Posts Tagged ‘quality of life’
Re-covery
Most people try to recover from injury and trauma. They hit a dead end, throw it in reverse, and do it again. The same habits. The same decisions. The same hopes for a different outcome. Hitting dead ends is a part of life. An important part. Reversing away from the wall enough to see the…
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Key Performance Indicators
There are X and Y axes for a successful career. The x-axis is time and the y-axis is what you choose to measure, usually profit (business) or income (individual). There are also X and Y axes for a fulfilling life. The x-axis is time and the Y-axis is both trust with people you care about…
Read MoreWhen we’re bad at meditating…
It’s still worth it. If you go to see the Sistine Chapel, and it’s a crowded day, it’s still worth it. If you go eat at Tartine Bakery in SF, and the line is around the corner, it’s still worth it. To even recognize that there is something on the other side of the distractions…
Read MoreMovement hygiene
Remember the last time you wore black socks? Remember the fuzz that accumulated between your toes? There is a similar lint-like fuzz that accumulates between your skin and the underlying tissues when there is no movement between the layers for an extended period of time. This occurs every night as we sleep and in regions…
Read MoreLife never doesn’t happen
We’ve all heard the phrase, “life happens.” We tend to say to others when we notice our life happen. Most of the time our life is like our body. We use our body to walk, sit, talk, move about and experience the world. But we don’t really think about it. When I’m jamming to Alanis…
Read MoreBudgeting for health, not survival
We put a significant portion of our health care budget toward keeping people alive during their last two years. We put almost no money and energy toward teaching our culture how to cultivate and maintain their health throughout life in an effort to avoid such an enjoyable couple of final years. Imagine if budgets swung…
Read MorePain vs Gratitude
Consider the implications of the following choice. Option 1: We begin the day assuming that nothing is going to interfere with our plan. We then experiencing pain when it does. Option 2: We begin the day assuming that something unexpected is going to interfere with our plan. We then experience gratitude in the rare occurrence…
Read MoreAlways training
We are always preparing for the next challenge life brings us. I recommend using the “good” moments between the “rough patches” as active rest between the sets. We can work on our physical and mental mobility to build resilience. Train our ability to give empathy for others and ourselves so we can hold space when…
Read MoreTired reps
Stop practicing being tired before you get good at it. Start practicing the early recognition of tired so you know when your productivity, sound decision-making, and therefore efficiency begin to drop. Over time, the repetition of intentional action at the edge of your potential followed by recuperation from the microtrauma this induces fortifies skillsets with…
Read MoreHealth’s horizon
When you make healthy decisions you move toward health. After making what some think is “enough” healthy decisions, or moving far “enough” toward health, you may think you have established a healthy lifestyle. If you forget that health is a process and not a destination, you may also start to think that you are healthy…
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