It Won't be a Straight Line - Peers Conf 2017

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IT WON’T BE A STRAIGHT LINE

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I’m @garrettdimon HELLO

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STARTING & SUSTAINING

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A new work fl ow to write, review, and ship web applications. A fast & reliable transactional-only email platform for web applications A complete work fl ow to write, review & deploy code. Instantly build and ship code anywhere in one consistent process for your entire team. Com ing soon

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3.92YEARS

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9 SURGERIES 1 AMPUTATION + 28 TOTAL HOURS IN HYPERBARIC 15 SURGEONS CONSULTED 16 WOUND VAC CHANGES 20+ PROSTHETIST APPOINTMENTS 30 TOTAL NIGHTS IN HOSPITALS 60+ DOCTOR’S OFFICE VISITS 100+ PHYSICAL THERAPY APPOINTMENTS PAINKILLERS & ANTIBIOTICS COUNTLESS 4 MRI/CT SCANS (AND COUNTING)

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100DAYS LOST

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7.3% OF THE LAST 4 YEARS

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1.75 HOURS PER DAY FOR THE LAST 4 YEARS

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✈

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SURGERY #1 Estimated 3 month recovery time. JULY 17TH, 2013

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😧 🤔 😎

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LESSON: Responding beats reacting. Things will go wrong. Focus on the aspects you can a ff ect.

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Winston Churchill When you’re going through hell, keep going.

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SURGERY #2 Let’s go the ER for some pain relief.

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LESSON: Maintain perspective. Not “Well. It could be worse.” But rather “I can handle this.”

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SURGERY #3 Skin graft.

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SURGERIES #4 & #5 Time to get serious. Let’s do some debridement to prepare for a free fl ap.

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LESSON: Tiny steps are still steps. The key is that they’re your steps. Don’t compare your rate of progress to anyone else. (Or to “past you.”)

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SURGERY #6 Free fl ap. Three weeks in the hospital starts now.

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WHAT IS A FREE FLAP? 🥓 🍖

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⚠ “THAT’S NOT GOOD…”

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SURGERY #7 That was fun, let’s do it again! (Another free fl ap.)

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“HOW LONG WILL I BE HERE?” ⏰

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“We’ll keep you here a few more days and then we’ll move you to the fl oor.”

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PHYSICAL THERAPY! It’s kind of like paying someone to torture you several days per week.

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👩💼 👨💻 👩🎨👨🍳👩💻 👩⚕ 👨🏫

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LESSON: Pain and discomfort are part of the process. Go right up to your limit. Push past it. Su ff er a little. Then do it all over again.

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SURGERY #8 Liposuction! That makes 8 surgeries in about 3 months.

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🏃 ⛹ 🚶 SOMEWHAT TOLERABLE 🚵 🏋 TOLERABLE WITH LIMITATIONS 🏂 ONLY WITH PAINKILLERS NOPE

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SURGERY #9 Fuse or amputate?

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⏳ REGRET?

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❤ 👪 SAFE & RESPONSIBLE FOLLOW MY HEART VS.

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IS FUSION GOOD ENOUGH? Settle on getting by with moderate chronic pain or take risks to gain functionality?

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LESSON: Don’t count on data and logic to provide the right answer. Too often we try to be 100% con fi dent about decisions that require a leap of faith.

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SURGERY #10 Left below knee amputation. AUGUST 29, 2016 (3 YEARS AND 12 DAYS LATER) THAT WAS 8 MONTHS AGO.

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LESSON: It’s ok to let go. Just because something is holding you back, doesn’t mean you have to hold on too.

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STUMPTASTIC! Plenty of challenges. Zero limitations.

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“Daddy, can you run yet?” 😊

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“You can’t beat me!” 😛

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“Daddy, you’re cheating!” 😡

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LESSON: It’s about progress— not aspirations. Focus on how far you’ve come because our journeys never end. You’ll never reach a fi nish line.

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Bill Gates (Probably) Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.

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LESSON: Find your people so they can nudge you along safely. When you’re in the thick of it, it’s di ff i cult to know if you’re pushing yourself too hard or not hard enough.

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🏃 ⛹ 🚶 NO PROBLEM 🚵 🏋 SIMPLE FOOT CHANGE 🏂 GETTING THERE SURE, WHY NOT

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⛸ 👡 👢 👞 👟 👠 🎿

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LESSON: We’re all adaptive. Yes. You too. (And a whole lot stronger than we realize until we’re tested.)

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Sir Edmund Hillary First to summit Mt. Everest It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.