Harnessing the Heat: The Transformative Power of Sauna Therapy for Longevity
Ten years of deliberate heat exposure, breathwork layered inside the ritual, and a morning designed to protect focus before the day can erode it.
Video·Evan Lopez·10 min read·June 2026
Ten years of consistent heat exposure — and what it revealed about recovery, stress, and the kind of stillness that sharpens the mind.
A Decade in the Heat
The ritual began with a simple commitment: four or five sauna sessions a week, sustained without interruption across a full decade. This was not a wellness trend to sample and abandon. It was a practice — recurring, deliberate, woven into the architecture of daily life the way sleep or movement becomes non-negotiable once you understand what it does. Consistency was not the goal. It became the natural outcome of believing in something deeply enough to return to it, season after season.
When the pandemic arrived and the familiar gym disappeared overnight, the ritual came home. A portable steam unit — modest, functional, assembled in a garage — ensured continuity where a more elaborate setup might have failed. The form adapted; the frequency held. In that adaptation, something clarified: the ritual was never about the location. It was about the commitment to sweat, to sit with stillness, to give the body something restorative in a world that rarely pauses.
The benefits of regular heat exposure are well-documented, and years of consistent practice make them personal and concrete. The immune system grows more responsive over time; metabolism elevates and sustains itself. Regular sweating supports the body's natural detoxification — helping mobilize and eliminate what accumulates in ways that more passive recovery cannot match. These effects are not incidental. They are, precisely, the design.
The molecular mechanism worth understanding is heat shock proteins. Activated by thermal stress, these cellular chaperones repair damaged proteins and reinforce cellular integrity at a level that compounds with repeated exposure. After years of consistent sessions, this quiet biological process becomes visible in your energy, your immunity, and your capacity to recover fully between demanding days. The heat does not merely relax you. It rebuilds you at a depth you cannot see but will eventually feel everywhere.
What makes sauna particularly compelling as a longevity investment is its accessibility. You do not need a cedar-paneled installation or a dedicated spa room to access this physiology. A modest portable unit delivers equivalent thermal stress and equivalent adaptation — the biology does not require the premium aesthetic to function. Elevation comes from the practice itself: from the decade-long decision to treat recovery as a non-negotiable priority rather than an earned reward. The investment is modest; the compounding return is not.
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welcome welcome welcome to today's special episode welcome to today's special episode welcome to today's special episode episode episode episode 113 i believe no 2 13 113 i believe no 2 13 113 i believe no 2 13 where's the time gone where's the time gone where's the time gone today we are doing a special episode we today we are doing a special episode we today we are doing a special episode we had to switch things up okay had to switch things up okay had to switch things up okay i always have these things on my bucket i always have these things on my bucket i always have these things on my bucket list wanting to do this different every list wanting to do this different every list wanting to do this different every now and then now and then now and then and this is one of them and this is one of them and this is one of them just in my mind look at this lights this just in my mind look at this lights this just in my mind look at this lights this is a real set for you guys okay is a real set for you guys okay is a real set for you guys okay am i in my garage maybe am i in my garage maybe am i in my garage maybe maybe not maybe i'm in jeff bezos's maybe not maybe i'm in jeff bezos's maybe not maybe i'm in jeff bezos's basement filming this [ __ ] trying to basement filming this [ __ ] trying to basement filming this [ __ ] trying to push the agenda push the agenda push the agenda okay okay okay two-day free shipping doesn't even make two-day free shipping doesn't even make two-day free shipping doesn't even make sense ladies and gentlemen but when you sense ladies and gentlemen but when you sense ladies and gentlemen but when you have to make sense when you're making have to make sense when you're making have to make sense when you're making sense we don't have my sound board today to we don't have my sound board today to rely on okay rely on okay rely on okay ladies and gentlemen we are here in my ladies and gentlemen we are here in my ladies and gentlemen we are here in my garage in my portable sauna okay garage in my portable sauna okay garage in my portable sauna okay your boy is hood rich and what that your boy is hood rich and what that your boy is hood rich and what that means is i got fancy stuff
means is i got fancy stuff means is i got fancy stuff but just the fancy wish.com version of but just the fancy wish.com version of but just the fancy wish.com version of it it it do i have a home sauna yeah i could get do i have a home sauna yeah i could get do i have a home sauna yeah i could get away saying that you'd be like yeah i away saying that you'd be like yeah i away saying that you'd be like yeah i got a home sauna but what i really got got a home sauna but what i really got got a home sauna but what i really got is a tent that has a little tube hooked is a tent that has a little tube hooked is a tent that has a little tube hooked up to it that heats up steam and pushes up to it that heats up steam and pushes up to it that heats up steam and pushes it through makes me all sweaty makes my it through makes me all sweaty makes my it through makes me all sweaty makes my willy tingle i could just be touching my willy tingle i could just be touching my willy tingle i could just be touching my willy right now you wouldn't know matter willy right now you wouldn't know matter willy right now you wouldn't know matter of fact my hands are resting on my balls of fact my hands are resting on my balls of fact my hands are resting on my balls ladies and gentlemen ladies and gentlemen it's just what i do okay i'm just like a it's just what i do okay i'm just like a it's just what i do okay i'm just like a little kid playing with his pecker when little kid playing with his pecker when little kid playing with his pecker when he's nervous he's nervous he's nervous keep up ladies and gentlemen listen keep up ladies and gentlemen listen keep up ladies and gentlemen listen enough of this weird riffing that i'm enough of this weird riffing that i'm enough of this weird riffing that i'm doing right now okay ladies and doing right now okay ladies and doing right now okay ladies and gentlemen welcome to thursday gentlemen welcome to thursday gentlemen welcome to thursday thirsty thursday is it actually fitting thirsty thursday is it actually fitting thirsty thursday is it actually fitting because when i'm in the sauna i get real because when i'm in the sauna i get real because when i'm in the sauna i get real thirsty thirsty thirsty okay okay why why why i'm sweating out all the toxins i'm sweating out all the toxins i'm sweating out all the toxins and i wanted to do this episode in the and i wanted to do this episode in the and i wanted to do this episode in the sauna because
sauna because sauna because probably a few years ago it's been now probably a few years ago it's been now probably a few years ago it's been now uh i i would go in the sauna about four uh i i would go in the sauna about four uh i i would go in the sauna about four or five times a week um i've always gone or five times a week um i've always gone or five times a week um i've always gone into sauna it's probably been about into sauna it's probably been about into sauna it's probably been about 10 years of going in the sauna regularly 10 years of going in the sauna regularly 10 years of going in the sauna regularly uh four or five times a week on slow day uh four or five times a week on slow day uh four or five times a week on slow day on slow weeks three times on slow weeks three times on slow weeks three times uh and so much so that when the pandy uh and so much so that when the pandy uh and so much so that when the pandy hit you know the pandemic hit you know the pandemic hit you know the pandemic uh i ended up buying one of these saunas uh i ended up buying one of these saunas uh i ended up buying one of these saunas to be able to still go in the sauna to be able to still go in the sauna to be able to still go in the sauna because it feels so good just to sweat because it feels so good just to sweat because it feels so good just to sweat and and and it's really beneficial for you this is it's really beneficial for you this is it's really beneficial for you this is one of like the cheapest solutions you one of like the cheapest solutions you one of like the cheapest solutions you can get to really help your immune can get to really help your immune can get to really help your immune system help your metabolism system help your metabolism system help your metabolism help detoxify you hear that word a lot help detoxify you hear that word a lot help detoxify you hear that word a lot thrown out by people thrown out by people thrown out by people about uh you know detoxing and the sauna about uh you know detoxing and the sauna about uh you know detoxing and the sauna is actually something that makes a huge is actually something that makes a huge is actually something that makes a huge difference in your life difference in your life difference in your life with recovery rest and relaxation with recovery rest and relaxation with recovery rest and relaxation there's something you realize as you
