by Matthew Rehrl MD | Health, Writing
One retrospective benefit of my progressive hip arthritis and the first few weeks of my subsequent hip replacement? It was a good reminder of what it felt like to be physically vulnerable—something I haven’t had to contend with since my “being-bullied-days” of junior...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Habit, Health, Writing Habits
I am a morning person—a 5 A.M. morning person. I am also an Eat That Frog! kind-of-guy. (By this, I mean I believe in Brain Tracy’s advice to always do my most important task first.) My dilemma? I am trying to decide whether to first do a 5 A.M. workout or to first do...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Habit, Health
We often think of terms such as cornerstones, lynchpins, and keystones in the positive sense: this is a cornerstone skill, she’s a lynchpin in our organization, that’s our keystone supplier. But I wonder if we can also use these terms to help shed light on our...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Health
This week I cut up my 2 month-old disabled parking placard. Since I am several weeks out from my hip replacement I no longer need it. For the short time I had my placard, it was helpful, especially with shopping. Yet despite this, I had mixed feeling using it. I...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Health, Philosophy
During my recent shallow dive into the deep pool called Wittgensteinian Philosophy, I did find some of his ideas regarding language-games interesting. Specifically, although I don’t fully accept that all problems of philosophy are problems of language, I do...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Health
I had another small post-op hip surgery success this week. I am back at 24 Hour Fitness doing early morning workouts. Not only that, one of those early morning workouts is doing the elliptical trainer! Now, using the elliptical trainer might not seem a big deal to...
