Chronic illness is dumb.
Especially when you are a high achiever (or were in a previous life).
If life is a glass jar with big rocks, medium rocks, small rocks, and sand filling it up, chronic illness takes whichever rock or amount of sand it wants with little rhyme or reason.
Sometimes a big rock is taken, and then sometimes it’s sand. Tiny little moments until you look up and realize that “the week off of posting on Substack” you planned ended up being six full months.
As someone who genuinely enjoys writing and making videos for the internet, simply losing six months is hard to understand.
How in the world did I lose SIX MONTHS?!
I have carefully crafted my daily life and environment so that I “don’t feel sick” most of the time. I’m guessing that between this and the turtle pace that I currently work at, it equals six full months of spending time on other priorities.
So what does one do when one realizes that you haven’t spent time on something important to you for six months or even longer?
You give yourself grace and pick up where you were.
The End.
If you haven’t seen a good friend, drank enough water, worked out, written on your Substack, or (insert important thing to you), simply pick up where you left off. Send a text explaining that time got away from you, start up your exercise routine again, and write a post about the shock and horror of not posting for six months.
Where does the thriving part come in?
Great question, I’m so glad that you asked!
Listen, I don’t have all the answers.
I know that beating yourself up about missing out on something isn’t going to help.
Take some time to see how big a rock this “thing” in your life is.
Does it need to be more important than you are currently making it?
What do you need to succeed at keeping it in your daily or weekly routine?
What will you potentially “put down” for this thing to exist successfully?
Life is all about rebalancing the scales.
When one side gets out of balance, readjust.
Either put the weight on the other side of the scale or get rid of it.
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