Resilient Seeker Coaching | Ross Raymond Nunamaker

It was the week of October 14 and I’d concluded that there were three areas of focus for me:

1. My Health
2. My Personal Life
3. My Professional Life

Pretty simple, basic and very broad.

What do I mean for each? At the moment, my health was a focus on my diet. I had to follow the doctor’s request and do it over a period of time to get the results I was seeking.

My plan was to keep my sodium under 2000, I actually set it at 1850 which was based on 75% of my daily allowance for my age and bodyweight. I also was keeping my liquids under 50 ounces per day. This was to prevent “flooding” my liver, which wasn’t processing as efficiently as it ought to.

These two things greatly reduced my calorie intake and I lost weight through diet alone.

It wasn’t until mid December that I started tracking all food and more specific information related to macro and micronutrients.

The doctors wouldn’t know the permanent damage until six months passed. My target then was end of February.

I knew for Christmas my mom, brother and I were going to San Antonio and would be doing a lot of walking. I also knew wrestling season started in mid November, and wanted to be ready for it.

My plan was to continue my diet and start walking more. This was done more qualitatively through early December when I got a smart watch to really start tracking.

My personal plan was also simple, to re-engage with my daughters. Neither spoke to me since moving out. I’d text, but never heard back. My younger daughter contacted me when I needed to fill out the FAFSA form for her graduate school. She confirmed as much as she got accepted, but that was it. I filled out the forms for her.

I went to her graduation from college, but did not talk to her that day. I saw her walk and was at the ceremony.

I kept emailing them once a month, holidays and birthdays.

Professional was my third are of focus. I had a job, which was good, but wasn’t sure about a career.

I really liked my school set up except for my pay. I wanted to supplement. The more I could control that the better. I had four ideas. 

1. Freelance work
2. Get an agreement with one agency for freelance work
3. Publish my Tolkien book
4. And I was at the early stage of considering using what I was learning to help others. This would lead to investigating becoming a life coach.

Items 1 and 2 were immediate things in my control. 3 was longer term, but in my hands. 4 was a known unknown.

I’ll go into further details on each as I proceed with future posts.

Lessons Learned

Keep it simple, direct, and manageable. Don’t fix everything at once, identify the most critical single thing and work on it to start. Layer in as progress is made. Make adjustments as needed.

Question for You

Have you hit a crossroads and decided it was time to rethink everything? How did you approach it? What did you do as a result? What would you recommend based on your experience?