Well that didn’t last long. After feeling like I could run through a brick wall for the first two days of taking prednisone to unblock my Eustachian tube, I crashed. Those first two days, I felt fantastic! I was energetic. My dizziness subsided. My energy was through the roof. Even my sore shoulder felt better….
Author: Steve Ainslie
Real Problems
You should always be working on a project, otherwise your mind is going to make up problems for you to worry about. Seventeen years ago, my therapist said this to me when I asked why I couldn’t stop worrying about all the potentially bad things that could happen in the future. He was 100% right….
Logistically Speaking
My grocery store has had shortages lately in the meat department. Prices at the gas pump have risen from under $2/gallon to over $3. The news reports that product delivery is backed up in our ports, across the country and globally. The city swimming pools have been running reduced hours due to lifeguard shortages. Many…
Freedom From Speculation
People are really good at predicting the past and quite horrible at predicting the future, which is why I make a conscious effort to avoid speculation from myself and from others. Once you start listening for speculation, you’ll hear it everywhere. Reporters, politicians and pundits do it all the time. In fact, it is their…
Unafraid
When I was talking to my mother about waking up to the room spinning and it continuing for several days, she said, “That must have been very frightening.” Nope. I am almost never frightened of anything anymore. I was angry. I was frustrated. I wanted to run away. I wished I was just dead already….
No Way HOA
My 86 year old neighbor tried to recruit me to volunteer as a Board Member for our HOA. She said I was honest and had integrity and that’s what the Board needed. I thanked her but said I wasn’t interested. So then she turned up the sales pressure. When I was out walking Wiggles, she…
N=1
With all the daily Covid reports, we’ve been inundated with stats, data, hastily drawn conclusions, non peer reviewed study results and sensational, misleading headlines. I’m not the least bit surprised. News reporters have always done this. That’s why people think breakfast is the most important meal of the day (started by Kellogg to sell breakfast…
I Wanna Pump You Up*
When I woke up two days ago, the room was spinning. I wasn’t drunk (and haven’t been for 17+ years). I didn’t feel feverish. I hadn’t eaten anything strange the night before. I figured it was allergies since I’d had a few days last week when my allergies were bad. Plus it’s fall and ragweed…
Could A Post Covid Supply Chain Be Better?
Although the Covid-19 pandemic is still raging across the world, eventually, like all pandemics, it will end. The news and pundits all predict bad changes as a result of the pandemic. There are reports of product shortages, bare shelves at stores, logistics problems, supply chain issues, workforce shortages, inflation and more. Of course we’re hearing…
Everything Will Be Alright
When I am anxious about making a decision, my mind starts to whirl. I think about every potential outcome. I predict how I’ll feel in the future – will I have regrets? Will I miss out on an opportunity because I was short sighted? Impatient? Impulsive? Sometimes I’ll see the advice of others. Occasionally, I’ll…