Issue #29: Smart Home
Good morning. It’s Friday, September 23rd. Today we're wrapping up everything about our HOME.
“Technology, like art, is a soaring exercise of the human imagination.”
Plus, don't miss our poll of favorite "Home" songs at the end of the issue!
The number of internet connected devices (IoT) in the average U.S. household.
Your Home Base
Our home environment matters - it shapes our physical and mental health. It affects our mindset, how we eat, how we move, how we sleep, and how we connect with friends & family.
When you search for home of the future you’ll find terms like smart home, automated home, connected home. These are all probably accurate for what’s to come.
But technology is just a means to an end. We can use it to support our health or detract from it.
An Eight Sleep Mattress Cover that measures and adjusts to our body temperature to optimize our deep sleep and lights that automatically align with our circadian rhythm may enhance our ability to thrive.
But, WiFi and Bluetooth connecting hundreds of IOT devices may create chaos in our already overworked brains and may disrupt our hormones.
The same group that developed the LEED sustainability certification for buildings has now created a WELL Certification. To date this has been for offices and multi-family buildings, but they are now working on a single-family set of standards.
We aren’t getting into the weeds of what it takes to achieve this certification (but you can read it if you ever have trouble falling asleep), but the WELL framework helps consider how we should create our home base.
Does your home or whatever you bring into your home improve:
The Air You Breathe
The Water You Drink
The Food You Eat
Your Circadian Rhythm (automated lighting)
Your Mindset (sense of calm/comfort)
Your Thermal Comfort (i.e., ambient temp)
How You Move
The Sound You Hear (or Don’t Hear)*
How you Connect with Loved Ones
At the end of the day - take care of your home base.
*Hearing develops before vision in the womb. It is our primary sense when it comes to fight or flight to sense danger. So sleeping with noise (definition = unwanted sounds) will prevent our nervous system from fully shutting down and allowing us to get into that deep sleep - Eight Sleep Mattress Cover or not.
Weekly Insights
Just like last Friday (Issue #24) - we've put together an infographic for the key points of the week.
We can't cover everything here, but here are the highlights from the week to take away:
Friday Flex
Got a little core workout for you today, mixed with one of my favorite stretches for your back, hips, and glutes. I need it after those damn glute bridges in the Wednesday Workout!
Click HERE to view the workout on our YouTube channel.
Workout and video courtesy of Connor J. Obrochta. Check out all of Connor's workouts on Playbook!
Some music in the spirit of this week's theme - Home Game:
Which song would you crank up this weekend?
Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver
My House - Flo Rida
Our House - Madness
I Feel Home - O.A.R.
Home - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Thanks for joining us this week! Next week we're getting back into Movement with a focus on metabolic training. Enjoy the first weekend of fall!
Check out the latest workout videos on our YouTube channel
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