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I mentioned a few entries ago that I got COVID recently. It's only my second time, and the first time I got it was three or so years ago, but I remember the feeling of the slow recovery period and the challenges of feeling like I "should" be better much faster than I actually got better. This time is no different: I'm certainly feeling a lot better than I did when I was in the middle of my sickest point, but I am still not "back to normal." I get tired very easily. I sleep too little at night and need to take naps during the day. I'm short of breath. I sometimes get dizzy. Thinking through anything can sometimes feel like trying to think through sludge.
And, as with any event that disrupts my daily routine, I haven't been very good at keeping up with the little things that help me get through the day: habit trackers, daily planning, etc. I've been able to somewhat keep up my bare minimum of writing down a to-do list and using pomodoro timers throughout the day to stay on task. But everything else has been paused for the past few weeks.
Naturally, it's around this time that I start getting antsy to get back in the saddle on all the things I had paused before I got sick.
And, naturally, it's not a good idea for me to do too much all at once. I'm only going to make myself sad that I can't do all the things I was doing before I'm actually ready to do them again.
I know I'm not alone in this. All the former-gifted-kid memes tell me so. But if I need the reminder, then other people might need the reminder too: You're doing fine. You're not behind. And you don't need to do things at the same pace as other people.
And if you're sick, what are you doing on the internet? Get some rest!
And, as with any event that disrupts my daily routine, I haven't been very good at keeping up with the little things that help me get through the day: habit trackers, daily planning, etc. I've been able to somewhat keep up my bare minimum of writing down a to-do list and using pomodoro timers throughout the day to stay on task. But everything else has been paused for the past few weeks.
Naturally, it's around this time that I start getting antsy to get back in the saddle on all the things I had paused before I got sick.
And, naturally, it's not a good idea for me to do too much all at once. I'm only going to make myself sad that I can't do all the things I was doing before I'm actually ready to do them again.
I know I'm not alone in this. All the former-gifted-kid memes tell me so. But if I need the reminder, then other people might need the reminder too: You're doing fine. You're not behind. And you don't need to do things at the same pace as other people.
And if you're sick, what are you doing on the internet? Get some rest!