If you know me, you won’t be surprised to hear that I’m always on a quest for health and fitness optimization. This year, why not join me in making small but impactful tweaks to enhance your health and well-being?

Embrace the Slow Down

Take a step back to evaluate your daily habits and routines. This slowdown allows you to identify hidden opportunities for optimization.  Adopt an awareness, understanding and action mindset.

Here’s a fun example: I used to neglect flossing. But now, I combine flossing with calf stretches, twice a day now. It’s game-changing not just for my teeth but for my entire body—improving my feet, knees, gait, and overall function. This is just one way to get your creative juices flowing!

So, take a moment and ask yourself: what can you optimize? These aren’t New Year’s resolutions. These are bite-sized life adjustments you can commit to and see through. These simple tweaks can significantly boost your energy and health.

Maximize Your Routine with Simple Hacks:

1. Visibility Equals Consistency: Keep your supplements in plain sight to ensure you never miss a dose.
2. Morning Elixir: Here is an example of how I start my day.  I add fulvic/humic minerals, offering a rich supply of electrolytes and prebiotics for gut health, plus oregano oil and vitamin D to a 16-ounce glass of water.
3. Power Combo: Incorporate AG1 which is an excellent multivitamin with adaptogens and probiotics, and five grams of creatine into your routine. Creatine is a research-backed supplement that assists with building strength and muscle.  It’s also showing signs of improving cognitive function.
4. Drink structured water throughout the day: Both of my morning drinks are examples of structured water. This is as simple as adding a pinch of sea salt to your water.  Electrolytes and nutrients give water structure, which helps cells intake fluid to its matrix.
5. Mindful Breathing: Devote a few minutes to deep breathing exercises each day. It’s a quick way to reduce stress and increase focus.
6. Tech-Free Zones: Designate areas or times in your home where technology is limited, fostering family connection and mental relaxation.
7. Hydration Checkpoints: This might sound redundant because we mentioned water before but if you link this practice and the one listed just below, you are now getting up from sitting more and staying well hydrated. Set alarms to remind you to drink water throughout the day, ensuring you’re always optimally hydrated.
8. Stretching Episodes: Turn commercial breaks or short waiting periods into mini-stretch sessions to maintain flexibility and circulation.  We are not made to sit for prolonged periods of time and it’s totally doing a number on people’s posture and lower back health.
9. Evening Wind-Down: Create a nighttime ritual that signals to your body it’s time to relax, enhancing your sleep quality. This might be, giving yourself a foot massage with a MELT BALL, taking a warm shower or lighting candles to lower your light exposure.

Doing little things to stimulate the parasympathetic side of your autonomic nervous system can be a sleep game changer!

Rituals are amazing ways to shift one’s mindset to the next segment of your day. Having both a morning and evening ritual can definitely help with having higher energy, a deeper connection and elevated discipline around the habits that you know help you feel your best.

Optimization isn’t a daunting task; it’s an exciting adventure. These small yet mighty changes are designed to make real improvements in how you feel and function every day.

Let’s make 2025 a year of powerful, personalized optimization!

Daniel