there's something you realize as you there's something you realize as you start to get older is that start to get older is that start to get older is that there's more stress involved there's more stress involved there's more stress involved there's more stress involved in there's more stress involved in there's more stress involved in everything and it's like you have to everything and it's like you have to everything and it's like you have to actively actively actively find ways find ways find ways to to to constantly take a little bit of steam constantly take a little bit of steam constantly take a little bit of steam off your pressure cooker you know that's off your pressure cooker you know that's off your pressure cooker you know that's what i think life is when people when what i think life is when people when what i think life is when people when people always like when i was young and people always like when i was young and people always like when i was young and i would always hear people say i would always hear people say i would always hear people say uh uh uh if they could wish for anything what if they could wish for anything what if they could wish for anything what would it be it would be to be happy and would it be it would be to be happy and would it be it would be to be happy and i always thought that was a weird i always thought that was a weird i always thought that was a weird like it made sense when i was a kid but like it made sense when i was a kid but like it made sense when i was a kid but then it made it doesn't necessarily make then it made it doesn't necessarily make then it made it doesn't necessarily make sense when you're an adult because you sense when you're an adult because you sense when you're an adult because you know like that being happy know like that being happy know like that being happy isn't a constant state isn't a constant state isn't a constant state it's more of like you almost need it's more of like you almost need it's more of like you almost need sadness to be happy sadness to be happy sadness to be happy if that makes sense because uh if that makes sense because uh if that makes sense because uh you need you need you need to appreciate life and to understand it to appreciate life and to understand it to appreciate life and to understand it you need to have a reference and a you need to have a reference and a you need to have a reference and a perspective for it perspective for it perspective for it and that was something that
and that was something that and that was something that life gave me and life gave me and life gave me and i want it like you you can't really wish i want it like you you can't really wish i want it like you you can't really wish for happiness because it's not realities for happiness because it's not realities for happiness because it's not realities but what you can wish for is fulfillment but what you can wish for is fulfillment but what you can wish for is fulfillment and balance and balance and balance and that's something that and that's something that and that's something that i'm starting to realize like recovery i'm starting to realize like recovery i'm starting to realize like recovery and rest and rest and rest and hashtag me time hashtag treat and hashtag me time hashtag treat and hashtag me time hashtag treat yourself yourself yourself what that means to me what that means to me what that means to me and and that is um that is um that is um what i think the sauna is for people a what i think the sauna is for people a what i think the sauna is for people a great investment that you can have is great investment that you can have is great investment that you can have is investing in that recovery and your investing in that recovery and your investing in that recovery and your longevity and it makes you feel better longevity and it makes you feel better longevity and it makes you feel better there's always this idea of no rest days there's always this idea of no rest days there's always this idea of no rest days and no you know you work out you push it and no you know you work out you push it and no you know you work out you push it you grind you grind you grind it's like the grind culture that a lot it's like the grind culture that a lot it's like the grind culture that a lot of people push on people of people push on people of people push on people but you don't need to be doing that you but you don't need to be doing that you but you don't need to be doing that you shouldn't be doing that it's like you shouldn't be doing that it's like you shouldn't be doing that it's like you want that quality or you want that want that quality or you want that want that quality or you want that quantity i find out quantity i find out quantity i find out that you know especially with my job
that you know especially with my job that you know especially with my job with doing videos and being creative in with doing videos and being creative in with doing videos and being creative in general general general um and even doing stand-up is uh there's um and even doing stand-up is uh there's um and even doing stand-up is uh there's a consistency that's needed for it but a consistency that's needed for it but a consistency that's needed for it but there's also a balance that's needed for there's also a balance that's needed for there's also a balance that's needed for it you know you talk to a lot of it you know you talk to a lot of it you know you talk to a lot of really good stand-up comedians really good stand-up comedians really good stand-up comedians and they talk about an important part of and they talk about an important part of and they talk about an important part of the job the job the job is experiencing life is experiencing life is experiencing life and actually living life so you have and actually living life so you have and actually living life so you have reference reference reference and as someone who does videos and can and as someone who does videos and can and as someone who does videos and can get caught into a grinding get caught into a grinding get caught into a grinding um schedule there's a certain point there's a certain point where there's diminishing return on your where there's diminishing return on your where there's diminishing return on your work and that's something that i work and that's something that i work and that's something that i experience where it's like if i go on experience where it's like if i go on experience where it's like if i go on these these benders if you will of these these benders if you will of these these benders if you will of editing and you know working and editing and you know working and editing and you know working and everything and just constantly go go go everything and just constantly go go go everything and just constantly go go go go try to grind it out go try to grind it out go try to grind it out i get overwhelmed i'll get you know like i get overwhelmed i'll get you know like i get overwhelmed i'll get you know like anxiety but more of like you know not anxiety but more of like you know not anxiety but more of like you know not like anxiety like anxiety like anxiety in the sense of like panicky which that
in the sense of like panicky which that in the sense of like panicky which that can't happen but it's more of just like can't happen but it's more of just like can't happen but it's more of just like i get into a frazzled state where things i get into a frazzled state where things i get into a frazzled state where things will set me off easier where i'm more or will set me off easier where i'm more or will set me off easier where i'm more or just like jumpy almost is because i'm just like jumpy almost is because i'm just like jumpy almost is because i'm overwhelmed i'm stressed overwhelmed i'm stressed overwhelmed i'm stressed and there's no bitchness in that you and there's no bitchness in that you and there's no bitchness in that you know sometimes when people know sometimes when people know sometimes when people especially guys there's like this idea especially guys there's like this idea especially guys there's like this idea that if you that if you that if you admit you're overwhelmed or stressed out admit you're overwhelmed or stressed out admit you're overwhelmed or stressed out that it's a sign of weakness and i think that it's a sign of weakness and i think that it's a sign of weakness and i think that's what [ __ ] me up for years that's what [ __ ] me up for years that's what [ __ ] me up for years was not accepting that idea and that was not accepting that idea and that was not accepting that idea and that mindset but it comes down to being smart mindset but it comes down to being smart mindset but it comes down to being smart you know there's always the idea do you you know there's always the idea do you you know there's always the idea do you want to be tough or do you want to be want to be tough or do you want to be want to be tough or do you want to be smart because smart people last they smart because smart people last they smart because smart people last they find better ways to do things find better ways to do things find better ways to do things and they're not ego driven where you and they're not ego driven where you and they're not ego driven where you feel like you need to put in a 12-hour feel like you need to put in a 12-hour feel like you need to put in a 12-hour day of grinding to day of grinding to day of grinding to you know you know you know feel satisfied at the end of the day feel satisfied at the end of the day feel satisfied at the end of the day that's just you trying to convince your that's just you trying to convince your that's just you trying to convince your ego that you need to be exhausted for it ego that you need to be exhausted for it ego that you need to be exhausted for it to be a satisfying day to be a satisfying day to be a satisfying day um
um um and that's why i'm telling you right now sorry i need to sorry i need to we're gonna also take drinks oh boy we we're gonna also take drinks oh boy we we're gonna also take drinks oh boy we just broke the sauna just broke the sauna just broke the sauna drinks of water and patting ourselves drinks of water and patting ourselves drinks of water and patting ourselves down but one thing that we do in here but one thing that we do in here a lot i'm sorry this is missing a piece a lot i'm sorry this is missing a piece a lot i'm sorry this is missing a piece so fall down regularly so fall down regularly so fall down regularly is i do these breathing exercises is i do these breathing exercises is i do these breathing exercises in here which i'm not gonna do it now in here which i'm not gonna do it now in here which i'm not gonna do it now because it's on camera because it's on camera because it's on camera um um and that would just be weird for you and that would just be weird for you and that would just be weird for you guys to listen to but um i can't make a guys to listen to but um i can't make a guys to listen to but um i can't make a video with with that but basically i do video with with that but basically i do video with with that but basically i do follow along with wim hof follow along with wim hof follow along with wim hof and what it does is it just does a few and what it does is it just does a few and what it does is it just does a few things for me things for me things for me is it's usually a 10 minute routine i is it's usually a 10 minute routine i is it's usually a 10 minute routine i i'm usually in here for 30 minutes i'm usually in here for 30 minutes i'm usually in here for 30 minutes that's what i'm gonna shoot for today uh that's what i'm gonna shoot for today uh that's what i'm gonna shoot for today uh watch it be the time that i can't last watch it be the time that i can't last watch it be the time that i can't last for 30 minutes okay goody for 30 minutes okay goody for 30 minutes okay goody uh but i do the wim hof technique of uh but i do the wim hof technique of uh but i do the wim hof technique of breathing and what it does is i like to
