Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker
Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five interconnected sites.
Retired Disney Institute Keynote Speaker and Prolific Blogger. Five daily, differently-themed personal blogs (about life's 5 big choices) on five interconnected sites.
The underling goal from posting five daily, differently-themed blogs, comprised of (mostly) short and pithy messages, is this:
Can I get under your skin just enough and into your heart enough to compel you to ask yourself tough questions why you’re not living like you mean it as much as you’d like to.
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
To tackle today in a balanced way, I love jumping from mind (this blog) to body (this blog).
One of the easiest ways to think about life balance:
Life is simply a never ending balance of learning what to hold on to and what to let go of.
The art of letting go and holding on to the best and worst of Life’s Big Choices.
An art we must try to learn on our own. An art with few (sadly) skilled artists.
And because it’s rare, we perpetuate (sadly again) it’s elusiveness.
To tackle today in a balanced way, I love jumping from mind (this blog) to body (this blog).
The one thing so easy to completely forget after the honeymoon of excitement – you know, the honeymoon of initial, feels-great-to-be-recommitted energy around promises we made to course correct after decades of Baby Boomer wandering.
The whole part about changing.
Remember?
Changing… wanting to… promising to recommit… remember?
To tackle today in a balanced way, I love jumping from mind (this blog) to body (this blog).
I was flattered when my 13-year-old grandson asked if he might interview me for an end of school year project. He had to ask questions to someone over the age of 50. Ugh…. I apparently fit into some sort of AARP age requirement. Still, his questions were thoughtful and it soon became fun for me. Questions such as “What’s your first memory?” “What events in your childhood do you remember most and what affect do they have on your views today?” There were a few fluffier questions like “What was your favorite song?”
And then we got to meat of the project. He asked me if I had any artifacts. ARTIFACTS! In case you fellow midlife celebrants weren’t aware of it, any mementos we have hung onto from our teen years are now Smithsonian worthy. Apparently a vintage 1976 Foghat concert ticket is right up there with Tommy Dorsey or Glenn Miller memorabilia. Those puka shell chokers the guys and gals wore may as well go into the costume box for Downton Abbey. Platform shoes? Remember that infamous biker bar scene from Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, when Pee Wee did the Big Shoe Dance while Tequila played on the jukebox? Yeah, that. Those photos of us before belly fat and turkey necks, the ones in which we think we look spectacular? They will be met with giggles and snorts, followed by comments like, “What’s with your HAIR?” and “Did people really WEAR that stuff?” If we’re lucky, they may be compared to the characters on That 70’s Show.
Perhaps my favorite reaction was when I answered the question “What was your first job?” When I said that I was a lifeguard, the look of shock, followed by giggles, was followed up by phone calls to various relatives who were asked to verify the information.
My thoughts went back to a hot summer night, watching old home movies on my in-laws back porch. My kids sat wide-eyed and unbelieving when my mother in law appeared on screen clad in a bathing suit, jumping in the surf. “What are you two so surprised about? I wasn’t ALWAYS a Nana!” My sentiments exactly, Molly. My sentiments exactly.
Next Blog
Are midlife thrivers anomalies? How do we know if we’re thriving?
What measures, what metrics?
How do we improve those measure/metrics if we have the desire to? Where do we start?
Last night calling home from the Iowa Marriott, my wife called me an anomaly.
Perhaps that is a great metric.
Work hard for that. Listen for it.
And never rest on your laurels.
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Today’s quick thought about our physical health is a click away, here.
