How has journaling helped you reflect during a challenging time? As I completed the 14 questions over the past 2 weeks I reviewed what I recorded in my Journal (#77) and want to share my top 10 reflections: 1- I typically journal daily without any questions to prompt my reflections so I usually just record [...]
How is this time impacting your mental, physical and spiritual well being? Let me share my reflections based upon the 3 categories: MENTAL The COVID-19 Pandemic scares the heck out of me as the number of confirmed cases and deaths just keep on rising. The unknown is very stressful. I do not think I have [...]
Is there something you can binge watch, read or spend your time enjoying? The something new for me is daily yoga with my wife Barb. Every morning we do the Yoga by Adriane on Youtube (called True) on her 30 day challenge. The deliberate breathing is really new for me and makes the sessions even [...]
Are you happy? Every time I see someone with a big smile on their face, I think to myself they look really happy- good for them! I've learned happiness is a choice. I can choose to be sad and angry about my medical journey but instead I chose to be positive and happy. It's easier [...]
Is there a current perspective on something you need to shift? I included this question as an intended poke at our current thinking that may no longer be relevant in our rapidly changing world. When I read this question it reminds me of a quote from Alvin Toffler which is one of the 12 reflective [...]
Who is someone you should tell them how much you appreciate them? This question comes at a great time because I've been thinking about reaching out to 3 of my mentees that I've been engaging with for over 5 years to thank them for all the great things that they have taught me. So for [...]
Do you trust in what you believe in? When I think about this question I'd like to share 2 different perspectives: an internal and external point of view. Internal - how I think about trust within myself My first reflection is "in God we Trust". My deep faith is one of my most trustworthy possessions [...]
What friend should you reach out and reconnect with? When I originally wrote this question I was thinking about a person who made a monumental impact in my life and I'm not sure they even know it. I don't even think I ever told them how grateful I was for what they did and the [...]
What are the one or two concerns you need to work on right now? Right now the 2 concerns I have relate to the pandemic in the areas of Social Distancing and Hygiene. This is especially important as I have to go into the hospital every day for my remaining Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatments. (21 down [...]
What might be a great thing to accomplish in the next 10 days? Once I had a boss ask our team to get a blank sheet of paper and put 4 equal size boxes on the page and to title each box with the following headers: START, STOP, CONTINUE & MODIFY. Then he asked us [...]
