The one good thing about being sick

[redbird]

Even when I schedule rest days, I have a hard time allowing myself to do nothing. I wind up, late on a Saturday, saying "at least I made lunch/took out the trash/paid some bills." Recovering from surgery, I can cut myself slack on the days when I'd have to fill in "drank tea" in that slot, or at best "made myself tea while cattitude was at work.

I don't know whether this will carry over when I'm well but really need a rest day to maintain that.

I also note that I have posted this only at a point when I have started doing stuff beyond the basic self-maintenance.

Comments

[aquaeri.livejournal.com]

Would it help if you thought about how challenging just resting seems to be, and work on that? :-)

A day saved

[maryread.livejournal.com]

Just taking it easy can be surprisingly hard. Without a day job, I find lots of subtle pressures (social? and/or internalized?) toward justifying my existence.

Some days, like today was a very short walk, and a heating pad pressed against my back while I read quite a lot. Posting, extra points.

A friend of my mother's used to say, instead of "wasting" a day like this of relative idleness, "Another day saved!" It goes so much counter to the work ethic.

A day saved is a day earned. ?