Your calendar doesn’t decide your day—your 3 pm does. Crash, grind, or steady, your afternoon is a direct report from your lunch. Here’s how to read it, track it, and start redesigning your rhythm with one warm, on-time meal.
This is so good. I suffer from (too many) gut issues. When it's bad, it affects everything else, especially my concentration. I'm going to keep reading...!
That is precisely the loop! When the gut is in conflict, the mind loses its ability to concentrate and make decisions. It's exhausting.
You're already doing the hardest part, which is noticing the connection.
The simplest way to break that pattern is by giving your digestive fire (Agni) a consistent, easy job every day. The framework for designing that steady 3 pm is exactly what turns the exhaustion you described into sustainable focus.
Keep tracking your 3 pm. I designed the Lunch Design Toolkit specifically to turn that noticing into a self-referral rhythm.
Thank you so much! I'm definitely interested in exploring this more. I'm curious what you think about intermittent fasting. I feel my best when I take a break from digesting food and have a smaller eating window.
I do it all the time! You've hit the key principle: we give the stomach time to fully digest what's already on the plate before adding more to the load. It's exactly like how I feel when responsibility piles up on top of unfinished commitments—stressed and overwhelmed! Sovereignty starts with honoring the digestive rhythm. Always listen to you body.
It’s a good time to ask yourself how you feel as you head over to school. Some dread or resent it, and for others it’s a sweet time, for instance. There’s a lot of information there.
This is so good. I suffer from (too many) gut issues. When it's bad, it affects everything else, especially my concentration. I'm going to keep reading...!
That is precisely the loop! When the gut is in conflict, the mind loses its ability to concentrate and make decisions. It's exhausting.
You're already doing the hardest part, which is noticing the connection.
The simplest way to break that pattern is by giving your digestive fire (Agni) a consistent, easy job every day. The framework for designing that steady 3 pm is exactly what turns the exhaustion you described into sustainable focus.
Keep tracking your 3 pm. I designed the Lunch Design Toolkit specifically to turn that noticing into a self-referral rhythm.
Thank you so much! I'm definitely interested in exploring this more. I'm curious what you think about intermittent fasting. I feel my best when I take a break from digesting food and have a smaller eating window.
I do it all the time! You've hit the key principle: we give the stomach time to fully digest what's already on the plate before adding more to the load. It's exactly like how I feel when responsibility piles up on top of unfinished commitments—stressed and overwhelmed! Sovereignty starts with honoring the digestive rhythm. Always listen to you body.
At 3pm I’m on the school run. I’m not sure if an enforced break spent driving is a good or a bad thing. But it is a break.
It’s a good time to ask yourself how you feel as you head over to school. Some dread or resent it, and for others it’s a sweet time, for instance. There’s a lot of information there.
It depends on the day and whether I’ve had to interrupt doing something