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Explain succinctly

Photo of a painting with two nurses sitting bedside — Looks to me like a Nurse and a nursing student are gazing on a painting of Florence Nightengale.

3-second video: Almost home. Little did anyone know that after landing, we’d wait an additional 40 minutes for an open gate to park the plane.

i was a high achiever long before Disney. It’s a blessing and a curse.
dad

What’s frustrated you most about onboarding?
What coaching can you share for how others can best earn your respect and trust.
What makes work fun for you?
What makes working with you fun?
What is important for me to know about you that i haven’t asked?
Bonus: What do you believe is the meaning of life?
Bonus: What’s your superpower?
Bonus: What’s your achilles heel?
Bonus: What’s your favorite place on Earth?

Note: This post’s title (Explain succinctly) is inspired by today’s one-week post cataract surgery followup exam. Grateful Dr Callaway is blessing me with a return to ‘50% of previous efforts’ for pre-cataract surgery physical routines. But it took a few minutes to get to the ‘Bottomline’ restriction.

In hindsight, a one sentence hypothesis (with any medical provider) would be a potential breakthrough to get to the answer efficiently.

Maybe tomorrow’s posts can unpack that and even craft the hypothesis.

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This website is about our HOME. This is the fifth of five daily, differently-themed blog posts about: (1) mind, (2) body, (3) spirit, (4) work, (5) home. To return to Mid Life Celebration, the site about MIND, click here.

Wild Goose Island never looked better

Woman by mountain lake — Heading home now. And soon enough, heading back to GNP. Same backpack too.

19-second video: Halfway home.

Do work that lights your fire. For as long as it still stirs your soul.
dad

Doing the impossible still lights my fire.

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Let’s party

Quote about spring — Hard to ‘party’ if all you think about, and do, is work.

A packed schedule is the death of joy.
dad

We learn on our own timeline. May you learn to live well, and joyfully, while you still have time to make it a daily habit.

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On the road again

Man at airport — Congrats to UConn’s men’s team last night.

13-second video: Another client video.

Ain’t no glamour on the road, is what i used to say. Now it feels like time to rethink it.
dad

You know the saying, “the more things change…”

When do we peak in our wisdom?

Important contextual point: Peaking doesn’t mean finished learning. Peaking means life’s body of work has reached the summit. You learn things at the summit, still. But until you reach the summit, you’ve never reached the summit.

At the summit, i see clearly now how my work is a privilege, not a necessity. A gift, not a chore. And i’m talking specifically about travel.

i’ve always said, i love to travel but i hate being gone.

Cheryl and i are at an interesting stage.

She can start traveling with me.

She isn’t on this trip.

And as i taxi to the Orlando runway, i’m asking, “Why not?”

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Luxury canceled

Hotel reservation screen — First three weeks of June are cancelled. Why? Work.

Make grand plans. Adapt as necessary.
dad

Eye sight.

A necessity?

A right?

A gift?

A luxury?

Eye sight in one eye was cancelled the last eight months.

For the past three days, blindness is gone.

Sight restored.

Talk about a gift and a luxury.

WOW!

Blessed beyond measure.

Anxiety note: Yes, there’s a lingering anxiety about the lens failing to hold. And if it fails to hold, there’s been no talk of another sight option. It was easy to accept permanent blindness in the first 30 seconds of the initial blindness August 14, 2023. But now, with all the possibilities offered from corrective surgeries, it feels challenging to say goodbye to sight.

Bonus: A video from Covid lockdown 2020.

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