I haven't kept up with my regular blogging schedule for the past month or two because much of my free time has been dedicated to preparing for a speaking engagement. Last year, one of my 18 for 2018 to-do items was to be interviewed on a podcast; this year, I decided to step it up a notch and make …
Are You Reaching Your Goals for 2018?
This year, I decided to make a list a la Gretchen Rubin of 18 things I want to do in 2018. I discussed the idea earlier in an earlier post here. I thought it seemed like a nice way to make some intentions for the year without a lofty list of resolutions. Instead, the list simply serves as a kind of …
Doing Hard Things (Follow Up): My Tactical Strength Challenge Experience
Early one recent Saturday morning, we drove to a gym that we had never been to on the other side of town. We entered the Crossfit style training facility, registered and weighed in, then warmed up with Metallica's Enter Sandman blasting from the speakers. Three hours later, the Tactical Strength …
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Doing Hard Things
In the past, I had a predominantly fixed mindset that led me to focus on doing things that were relatively easy for me. I was naturally good at music and academics in school, though I struggled with sports. Then one day, I slowly shifted into a practice of embracing challenge. After getting a taste …
2014 In Review
This post will be nothing like those year-end holiday cards from acquaintances you may or may not have seen for a while that include a long list of accomplishments and highlights from the year. For me, 2014 was not a year of big travel, notable changes at work, or major fitness successes in …
MRI: Punishment Anesthesia or Growth Opportunity?
I opened my obligatory late-afternoon email to find my work schedule for the next morning: three general anesthetics for MRIs. My heart sank. A week before, I had been assigned to the new neuro MRI suite for a 6-hour interventional radiology procedure, followed by another intervention in the CT …