About Me
The Heart Behind Optimal Living PH
Welcome, Ka-Optimalliving!
I’m Thom Sagun, and I am so glad you’re here. For a long time, I have been passionate about one thing: achieving a healthy body, a sustainable routine, and regular exercise. After years of working at my desk day-in and day-out on a graveyard schedule, achieving good health became more than a goal—it became a dream. I want to live a longer, healthier, and happier life, not just for myself, but for my family .
Since I started working online in 2010, I’ve felt like my work was slowly consuming me. Beyond just the natural process of aging, being a “workaholic” has truly hit my health hard. Many times, after days of short sleep to finish urgent tasks, I’ve found myself getting sick and feeling weaker than I did during my first few years of nonstop work. Now that I’ve been at this for a decade and a half, I know it’s time to regain my strength.
I started searching and digging online whenever I had time, looking for health topics that hit close to home. At first, I started Optimal Living PH on Facebook to sell health products. But as I worked on it last year, I realized something: why not create a website where I can share every health and wellness lesson I learn with the world? I want to help people who are just like me.
To be honest, the project stayed small at first while I balanced my other work, but that quiet start gave me something valuable: a clear vision. Today, I am expanding that dream into a global mission—to help other health seekers find the truth in a world full of complicated medical jargon as I help myself, too .
The biggest thing that held me back at first was the fact that I am not a doctor. But while I am not a physician, I can still help myself and others by conducting research that is science-backed—not just sharing what I’ve heard or read from unverified sources . My goal is to make this information easy to understand for everyone, finding a simpler, more honest path to health and wellness.
What does “Ka-Optimalliving” mean?
You’ll often hear me use the term “Ka-Optimalliving” to address you. In my native language, Filipino, the prefix “Ka-” is used to denote a deep connection—it means a companion, a partner, or a fellow traveler on the same journey. When I call you a “Ka-Optimalliving,” I am recognizing you not just as a reader, but as a partner in our shared mission to find a healthier, more optimal way of life. Whether you are in Manila, New York, or anywhere in between, you are part of this family.
Who is Thom Sagun?
By day—and very often by night—I am a graphic designer. Because my clients are based in the USA, my “workday” often stretches until 2 AM, 4 AM, or even 7 AM to stay synchronized with global time zones. While the world sleeps, I am in my home office, working hard to build a future for my family.
My home is a hive of activity. My wife is downstairs managing our home-based business with our two Shih Tzus, Kobi and Bella, while I work in my office with Coco and Chloe. They are my silent partners through those long nights; a quick break to play with them is what keeps me going when the sun starts to rise.
My Journey: From 7 AM Shifts to Better Health
I’ll be honest: working these hours as a “workaholic” takes a toll. I still maintain side gigs to cover my essential digital tools, but I’ve realized that “wealth” without “health” is a lopsided equation. I started Optimal Living PH because I needed to find a way to survive the grind and actually thrive within it. With optimallivingph.com, I will learn, share, apply, and adapt the health and wellness topics I cover .
I want to be healthy so I can be there for my wife, who works just as hard as I do. I want our family to have the energy to enjoy the peace of mind we are working so hard to achieve.
My Process: Search, Share, and Learn
I am a student of wellness, navigating the same busy life you are. My process is simple: I search, I share, and I learn.
Every 3,000-word article I research is a lesson I am studying to improve my own life. As I find high-quality global medical insights, I apply them to my own unique schedule . I am doing the hard work of research so that we—the Ka-Optimalliving family—can find a path to health, wealth, and peace of mind together .
Let’s live optimally, together.
Thom Sagun
Founder, Optimal Living PH
