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My 14 Mile Walk and Some Things to Rant About

June 21, 2011 by Bob Koontz | Edit

or why the heck would you walk 14 miles without a gun to your head

Well I was thinking while I was sitting at the doctors office. Yes I was thinking. One of the things I was thinking was, why is it that no matter how early you are for your appointment you have to wait? It seems to me that doctors don’t place any value on our time, just theirs, or maybe they have too many customers and figure to heck with customer service.

Not my point though.

I was thinking that I have been on a quest, a pilgrimage of sorts to a better life for what I think is the last quarter. I hope a long quarter with some quality overtime but none the less the last quarter. I want this time to be as high quality as I can make it, without killing myself to get there. I always thought that I had taken pretty good care of myself, eating many natural and nutritional foods like milkshakes, they contain dairy,grain(granulated sugar) and fiber(well I think) and fires, vegitables and grease to keep things sliding along. Mmmmm and Arbie’s Roast Beef. How much more wholesome than that? And how about,”2 all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce,cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun” and I can have it my way, fast hot and change from my dollar!  No seriously, I did eat fairly well, but nothing like I do now, I got my exercise, I worked way too many hours and was always tired, that must be a good sign, right? I almost never got anything done for me but the rest of the world ran a little more smoothly.

Well then came my event and some pretty interesting interactions with some doctors that in my opinion should have stayed in the career they were in before med-school, waiting tables and retail sales, they should not have downgraded the medical field by entering it. Please don’t misunderstand me here, I have run across some pretty good Docs worth their weight in gold and I can’t ever thank them enough for the near miracles they have performed but recently I have had a rash of what I would call Crappy doctors. I know in the medical field there are good and bad, just as in any profession. Ever take your car to a garage and have the same problem after you pay them and start home? Well that’s bad enough. How about going to a doctor and being worse after you leave? 7 additional medications. That is really bad. It happened to me and I was forced into making a decision that I have thus far been very happy with. I have had to learn all about my conditions, medications, and treatments from such wonderful websites as Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Johns-Hopkins, and a few others. I became my own doctor so to speak, I will not go to a doctor again without having all the information first unless it is an emergency. I can talk with a doc and have been asked why I know so much about my problem. It seems the good ones have little time to keep up and the bad ones don’t seem to care. Sometimes I have had the opportunity to point out some new or cutting edge treatments too. It’s a lot of work, but at what point do I say I am not worth the effort?

I have adopted this same view of my working life, working hard to develop me, to improve me, to become the best I can at my new business.

I have especially applied this to my spiritual life in seeking after God through Jesus the Christ. I grow closer every day and am loving Him.

In my personal life I am gaining new friendships, and I know you are one. I find that we all need relationships, it is part of a healthy life. It is a major part of my recovery.

Here is my video Part one, I hope you enjoy it, leave me a comment so I know you were here and what you think, good,bad or indifferent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUsarUy4ccA

Try to have a great day.

Find one person to help along the way, they may need it more than you know.

Always add content to your life.

In business and in life, you are never beaten until you give up !

Thanks

Bob

P.S. If there is anything I can do for you, just drop me a note in the comments. I will do what I can.

TWO More days to go………..

May 25, 2011 by Bob Koontz | Edit

Boy it is going so fast, I have two days left at Home Depot and I am sort of missing all my friends just a little already. Mostly you at the depot have become family to me and I hope somehow we can stay in touch. I had a busy day for a Tuesday and didn’t get near what I wanted to get done. I don’t have a lot to say tonight and I should get to bed soon. I am working 6-3 and then to my Dean Ornish program, it makes a really long day but defiantly worth it. At the Dean Ornish program at Jameson Hospital we learn about stress and how to deal with it, about exercise, the real benifits and how to do it correctly. We learn and share about meals and eating “good stuff”, how to cook and how to prepare for times  out at a restaurant or at a party or family gathering, it can be hard to get it right and I figure if I have it right 80% of the time I am doing good. We also have a group session and now that we are in the end of the third quarter it is just part of a good evening. We have become close as a group and know each other pretty well, sharing our ups and downs, our accomplisments and our setbacks.

I have gained so much trust in my partners that I look forward to sharing my daily events and hearing about theirs. I hope to do a video about them if they are willing and deffinately want to do a segment with Doug the exercise physiologist and Lori the director and realaxation coach.

