As I’ve written these tips, I’ve offered possible ways to see your actions and maybe even your life. That’s because adaptability is the ability to recognize an altered situation. (Our resilience is how fast we are able to choose other actions to respond to that altered situation.) I need to consider my “why,” my purpose, …
When I was a kid, my entire family was confused by a guy in the neighborhood. He never seemed happy. He always seemed to have a big sigh or some kind of complaint. I think my dad started this theory: the neighborhood guy was the kind of person who went down into the basement to have his …
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I celebrated my fourth anniversary of having a Fitbit this past July. I took a little time to retrospect on my progress. When I first started to walk, I didn’t have a specific goal except to walk. My vertigo interfered with the way I walk. I lurched from side to side. I slowed way down …
I like many kinds of vegetables of all colors: broccoli, cauliflower, the various cabbages, you name it. However, I hate asparagus. Asparagus tastes like the inside of an old tin can to me. I can tolerate asparagus if it’s cooked in some way so I can drench it in butter and salt. Yes, I mean drenched. Because who doesn’t …
Many people focus on the process for their work. When I cook, I, ahem, attempt, to clean the kitchen as I proceed. I don’t always follow the recipe, but my process is to keep the kitchen not too much of a disaster. When I write, I have a writing process that works for me. I follow an agile process …
A couple of months after my vertigo started, my husband and I went to some meeting at our synagogue. At the time, the administrative staff dimmed the lights in the hallways where they didn’t expect people to walk. However, the Ladies Room was down that hall. Yup, you guessed it. About halfway down the hall, …
I’ve been living with vertigo for the past nine years. Early in my journey, I had to tell potential clients I looked drunk, even though I wasn’t drunk. I explained I had vertigo. The first time I explained, my client said, “Oh, okay.” That was that. I’d expected questions. Nope. I’d expected concern. Nope. I …
One of the problems of creating an adaptable life is the question: How do I get from where I am to where I want to be? That’s where the idea of options helps. We often see one direct path to a given end state. That end state might be a new job, a new way …
If you are sure of yourself in a given situation, it’s easy to believe in yourself. I make mistakes all the time. I’ll use professional speaking as an example because I often feel as if those mistakes might become magnified. I’ve made small and large mistakes when speaking. A small mistake was saying Star Wars …
I like being independent. Throughout my life, I have said, “I can do it myself.” (They weren’t my first words, but they were close.) I feel a sense of accomplishment when I master something. When I was younger, it was piano lessons, then swimming, then bicycling. In school, it was reading, and then math, and …