7 Minute Security · 2026-06-19 · 21 min
Hello friends! It's been over a year since we did a dedicated mental health episode, so today I'm doing a big catch-up and running through my 7-point plan for being a more mentally secure me. None of this is professional medical advice (I am most definitely not a doctor or therapist - well, actually, I am in therapy, but that's tip #5), so take what's useful and leave what isn't. Terms and conditions apply. Here's my current mental health toolkit: Drink a ton of water - I try to chug a full Yeti thermos before my morning mint hot cocoa, then keep it going throughout the day. I taper off around dinnertime to minimize, uh, nighttime tinkle stops. Science agrees this does good things for your brain. Brick your phone - I've been using a little Bluetooth device called Brick that hooks into your phone's screen time features so you can block distracting apps on demand or on a schedule. I've got a "Brian Needs Sleepy" timer set for 9 p.m. every night - pretty much everything except the clock app goes dark. Outlook, Gmail, all the socials - gone. It's not revolutionary advice, but it turns out doing what people have been telling you to do for years actually works.
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