The Power of Scavelling

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"I'm going to get not a shovel, but a sledgehammer because it has the weight pre-attached," he says. "To make sure that I don't kill my cat or scratch the floors ... I'm going to wrap an old sweater around the head of the shovel glove and I'll swing that around." And then all kinds of other labor, manual labor inspired movements came to him. So there's shovel coal, there's tuck bales, there's dry fence posts, there's chopped the tree.

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What is "extreme" moderation? What is the "No S" diet? What is a "shovelglove"? Why be a luddite only on the weekend? What are some better alternatives to traditional habit tracking?

In the real world, Reinhard Engels is a librarian, software engineer, and father of three. But on the Internet, he's a diet, exercise, and productivity guru. His shtick is something called "Systematic Moderation": simple, common-sense, psychology-based rules for building sustainable good habits — and a touch of humour to help you laugh away the ridiculous excuses you'll come up with trying to get out of them. Find out more about Reinhard at everydaysystems.com, watch his shovelglove demonstration, or email him at reinhard.engels@gmail.com.

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