NV [#591] Otrzymałem trzy diagnozy: psychiczną, fizyczną i duchową

Key Wellness, Self-Care, and Productivity Lessons

1) Do comprehensive health check-ups (especially after ~50)

• He encourages men around 50 to get screenings for physical and related issues.
• He frames it as preventative care that can reduce anxiety.

2) Prepare properly for medical procedures

Diet leading up to colonoscopy/gastroscopy (high-level)

• 5 days before: avoid foods with seeds (e.g., strawberries and seeded fruits).
• Avoid heavy/high-fiber foods (e.g., no bread with lots of fiber, no high-fiber grains).
• Day before: eat only light, easily digestible foods (broths, jellies, decoctions).

Procedure-day cleansing routine

• He takes a cleansing drink (Citrafit) and follows the regimen:
  • drink it, then drink large amounts of water
  • take a second dose later

Mindset

• He acknowledges the process can be intense/disruptive.
• He notes the exam itself was relatively calm due to sedation (“sleepyhead”).

3) Mental wellness: recognize workaholism patterns

• He describes himself as a workaholic—not because he doesn’t love what he does, but because he can’t do nothing.
• Symptoms he mentions include:
  • guilt when not recording/producing
  • feeling of an “unfulfilled duty”
  • constant tension
  • difficulty resting

4) Spiritual self-care: shift from “compulsion/performance” to presence

• When he truly stopped work for about two weeks, he noticed changes in his relationship with God:
  • less guilt/pressure
  • more “new level” of being with God
  • less “spiritual work” done for outcomes or credibility
• He realizes he sometimes treated spirituality—and shared it—as a way to justify his right to talk about it and to build recognition.

5) Practical restoration technique: take a real break (stop producing)

• The “experiment” that changed him:
  • For the first time in ~48 years, he did nothing work-related for ~2 weeks.
• During the break, he still had a full life—just without production pressure:
  • reading, relaxing in the sun, praying
  • playing Assassin’s Creed, cycling
  • cooking his own meals
  • Lego building
• He notes the stress symptoms gradually eased toward the end of the break.

6) A guiding principle for productivity: “make it not a job”

• He advises reframing activities so they don’t become a constant obligation.
• Core takeaway: rest and pleasure aren’t failure—they’re part of health.

7) Do “triad” self-assessments

• He suggests checking in across:
  • physical
  • mental/psychological
  • spiritual
• Also consider whether mental issues spill over into spiritual life.

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Presenters / Sources

• Presenter: the video’s main speaker/narrator (no specific name provided in the subtitles).