You can do everything right and still end up with a health issue. That's the conversation we are having this week, because it happened to both of us, and it forced us to rethink what "optimizing" actually means once you've already got the basics locked in.

We're talking about optimization culture and where the line is between chasing perfect health and actually living your life. Once you know how to eat, train, sleep, and manage stress, how much more tweaking is too much? At what point does "improving your health" start costing you your health?

In this episode:

• Our own experiences with over-optimizing.
• How we've found a middle ground where we're still improving but not white-knuckling every decision
• The uncomfortable truth: you can optimize to the extreme and still get blindsided by a health issue
• Why obsessing over your health can create more stress than the thing you're trying to fix — and what that stress does to your body
• How to know when you've crossed from "taking care of yourself" into something that's costing you your mental health

If you've ever felt like you're doing everything "right" and still not feeling good, or you're exhausted from tracking, tweaking, and optimizing every single input, this one's for you.

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