I don't do hard proselytism. If a merchant has zero interest, I don't push even the slightest bit. I don't think it's productive at all. What I actually do is bringing up awful bank fees, excessive taxes, how important cash is for them to survive, etc. Kind of just paving the foundations on how banks and government are a terrible thing for their business. With that, I hope that one day I can slide in the bitcoin thing elegantly.

With merchants that do have an interest, I help them out with setting up wallets, organizing charge info, how to go back to fiat if needed, etc. The usual thing. I focus on providing very simple solutions at first, because if the first thing you bring on the table when they want to onboard is 20 hours of hard learning, it's just not going to happen.

I should also note this works with small and family businesses where you can chat directly with owners. Any business where you only interact with employees and/or the ownership is far away from the trenches are a no-no.

Both. I've been seduced by the whole carnivore topic. I have not gone full carnivore, but I am favoring meat more and more. You can catch me having steak for breakfast here and there. I've also been staying away from anything that's not fresh and normal food (normal as in, it's actual food, not industrial garbage). I would sum it up like this: I mostly eat stuff that both existed a 100 years ago and will go bad if you leave it on the counter for 2 weeks. There are some exceptions, but most of my diet fits that.

And I've been very consistent with exercise. I've noticed how exercise is a long-term thing: after the initial couch potato to I'm gonna do something phase, gains slow down. But they still happen. You simply need to show up regularly, even if you don't push yourself a lot. As counterintuitive as it is, the key for my success in exercise has been to take it easy (but always show up). I don't think there's been a single week in the past couple of years where I've done zero exercise.

As for motivation: I've been both very unhealthy and very healthy, and the difference is hard to describe with words. I'm not going back, not even if a truck runs me over. Being in good condition is addictive.

Oh let's wait a bit. I would rather discuss that when I'm in a position to make it happen. I don't want to torture myself with day dreaming.