Yearly Review
What where the highs and lows of your year?
Public.2y . Edited on December 5, 2023 5:10 PM
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1. Best High this year - I hiked the West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island
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It was a exhausting painful exciting experience, and it raised my social 'cred' amongst my friends and acquaintances significantly
This year went quickly. As they do more and more as I get older.
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1. Mom Passed Away
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After a fairly long on and off hospital stay, Mom passed last May.
She had several issues, but in the hospital they discovered she had stage four stomach cancer.
We visited her a couple times a week, and called daily.
It was my responsibility to decide if she was to continue to be treated, or go into hospice. I decided on hospice, as she wasn't conscious and the doctors said there was little chance for improvement.
I had a feeling she was going to pass and made an "extra" visit, leaving work early on a Wednesday to sit with her for a few hours. She passed early Thursday morning.
Learned that UTIs can cause symptoms of dementia... not just from the doctors, but also because the wife was watching an episode of Grey's Anatomy, and they had a patient (performed by Juliet Mills) who had the same issue. The wife... "Ray! You gotta see this!"
Every year I review my year and my goals. This is my first 'think' about this, so these will change. And this is just skimming my calendar.
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1. HIGH: I went to Atlanta, my first trip since Covidtide
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I still wear my mask in close places, but I feel safe enough to wander the country. 😊
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Overall a very good year. Almost all of these outcomes were due to ideas and practices that I had in a year of 10 ideas a day and recommendations from people on NotePD. What all the "gurus" say about reading, exercise, perseverance and sleep is all true. As long as I compare myself just to myself of last month instead of the fantasy outcomes available on the internet I feel good about my progress. I am consciously setting myself up for the second half of life: it is never too late to have a good start!
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1. Cultivated reading habit
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Superpower #1
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1. January
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It stared of pretty good. I had to work on New Year day, which I wasn't too happy about, but the store was closed and I didn't have much to do so it turned into being one of the best shifts I've ever had. Really enjoyed it. Sometimes what look's bad can really surprise you.
It soon got bad when I found out my friend was on life support due to a suicide attempt. That brought back memories of my other friend last year and what started out as a good year swiftly changed to one of the worst.
I made a lot of money during the Christmas period. Whilst at dinner my friends brought up how they where struggling, so I lent them money. One friend returned the money, I'm still waiting for the other loan. I've given up on expecting anything back at this point. New rule - NEVER borrow or lend money. You'll end up a slave or hating a close friend, it's never worth it.
A tooth filling also fell out. It took until May to get a temporary filling put in. Noone should be having to wait that long. It's not just dentist's the whole health sector needs fixing.
What where the highs and lows of your year?
1. First trip to Japan
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2. My daughter was born!
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