At the dawn of a new year, I like to go back and revisit everything from the past year on the blog. It helps me reflect on the past and plan for the future. 365 posts a year is a lot to remember, and sometimes you need to go back and jog your memory. Then it all comes flooding back. Normally, I do this at home, in my office, in quiet solitude, as a sort of personal ritual. This year, I’ve decided to publish my remembrances.
2014 has been a big year. Let’s take a look at what we learned and explored together. Where to begin? Well, first…
I took a step back to look at the big picture of human history, addressing the “criticism” that simply won’t die and isn’t even a real criticism of ancestral health: that there was no one single grand overarching paleo diet. Critics love to point this out, as if it destroys the credibility of what we’re doing here. In reality, it strengthens our resolve and our credibility. There’s no one true paleo diet, but so what? Definite trends exist in observed hunter-gatherer and ancestral dietary patterns, we actually do know many foods they ate as staples, and we can learn a lot from studying them. Reality is messy and complicated, without simple answers, and that’s totally okay.
Things aren’t always serious around here. Cheeks have tongue grooves for a reason, getting silly is fun, and satire is oftentimes the best way to get to the heart of a problem. Whether it was learning about the incredible weight loss technology awaiting us in the near future or how to outsource your physical activity to avoid unpleasant sweat, elevated heart rates, and unseemly muscle and fitness gains, I had you covered.
Yeah, 2014 was pretty, pretty good. I can’t wait to see what we’ll discover, explore, and learn together in 2015. See you there!
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Mark Sisson is the founder of Mark’s Daily Apple, godfather to the Primal food and lifestyle movement, and the New York Times bestselling author of The Keto Reset Diet. His latest book is Keto for Life, where he discusses how he combines the keto diet with a Primal lifestyle for optimal health and longevity. Mark is the author of numerous other books as well, including The Primal Blueprint, which was credited with turbocharging the growth of the primal/paleo movement back in 2009. After spending three decades researching and educating folks on why food is the key component to achieving and maintaining optimal wellness, Mark launched Primal Kitchen, a real-food company that creates Primal/paleo, keto, and Whole30-friendly kitchen staples.