Don’t Do It: Two Days in a Row (Heroic +1 #1,973)
17 Dec 2025 · 4 min
Brian Johnson broke his health protocols for a day, then almost did it again. His rule: don't deviate two days in a row. He tracked his Aura readiness at 90 and sleep at 90, and credits his nutrition protocol with keeping him from getting sick.
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5:51am Central Time
Readiness: 90; Sleep: 90
December 15, 2024
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Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another heroic plus one. I started typing this at 5:51am Central Time about a week after Thanksgiving and I had just sent my Aura scores to Brandon Guyer and Sean Casey. I was in 90 readiness in a 90 sleep score, but I wasn't quite 101% as I told them in my text that went out along with the screenshots of aura and I quote myself in that text. Absolutely dominated the bubble wrap protocol as the whole family is dealing with the post Thanksgiving bug. We got either from the movie theater arcade trampoline place or the chess tournament on Saturday. And then I said, note, I never get sick when I'm following my nutrition protocol and I love the reminder. And then I said, when I was chatting with a top secret friend the other day about dialing in his protocol, I said, hey, if you go outside your bride lines for a day, just, just don't do it two days in a row. If you do it two days in a row, definitely don't do it three days in a row. And if you do it three days in a row, don't do it four. And well, I just did it five days in a row. Mediocrity for the win. Perfect. Day one. All in. Let's go. That was my text and that's today's plus one. There are times when the right thing to do is to live a little and go outside of our normal bright line protocols. And if you go outside your bright vines for a day, don't do it two days in a row. If you do it two days in a row, definitely don't do it three days in a row. And if you do it three days in a row, don't do it four. And definitely don't do it five. And when you do go outside those bright vines for too long and you pay the price. Here's to having the wisdom to notice it and then having the self love and playfulness to laugh at yourself about it. Then having the discipline to get back to dominating your protocol with an even more joyful ferocity. There are no perfect human beings. You and I tragically won't be the first. So let's enjoy the perfectly imperfect process of forging excellence and activating our heroic potential all day, every day. Especially today.
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