My brother passed away in March 2021, after battling the brain tumor he had been diagnosed with in 2014. Last month marked four years since his death. Aside from losing grandparents, his passing was the closest loss I had ever experienced. We were just one year and nine months apart and did everything together when we were young. Our relationship became more complicated as we got older, for reasons I won’t get into here.

Losing a younger brother in his thirties had a deep impact on me, even with the complications in our relationship. I had terrible insomnia for at least a year after he died, …

First time fasting and decided to break it at 42 hours with some hard boiled eggs, cucumber, raspberries, peanut butter, banana. Best meal ever.

The experience was not what I was expecting. I thought it would be miserable, but I kept my electrolytes replenished and it was pretty blissful. Focused. Introspective. Highly recommended, will do again.