This was a good week. Like many of my medical colleagues who are plowing through our next surge of Covid patients, we have feelings of exhaustion, angst and sadness, or as one of my Twitter colleagues on #medtwitter calls it, a new emotion called ‘emptysad.’ So apt. So it was great to get out of … Continue reading Oxygen masks, John Hodgman, and a hotdog?
How to Get Things Done When You Don’t Want to Do Anything - The New York Times (nytimes.com) from nytimes.com, George Wylesol, article by Cameron Walker This spoke to me. Maybe it speaks to you. This pairs well with another recent NYT article by Adam Grant on Languishing: by Manshen Lo, NYTimes, article by Adam … Continue reading How to Get Things Done When You Don’t Want to Do Anything (NYTimes)
In November of 2020, my son and I toured the Southwest US. One of our stops was at Zion Canyon National Park, where we were excited to experience the Narrows. It seemed a great way to escape the pandemic and get away. Spend a few minutes on the journey with us!
Wait, what?
Sometimes it is good to get away. Mind you, this photo is more than a year old (before pandemic), but it makes a few points...
Well, it is time to update my resume. It has been a year, I have failed at more things. I've read more failure resumes, and I like some of the newer ideas, for example, listing your NON-skills. I've added mine. One idea for brave souls willing to try, is to submit both your Regular CV … Continue reading My Failure Resume, redux
https://media.wired.com/photos/5ef28012af3d0a069fd1d584/master/w_2560%2Cc_limit/Science_doomscrolling-637357390.jpg image from the NYtimes article https://www.wired.com/story/stop-doomscrolling Here is a new term for you: Doomscrolling. I am guilty of this, until I become aware of it and have to wrench myself away. It is a like car-crash in slow motion and you want to know how this horror story ends. CMIO's take? STOP. Turn it … Continue reading Doomscrolling. Are you guilty of it? (nytimes)
Theater and acting: a life skill [icon from thenounproject.com] During this pandemic, many of us have been stuck in front of our screens, like talking heads (Max Headroom, anyone?). If "sitting is the new smoking" (or perhaps not), then I've been "smoking" a lot. Virtual meetings are draining, and I'm on them up to 8 … Continue reading Pandemic skills: Giving feedback successfully: I Like … I wish … What if … ?
If you're not getting away enough from all things Pandemic, here's a nice long-exposure photo from my iPhone 7. Yes, a CMIO with an iPhone 7. And I still love it. At least I have a smartphone, unlike one of my informaticist colleagues. Forest bathing is a thing in Japan and increasingly worldwide, and perhaps … Continue reading Moment of Zen for Mother’s Day
https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/psychiatry/about/in-the-news/psychiatry-news/mind-the-brain-mental-health-in-the-time-of-covid-19 I'm so proud to be part of a multi-disciplinary, talented group of clinicians. Our Department of Psychiatry is gearing up for what may become the second surge of our pandemic, as we relax the stay-at-home orders in Colorado: Mental Illness. Depression. PTSD. Panic. Suicide.These terms must no longer carry the stigma they do. There … Continue reading UCHealth v Covid-19. The second surge (not what you think)
