Quote – Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker

Day 2 WGcab, home

Fossilized seaweed. In GNP! Shut the front door!

Apple Watch and hiker in the mountains — Nearly 4.5 hours after leaving the car, we are now heading back to the car. An extraordinary trek. Note: we hit the trail at 9:40 AM. At the top, i paused the hike. That’s why the Watch says 2:51.

White dead pine tree in the mountains — This particular tree is iconic for those who have hiked Scenic Point multiple times.

Apple Watch fitness app at trailhead — We were not trying to descend quickly. Yet descending, even leisurely, is much quicker than ascending.

Black footprints on a sidewalk — East Glacier Park, on the Black Feet Nation, has three restaurants. Peak, Serrano’s, and Stageline.

Pizza slices on paper plates on a hotel balcony — On our return to the Lodge from Scenic Point, we parked in front of Stageline Pizza, ordered, and then enjoyed dinner from our room balcony.

Growing up in small town Pennsylvania, i was rich in independence but poor in money.

All these years later, our son is rich in money but perhaps poor in independence.

Just an unscientific thought. jeff doing what jeff does…

.think .differently

Note: After his 12th annual Glacier visit (his 6th with his HS buddies), they embarked on a train trip to Seattle before returning to the Sunshine State. His independence isn’t missing, it’s simply blooming later than mine. It’s incredible to witness.

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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.

Day 1 Walt Disney World, home

Apple Watch fitness screen — Four miles downhill from Chalet, with 2,400′ elevation loss.

motel lobby whiteboard — A traditional stop at Rising Sun Motor Inn lobby and camp store.

couple adults — Focused, casually, on a Glacier jigsaw puzzle.

ice cream flavor display — In our Lodge’s lobby store.

Sunrises and sunsets are insanely under-rated. Aim for daily viewing of both.
dad

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Private property

three people playing a card game — July 4th. We have intentionally helped these three stay connected every summer. They met in 9th grade Latin class. This Summer will be the 6th consecutive year hiking Glacier.

Over focus on the same things you used to under focus on or ignore.
dad

IDD.

Intention deficit disorder.

Being intentional is a superpower.

i often wonder if my dad, or some leader early in my Disney career, would’ve told me to be super-intentional when i was younger, (decades younger than i am now), how that might have changed the trajectory of where i am now.

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Different and same

two sail boats — We took an hour break to sit on the rocky (and sandy) Mooloolaba Beach.

The happiest day of your life is the day you buy a boat. The second happiest is the day you sell it.
unknown

The more things change the more they stay the same.

This is a generality and contains exceptions. Most people are not the exception. Some people are the antithesis of the generality.

Yin and yang.

Back to this…

The happiest day of your life is the day you buy a boat. The second happiest is the day you sell it.

Just playing around with the quote above…

The happiest day of your life is the day you say you’re gonna do something. The second happiest is the day you do it.

The happiest day of your life is the day you say you’re gonna do something. The saddest day is when you realize you’re never gonna do it.

.rethink

.reprioritize

.recommit

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Home workarounds

Rocky Beach — Low tide at Alex Head beach yesterday.

18-second video: Video of previous photo.

Muster through your seemingly equal priorities to create your prioritized set of life priorities.
dad

It’s easy to put work first when you are building your independent life.

Get a good job.

Climb the ladder.

Enhance your standard of living.

In putting work ‘first’ we put physical and emotional health second, third, or even fourth.

When does any smart, reasonable person say that sacrificing your wellbeing is worth the tradeoff?

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