Health Focus in Fall

Absolutely. Thank you very much. And if you were encouraging someone to prioritize their health in the fall, what advice would you give them based on your own experience? Based on my own experience, you have to remember that I'm in the US and it's a precarious time right now to voice many things that I thought I took for granted, like, okay, the vaccines are going to be available, let's get the vaccines. Now that's like a political statement and I don't think it ought to be a political statement. and I think it ought to be a health judgment. But you kind of tiptoe around, you don't want to be offensive. So all you can do, I think, is focus on yourself and say, okay, well, I'm gonna go get my vaccine tomorrow. The saying that I used during the COVID time was I don't want to die of stupid. You know, I don't want to die just because I'm too dumb to take care of myself. Absolutely. And on that note, how do you stay motivated or connected to your healthy habits during the fall? I mean, is there a behavior mindset or particular tool that you think helps you? I think what helps me is already having things in place that are structured into my routine, so that I know when I get up, this is what I'm gonna do. I know that I'm gonna go to exercise on these days. I know that if I go out to lunch, I know that I can enjoy whatever, but I can be reasonable too, and try to do myself a favor as much as anything. And the way I treat myself and treat my body, listen to what my body is telling me. Sure. And what could LifeBridge HealthShare community do to support you or others through the fall into the winter? I mean, any ideas for engagement, conversation, resources? Yeah, you know, different organizations send speakers and all here, there's things are not generally well attended. And I would say, if there's one thing that would encourage people to attend a talk or a motivational speech, I'm sorry, but it would be a bribe, you know, you get a free lunch, you know, we'll give you a $5 gift certificate, whatever, you know, but I don't think people go unless they're incentivized. Exactly. And looking ahead, what are your hopes for your health over the coming season? I mean, do you set yourself any goals or do you see any changes or intentions? I don't think so. I think I just feel like, you know, since my doctor has said keep on doing what you're doing. My main focus is to keep on doing those things because it's very easy. It's much easier to retreat and just become a couch potato, you know, and not not do anything that's much easier. And so I think the only thing for me to keep me incentivized is to have that routine. So you don't think, okay, today I might, no, I don't feel like it today. You just know that's, that's what you're going to do. And the same, you know, both, both in terms of physical activity and in terms of socialization, which I think is a real, a real key for me, for my mental health is socialization. Absolutely. Thank you very much. Okay. Now, Barbara, we are moving into the window.