Well I need to keep it short because I still have a little work to do before I head off to bed, 4am comes early here in new castle.

TTFN

Bob

Ps Here are a few links to Dr Dean on face book

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dean-Ornish-MD/131659478210

and me

bobkoontz dot com

Well its Monday, I hope yours is better than mine

May 24, 2011 by Bob Koontz | Edit

I have spent a lifetime to get where I am and I have learned a lot, now I am about to embark on a whole new trek. I am starting into a new business where I make money promoting Gold and Silver and I am teaching other people how to do it from home. So far it is going pretty well, it has been a lot of fun to this point.

I am also learning how to make quality videos (well soon they will be quality). I have joined up with some folks that do some really professsional looking work and they encourage me to stretch and improve. When I have a decent video I will put it on here as a warning to others that want to try the same. Hehehe just kidding, it takes a lot of work but it is fun.

Todays update: On friday night at the home depot I was putting away freight when I picked up a box that looked the same as the first 4 that I had put on the shelf. Problem was as I grabbed it, expecting it to be about a pound or two I turned, it was about 35 pounds, not much, but way more than I thought. Crackkkk owwww my back. Well that night I did my exercises and spent a little time on the gravity inversion table. Saturday started pretty good, some stretching and the inversion table and some work and then to the depot. Doing good. Then someone needed help with a lift, I got it up and the first step Crackkk there it was again. Well I spent most of Sunday down but not out, stretching and Hanging. Didn’t help, so off to Dr. Dippipa in Mt Cheasnut.  A lot of pushing and pulling and cracking and grinding and then some electroshock therapy and wa la all better!!:) I wish,,, still hurting but still living. W@ork at the Depot tomorrow at 10 to 7. Well thats been my day tell me about yours

Hang in

My First Post On My New Blog

May 21, 2011 by Bob Koontz | Edit

This is my Blog, I am almost nervous. I told lots of people (peeps) that I was starting a Blog and many have asked what is it going to be about. Well to be honest it is about me. Me and you and all that I think and all those I like and don’t like maybe, probably not though. Dave suggested I post about home depot but I want to keep things positive, upbeat and inspiring. Sometimes I am off the wall but that is me. I have started a new business and I will talk about that on here and I want to help other people learn how to grow spiritually and mentally and financially, maybe even some tips on exercise or yoga or stretching or maybe just what I have done to get back in shape and am continuing to do. from time to time I am going to spotlight some friends with interviews, or movies. Local or not so local businesses that I enjoy or admire or just frequent, sort of a newsy type segment maybe one or two times a month. But mostly I want it to be about what you think, what you think about life and what I have just written or a video I have made of someone else.

I make websites so it would only be natural to have a session on how it is done and tips and tricks I have learned over the years. Some questions and answers. Again some interviews with some of the people that have my websites, whether they are happy or not.

I work at home depot , at least for 4 more days and I think one of my most popular entries will be “The truth about why I quit home depot and what I am dong now”.  At least I hope that is the case. I am not sure exactly how that one will go because it is still playing out.

I used to do some light weight motivation, you know like Anthony “Tony”  Robbins, just kidding…. gotcha! No seriously I did do some in the past, I was never like Tony, I was me. I taught a class or two on heating and air conditoning so I may bring that in from time to time. O r maybe not. You tell me what we should talk about, Okay?  There is no point to a blog if you are not reading it. I promise I will keep it short and try to make it worth looking at, again you let me know what you want, post often or just visit but let me know. If you have a business or hobby or interest that you enjoy (why would you have a hobby you don’t enjoy) let me know, Maybe we can do a live interview and post it here. I have a friend( hard to believe huh?) that heads a group that investigates unusual or unexplainable happenings in our local area, would you like to see an interview with Dan? I have a friend that has trained horses for over 35 years would you like to learn more?

Oh, I am an aspiring vedeographer and I am in a a group that strives to bring all of us to a higher level in making videos for fun and profit, it comes in handy with website and business marketing, another interest of mine.

Well that is it for today, I need to get to bed, I have a clinic to do on energy conservation at the home depot and the end of the world is coming so I want to be alert for it.

check out my newest business venture at

www.bobkoontz.com

and let me know what you like best.

Oh my direct link to my blog is : www.bobkoontz.me      yes that is right , .me

later and thanks