Pull Tight

“ Our work preferences and our life preferences do not stay the same, because we do not stay the same. ” ―  David Epstein,  Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World A must-read for everyone, but even more important for younger readers. A very readable enjoyable book illustrated with a series of stories, showing increased success and increased satisfaction with life by trying and doing many things versus specializing at an early point and never changing. I think of the impact this book could have on lives. It is the book for our times the same way Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenence was in the 1970s. If you read, enjoyed and spent time thinking about the Undoing Project, this should be your next book but read anyway, you will be glad you did. “ In a wicked world, relying upon experience from a single domain is not only limiting, it can be disastrous.”  range https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41795733-range

With the regular exercise I have done the past 3+ years, the number of aches and pains has diminished greatly.   Camp Gladiator (boot camp) and Zesa Yoga have improved my strength, flexibility and general health to a great extent.   Recommend to all. This morning was the exception, got a catch in my back and struggled to get up from my workout mat at boot camp.   Probably digging a new garden with a shovel over the weekend caught up with me.   Some ibuprofen and CBD oil improved the pain and stiffness. Will probably make it to yoga this afternoon. Whenever I have back pain, I always remember this story told to me by my great uncle Bill Hadley https://pulltight.blogspot.com/2012/07/play-ball-revisited.html .   Uncle Bill was a one man trucking company and was always very busy.   One day sometime in the 1950s he somehow strained his back so bad he was almost immobile.    My grandfather Ben Wann, https://pulltight.blogspot.com/2006/04/some-dogs-i-have-known.html his brother in-