Why Struggle? Podcast W Barbara J. Faison

2024 - Week 17 - Pinochle, Platelets and Resident Alien All the links: Linktr.ee/barbarafaison Doing new things is great for your brain. I am an LL- a lifelong learner and I’m grateful that for the most part I enjoy trying new things. I’ve been doing new things so long it really is second nature for me, most of the time. Watching a genre of a movie or a series you normally wouldn’t watch is doing something new. It can also be picking up something new when you go grocery shopping or turning down a different street on your way home. It doesn’t have to be major, just something “different” from the usual. This week I did three new things: Pinochle, donated platelets and watched Resident Alien on Netflix. Pinochle Last weekend I went over to my friend Kym Kennedy's house for a birthday celebration. At these gatherings, we pretty much hang out for the day. It's always a lot of fun and people come and go based on their availability. I arrived mid afternoon after a four hour shift working at the local l