Pace Yourself!

With or without medication we must pace ourselves. This is a lesson I’m still struggling with and get frustrated easily over. Today I donned my sun screen, straw hat and headed to the garden with my water bottle to pick the beans. I got two out of four rows picked and was just done! This is one reason people mistake us for being lazy. No matter how much we want to we just can’t do as much at one time. My hands and knees ache and I feel like someone stuck a needle in and drained most of my energy. I still haven’t learned my limit; how to quit BEFORE it becomes too much. “Putter” needs to be my life philosophy.
    Having Fibro makes me think of my Mother-in-law. I’ve never seen her rush around to do anything. She just steadily moves throughout her day, always getting more done than I thought one woman could. I strive to work like she does, but haven’t succeeded yet haha. She cleans, cooks, sews, gardens, cans, does yard work and much more and very rarely seems too tired. Her house is never dusty, never more than a dish or two in the sink and not a weed in her garden. She also along with her husband makes the best apple butter EVER. So maybe I’ll never be that good haha, but I really should try harder to go about my life the way she does hers.
    So, I hope you fellow Fibro sufferers catch onto “pacing” quicker than I have! We each have our own personal pace and let no one judge you for what you know is right for you. We just have to find our personal rhythm and learn to accept that “tomorrow is another day” for what we didn’t do today.

Take Care People!