Notes from Steve

Days before the new year require all of us to plan and strategize our lives in 2025.  My opinion is to go for the gold - shoot the moon - bet the whole kitten kaboodle*… live life on the edge.  Because, really, why not?  Sure, you could break a hip or worse …**

Someone told me, “I don’t make resolutions because I usually break them within the first week.”  Me too.  I chose my word***, but I draw the lines using specific resolutions.  When I say plan - plan on spending time in 2025 to help you be the best you - days off, a new hobby, eating better, or exercising.  Specifics like, “I want to lose 20 pounds by February,” only make us (me) extremely hungry.  Strategize with a word or pledge to improve somehow.  ((Full disclosure: my word for 2024 was perspective.  I had to look it up in my article from last year.  Honestly, I completely forgot it.  It’s a good practice though …))

For Iowa Specialty Hospitals & Clinics?  Our theme for 2025 is Belonging.  We don’t usually have themes like this.  Our culture, and, truly, the success of ISH is on how solid we are as a team.  My definition of belonging is that we want to be here, and everyone wants us to be here.  It’s the strong mutual connection.  It’s relationships.  I don’t think this is too much to ask because why wouldn’t we want the place where we spend a lot of our time to be as caring and special as it could be?  

We’re going for the whole kitten kaboodle.

*It’s actually “kit and caboodle “.  The kitten thing sounds like more fun.
**My friend who was a judge used to say, “Steve! Don’t call it forth!” So, I’m probably looking at a new hip in 2025.  Sigh. 
***My word for 2025 is allow as in, “Just go with it, Steve. Nobody likes a Debbie Downer.”