Thank you, Mental Fairy and RiverGirl! Your encouragement helped me.
1. A big week: three actions, and one metric.
2. Thoughts on a new life.
1. A big week: three actions, and one metric.
Friends, this is a big week for me! I've survived half of the four big events, with the other two Thursday morning.
a. First action: Saturday morning I met with the certified wellness consultant at the local upscale grocery store. He is a great guy, and we explicitly stayed on evidence-based (read: NIH) options, of which there are many. I'll post more about my visit with him soon.
b. Second action: This morning (Monday) the technician delivered, set up, and explained the operation of my CPAP machine. A big deal, my friends.
c. Third action: First thing Thursday morning I meet with my kettlebell instructor for a one-on-one session to teach me the motion (called a "jerk") for which I will prepare for next year's competition. (This is also a big deal: if I want to participate in the Sept 2023 competition I'll need/want to turn around the following situations in the coming months: definitely fitness and finances, and secondarily nutrition and flexibility.)
d. Fourth action: Later Thursday I get my annual biometric screening through work. We'll see, when the results come back in a few weeks, exactly where I stand.
2. Thoughts on a new life.
When I got sleep apnea, 2019-2020, I was in several compounding negative situations. I was around people more focused on... I don't know what, but I do know I ended up in a very dangerous place: sleep apnea.
Now, I’m surrounded by people focused on taking actions today that will bring us a better tomorrow: (1) my excellent new sleep doctor (2) new dietician (3) my friends in this forum (4) new experts on nutrition and fitness.
There are new ideas: air fryers, new treatments, new research, new people, new ideas.
And yet so many of these new ideas are fresh looks at evergreen principles: (1) we can teach an old exercise, kettlebell, in new ways (2) we can prepare ancient foods (peppers) in new ways (air fryers). I've demonstrated age-old qualities such as perseverance, dedication, openness, and bravery by immediately trying any idea that looks promising.
I changed, and the quality of people around me changed.