Gratitude "Podcast" Interview: David Miller

Hi everybody, it's that gratitude guy with another special guest on my gratitude podcast

interview, The Pandemic, talking to different people to get perspectives on how this is

impacting our country and the world and so forth. And today I have my good friend, David Miller

David, welcome. Thank you. Thank you for having me. You bet. David is a good friend of mine, also a very good friend of my younger son, Connor

So I always appreciate his perspective. So let me start out with, I just have a couple of questions and getting the different viewpoints

is my whole goal here. So David, what is your best coping mechanism to deal with this pandemic

That's a good question. Let me start. I read an article recently from an astronaut and he talked about isolation and its effects

on the human brain. And he mentioned he was in isolation. He was up in space, I think for 300 something days

And he talked about how routine really helped him because he, it was basically planned what

his day to day was going to be. And he said that really helped him because then he woke up every day knowing what he

was doing. So there were times where he didn't have time to get depressed or sad or lonely or bored

So I think that's really important. So routine, almost like a kind of daily to-do list or checklist, that kind of thing, routine? Exactly

Something like that where it's like, I'm going to do this in the morning. I'm going to do this in the afternoon and focus on healthy priorities

Like don't watch TV for 10 hours, but find things that will help you get through the

day that are positive, that help you grow as a person. That's a great idea because as you and I were talking earlier, the days kind of run together

I mean, usually you get on Monday, feels like a Monday, Friday, hump day and that kind of

thing on Wednesday, the weekend. And they all kind of run together

So what a great tip. So almost a routine, a daily checklist, a to-do list, something like that to have the

day much more structured apparently. Exactly. Yeah. Excellent. Excellent. Okay, cool. Second question

During these uncertain times, what are you most grateful for? I think I'm lucky because I'm quarantined with my family

So I'm really grateful to be around them because we were able to keep each other company, keep

each other entertained. And I'm grateful that my friends and my family are safe that I know of

So I think having this extra time to be with them, because usually we're all at work and

stuff, but now to spend time with them, I've gotten to learn more about them and I got

to learn about their childhood because that conversation came up because we were spending

so much time together. So that's one thing that's been positive about this and something I'm grateful for

That's a great point. Something that maybe wouldn't have happened otherwise if we hadn't been for this thing, maybe a little bit of a silver lining too

Excellent. And third and last question. Do you have a quote or philosophy that kind of sustains you through a time like this? Interesting

I can't say I have one specific quote, but I just recently read a book, Attitude is Everything

In that book, there's a lot that talks about your attitude and how certain situations affect

that attitude. But the attitude you take to overcome that situation affects your mood, affects your

health and affects the outcome of that situation. So if you take the situation we're all currently in with COVID-19 and being quarantined in

our house, it's easy to feel lonely, feel sad, feel upset. And that's totally normal

And I feel like a lot of people right now are feeling that. But your attitude and the way you approach the situation, for one thing, like the checklist

we talked about in the first question, if you take a positive attitude and approach

to dealing with this and you say, for the next week or two weeks, I'm going to learn

a new hobby, learn a new skill, do something productive with this time that I'm stuck here

And I think that kind of attitude, it's not a quote, but that kind of attitude approach

will help you in the long run and come out of it, hopefully a better person. Yeah. Excellent. Excellent

Well, thank you, my friend. That was excellent advice. Stay tuned, folks

And we'll have more and more special guests on the Gratitude podcast interview, The Pandemic

So thank you, David. Thanks for having me. You bet. I'm that gratitude guy

Stay full and never quit. Thanks