breakout, shared bad news for TreVeyon Henderson, and got hyped on Trey Benson’s potential return to the Cardinals.

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💪 THE SWOLECAST: Week 12 NFL DFS Picks. Davis is back after a long paternity leave.

🎉 BATTLE ROYALE BASH: The Alpha You Need For Final Dawg Bowl Slate. DB drafts with sharps, plus we meet a very nice man who lives on a remote farm in Tennessee.

☣ LOLZ: The Lady Who Doesn’t Want You to Bet Online. Plus, a sports betting controversy at Caesars.

📈 STAT CHASING: The WR Breakout We Were Promised. Sack and Drico sift through recent usage and efficiency trends to help you make the best decisions in both DFS and upcoming playoff best ball contests.

☕ POURTFOLIO REVIEW: The Chalk Stack Chased Us Down In Garbage Time. Jacoby in the 4th quarter is like prime Peyton Manning.

After Dark is back tonight (8pm ET) with Mike Leone. We’ll talk some ball and Week 12 DFS strategy:

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Then we’ve got the Week 12 DFS Cram at 10:30 am ET on Sunday:

And then we’ll have the ShipCast at 4pm ET. Shedeur vs. Bowers, what more could you want?

🏃 Book #9 for November (30%): The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson.

Welp. My library edition for this expired. I’m now stuck in that weird place of whether to purchase a book I’m enjoying, but not loving, or cut my losses. As I decide, some thoughts from a man who is never slacking on book club:

🏃 Book #8 for September (COMPLETED): Endure by Alex Hutchinson.
🤼 Book #7 for August (COMPLETED): Playworld: A Novel by Adam Ross.
🚶 Book #6 for July (COMPLETED): Things Become Other Things: A Walking Memoir by Craig Mod.
☁ Book #5 for June (COMPLETED): Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
🐊 Book #4 for May (COMPLETED): Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades by Rebecca Renner
🍌 Book #3 for April (COMPLETED): The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America’s Banana King by Rich Cohen
💉 Book #2 for March (FINISHED): Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe.
🐃 Book #1 for February (FINISHED): The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry

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