Key ideas from Shawn Ryan

• Intermittent fasting (16+ hours daily) resolved chronic blood sugar issues that decades of different diets couldn't fix - Tim
• Fear setting exercise: write worst-case scenarios, prevention steps, and recovery plans to remove the 'emergency brake' on life decisions
• Morning pages from The Artist's Way - three pages of daily brain dump writing - creates 'magical effects' for productivity and well-being
• Investing in relationships requires advance calendar blocking and financial commitment before other priorities crowd them out
• Psychedelic therapy combined with brain stimulation like accelerated TMS shows 70-80% remission rates for treatment-resistant depression
• Engineering adversity and stress into comfortable lives prevents the subconscious manifestation of problems through workaholism or relationship conflicts
• Time dilation techniques - novelty, location switching, physical challenges - can make days feel like weeks, extending experiential lifespan
• The 'beer test' for relationships: if someone calls, do you want to pick up the phone or avoid it?