Thinking Different

Over the last few weeks I’ve really come to appreciate what’s really important. Before I got sick, I was dashing through life doing a job, running errands, taking care of animals, making sure the bills got paid, going to bed just to get up the next day to do it all again.

Now that I’ve been home for over a week from rehab, my priorities are very different. I do two sets of both my Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy (yes, I’m up to two sets now) daily. The Speech and Cognitive Therapist was here yesterday and we built a daily schedule to get my higher/executive decision-making functions back on track.

This includes at LEAST an hour a day working on my new as of yet untitled novel. Doctor’s orders—gotta do it!

But I also spend my day speaking to my family, enjoying being with my wife, reading and discussing the actual news, playing with our animals…

In short, working toward getting better and living life.

For my upcoming birthday post, I will be writing about 2016 and things I need to change to better enjoy my second chance at life.

But for now, I’m smiling a lot more…and for the first time in years, I’ve been getting up every morning saying—NOT “What do I need to get done today?”—but just “Today is going to be a great day.”

Feels pretty good.

Peace.