I’ve Had Better Days! (Health Before Wealth)

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Last updated on April 6th, 2021 at 09:22 am

Dear Everybody,

My swollen finger has upgraded itself to a finger infection. This is particularly crappy for a few reasons:

  1. It’s my typing finger (yes, I type with my two index fingers and use my thumbs for the spacebar—not only do I type at 70 wpm with 90% accuracy, I’m 60% more efficient at typing than you “whole-hand” typists); I currently have switched to the middle finger on my left hand to compensate
  2. It hurts like heck (which is draining, distracts my attention from the rest of my life, and Sarah bumped into it twice today, and let me tell ya—OUCH.)
  3. It had to happen on a long weekend.

I’m really hoping that the walk-in clinics are open tomorrow—antibiotics are MUCH needed at the moment. I put some extra-strength Polysporin on it, but that’s supposed to be preventative—i.e., it ain’t doin’ nothin’.

But at the very least, this incident made me think of a blog topic: getting your health right!

A coworker and I seemed to have a recurring problem at work—putting our work before our health. Whether it was a dentist’s appointment, going across town to a specialist or just heading in for an annual check-up, wee often found reasons why we couldn’t make it. A major report due the next day. Things due at the job that no one else could do. Work, work, work.

DON’T DO THIS TO YOURSELF.

If you’re not well enough to go into work, AND you don’t take care of yourself—guess what? You’ll be unproductive. The work that only you can do will be of a lesser quality. You’d be better off at home in bed.

I know. You didn’t see that coming, right? Seriously.

Alright, I wish I had more to write and deeper insights, but you know what? I want to hit up that clinic the first thing in the morning and get my finger back. This is simply too messed up. We’ll continue this topic another time, in better depth and context 😊

Peace out home fries,

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By Casey E. Palmer

Husband. Father. Storyteller.

Calling the Great White North his home, Casey Palmer the Canadian Dad spend his free time in pursuit of the greatest content possible.

Thousand-word blog posts? Snapshots from life? Sketches and podcasts and more—he's more than just a dad blogger; he's working to change what's expected of the parenting creators of the world.

It's about so much more than just our kids.

When Casey's not creating, he's busy parenting, adventuring, trying to be a good husband and making the most of his life!

Casey lives in Toronto, Ontario.

6 replies on “I’ve Had Better Days! (Health Before Wealth)”

Feel better Casie! You maybe even can go to an ER…they should be open but I don’t know if an infected finger counts.

Thanks, man. I think I can last till morning; I’m going to sleep it off soon and hope that I can get something fast-acting to get back to normal 🙂 This is ridiculous =/

Feel better Casey! Try upping your intake of garlic and cinnimon, both are natural blood cleansers, might help until you can get some drugs in you.

Thanks, Ira 🙂 Now, to figure out what I can eat with a lot of cinnamon before I go. Sarah puts cinnamon in her coffee, but I don’t drink coffee. Hm. This may require some thinking…

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