Podcast: What is Up and What is Down?

Episode 108 –

Let me share another true story with you. A number of years back, I enrolled in a scuba class with a bunch of friends from work at a YMCA in the suburbs of Chicago.

After being certified, I went with a friend to dive in a quarry. The water was dark and cold and the visibility was poor.

Diving into the dark depths of a quarry, I descended so fast I was completely disoriented. It was so dark, I could hardly see my hand when I put it on my scuba mask. The water so cold compared to the surface, it was a real shock to my body. I kicked hard once to stop my descent and stabilize myself. I did not want to crash into the bottom of the quarry with my fins as there were many sharp rocks on the bottom. I was stable and floating in the water.

I had vertigo and I had no idea which way was up or down.

So what can you do when you find yourself upside down in your own life where it is hard to determine which way is up and which way is down?

Breathe and change direction.