breathing and what it does is i like to breathing and what it does is i like to uh uh it's three rounds you do 30 30 breaths it's three rounds you do 30 30 breaths it's three rounds you do 30 30 breaths going going going i go in through my nose really hard and i go in through my nose really hard and i go in through my nose really hard and out through my mouth really hard so i out through my mouth really hard so i out through my mouth really hard so i just go and i do that for 30 breaths and i do that for 30 breaths and then what it does is it over and then what it does is it over and then what it does is it over oxygenates your body oxygenates your body oxygenates your body and then you breathe out and then you breathe out and then you breathe out and it makes you you breathe out and you and it makes you you breathe out and you and it makes you you breathe out and you you breathe out for 15 seconds you breathe out for 15 seconds you breathe out for 15 seconds no no no sorry you you breathe out on no no no sorry you you breathe out on no no no sorry you you breathe out on the last one and you hold that for a the last one and you hold that for a the last one and you hold that for a minute on the first round minute on the first round minute on the first round and you feel like you're going to like and you feel like you're going to like and you feel like you're going to like not be able to breathe but you have so not be able to breathe but you have so not be able to breathe but you have so much oxygen and it's going through your much oxygen and it's going through your much oxygen and it's going through your body uh that you can last giggity and body uh that you can last giggity and body uh that you can last giggity and then on the second and then you breathe then on the second and then you breathe then on the second and then you breathe in deep for 15 seconds like you breathe in deep for 15 seconds like you breathe in deep for 15 seconds like you breathe in one big gulp in one big gulp in one big gulp uh hold it and then you breathe out and uh hold it and then you breathe out and uh hold it and then you breathe out and then you repeat that two more times but then you repeat that two more times but then you repeat that two more times but then the holding period on the second then the holding period on the second then the holding period on the second two rounds are minute thirty
two rounds are minute thirty two rounds are minute thirty and what that does for me you know and what that does for me you know and what that does for me you know there's a lot of benefits and if you there's a lot of benefits and if you there's a lot of benefits and if you haven't seen the wim hof documentaries haven't seen the wim hof documentaries haven't seen the wim hof documentaries and just videos on him on youtube and just videos on him on youtube and just videos on him on youtube it raises your immune system it helps it raises your immune system it helps it raises your immune system it helps with circulation helps your metabolism with circulation helps your metabolism with circulation helps your metabolism it relaxes you it de-stresses and it relaxes you it de-stresses and it relaxes you it de-stresses and basically only has benefits basically only has benefits basically only has benefits but the number one thing that does for but the number one thing that does for but the number one thing that does for me is it resets my mind me is it resets my mind me is it resets my mind i'm someone who i'm trying to get better i'm someone who i'm trying to get better i'm someone who i'm trying to get better at at at concentrated work concentrated work concentrated work and efficient work and just being and efficient work and just being and efficient work and just being not so not so not so taken all over the place in different taken all over the place in different taken all over the place in different directions with everything from directions with everything from directions with everything from when i start working you know i when i start working you know i when i start working you know i if you don't know my schedule usually if you don't know my schedule usually if you don't know my schedule usually waking up is i wake up i drink coffee i waking up is i wake up i drink coffee i waking up is i wake up i drink coffee i have my uh have my uh have my uh glutamine in a cup and i also put a glutamine in a cup and i also put a glutamine in a cup and i also put a scoop of lysine in there it's really scoop of lysine in there it's really scoop of lysine in there it's really good for skin and it's good for your good for skin and it's good for your good for skin and it's good for your hair and nails so i do a scoop of that hair and nails so i do a scoop of that hair and nails so i do a scoop of that as well in water and i drink basically a
as well in water and i drink basically a as well in water and i drink basically a mason jar full of water you're going to mason jar full of water you're going to mason jar full of water you're going to see me move around in here a lot is see me move around in here a lot is see me move around in here a lot is because the steam is actually really hot because the steam is actually really hot because the steam is actually really hot on my back or on my butt depending on on my back or on my butt depending on on my back or on my butt depending on where it's situated where it's situated where it's situated um um so yeah i'm just if i'm looking so yeah i'm just if i'm looking so yeah i'm just if i'm looking uncomfortable it's because my back is on uncomfortable it's because my back is on uncomfortable it's because my back is on fire right now fire right now fire right now but i have that in the morning i do but i have that in the morning i do but i have that in the morning i do entire mason jar of water and i do a entire mason jar of water and i do a entire mason jar of water and i do a coffee and then i get my journal and i coffee and then i get my journal and i coffee and then i get my journal and i read a chapter of whatever book i'm read a chapter of whatever book i'm read a chapter of whatever book i'm reading right now i'm rereading for the reading right now i'm rereading for the reading right now i'm rereading for the third time uh atomic habits third time uh atomic habits third time uh atomic habits yeah i just decided to flex on you yeah i just decided to flex on you yeah i just decided to flex on you saying the third time just to let you saying the third time just to let you saying the third time just to let you know i've i've gotten down on it before know i've i've gotten down on it before know i've i've gotten down on it before and to be honest the third time through and to be honest the third time through and to be honest the third time through kind of boring i'm like okay i kind of kind of boring i'm like okay i kind of kind of boring i'm like okay i kind of know this and the first few chapters are know this and the first few chapters are know this and the first few chapters are the best the topic atomic habits is the best the topic atomic habits is the best the topic atomic habits is basically just about optimizing your basically just about optimizing your basically just about optimizing your schedule and stuff like that schedule and stuff like that schedule and stuff like that but that's my routine but that's my routine but that's my routine so wake up coffee water so wake up coffee water so wake up coffee water journal read and then i do usually a 10 journal read and then i do usually a 10 journal read and then i do usually a 10 to 15 minute follow along stretch
to 15 minute follow along stretch to 15 minute follow along stretch because your boy's old because your boy's old because your boy's old and i do this all of this before and i do this all of this before and i do this all of this before ever taking my phone out of its drawer ever taking my phone out of its drawer ever taking my phone out of its drawer because i i have in the studio because i i have in the studio because i i have in the studio a drawer that i've like carved out the a drawer that i've like carved out the a drawer that i've like carved out the back and it's basically a charging back and it's basically a charging back and it's basically a charging station in the drawer station in the drawer station in the drawer where i just put all batteries for where i just put all batteries for where i just put all batteries for camera stuff and you know phone camera stuff and you know phone camera stuff and you know phone everything cables is all inside this everything cables is all inside this everything cables is all inside this drawer so i don't touch it until i'm drawer so i don't touch it until i'm drawer so i don't touch it until i'm done with my stretching so what that done with my stretching so what that done with my stretching so what that does is it gives me my mornings because does is it gives me my mornings because does is it gives me my mornings because you know i'm someone who you know i'm someone who you know i'm someone who before i would always wake up and i before i would always wake up and i before i would always wake up and i would just go straight to my phone and would just go straight to my phone and would just go straight to my phone and it'd be either on the nightstand laying it'd be either on the nightstand laying it'd be either on the nightstand laying in the bed with me in the bed with me in the bed with me and it would be the first thing i see is and it would be the first thing i see is and it would be the first thing i see is i would go to social media i'd be i would go to social media i'd be i would go to social media i'd be texting and you get all the stimulation texting and you get all the stimulation texting and you get all the stimulation it does a couple things is i think it it does a couple things is i think it it does a couple things is i think it makes it harder for you to get out of makes it harder for you to get out of makes it harder for you to get out of bed bed bed and it just uh depletes your dopamine and it just uh depletes your dopamine and it just uh depletes your dopamine like seeing all the social media and like seeing all the social media and like seeing all the social media and everything and then it kind of you start everything and then it kind of you start everything and then it kind of you start your day off your day off your day off i feel like you're in less motivated i feel like you're in less motivated i feel like you're in less motivated state because you just spent the first
