Author: jeff noel

Retired Disney Institute Keynote Speaker and Prolific Blogger. Five daily, differently-themed personal blogs (about life's 5 big choices) on five interconnected sites.

Sitting for 36 hours

We will mostly sit for the next 36 hours.

It happens.

Rare.

But it happens.

Why?

Globe trotting.

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Final 24 hours in Australia, body

Two kangaroos
Four kangaroos look like only two. But there are two hiding in plain sight.
12-second video: The end of this clip shows the Roo jumping.
37-second video: One of the ‘invisible’ Roos becomes visible here.

Reflecting on the past three weeks and the next 24 hours, this is a dominating physical thought….

Motivation is strength.

To have strong motivation is the key to physical vibrancy.

Note: Aging has an unusual way of convincing humans that it’s time to relax. Once we start sitting more than we move, our decline wins. i am highly motivated to .think and .act .differently

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So American?

four adults posing in a photo
Denise and her husband are the new owners. With our frequent apartment visits over 8 weeks, we had many encounters and developed a brief friendship.
student by apartment sign
A final ‘final shot’ to say farewell.
3 adults posing
Next we visited University Hospital of the Sunshine Coast to thank the infusion team.
front desk hotel
Pianica and Julie (pictured here) were the two who checked us in and took us to our room.The flowers and card on the left are from us.

Being grateful and thankful, and not expressing it is similar to receiving a gift but never opening it.

Context: We appreciated what others did for us, and especially what they did for our son. The smiles and verbal thank yous we gave (ultimately) didn’t match what we wanted to convey. So we went the extra-mile.

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Three Aussie Night

google map
Kinda like a driveway. You drive past the entrance in a u-turn fashion in order to enter the Varsity Apartments complex.

Three (more) Aussie nights?

Yep.

Seemed like it would take forever to get this close to returning home.

And now it feels like a lit fuse and this wonderful Australia trip (number two) will be over in the blink of an eye. Or, in the seconds it takes a fuse to ignite it’s intended outcome.

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Early morning wins

USATF Olympic trials schedule
Bunch of great finals today.
Three adults in the mountains
The mountain on the right is the same mountain you see from Lookout Cafe.

Walked a few miles and did my ‘no-gym’ gym workout before we left for breakfast.

Getting this early personal win in is an exception feeling.

Everything after that is a bonus.

Watched Day 4 of the USATF Olympic Trails while we relaxed on our Pacific-Ocean-facing apartment.

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