Ari Meisel

Yeah, so I didn't actually, I didn't know what it was. In retrospect, I'd actually been having symptoms since I was 14, but it was so infrequent that we never got it checked out. And so Crohn's is a chronic inflammatory condition that affects the digestive tract. It is considered to be incurable by the medical community, and it is very debilitating, very painful.

Yeah, so I didn't actually, I didn't know what it was. In retrospect, I'd actually been having symptoms since I was 14, but it was so infrequent that we never got it checked out. And so Crohn's is a chronic inflammatory condition that affects the digestive tract. It is considered to be incurable by the medical community, and it is very debilitating, very painful.

And for most people, it means frequent trips to the bathroom, not being able to sort of draw nutrients effectively out of your food. But for me, I had what's called the obstructive kind. So basically food would get stuck in my intestines and create blockages, create scarring. It's one of the most painful things actually like a human being can experience is the stretching of your intestines.

And for most people, it means frequent trips to the bathroom, not being able to sort of draw nutrients effectively out of your food. But for me, I had what's called the obstructive kind. So basically food would get stuck in my intestines and create blockages, create scarring. It's one of the most painful things actually like a human being can experience is the stretching of your intestines.

And for most people, it means frequent trips to the bathroom, not being able to sort of draw nutrients effectively out of your food. But for me, I had what's called the obstructive kind. So basically food would get stuck in my intestines and create blockages, create scarring. It's one of the most painful things actually like a human being can experience is the stretching of your intestines.

Yeah. So I've been working these very, Crazy hours. I was working in construction, like hands-on in construction for three years at that point. And I also had amassed $3 million of personal debt when I was 23. And the short answer is that I went from working 18 hours a day to working an hour a day because I was just so weak and sick and unable. And I started taking a lot of medicine.

Yeah. So I've been working these very, Crazy hours. I was working in construction, like hands-on in construction for three years at that point. And I also had amassed $3 million of personal debt when I was 23. And the short answer is that I went from working 18 hours a day to working an hour a day because I was just so weak and sick and unable. And I started taking a lot of medicine.

Yeah. So I've been working these very, Crazy hours. I was working in construction, like hands-on in construction for three years at that point. And I also had amassed $3 million of personal debt when I was 23. And the short answer is that I went from working 18 hours a day to working an hour a day because I was just so weak and sick and unable. And I started taking a lot of medicine.

And initially what it started with was sort of this biohacking journey, which was really starting to take shape as a movement at that point.

And initially what it started with was sort of this biohacking journey, which was really starting to take shape as a movement at that point.

And initially what it started with was sort of this biohacking journey, which was really starting to take shape as a movement at that point.

And the idea of like looking at all the blood tests I've been getting, all the different medicines and supplements and trying to experiment, that sort of analytical look at my health really, I feel like formed the basis for the first part of my system of productivity, which is optimize.

And the idea of like looking at all the blood tests I've been getting, all the different medicines and supplements and trying to experiment, that sort of analytical look at my health really, I feel like formed the basis for the first part of my system of productivity, which is optimize.

And the idea of like looking at all the blood tests I've been getting, all the different medicines and supplements and trying to experiment, that sort of analytical look at my health really, I feel like formed the basis for the first part of my system of productivity, which is optimize.

Because optimizing to me is really looking at how we do what we do and really digging into the shining of light as it were. But also, and what I feel is sort of the genesis for everything that's come since then, is that that idea of what would you do if you could only work an hour a day is a fascinating question.

Because optimizing to me is really looking at how we do what we do and really digging into the shining of light as it were. But also, and what I feel is sort of the genesis for everything that's come since then, is that that idea of what would you do if you could only work an hour a day is a fascinating question.

Because optimizing to me is really looking at how we do what we do and really digging into the shining of light as it were. But also, and what I feel is sort of the genesis for everything that's come since then, is that that idea of what would you do if you could only work an hour a day is a fascinating question.

I love to ask people that because there's so many productivity systems out there that are really about like eking out every last little percentage of your day and your hour and what you're doing. And you ask somebody, what would you do if you had to leave the office an hour early? Most of them just say they would skip lunch.

I love to ask people that because there's so many productivity systems out there that are really about like eking out every last little percentage of your day and your hour and what you're doing. And you ask somebody, what would you do if you had to leave the office an hour early? Most of them just say they would skip lunch.

I love to ask people that because there's so many productivity systems out there that are really about like eking out every last little percentage of your day and your hour and what you're doing. And you ask somebody, what would you do if you had to leave the office an hour early? Most of them just say they would skip lunch.