state because you just spent the first state because you just spent the first half hour 45 minutes just laying there half hour 45 minutes just laying there half hour 45 minutes just laying there on your phone and granted maybe you woke on your phone and granted maybe you woke on your phone and granted maybe you woke up slower and it was better and relaxing up slower and it was better and relaxing up slower and it was better and relaxing but i feel like it's just not healthy but i feel like it's just not healthy but i feel like it's just not healthy and not the best like utilization and not the best like utilization and not the best like utilization universalization you're from an epiphany universalization you're from an epiphany universalization you're from an epiphany utilization of your time so that's why i do it that way and then so that's why i do it that way and then i start i start the grind brother uh i i start i start the grind brother uh i i start i start the grind brother uh i usually have emails from clients usually have emails from clients usually have emails from clients um uh any kind of business stuff for my uh any kind of business stuff for my merch uh if i gotta you know deal with merch uh if i gotta you know deal with merch uh if i gotta you know deal with customers and then customers and then customers and then i start doing that ideally i start doing that ideally i start doing that ideally if i don't have fires to put out i'll do if i don't have fires to put out i'll do if i don't have fires to put out i'll do 30 minutes of writing stand-up it'll be 30 minutes of writing and then it'll be 30 minutes of writing and then usually followed by 30 minutes of usually followed by 30 minutes of usually followed by 30 minutes of performing where i'll actually rehearse performing where i'll actually rehearse performing where i'll actually rehearse stuff think about delivery and go over stuff think about delivery and go over stuff think about delivery and go over stuff like that so that will give me an stuff like that so that will give me an stuff like that so that will give me an hour hour hour but sometimes but sometimes but sometimes it i don't get that luxury and it puts it i don't get that luxury and it puts it i don't get that luxury and it puts me into a stressed out state
me into a stressed out state me into a stressed out state where i where i where i you know if something happened with the you know if something happened with the you know if something happened with the client or i need to do this or that i client or i need to do this or that i client or i need to do this or that i start going down that robot hole and start going down that robot hole and start going down that robot hole and then i lose like an hour and a half and then i lose like an hour and a half and then i lose like an hour and a half and then i'm behind and then uh then i'm behind and then uh then i'm behind and then uh i haven't even worked out yet i haven't i haven't even worked out yet i haven't i haven't even worked out yet i haven't done the sauna so it's like i start done the sauna so it's like i start done the sauna so it's like i start doing all these things that take away doing all these things that take away doing all these things that take away from that from that from that and the benefit and the whole point of and the benefit and the whole point of and the benefit and the whole point of me saying that is that me saying that is that me saying that is that i'm someone who's constantly easily i'm someone who's constantly easily i'm someone who's constantly easily distracted it's just who i am i'm very distracted it's just who i am i'm very distracted it's just who i am i'm very easily distracted uh easily distracted uh easily distracted uh and that's a constant battle is trying and that's a constant battle is trying and that's a constant battle is trying to to take take take control of my mornings making sure i'm control of my mornings making sure i'm control of my mornings making sure i'm eliminating chances for me to get eliminating chances for me to get eliminating chances for me to get distracted distracted distracted that's why even doing the sauna and that's why even doing the sauna and that's why even doing the sauna and everything i use that usually as a everything i use that usually as a everything i use that usually as a moment to like moment to like moment to like clear my head and getting back to it the clear my head and getting back to it the clear my head and getting back to it the whole reason i brought up my entire whole reason i brought up my entire whole reason i brought up my entire schedule and me getting easily schedule and me getting easily schedule and me getting easily distracted when i do the wim hof distracted when i do the wim hof distracted when i do the wim hof technique technique technique usually i have a hard time focusing on
usually i have a hard time focusing on usually i have a hard time focusing on the numbers and you know i have those the numbers and you know i have those the numbers and you know i have those impulses to want to check my phone impulses to want to check my phone impulses to want to check my phone all right ladies and gentlemen we had a all right ladies and gentlemen we had a all right ladies and gentlemen we had a technical difficulty technical difficulty technical difficulty i apologize the sd card ran out of space i apologize the sd card ran out of space i apologize the sd card ran out of space uh so unprofessional here uh so unprofessional here uh so unprofessional here but where was i oh yeah wim hof but where was i oh yeah wim hof but where was i oh yeah wim hof basically i would uh get distracted and i have a i would uh get distracted and i have a hard time focusing on the breaths on hard time focusing on the breaths on hard time focusing on the breaths on that first round that first round that first round and getting myself to like calm down and and getting myself to like calm down and and getting myself to like calm down and just focus fighting the urge to check my just focus fighting the urge to check my just focus fighting the urge to check my phone phone phone and uh just do other things and focus on and uh just do other things and focus on and uh just do other things and focus on other things and after that first round other things and after that first round other things and after that first round of just forcing myself to like focus on of just forcing myself to like focus on of just forcing myself to like focus on just the breath and being present and just the breath and being present and just the breath and being present and when i'm holding my breath when i'm holding my breath when i'm holding my breath by the time the next by the time the next by the time the next round comes around i'm more focused i'm round comes around i'm more focused i'm round comes around i'm more focused i'm here i don't really have the urge to here i don't really have the urge to here i don't really have the urge to grab my phone or check it grab my phone or check it grab my phone or check it and by that third time i'm like and by that third time i'm like and by that third time i'm like completely dialed in on the moment and
completely dialed in on the moment and completely dialed in on the moment and i'm just here breathing in and out and i'm just here breathing in and out and i'm just here breathing in and out and only focused on my body and what it's only focused on my body and what it's only focused on my body and what it's doing doing doing and and i would say i would say i would say like the perfect metaphor to describe like the perfect metaphor to describe like the perfect metaphor to describe that would be like tuning a guitar that would be like tuning a guitar that would be like tuning a guitar it's like out of you know out of tune it's like out of you know out of tune it's like out of you know out of tune and you're like bang and you're like bang and you're like bang and trying to get it to sound good by and trying to get it to sound good by and trying to get it to sound good by doing those breaths it gets you more in doing those breaths it gets you more in doing those breaths it gets you more in tune with being in the present and like tune with being in the present and like tune with being in the present and like being there and then you just feel a being there and then you just feel a being there and then you just feel a calmness from like the breath you know calmness from like the breath you know calmness from like the breath you know so that's like the benefits that i get so that's like the benefits that i get so that's like the benefits that i get from it um from it um from it um so that's why i suggest doing the sauna so that's why i suggest doing the sauna so that's why i suggest doing the sauna when uh when you can and doing combining when uh when you can and doing combining when uh when you can and doing combining it with like wim hof it with like wim hof it with like wim hof breathing techniques i've always thought breathing techniques i've always thought breathing techniques i've always thought about making my own because his is like about making my own because his is like about making my own because his is like a cool follow along one but i think it a cool follow along one but i think it a cool follow along one but i think it would be cool to add music to it and would be cool to add music to it and would be cool to add music to it and turn it into like a relaxation thing and turn it into like a relaxation thing and turn it into like a relaxation thing and i've always thought of like producing my i've always thought of like producing my i've always thought of like producing my own video like that um with crediting own video like that um with crediting own video like that um with crediting him because he does him because he does him because he does breathing in through your mouth and out
