The learnings are forgotten
The learnings are forgotten
Human memories are indeed short
One of my work colleagues had a heart attack last week and I went to visit him in the hospital today. As a person living and recovering from heart disease myself including a quadruple bypass surgery, I could empathize somewhat with what the person was going through.
I realize with the passage of time that my changes in life have slowly regressed and fallen apart. A few changes remain, but the ones that are hugely accretive have diminished - like sufficient exercise including cardio and strength training, and a sustained heart-healthy diet being the top two. And a healthy weight which I lost during my trip to India and Europe last year, but have yet to regain. I realized that when I was advising my colleague on what recovery entails.
Disciplined sustained changes need lifestyle changes that are permanent. And yet as a human, I am flawed, and as memories of the past recede and memories of the pain are distant, the fallacy that one is infallible slowly comes back. The “It won’t happen to me, I am invincible” syndrome.
I guess it is a good reminder that this is a lifelong change, whatever that lifelong means, and in order to have a chance at a longer life, I need to go back to finding permanent sustainable change that is part of my life. I certainly can’t change what happened, but I do have an opportunity to fix what I do with my today. Without a doubt.
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