What do you listen to while you work?
All day everyday I have music going.
While I’m working it’s a playlist full of music from all eras.
Music helps keep the conversations going and is a great focal point to share what songs everyone loves at this time . My clients help me create a fun playing everyone enjoys.
What do you think gets better with age?
Time is valuable.
With age it becomes about purpose.
Planning for the future becomes planning for retirement .
As I’ve gotten older my outlook on every decision I’ make had more to do with the value it brings to my life.
How do you express your gratitude?
Saying thank you and I appreciate you is simple to do.
I make sure the people I am thankful for always know through my words and actions.
Have you ever had surgery? What for?
I’ll just answer this with the two most recent ones.
2020 it was an exciting Mountain bike ride that ended with a torn rotator cuff, bicep tendon, and labrum.
Tried physical therapy a few times to ditch that surgery. Epic fail left shoulder surgery 2021.
Fast forward to Christmas 2024 right side . I tore my bicep tendon it was a fun shoulder workout pulling from behind my head (yes I know better) But to my defense I really had thought I just pulled a muscle until the real pain set it about a month later.
Went to the doctor scheduled surgery to have my bicep tendon disconnected. That’s simple and only a quick 4 week recovery.
Well the doctor said I had zero restrictions and could lift weights until my surgery. Joke was on me one of my last workouts first pull on the lat pull down and I was in tears. I figured maybe with all of the fluid in my shoulder and the torn tendon I just pulled to much and aggravated it but the reality ended up being at that moment my bicep tendon snapped and tore my rotator cuff off of my shoulder.
Talk about confusing your doctor when he opens you up for a quick surgery scratching his head thinking maybe he ended up with someone else’s MRI 😂
I’m still recovering from my surgery in March my bicep surgery was an open surgery and the rest was done laparoscopic.
So between both shoulders I’m full of screws, clips, and wires.
Go big or go home . Nice prompt today since I woke up hurting pretty bad but still hit the gym to do my physical therapy.
This time recovery is a little rough since they had to take me out of my sling 6 weeks early because my arm needed to hang down for the biceps to heal. I still have a long road ahead of me but that’s okay I’ll make it.
I make people laugh all the time since I can only move around 2.5 lbs on my right side so I often ask for help and end up saying sorry I only have one arm. The confusing look I get as people look at both of my arms is funny I guess in my mind they can still see the sling that I do not have.
Hopefully this won’t be a life long patten for me would love to keep my shoulders after I’m healed from this one.
Are there things you try to practice daily to live a more sustainable lifestyle?
If you sit back and think about this it can be the small and simple things in life.
Take a walk and enjoy nature .
Turn up your music while doing your housework and sing and dance. Do the same when driving who cares if people are watching .
Exercise it releases good endorphins.
Read take your mind to a different world .
Laugh just laugh ! It’s the best medicine.
Ignore all of the background noise in life and live in the moment.
All of those things help me and I cycle through them depending on the day .
If you were forced to wear one outfit over and over again, what would it be?
It wouldn’t be fashionable but if pajamas count it would be a pair of flannel pajama pants and a hoodie.
Since I’m as cold as a freezer all of the time I would pick what keeps me warm and comfortable at the same time.
How do you practice self-care?
How do you practice self care. For me it’s waking up early every morning and getting to the gym while most people are still sleeping .
That’s my favorite time to go.
I’m still recovering from my rotator cuff surgery so I only have the ability to do my physical therapy and run.
I am slowly regaining my strength and looking forward to lifting weights 5 days a week and my daily run.
Right now it mindset.. I remind myself daily keep going you got this.
That’s my self care and the time I take daily for myself. It starts my day off on a positive note.
How do you waste the most time every day?
So many times I grab my phone in the evening with the intention to hit the Kindle App and enjoy reading . And my Tik Tok app is right above my Kindle app.
Ugg that can lead to hitting the wrong button and an hour later yep I’ve been sucked in 🤦🏼♀️
I really need to put the Tik Tok app on another home page on my phone. I would rather get lost in my books .
Happy Sunday Friends
What’s your favorite thing about yourself?
If I am picking something I would have to say it’s honesty.
I just don’t lie it’s never been my thing.
How do you want to retire?
How do I want to retire?
Right now this is a little tricky.
I would love to retire somewhere with beautiful scenery and with mild winters.
I love the outdoors but that location will depend on where our kids end up moving to we would like to be somewhere in between them. We already have one who left for a warmer climate and I’m sure they all will.
So as we approach that stage of life it is still a fun little mystery.
