Wellness and the cultural adjustment cycle

cultural adjustment cycle
The highs and lows happen because of things we control and because of things we can’t. Focus on leveling out the things you can.

 

Like life and the cultural adjustment cycle, our wellness efforts (and results) will ebb and flow.

Dance with this.

And never stop dancing.

Discontinuing your dance means your belief is gone.

 

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One man’s treasure is another’s trash

Glacier National Park winter mascots
Webcam screen shot from Glacier National Park HQ – Snowball and Snowflake.

 

One man’s treasure is another’s trash.

Blogging (writing) has always helped people self-reflect and process important life aspects that otherwise get lost in a busy, noisy world.

This 2008 post shares the vision from the very beginning.

Living past 60 became one of five “life to-do’s”, set down in writing in that 2008 post.

Why?

No male on my Dad’s side has lived past 60.

While this is a treasured endeavor for me, it’s ridiculous for others.

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The triviality of one ordinary day

Rio Men's 400 meter final
London’s Gold and Silver medalists are getting smoked.

 

Rio Men's 400 meter final
Never saw this coming.

 

Rio Men's 100 meter final
Witnessed history last night.

 

We woke up at 4:30am and 4:50am respectively. Cross Country practice from 6:00-7:30am this morning.

Up late last night (10pm) watching Usain Bolt make history in the 100 meter final.

And just before the 100 meter final was the men’s 400 meter final.

New world record in 43.03, smashing Michael Johnson’s 17-year old 43.18 record.

Never saw the world record coming. Blindsided.

In the smallness of daily life, astonishing is always happening.

Be astonished.

Everyday.

All day.

 

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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.

 

It happens sometimes…roll with it

Thunderstorm near Disney World
Last night at 730pm.

 

It happens sometimes…roll with it looks good on paper.

Radar showed no rain at our High School, just three miles down the road.

And last night, a Tuesday, was a scheduled Track workout.

Our campus was dry and untouched by rain.

But we had to wait, as the clouds shifted direction.

Ultimately, after 15 minutes, we made the call to cancel.

It happens sometimes.

Roll with it.

It’s called real life.

It ain’t called theoretical life.

Theoretically, we should take good care of our health for our entire lifetime.

 

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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 physical health. To easily and safely leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s spiritual health website, click here.

 

Life is fair

Bird on a wire
Less than half a mile into yesterday’s run to Disney.

 

Life is fair.

Many believe life is unfair.

The fairness stems from the fact that it’s brutally unfair to everyone.

Just minutes into yesterday’s run to Magic Kingdom, the reality of this photo stopped me.

The small bird (Mockingbird) on the left down wire (barely noticeable) and the large bird on the right (Hawk) are at a standoff.

The Hawk wants what’s in the Mockingbird’s nest. The ridiculously smaller and weaker Mockingbird has but one choice and that is to muster the strength to defend it’s nest with it’s life.

The odds are stacked against us that we might dedicate a lifetime to doing the hard, tedious work required to exercise regularly, consume a healthy diet, and get adequate rest.

 

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