tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post7551737585238811221..comments2024-03-27T09:55:23.143-07:00Comments on Dispatch from the Digital Health Frontier: Simplifying Your LifeJohn Halamkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04550236129132159307noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-85000427278745803632010-09-16T09:36:54.939-07:002010-09-16T09:36:54.939-07:00I think one of the best lessons I learned in colle...I think one of the best lessons I learned in college was the value of living modestly. It's enabled so many options that wouldn't have been possible had I been "living within my means" instead of modestly.<br /><br />Plus, the best feature of living modestly is the gift it gives our children. Those who teach their children to live the high life end up restricting their children's ability to do whatever they want with their life since so many of the various avenues of life can't be supported unless you know how to live modestly.John Lynnhttp://www.emrandhipaa.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-16178725409354912232010-09-03T17:32:44.825-07:002010-09-03T17:32:44.825-07:00I admire your efforts at simplifying your life and...I admire your efforts at simplifying your life and it gives me motivation to look at my own life. However, have you thought about extending to your professional career as well? As a CIO of two organizations (among your other responsibilities) have you thought that your life would be simpler if you gave up one? I would imagine that there must be times when both organizations are competing for your time/attention at the same time. I am sure you have worked out some kind of understanding with the people that you report to when this occurs, but it would interesting to hear your thoughts on this.Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-72032205098325276782010-09-03T06:51:55.120-07:002010-09-03T06:51:55.120-07:00Thank you for this timely post. It's a great r...Thank you for this timely post. It's a great reminder.C. Burkehttp://www.nlm.nih.govnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-38222021614698722242010-09-03T06:35:20.664-07:002010-09-03T06:35:20.664-07:00Interesting story, but to me complexity is beauty....Interesting story, but to me complexity is beauty. Yes, it's annoying, time consuming and stressful, and usually unprofitable in a business sense, but it's way more fun.<br /><br />I visited a Victorian sewage pumping station in Cambridge (UK) at the weekend - it is now a museum of technology. They have a pair of steam engines installed in 1860 to pump sewage - beautiful machines, about 60ft long, in working order, a mass of levers, pistons, valves, slides and pipes. By 1915 they had installed an electric motor of equal horsepower to do more or less the same job. A dull green box about 4ft by 4ft.<br /><br />By every financial and engineering standard, the electric motor is better. More reliable, cheaper, easier to maintain, fewer moving parts. Minimalist.<br /><br />But I'll take the steam engine any day. So with machines, as with life :)Snowdrifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12612622272305713930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-91198153086806343642010-09-03T05:11:16.335-07:002010-09-03T05:11:16.335-07:00Thanks for the article I liked it.
I do many of t...Thanks for the article I liked it.<br /><br />I do many of those things but fail perhaps on the time sharing. <br /><br />Its funny I choosed sometime ago not to have a car and to use public transport. I commute using bike and train (I'm allowed to take the bike with me on the train). This style liberates me I have simplified all the trouble of having and owning a car. People think it is more complex because I'm subject to the train times for example but the health and stress benefits exceed what comes with having a car. And if I need one for a special ocassion (holiday or visitors) I rent one.<br /><br />I feel motivated to follow some of your examples<br /><br />Thanks againUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02870403943942025620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-39846520826949909742010-09-02T20:35:14.982-07:002010-09-02T20:35:14.982-07:00Good advice, but I find bmi to be a poor indicator...Good advice, but I find bmi to be a poor indicator of fitness.Jurvis LaSallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01150270176757631840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-36080959537577227952010-09-02T13:55:36.170-07:002010-09-02T13:55:36.170-07:00Dr. Halamka - thank you so much for this thoughtfu...Dr. Halamka - thank you so much for this thoughtful article. Simplicity and Technology are two of the main issues that I've contemplated over the last year. I am a recent college graduate, working in a hospital IT department while applying to medical school. I was raised in a Mennonite family in Lancaster, PA. I am inspired by your example - a person who manages the complexity of medical IT, yet practices simplicity in thier everyday life.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12474426644476216857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-3737837643818292732010-09-02T06:22:02.342-07:002010-09-02T06:22:02.342-07:00I strive to live that simply and I envy you for be...I strive to live that simply and I envy you for being able to do so.crystal ansonhttp://www.iheartpeanutbutter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-55686501006448520022010-09-02T05:29:11.885-07:002010-09-02T05:29:11.885-07:00Lovely and very Inspiring read. "Things"...Lovely and very Inspiring read. "Things" bring complications to your life. I like your writing style too. Simple but to the point.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05949093500053138276noreply@blogger.com