Episode 093 - How an Unexpected Surgery Has Exposed Struggles in my Life

The Elite Road Warrior Podcast

Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, author, and and on a mission to help business travelers eliminate burnout and exceed results.

This episode will be unusual for a few reasons:

1. It discussed my off road life
2. It’s personal
3. It’s something I’ve never experienced and challenging the six energy habits

Exposed Struggle #1st - I’m getting little to no movement
Word to Myself: Walk Away - I need to increase my walk time every chance I get every single day and no matter what the weather

Exposed Struggle #2 - I’m un-structured and unproductive

Word to Myself: Get a Plan - I need to start with my morning routine to begin my day with structure and then choose one major thing I can accomplish every single day.

Exposed Struggle #3 - I’m a night owl again

Word to Myself: Sleep with your wife! I need to go to bed with my wife no matter what even if it takes me forever to crash. I need to put a “kibosh” on this loose bed time which is never good.

Exposed Struggle #4 - I’m lazy on my eating

Word to Myself: MTHC - I need to continually hydrate more along with eat cleaner and greener

Exposed Struggle #5 - I’m not sleeping

Word to Myself: Don’t make it worse - I need to make the best of the rest I get knowing it will eventually get better

Exposed Struggle #6 - I’m drinking at home like I’m entertaining on the road

Word to Myself: Lay off the Sauce - I need to “be dried out” during the week. No excuses.

Frustration - I can’t move like I’ve always done. I literally cannot move my arm and it’s paralyzing and frustrating to need so much help and struggle on so many simple tasks like taking a shower, getting dressed, really anything that requires to hands

Anxiety - I’ve never had a limb so damaged and affect my life and it’s created this rare emotion in me. I’m anxious around people. I feel trapped in the sling especially at night and it’s revealed a level of anxiousness that is concerning to me.

Depression - I’ve not been one to stay discouraged or depressed for long but with all of the financial and health blows my family and I have suffered this year has put me in a place where I’m fighting this demon. It’s also feeding some of these struggles such as not eating well, not wanting to go for a walk, not caring if I’m structured or productive and definitely drinking too often.

You can find everything reference in this episode in the show notes at www.EliteRoadWarrior.com/093

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