Greetings to the Good People of the DaVita Village

It is Tuesday night.  I am alone at home in Denver, doing a little work and listening to Christmas music.   It brings back strong memories of my Mom, whom we lost 2 years ago at this time.  She loved Christmas, and created Christmas traditions and spirit that her 6 kids love still today.  I strive to do the same with my kids.

So for today’s thoughts on emotional well-being, I recommend listening to Christmas music.  With the fireplace going.  I will shortly go sit in the living room and enjoy our Christmas tree and the other decorations that are up.   Many of my tree ornaments go back to when I was a child – we marked the year on each ornament, unless it was the rough plastic you could not write on.

A magical time, if you are open to it.

Just as Match the Mayor can be special, if you are open to it.

I worked out this morning, as usual.  Only 26 minutes on the bike, 8 minutes of stretching.  I did walk around my office about 100 times as I was on conference calls today.

But mainly today is about being grateful.  Grateful for the amazing Mom I had 60 years with, including so many special Christmas’s.   Grateful for my current family, grateful for getting to work with so many of you taking care of people.  Grateful.  A good place to be.

Take care my friends.  Be well

KT, your Mayor

Yo DaVita !!

Greetings from California, it is Sunday afternoon in northern California, I cannot fly back to Denver until Monday, after my final post-op session with the doctor.  The wonders of modern health science, we all have so much to be grateful for in this realm !

First, I have only worked a couple hours this weekend, that has been nice, although the email queue is about 400 long, so I have to get at it soon to try to live our core value of Service Excellence.

Second, as many of you will recall, I cannot do my normal more strenuous exercise for about 5-7 days after the surgery, and then I can ramp it back up over a week or so.  That is very frustrating for me.  But today I did a full 70 minutes of high/medium steady intensity on the lifecycle, plus about 20 minutes of non-extreme stretching.  Plus I will take a one hour walk with my brother in an hour.  I usually read on the lifecycle but today I watched most of my Green Bay Packers loss to the Arizona Cardinals.  Darn.   Yesterday I did 45 min on the bike plus 14 min of stretching, but no walk.  I also got to watch my Stanford Cardinal beat Cal, which makes them 8 and 4 so they will get a decent bowl game.  I am not super intense about football, but I enjoy it as a bit of relaxation with friends, and a little tribal behavior.

Today’s walk will also be great for my emotional well-being, as my brother and I are close, and we will go over all aspects of life, family, friends, work, health, fulfillment/happiness, etc.  All while breathing in the wonderful fresh air.

We are racking up some awesome step totals …. More importantly I hope many of you are enjoying these new habits, and advancing your personal and emotional health, and perhaps relationships too – life is a team sport!

Respectfully,

KT