This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 1160, getting better all the time by tying in of tyingin.com

and I'm just a mall like your personal narrator, the guy that reads to you every single day of the year,

kind of like an ongoing audiobook but free. For now let's get right to it as we optimize your life.

Getting better all the time by tyingin of tyingin.com

I think, and hope, that regular readers of my blog will appreciate the variety of posts I throw up,

random stories, travel tips, big life ideas, etc. I live a happy and fulfilling life,

and the idea is that if I make my ideas and thought processes public,

over the long term, people can take bits and pieces to improve their lives,

just as I've done from other people. This has proven to be successful on some scale,

but two thirds of the visits my psychettes are from first time visitors. They searched on Google,

followed a link on Twitter, or were emailed and article by a friend. They don't get repeated

exposure but rather a single shot. And if I'm honest about it, a post like the one titled Yuka

probably isn't going to improve their lives, other than to offer a few moments of entertainment.

This set of circumstances leaves me thinking about what major themes run through my philosophy

that can make an impact in a single post. Last night as I slept in a chilly tent with no electricity,

no light, man, no internet, I kept coming back to the idea of always getting better.

I think the phrase in of itself is cliche and meaningless, but maybe what I mean by it and the

resulting actions aren't. Most people don't get better all the time. They get adequate and then stop.

They subconsciously decide at how many things they must develop a level of proficiency,

and then they get proficient. So you end up with a guy who's good at accounting,

can cook fish okay, but sucks at having a conversation with his waiter, or the guy who can

shmuse at a party but can't balance his checkbook or swing a hammer. It's subsistence level skill

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