“Metabolize your surroundings” means actively engaging with and adapting to your environment on both physical and mental levels. Physically, respond to changes like temperature that influence your metabolism. Mentally, adjust your habits, social ties, and sensory inputs. This approach aims to boost well-being and help you reach your goals by reshaping your external world—such as your home, relationships, and daily stimuli—to energize and support your inner state. Like how your body transforms food into energy, this concept applies that principle to your entire life.