breathing in through your mouth and out breathing in through your mouth and out through your mouth through your mouth through your mouth but the way that i did it is i've but the way that i did it is i've but the way that i did it is i've combined like three different things combined like three different things combined like three different things where i do the wim hof i do this other where i do the wim hof i do this other where i do the wim hof i do this other breathing method which is in through breathing method which is in through breathing method which is in through your nose out through your mouth i your nose out through your mouth i your nose out through your mouth i forgot what i forget what it activates forgot what i forget what it activates forgot what i forget what it activates um um and then utilizing the sauna as well so and then utilizing the sauna as well so and then utilizing the sauna as well so i'm like a product of i'm like a product of i'm like a product of dr rhonda patrick wim hof and whoever dr rhonda patrick wim hof and whoever dr rhonda patrick wim hof and whoever else did the other else did the other else did the other breathing tech fit and technique i want breathing tech fit and technique i want breathing tech fit and technique i want to say it was like green filled or to say it was like green filled or to say it was like green filled or something like that something like that something like that but anywho uh yeah there's uh yeah there's uh right now what's crazy is uh right now what's crazy is uh right now what's crazy is uh i'm not stuck at home i'm not stuck at home i'm not stuck at home but right now in texas if you remember but right now in texas if you remember but right now in texas if you remember texas had the winter storm it was like texas had the winter storm it was like texas had the winter storm it was like once in a hundred years storm that went once in a hundred years storm that went once in a hundred years storm that went down in texas last year in february down in texas last year in february down in texas last year in february and uh here we are again a year later and uh here we are again a year later and uh here we are again a year later and right now i'm getting phone calls and right now i'm getting phone calls and right now i'm getting phone calls from the city of kyle
from the city of kyle from the city of kyle kind of like i live outside of austin and i'm getting phone calls that and i'm getting phone calls that there's going to be a winter storm to there's going to be a winter storm to there's going to be a winter storm to stay home stay home stay home business stuff has kind of been canceled business stuff has kind of been canceled business stuff has kind of been canceled there's stores everywhere is closing there's stores everywhere is closing there's stores everywhere is closing tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow because there's supposed to be a legit because there's supposed to be a legit because there's supposed to be a legit winter storm coming to texas and uh winter storm coming to texas and uh winter storm coming to texas and uh it doesn't seem like it's going to be it doesn't seem like it's going to be it doesn't seem like it's going to be nearly as bad as the storm that happened nearly as bad as the storm that happened nearly as bad as the storm that happened last year last year last year i'm not as worried about it i think i'm not as worried about it i think i'm not as worried about it i think texas is more prepared for it texas is more prepared for it texas is more prepared for it what it seems like is the reason why the what it seems like is the reason why the what it seems like is the reason why the grid almost failed and there are so many grid almost failed and there are so many grid almost failed and there are so many outages is because the way that texas outages is because the way that texas outages is because the way that texas does their electricity does their electricity does their electricity they almost do like in they almost do like in they almost do like in sorry i'm dying sorry i'm dying sorry i'm dying i apologize i apologize i apologize they almost do like a uh they almost do like a uh they almost do like a uh an open source bid where different an open source bid where different an open source bid where different companies can bid on electricity at companies can bid on electricity at companies can bid on electricity at certain rates and then they profit off certain rates and then they profit off certain rates and then they profit off the distribution of that electricity the distribution of that electricity the distribution of that electricity from what i understand from what i understand from what i understand so it didn't necessarily have to do with
so it didn't necessarily have to do with so it didn't necessarily have to do with an actual failure of the grid it an actual failure of the grid it an actual failure of the grid it happened to be an under purchase happened to be an under purchase happened to be an under purchase of overvalued electricity during a storm which is kind of crazy because you know which is kind of crazy because you know the the power out here the the power out here the the power out here they charge extra for storms there's they charge extra for storms there's they charge extra for storms there's like a surcharge if you're using your like a surcharge if you're using your like a surcharge if you're using your electricity at a certain time electricity at a certain time electricity at a certain time they're going to charge more for it and they're going to charge more for it and they're going to charge more for it and the answer is kind of trying to go off the answer is kind of trying to go off the answer is kind of trying to go off the grid i actually had someone come out the grid i actually had someone come out the grid i actually had someone come out pretty recently pretty recently pretty recently to look at putting solar on the house look at putting solar on the house and i just you know the salesman was and i just you know the salesman was and i just you know the salesman was pretty pushy and it was a weird pretty pushy and it was a weird pretty pushy and it was a weird situation and it didn't necessarily make situation and it didn't necessarily make situation and it didn't necessarily make sense to me sense to me sense to me uh uh you basically end up paying at least you basically end up paying at least you basically end up paying at least away from what i understand is you're away from what i understand is you're away from what i understand is you're paying basically paying basically paying basically for the solar for the solar for the solar units units units but uh but uh but uh you're just replacing your bill and you're just replacing your bill and you're just replacing your bill and paying it to the solar company rather
paying it to the solar company rather paying it to the solar company rather than than than paying an electricity bill and if you go paying an electricity bill and if you go paying an electricity bill and if you go over what you're paying the solar for over what you're paying the solar for over what you're paying the solar for you use more than what you're quoted at you use more than what you're quoted at you use more than what you're quoted at you're just going to end up paying the you're just going to end up paying the you're just going to end up paying the electricity on top of that so it's electricity on top of that so it's electricity on top of that so it's either you pay either you pay either you pay less now and store less now and store less now and store money and credits for when you use the money and credits for when you use the money and credits for when you use the electricity more electricity more electricity more or you just pay as you go with or you just pay as you go with or you just pay as you go with electricity company so i was like okay electricity company so i was like okay electricity company so i was like okay this is not necessarily this is not necessarily this is not necessarily a win-win situation a win-win situation a win-win situation um unless you pay off the units and then um unless you pay off the units and then um unless you pay off the units and then you're just not paying electricity you're just not paying electricity you're just not paying electricity uh which is the way i would want to do uh which is the way i would want to do uh which is the way i would want to do it and so maybe in the next house it and so maybe in the next house it and so maybe in the next house you know in like five ten years like you know in like five ten years like you know in like five ten years like five years i think uh five years i think uh five years i think uh installing solar so you just don't have installing solar so you just don't have installing solar so you just don't have a bill a bill a bill and just paying a decent price and i and just paying a decent price and i and just paying a decent price and i feel like in five years the technology feel like in five years the technology feel like in five years the technology will get better for it will get better for it will get better for it um um but it's crazy man everything's shutting but it's crazy man everything's shutting but it's crazy man everything's shutting down like regular stores and businesses down like regular stores and businesses down like regular stores and businesses and hotels and hotels and hotels and uh and uh and uh they just they're so worried about this
they just they're so worried about this they just they're so worried about this winter storm winter storm winter storm and from talking to people around here and from talking to people around here and from talking to people around here who were here when it happened who were here when it happened who were here when it happened it does seem scary because it does seem scary because it does seem scary because texans you know and i love texas i'm a texans you know and i love texas i'm a texans you know and i love texas i'm a proud honorary texan you know whenever proud honorary texan you know whenever proud honorary texan you know whenever they allow me i think the rule is you they allow me i think the rule is you they allow me i think the rule is you have to be invited to be a texan by an have to be invited to be a texan by an have to be invited to be a texan by an actual texan who's been here actual texan who's been here actual texan who's been here like multi-generational like multi-generational like multi-generational because there's like [ __ ] because there's like [ __ ] because there's like [ __ ] californians here who identify as texans californians here who identify as texans californians here who identify as texans now after like five years and i'm like now after like five years and i'm like now after like five years and i'm like well who swore you in you know like i well who swore you in you know like i well who swore you in you know like i feel like only chuck norris terry black feel like only chuck norris terry black feel like only chuck norris terry black you know the you know the you know the real legendary texans and you might be real legendary texans and you might be real legendary texans and you might be like chuck norris isn't from texas like chuck norris isn't from texas like chuck norris isn't from texas you're like yeah but he was the texas you're like yeah but he was the texas you're like yeah but he was the texas ranger ranger ranger and brought more eyeballs on texas in and brought more eyeballs on texas in and brought more eyeballs on texas in the media you know the media you know the media you know but you know i think you gotta i think but you know i think you gotta i think but you know i think you gotta i think you have to be sworn in by an actual you have to be sworn in by an actual you have to be sworn in by an actual generational texan you know when people generational texan you know when people generational texan you know when people move to austin and they're like we're move to austin and they're like we're move to austin and they're like we're austinites you're like no you're you're austinites you're like no you're you're austinites you're like no you're you're dumb you know
