Category: Completely Different?

Happy Ground Hog Day 2016

Catalytic Disney Keynote speakers
The next to last slide in yesterday’s Creating Customer Magic Keynote.

 

Epcot's Spaceship Earth at night
Final photo yesterday after dinner at Japan.

 

Happy Ground Hog Day 2016.

Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton won last night’s Iowa caucus.

But today, in reality, is (now) May 12.

What happened 100 days ago (when i wrote this) is long forgotten.

What will happen 100 days from now is not on most people’s radars.

  1. The past
  2. The present
  3. The future

Three places to organize our things, our ideas, our experiences, our hopes, our dreams, our successes and our failures.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

This website is about our home health. To leave this site to read today’s post on my mental attitude website, click here.

 

No, nope, no way

Orlando custom home construction
Foundation pour nearly complete by noon yesterday.

 

No, nope, no way:

No email subscription

No videos

No fancy graphics

No hidden prices

No sharing content

No waiting* to hear back from me

Why?

Because the above items are thought of as “wrong”.

* i’ll personally respond to your text, email, social media message, or phone call within 24 hours, and usually the same day, and usually within a couple hours (or sooner).

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

This website is about our home health. To leave this site to read today’s post on my mental attitude website, click here.

 

One little phone call at the perfect time

Family Christmas photo
i worked the iPhone self-timer to take this.

 

Perhaps what was the most special was seeing, and feeling, how much everyone enjoyed each other’s company. If there was an individual highlight, it was my Mom calling my (same age) cousin Randy in California.

Randy has been going through a life-changing rehabilitation and is coming out the other end a truly changed person. We passed the phone around to everyone in the photo so he had “one-on-one” time with each. He loved it, and wrote on Facebook:

“just got a phone call from this awesome group, better known as my family, can’t think of a more heartfelt call ever, thank you from the bottom of my heart!”

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

This website is about our home health. To leave this site to read today’s post on my mental attitude website, click here.

 

Happy Spring?

Apple Watch photo
Time waits for no one.

 

Happy Spring? Well, it will be when this goes live, but today, December 12, 2015, it is not Spring. In fact, we are only ten days from Winter Solstice.

And, 100 days from now (when Spring begins) will we have been successful in launching our 2016 resolution(s)?

Time waits for no one.

Today is yesterday’ “tomorrow”.

The long way is the short cut.

If your goal isn’t impossible, you’re not reaching high enough.

 

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This website is about our home health. To leave this site to read today’s post on my mental attitude website, click here.

The clock to 60 is ticking louder

Swimming pool in Florida
Upper left quadrant, a reminder that the iPhone spent the night at the bottom. Photo taken at 5am. (PS. Pool lights are on a timer.)

 

The clock to 60 years old is ticking louder.

Two days ago my son and i had a deep conversation about friends. He struggles to make new friends at school. And school isn’t structured to facilitate social interaction. This is typical when you are a brand new freshman and not involved in extracurricular activities.

Told him if you die with five really good friends you are a rich man.

On yesterday’s run i decided near the end that when i got home i was going to reduce my friends on Facebook. Went from 414  to 257. The goal is 200. For now.

The criteria? Would i go to their funeral and/or share with the family something special about our relationship? A yes for nearly everyone.

Criteria two? Would the friend reciprocate? Right, wrong or indifferent, that’s what i used.

 

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This website is about our home health. To leave this site to read today’s post on my mental attitude website, click here.