Reachable Goals

I'm trying to set some realistic goals for myself.

For one, together with a friend who also has this illness, we have committed to trying to stretch daily-even if it's in bed.  We check-in with each other to make sure we are sticking to it.  We were both talking about how deconditioned we are due to this illness and the possible long-term effects.

I have not been stretching every day, however, I think 4 or 5 times a week is a more realistic goal and I hope I can stick with it.

Unfortunately the last two weeks have seen a huge drop in my PhD focused hours.  I am hoping to get back on my daily work schedule (one to two hours a day) this week.

I think it is easy, when you are on disability and feeling sick every day, to stop trying to do anything.  A counsellor I saw last week gave me a resource which is just excellent.  It has some step-by-step ideas of creating as much of a fulfilling life as possible despite chronic illness.  Evidently, it is very common for people with chronic conditions to withdraw from society, from life....of course often with good reason.

I thought the tips were very realistic...I will post the webiste/resource at some point.

It has continued to be winter here.  We have more snow expected this week too.  I don't really mind.  I'm not a fan of the post winter brown slop....I wish we could skip that all together.

From the back window

I have been doing too much this past week and hope that is the reason I feel just so ill and weak all the time.  I think this coming week, I am going to try to forgo any outings and just give myself a lot of rest.

I wanted to encourage those who can, to vote for the National ME/FM network on this site http://www.sharethebounty.ca/index.php
They are doing very well and have a chance to earn some money.  It's also easy, you don't have to have a facebook account or anything like that.

That's my news for now,
I hope you are all doing as well as possible.