but part of the reason i think that why but part of the reason i think that why this storm got so crazy was because this storm got so crazy was because this storm got so crazy was because texans one for one the power going out texans one for one the power going out texans one for one the power going out and the other is that texans don't know and the other is that texans don't know and the other is that texans don't know how to drive in snow how to drive in snow how to drive in snow and they're not the infrastructure you and they're not the infrastructure you and they're not the infrastructure you probably heard that so many times the probably heard that so many times the probably heard that so many times the infrastructure infrastructure infrastructure um um that's like words you never really heard that's like words you never really heard that's like words you never really heard before something like this happened was before something like this happened was before something like this happened was infrastructure coronavirus pandemic infrastructure coronavirus pandemic infrastructure coronavirus pandemic quarantine quarantine quarantine uh you start hearing these words thrown uh you start hearing these words thrown uh you start hearing these words thrown around that just become regular things around that just become regular things around that just become regular things like infrastructure like infrastructure like infrastructure i feel like people use that word so much i feel like people use that word so much i feel like people use that word so much about texas in the storm about texas in the storm about texas in the storm but the roads aren't set up for snow but the roads aren't set up for snow but the roads aren't set up for snow they're not expecting it they don't salt they're not expecting it they don't salt they're not expecting it they don't salt the streets and all the stuff that you the streets and all the stuff that you the streets and all the stuff that you know know know massachusetts and these midwest places massachusetts and these midwest places massachusetts and these midwest places uh that deal with a lot of snow kind of uh that deal with a lot of snow kind of uh that deal with a lot of snow kind of deal with in the east coast they're deal with in the east coast they're deal with in the east coast they're prepared they know how to dress for it prepared they know how to dress for it prepared they know how to dress for it they know how to drive for it they know how to drive for it they know how to drive for it and that's the dangerous thing that i and that's the dangerous thing that i and that's the dangerous thing that i think about is i was supposed to go into think about is i was supposed to go into think about is i was supposed to go into texas for a business meeting that starts texas for a business meeting that starts
texas for a business meeting that starts at seven a.m and then i look at the snow at seven a.m and then i look at the snow at seven a.m and then i look at the snow advisory and it's like oh there's going advisory and it's like oh there's going advisory and it's like oh there's going to be under 30 to be under 30 to be under 30 snow snow snow starting at 5 00 a.m here tomorrow and starting at 5 00 a.m here tomorrow and starting at 5 00 a.m here tomorrow and won't end until won't end until won't end until i think noon or something and i'm like i think noon or something and i'm like i think noon or something and i'm like no [ __ ] face i'm not no [ __ ] face i'm not no [ __ ] face i'm not gonna drive in that and it's not like gonna drive in that and it's not like gonna drive in that and it's not like i'm worried about me sliding and i'm worried about me sliding and i'm worried about me sliding and everything because i can drive in snow everything because i can drive in snow everything because i can drive in snow you know i've done it you know i've done it you know i've done it probably more than average texan but probably more than average texan but probably more than average texan but it's other drivers that i'm worried it's other drivers that i'm worried it's other drivers that i'm worried about because i'll be honest with you about because i'll be honest with you about because i'll be honest with you there are a lot of cars with dents in there are a lot of cars with dents in there are a lot of cars with dents in them in texas a lot of cracked them in texas a lot of cracked them in texas a lot of cracked windshields and it seems like texas they windshields and it seems like texas they windshields and it seems like texas they just like they love that liberty where just like they love that liberty where just like they love that liberty where they're just like you know what they're just like you know what they're just like you know what yeah i will [ __ ] yeah i will [ __ ] yeah i will [ __ ] hit your car because that's my right as hit your car because that's my right as hit your car because that's my right as an american an american an american texas loves that liberty you know this texas loves that liberty you know this texas loves that liberty you know this is the greatest state in the nation i'll is the greatest state in the nation i'll is the greatest state in the nation i'll say it okay from a business sense say it okay from a business sense say it okay from a business sense from a life sense liberty from a life sense liberty from a life sense liberty and personal rights i love it okay and personal rights i love it okay and personal rights i love it okay as long as you use condoms
as long as you use condoms as long as you use condoms okay because texas is real liberal when okay because texas is real liberal when okay because texas is real liberal when it comes to who gets liberty around here you can't then you pay for your mistakes you can't then you pay for your mistakes around here no abortions just nuts getting way too no abortions just nuts getting way too liberal with that liberty the baby liberal with that liberty the baby liberal with that liberty the baby hasn't even showed up yet and they're hasn't even showed up yet and they're hasn't even showed up yet and they're like hey there little feller welcome like hey there little feller welcome like hey there little feller welcome here's a bucky shirt here's a bucky shirt here's a bucky shirt you know i mean i don't really know what the i mean i don't really know what the answer is answer is answer is those are weird ones when you start those are weird ones when you start those are weird ones when you start looking at abortion laws and everything looking at abortion laws and everything looking at abortion laws and everything i did find that one weird where i was i did find that one weird where i was i did find that one weird where i was like hey just let people get abortions like hey just let people get abortions like hey just let people get abortions that's kind of a weird thing to try to that's kind of a weird thing to try to that's kind of a weird thing to try to implement implement implement but the trade-offs of the liberty that but the trade-offs of the liberty that but the trade-offs of the liberty that you still get here you still get here you still get here i think uh are still better than other i think uh are still better than other i think uh are still better than other places places places you know and i think that you know law you know and i think that you know law you know and i think that you know law should be repealed i'm not saying it's a should be repealed i'm not saying it's a should be repealed i'm not saying it's a good thing good thing good thing but uh the liberty and the quality of but uh the liberty and the quality of but uh the liberty and the quality of life that you can have here is amazing life that you can have here is amazing life that you can have here is amazing that's why i think uh
that's why i think uh that's why i think uh texas is such a great state and austin texas is such a great state and austin texas is such a great state and austin is actually such a great city and it's a is actually such a great city and it's a is actually such a great city and it's a prime example of what balance is you prime example of what balance is you prime example of what balance is you know going all the way back to the know going all the way back to the know going all the way back to the beginning of this beginning of this beginning of this is that a republican state with a with a is that a republican state with a with a is that a republican state with a with a liberal city can be a nice balance okay liberal city can be a nice balance okay liberal city can be a nice balance okay you look at somewhere like la you look at somewhere like la you look at somewhere like la where it's just like oh no we're way too where it's just like oh no we're way too where it's just like oh no we're way too far to the left and now it's turning far to the left and now it's turning far to the left and now it's turning into like draconian loss hey shout out into like draconian loss hey shout out into like draconian loss hey shout out to me for using big words this episode to me for using big words this episode to me for using big words this episode which i think are just crazy like it's which i think are just crazy like it's which i think are just crazy like it's way too controlled and then if you go way too controlled and then if you go way too controlled and then if you go too far right you start getting into too far right you start getting into too far right you start getting into weird areas and uh weird areas and uh weird areas and uh i find myself in the in the middle you i find myself in the in the middle you i find myself in the in the middle you know i'm socially liberal conservative know i'm socially liberal conservative know i'm socially liberal conservative uh financially and uh i like i like uh financially and uh i like i like uh financially and uh i like i like taking problems that's what's stupid is taking problems that's what's stupid is taking problems that's what's stupid is that everybody's playing this actual that everybody's playing this actual that everybody's playing this actual game game game that there is only a left and a right that there is only a left and a right that there is only a left and a right and then there's a middle but it's like and then there's a middle but it's like and then there's a middle but it's like no you you can be no you you can be no you you can be on both sides in different areas it's on both sides in different areas it's on both sides in different areas it's called just using logic if we're going called just using logic if we're going called just using logic if we're going to have every question fall under these
