Read this if you want to age gracefully and actually feel alive while you do it.
There’s a silent force wrecking your health and no one’s talking about it.
Not because it’s new… but because it’s EVERYWHERE.
It’s the light in your life. Not enough of the good. Way too much of the bad.
You’re inside all day behind glass thinking you’re getting light. You’re not. Windows block out most of the healing infrared, UVB, and red spectrum your body needs to make hormones, create energy, and regulate sleep.
Meanwhile, your eyes and skin are bombarded with artificial blue light all day long:
Flickering LEDs, overhead lights, phones, laptops, TVs… blasting your brain and frying your mitochondria.
It jacks up cortisol, crashes melatonin, and slowly wrecks your energy, your skin, your mood, your sleep… even your sex hormones.
But here’s how to fix it — and it’s simple:
🌞 DAYTIME
• Get outdoor light within 10 minutes of waking (rain or shine)
• Go for a walk outside mid-morning and again in the afternoon
• Work outside if you can, or next to an open window (glass still blocks most healing light)
• Get full body sun exposure daily if possible (safely & gradually building solar callus)
🏠 INDOORS
• Swap overhead LEDs for incandescent bulbs
• Use red light bulbs in the evening (bathroom, bedroom, lamp)
• Light candles at night to wind down — ancestral vibes > hospital lights
• Turn on Night Shift or Red Mode on all your devices
• Wear blue light blockers after sunset if you’re on screens
🌕 SLEEP
• Blackout your room completely: no LEDs, streetlights, or chargers
• Use blackout curtains or sleep mask
• Turn off Wi-Fi, put phone in airplane mode
This is foundational. No supplement, no workout, no cold plunge can outdo light hygiene.
Your circadian rhythm is your metabolism and life force. Protect it.
