Corinne Baptiste

Corinne Baptiste writes about the reasons behind wellness rather than the routines. Every piece starts with a motive, then does the honest accounting of what that motive cost, and the weeks the accounting came out against her are published too.

The Question I Ask Before I Post the Before and After Photo - why i do this

The Question I Ask Before I Post the Before and After Photo

I used to think documenting my progress was for accountability. Then I noticed I only wanted to document the good days, and that told me something.

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Walking Instead of Writing: My Check-In Without a Notebook - checking in with myself
Checking In With Myself

Walking Instead of Writing: My Check-In Without a Notebook

Not every self check-in needs a page. I built a walking version for the days when sitting down to write feels like…

Where Rest Guilt Actually Comes From - rest as a choice
Rest as a Choice

Where Rest Guilt Actually Comes From

The guilty feeling that shows up the moment I sit down did not appear out of thin air. I traced it back…

What I Weigh Before Saying Yes to a Favor - what is worth it
What Is Worth It

What I Weigh Before Saying Yes to a Favor

Favors are the hardest category to say no to and the easiest to underprice. Here's the short math I run before I…

When a Wellness Score Becomes a Report Card - the cost of optimizing
The Cost of Optimizing

When a Wellness Score Becomes a Report Card

A single daily number can be useful information or it can become a grade you dread checking. Here is how I noticed…

What I Do With the Time I Freed Up by Cutting the Rest - doing less better
Doing Less Better

What I Do With the Time I Freed Up by Cutting the Rest

Cutting a long list of wellness habits down to a few frees up time, but the freed time does not automatically become…

The Morning I Realized My Feed Was Setting My Goals - other people's goals
Other People's Goals

The Morning I Realized My Feed Was Setting My Goals

I used to think I was choosing my wellness priorities. One ordinary morning showed me how much of that choosing was actually…

Why I Quit Tracking Macros After a Year of Logging Everything - wellness i quit
Wellness I Quit

Why I Quit Tracking Macros After a Year of Logging Everything

I logged every meal for a year because I thought precision would fix how I felt about food. It fixed a number…

Three Things I Do for Me and Three I Do for an Audience I Never Named - why i do this
Why I Do This

Three Things I Do for Me and Three I Do for an Audience I Never Named

I made an actual list, split down the middle, and the split surprised me more than I expected it to.

How I Know a Check-In Question Has Stopped Working - checking in with myself
Checking In With Myself

How I Know a Check-In Question Has Stopped Working

The questions I use to check in with myself are not permanent. Here is how I tell when one has gone stale,…