to have every question fall under these to have every question fall under these two political umbrellas then it would two political umbrellas then it would two political umbrellas then it would only make sense only make sense only make sense to be on both sides to be on both sides to be on both sides right right right because i think because i think because i think this is just off the top of my head i this is just off the top of my head i this is just off the top of my head i feel like feel like feel like uh socially liberal ideas make the uh socially liberal ideas make the uh socially liberal ideas make the greatest art they make the greatest greatest art they make the greatest greatest art they make the greatest creativity and they're more open-minded creativity and they're more open-minded creativity and they're more open-minded and i think fiscally and i think fiscally and i think fiscally you know republican or you know you know republican or you know you know republican or you know more conservative more conservative more conservative makes decisions makes decisions makes decisions sorry that's my timer we're already like sorry that's my timer we're already like sorry that's my timer we're already like at the 30-minute mark at the 30-minute mark at the 30-minute mark uh and i think conservative fiscally and financial conservative fiscally and financial decisions decisions decisions makes environments so those liberal arts makes environments so those liberal arts makes environments so those liberal arts and creative ideas have a place to and creative ideas have a place to and creative ideas have a place to flourish flourish flourish that's why i think with combining them that's why i think with combining them that's why i think with combining them is so great is so great is so great you have texas laws which are amazing you have texas laws which are amazing you have texas laws which are amazing for business and the incentive to move for business and the incentive to move for business and the incentive to move here for all these fortune 500 companies here for all these fortune 500 companies here for all these fortune 500 companies is amazing and i think there's only a
is amazing and i think there's only a is amazing and i think there's only a liberal idea and open mindedness enough liberal idea and open mindedness enough liberal idea and open mindedness enough because of austin to be able to make it because of austin to be able to make it because of austin to be able to make it work work work to have the benefits of being in a to have the benefits of being in a to have the benefits of being in a liberal society liberal society liberal society uh with having uh fiscal financial uh with having uh fiscal financial uh with having uh fiscal financial decisions being made and i think that's decisions being made and i think that's decisions being made and i think that's what makes austin work at least for now what makes austin work at least for now what makes austin work at least for now i do believe you know we can go forward i do believe you know we can go forward i do believe you know we can go forward in five to 10 years and we're going to in five to 10 years and we're going to in five to 10 years and we're going to see if the infrastructure could handle see if the infrastructure could handle see if the infrastructure could handle this much growth at a rapid you know a this much growth at a rapid you know a this much growth at a rapid you know a rapid pace there's so much being built rapid pace there's so much being built rapid pace there's so much being built there's so many people moving here and there's so many people moving here and there's so many people moving here and what's great though is there's so much what's great though is there's so much what's great though is there's so much expansion on the outside of austin you expansion on the outside of austin you expansion on the outside of austin you know i'm someone who's like 30 minutes know i'm someone who's like 30 minutes know i'm someone who's like 30 minutes outside of austin and i love it there's outside of austin and i love it there's outside of austin and i love it there's plenty of space for now but there's also plenty of space for now but there's also plenty of space for now but there's also room for expansion you get to a place room for expansion you get to a place room for expansion you get to a place like los angeles well straight off the like los angeles well straight off the like los angeles well straight off the bat it's pushed up against an ocean so bat it's pushed up against an ocean so bat it's pushed up against an ocean so there's no growth there then it's pushed there's no growth there then it's pushed there's no growth there then it's pushed up against burbank and then it's pushed up against burbank and then it's pushed up against burbank and then it's pushed up against you know uh what is that city up against you know uh what is that city up against you know uh what is that city in between thousand oaks in between thousand oaks in between thousand oaks and la but anyway it's built out on all
and la but anyway it's built out on all and la but anyway it's built out on all sides and there's not much room to grow sides and there's not much room to grow sides and there's not much room to grow so what happens is people just keep so what happens is people just keep so what happens is people just keep trying to condense in rather than trying to condense in rather than trying to condense in rather than growing outside growing outside growing outside so i think in that idea so i think in that idea so i think in that idea uh austin has and the same thing for san uh austin has and the same thing for san uh austin has and the same thing for san francisco that was another francisco that was another francisco that was another metropolitan metropolitan area during metropolitan metropolitan area during metropolitan metropolitan area during the dot com era and you know silicon the dot com era and you know silicon the dot com era and you know silicon valley but there's such limited space valley but there's such limited space valley but there's such limited space and i think it comes down to that and and i think it comes down to that and and i think it comes down to that and you mix that with a you mix that with a you mix that with a democratic state and very liberal uh democratic state and very liberal uh democratic state and very liberal uh political social financial laws that political social financial laws that political social financial laws that don't make it good for a business to don't make it good for a business to don't make it good for a business to flourish so it sends a lot of the flourish so it sends a lot of the flourish so it sends a lot of the capitalism to other you know republican capitalism to other you know republican capitalism to other you know republican states it just so happens that texas has states it just so happens that texas has states it just so happens that texas has a phenomenal uh city in austin a phenomenal uh city in austin a phenomenal uh city in austin that is forward-thinking and open-minded that is forward-thinking and open-minded that is forward-thinking and open-minded and liberal enough to have that kind of and liberal enough to have that kind of and liberal enough to have that kind of growth growth growth so that's why i'm happy i'm excited for so that's why i'm happy i'm excited for so that's why i'm happy i'm excited for the future here in austin the future here in austin the future here in austin i think it's going to be in the next i think it's going to be in the next i think it's going to be in the next five years
five years five years complete complete complete boom in the sense of a lot of things a boom in the sense of a lot of things a boom in the sense of a lot of things a lot of creativity you know more video lot of creativity you know more video lot of creativity you know more video stuff more arts stuff more arts stuff more arts more filming more opportunities and for more filming more opportunities and for more filming more opportunities and for comedy i think there's a comedy boom comedy i think there's a comedy boom comedy i think there's a comedy boom going on here right now that is going on here right now that is going on here right now that is phenomenal people are hungry it's making phenomenal people are hungry it's making phenomenal people are hungry it's making the whole level of comedy rise the whole level of comedy rise the whole level of comedy rise and uh i think it's great um and uh i think it's great um and uh i think it's great um so yeah i think we've gone over time so yeah i think we've gone over time so yeah i think we've gone over time your boy my heart is racing right now your boy my heart is racing right now your boy my heart is racing right now from the heat as you can tell from the heat as you can tell from the heat as you can tell i think i got like this emo hairstyle i think i got like this emo hairstyle i think i got like this emo hairstyle going on and uh going on and uh going on and uh yeah we're very sweaty very hot and yeah we're very sweaty very hot and yeah we're very sweaty very hot and ladies and gentlemen i hope you enjoyed ladies and gentlemen i hope you enjoyed ladies and gentlemen i hope you enjoyed this episode if you enjoyed it this episode if you enjoyed it this episode if you enjoyed it let me know and we'll do more episodes let me know and we'll do more episodes let me know and we'll do more episodes like this and try switching up the like this and try switching up the like this and try switching up the podcast more okay podcast more okay podcast more okay i look like a baby being born right now i look like a baby being born right now i look like a baby being born right now ladies and gentlemen thank you ladies and gentlemen thank you ladies and gentlemen thank you don't forget to like comment subscribe don't forget to like comment subscribe don't forget to like comment subscribe tell your friends about it tell your friends about it tell your friends about it remember no matter what i still love you
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Recovery Is the Strategy
Life accumulates pressure. Responsibilities stack; creative demands layer on top of personal obligations, and both run beneath the persistent weight of a connected, always-available world. Think of a pressure cooker: the mechanism functions precisely because it concentrates force, but without a valve, it fails. The sauna is the valve. It does not remove the pressure from your life; it releases what has built to the point of interference, returning the system to a state where it can function with clarity and intention.
