lost and found in retirement
In 2011 I shifted how I look at my life in the new year from the traditional New Year resolutions to a wellness vision. In brief, a wellness vision defines how you will live a healthy life in the coming year. I particularly like this document from the IDEA Health and Fitness Association. It sums up wellness visions in less than in three pages.
Over the last few years I have adopted the philosophy that looking forward is much more beneficial than looking back. There is nothing that I can change in the past. There is a good bit I can change in the future. It is more logical to concentrate on looking forward to new and exciting possibilities.
“They always say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” – Andy Warhol It is a new year. The messages we see and hear in the media are all about change. Our televisions bombard us with commercials selling weight loss plans and workout devices of every shape and size promising fast and dramatic weight loss with little effort.
In my personal weight loss journey, I actively participate in on-line and in-person support networks. The Obesity Help discussion boards and my hospital’s bariatric care center support group were the cornerstones of my support though those early years. Today, I am an active poster in bariatric Facebook groups.
A few weeks back I attended an information technology conference. It was a nerdy week full of techie jargon and data geeks. A staple of most of these conferences is a daily keynote on an industry topic. Occasionally these conferences throw in a motivational speaker. I love motivational speakers and was happy to see one as a keynote.
For most Americans, today is the day after the 2012 Presidential election. The press, workplace and family chatter is all about the election results. Today also happens to be National Eating Healthy Day. That fact almost slipped by until I came across a tweet about this commemoration on my Twitter feed buried in the sea of election tweets.
“Happiness Question: If you could make significant progress in one aspect of your life by year’s end, what area would you choose?” – Gretchen Rubin I am a fan of Gretchen Rubin and her Happiness Project website. Recently, I purchased her latest book, Happier at Home. She regularly shares questions on her Facebook page. Last month, I saved the above Facebook post. It fit this…
October 15 is has held some significance in my life for the past seven years. On this day in 2005, I underwent a triple coronary bypass open heart surgery. Three days earlier I had experienced a mild heart attack. The days after surgery were far from routine. Complications kept me in cardiac intensive care for ten days.