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This bpost is effective because it has a focus on exactly two items (“connected” twins). Three items would be too many, in my experience.

[1] In fact, this job does require some level of performance..”deserve”. I appreciate any employer that protects and accepts me with all my limitations.

Q: Why of all things, a job is such a special thing to protect? Why not my marriage, my bonds with each family member, my hearing, my mobility, my memory capacity,,,
A: I think it’s because a job (any job) is 1) a basis of many important things 2) likely to become unstable within 10Y, and can easly change my family situation . Also, there’s a lot I can do to protect it (though private sector employees never have 100% control.)

— Thank God .. I want to protect A) my EPA job [1] and B) my precious and healthy heart

• Thank God my heart is still intact, strong and healthy .. a self-talk slogan
• .. My right arteries are not so badly clogged.
• Thank God for my still-healthy joints, bones that enable me to enjoy various exercises that protect my heart + other organs. In contrast, many friends/colleagues younger or older have bone problems, which may not heal completely. Perhaps my new, reduced intensity level is actually a better workout habit for my age. In that case, I am grateful for this impetus.
• serendipity, dump luck
• .. I discovered it before sustaining any heart damage
• .. I discovered it before developing hypertension
• .. I discovered it before I need stenting
• Compared to cancer, stoke, disabilities,,, CAD will spare me of a long adjustment to reduced quality of life.
• excellent company insurance
• flexible work hours
• Thank God for my short commute… the prospect of long commute is a /looming/ stressor. I feel that on some days it would inevitably erode the precious little recuperation time I have each day, although some x% of commuters manage to recharge white sitting in a bus/train.
• Thank God I have a sister.
• Lucky I have a very attentative dietician to guide me
• My free books on health .. have become relevant
• Thank God I don’t feel any addiction to tobacco.
• Luckily I eat slowly. I can learn to eat without distraction
• Thank God I still can get 8h+ sleep. I need 7h+ to protect my heart. Many people don’t sleep easy.

— I am showing positive, life-enhancing adaptations. Some are difficult to keep up.

• — I prefer less vague, more specific items
• I now appreciate wife’s cooking
• U.S. career plan revisited with multiple friends
• am paying attention to my anger and blood pressure consequences
• am re-trying earlier sleep
• slower and gentle jogging
• weight training .. slower, spaced-out
• am eating dinner earlier
• more carrots .. double down, simplify