I got new earbuds this week. On a recent trip I lost mine on the plane so I waited until Amazon Prime Day to get a replacement set. Today is the first day that I’m using them and I noticed that I only have music in my left ear. Not cool. It might be that I have a setting wrong. It might be that they are broken. It might be operator error. It’s early days, so I’m not sure what the deal is yet. I do know that it isn’t what I hoped for.

Recovery is often “not what I hoped for.” That doesn’t mean that I don’t love my recovery, but rather, it doesn’t always go to plan. Issues arise all the time. When they do I get a choice: see it as a problem or see it as an opportunity to solve something. I try to choose the puzzle every time. It’s great to be able to try different ideas and see what happens. They say variety is the spice of life, so I say let’s get spicy and…

–Rise Up!!