1. Do study and advance yourself every day of your life. 2. Don’t hide behind the fact you may not be very smart. My IQ is average, but it’s been my greatest gift to not be very smart. My discipline looks like intelligence, and no one can tell the difference in most settings. Stop hiding, and get to work. It’s worth it, because the fun is in the process.
1. Do push yourself and put more weight on the bar. 2. Don’t talk yourself out of lifting it because it looks heavy. If you can do ten pounds less for 3 with relative ease, you can do ONE with more. This applies to most of life’s strength tasks. The mind is where strength must lay!
1. Do lift heavy things. 2. Don’t feel intimidated by the weight. One day it will feel lighter. KBs and coffee in the kitchen while Mamacita and I watch Roseanne reruns: Mamacita: That looks heavy! Dooley: It’s only 20 kilos. 44 lbs, Ma. Mamacita: Heavy! Dooley: Huh. You know you’re right…it used to feel heavier.
1. Do befriend people who share your interests, motivation, and character traits. 2. Don’t expect a love match to occur based on logic. “She’s everything you want. She’s everything you need. She’s everything inside of you that you wish you could be. She says all the right things at exactly the right time, But she means nothing to you, and you don’t know why.” – Vertical Horizon Dooley knows why. Rational thought has little to … Read more
1. Don’t think you are a “healer.” 2. Do recognize the body does the healing, and you help facilitate it. A patient said this to me today: “You gave me my life back.” I said, “Nah, you TOOK your life back.” Be the catalyst. Dooley Noted.
1. Do take your bowel habits as seriously as you take all aspects of health. It provides IMMENSE info about your health status. 2. Don’t be embarrassed to discuss this with your healthcare practitioner.
1. Do prioritize what you want to get done. 2. Don’t claim to be “too busy.” It’s a load and my least favorite excuse. Busy is an illusion.
1. Do tell people around you what they mean to you on a regular basis. 2. Don’t fail to contemplate what they mean to you as you go through life’s motions.
1. Don’t clean your plate. 2. Do load it up with less food.
At 12:12 pm on 12/12/12, I was teaching the spermatic cord contents to a brilliant, attentive and hilarious group of med students who stopped everything to acknowledge the moment. We agreed there was no place we’d rather be. So.Much.Fun. In case you need the mnemonic for the cord’s contents, it’s “Pampers don’t contribute to a very good social life.” 😉