Johnson & Orders: Outside the Box

Taking inventory and talking about how relationships change, based on context and contact (which everyone is missing right about now). Thanks for listening!

Ever peer into your past and wonder how you could have been so different -- or so much the same? Recorded on the brink of the Fall 2020 school reboot, this massive, meandering episode explores the complexities of growing up... and staying the same. Welcome to Season Four!

Image Credit: “The Good News about Regrets | Oliver Burkeman.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 2 Feb. 2018, www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/feb/02/good-news-about-regrets-oliver-burkeman.

This "time capsule" of an episode was recorded almost a month ago, when we were still poised on the brink of the COVID-19 pandemic. The orders to stay home and eschew contact with other families have since become more intense. This episode marks the last time either of us interacted with anyone outside of our own families in person, with the exception of "essential service" workers. We're now all too familiar with terms like social distancing, online learning, and contactless delivery, and it's quaint to hear how foreign they felt to say just four weeks ago. Apologies for not getting this posted closer to its creation... but it is an interesting snapshot of the very beginning of the long lockdown. Be well out there, and keep staying home. Thanks for listening!

Well, this one took a while to post! What with all this healthy living, early to bed & early to rise stuff, when does a guy have time to edit?! Thanks for listening through our crazy challenge, and good luck keeping up with all the small changes you've instituted to make life a little better in big ways.

Almost through with the OTB 2020 Challenge -- just five days to go! This one started as an update, but as we settled in, we realized we missed doing full episode-long sessions. So we just stretched out and made ourselves comfortable. Thanks, as always, for listening!

A quick update, with an audial glimpse of M. Johnson submitting to the "acute stress" of the cold shower on the air...

We are halfway through the challenge, and still going strong! Today we drop science on acute stress, cold therapy, and the importance of keeping perspective. Keep going strong with your goals, and thanks for tuning in for our daily updates and half-way reflections. Rock on!

It's the weekend! Keep it going strong... in this bite-sized update, we chew on sea salt, wakeful productivity, and limited connections to email and other stresses. We'll include a numbers check in the next round.

It's the end of week one of our little OTB Challenge, and we have some more reflections to share! As we share stories about the last few days, we also dig deeper into why water is so important to all of our brain and body functions. Keep keepin' it real, keep making great choices, and keep listening and telling us about your own stories! Also, if you want to suggest ideas for what the winningest winner should get, we're all ears. See you at the next update!

We kick off the challenge with a couple daily check-ins, in case you're wondering how it's going. Thanks to everyone for listening, joining in with your own versions of self-improvement, health, and wellness -- and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2020 is off to a great start. More updates to come...