The relentless-output culture offers a compelling story: more hours logged, more produced, more evidence of effort. The logic holds until it doesn't — and creative work is among the first places where diminishing returns announce themselves. The comedians and creators who endure, whose work deepens and sharpens over years, are not the ones who worked the most hours in isolation. They are the ones who accumulated the most life: reference points, observation, and the perspective that only distance and rest can develop. Output that lasts requires input that goes beyond the screen.
There is a point in sustained overwork where the signal becomes noise. You are technically producing, but quality has quietly left. The frazzled, reactive state — where ordinary interruptions trigger disproportionate responses and genuine focus feels inaccessible — is not a character failure. It is your nervous system accurately registering an overloaded condition. Recognizing that is not weakness; it is the self-awareness that makes correction possible, and correction is the beginning of every recovery.
The distinction worth holding is between toughness and intelligence. Toughness absorbs punishment and continues; intelligence prevents the punishment from accumulating in the first place. Smart practitioners build recovery into the protocol before they need it — not as a concession to limitation, but as a deliberate investment in sustained performance. The ego equates exhaustion with effort. Longevity requires something more measured: consistent quality, maintained over years, rather than peak intensity that burns out by season.
That's just you trying to convince your ego that you need to be exhausted for it to be a satisfying day.
Recovery, understood in this frame, is not indulgence. It is infrastructure. Every sauna session, every deliberate pause in a week built around output, is a deposit into the account that funds your best work. Regular heat exposure supports parasympathetic nervous system recovery — the biological shift from stress mode into genuine restoration — and the calm and clarity that follow translate directly into every focused hour ahead. You do not exit the sauna the same person who entered; that difference, sustained over years, is the return on the investment.
The Breath Inside the Heat
Heat alone transforms. Add breathwork, and the transformation compounds. A structured breathing protocol within the sauna creates a physiological and mental environment that heat exposure alone cannot fully produce — and the combination operates on the body and mind simultaneously, deepening round by round.
The Wim Hof method, practiced in three rounds, provides the structure. Thirty power breaths — a forceful inhale through the nose, a sharp exhale through the mouth, repeated in steady rhythm — saturate the body with oxygen. Then the exhale, and the hold: what feels rationally impossible becomes sustainable. The over-oxygenation effect means the body retains what it needs far longer than the untrained mind expects.
On the first round, the hold lasts one minute; on the second and third, a minute and thirty seconds. Each round begins from a quieter baseline than the one before it. A recovery breath follows each hold, and the rhythm builds. By the third cycle, the protocol has done most of its work without effort or willpower — only accumulation.
The progression is perceptible in real time. On the first round, the mind is still scattered — resistant, fighting the urge to reach for the phone, not yet willing to fully arrive. By the second round, the scatter has diminished. By the third, something has genuinely shifted: attention narrows to the breath, the body, the heat, and everything else recedes. The presence is not forced into being; it arrives.
The most precise metaphor for this is tuning a guitar. An instrument out of tune produces noise rather than music — the notes are present but unresolved. Each round of breathwork is a pass at the tuning pegs, tightening the alignment toward presence. The mind that arrived scattered and restless has been brought back into resonance with the moment. And with that resonance comes something the scattered mind cannot access: the stillness that sharpens everything that follows.
The sauna heat and breathwork amplify each other in measurable ways. Thermal exposure raises dopamine — the neurotransmitter that drives motivation, focus, and sustained attention — and the elevation persists well beyond the session. Breathwork modulates the nervous system from within, guiding the sympathetic arousal that heat can initially intensify toward a state of calm readiness. Together, they produce a compounded reset that is physiological and mental simultaneously, and the result — that particular clarity of a mind that has been gathered rather than scattered — is genuinely difficult to produce by other means.
Building the Morning That Protects the Day
The phone stays in the drawer until the morning ritual is complete. This is not a rule imposed from outside; it is a boundary chosen deliberately, because the cost of the alternative is clear and compounding. Reaching for the screen first thing in the morning — absorbing notifications, scrolling through social content, processing messages before the body has fully come online — depletes dopamine before the day has a chance to build it. Without dopamine, the focused, intentional work the day demands becomes difficult before it begins.
The morning sequence that precedes the phone is deliberate and protective. Hydration first — a full glass of water before caffeine, before anything that costs attention. Then coffee, journaling, and reading: a chapter of something chosen with intention, not discovered by accident. Then stretching, deliberate and followed rather than improvised. Each element compounds on the one before it, arriving at the sauna with something to bring to the silence rather than something to escape from.
The sauna and breathwork close the ritual and open the work. They are the final sequence in a morning designed to protect the day from reactive mode — from the frazzled, scattered state that arrives when demands are met before readiness has been established. You enter the sauna after journaling and movement; you exit with the clarity that heat and breathwork together produce. The morning, structured this way, becomes a sanctuary: not a retreat from the demands of the day, but a preparation for meeting them from a position of genuine readiness.
Intentional sequencing is the practical mechanism here, and it works not through willpower but through design. The phone in the drawer is not a discipline exercise — it is an environmental arrangement that removes the conditions for distraction before they can form. You cannot scroll what is not within reach; you cannot lose the morning to notifications you have not yet encountered. The ritual does not fight distraction. It prevents the encounter entirely.
The reward is focus that is genuinely available when work begins. Dopamine, protected through the morning protocol, is present when the first demanding task arrives. The mind, reset by breathwork and heat, is anchored rather than scattered. The day begins from stillness rather than from stimulus — not because demands have decreased, but because you have arrived equipped to meet them. This is not productivity strategy; it is the protocol for showing up to your own potential, repeatable every morning, for as long as you choose to commit to it.
I do all of this before ever taking my phone out of its drawer.