First of all, apologies for the late update. But of course what are you to expect with someone with ME/CFS? We're not exactly known for sticking to deadlines. It doesn't do us any good, and certainly isn't helpful to our health!
My focus for December is being kind to myself. I struggle a lot with my anxiety, and "letting myself off" doing things, as I feel guilty for sitting around doing nothing all day sometimes. But I am certainly not going to push myself any more, I learned my lesson about that a long time ago.
I have been focusing on my diet again in the past few months. I stand by the notion that food is medicine, and have been looking in more detail into the paleo diet, and the auto-immune protocol. High protein mixed with good quality carbs seems the way forward for me, but it is always trial and error. I have started batch cooking on one day a week, then I have food prepared during the week when I don't have the energy to cook.
I am going to the gym again, but have stepped it down from once a week to once a fortnight, again in an effort to be more kind to myself. I love to feel the endorphin rush, and I do manage to run on the treadmill in short one minute bursts interspersed with walking, I love that, but I also appreciate having a good relaxation session at the end of a busy work week as well. I am trying very hard to get out in the fresh air for short walks whenever I can during the winter months, as my body seems to shut down if I stay in the house with the central heating on for too long.
I have made a big personal discovery about myself in the past few months as well. I am not going to share it on the internet, but I will say that finding out this information has made me a lot more comfortable with who I am and as a result of that, taken away some of my self-conscious feelings. I still have a long way to go with this, but I am more comfortable with working on it now.
I have re-opened my art shop on Etsy (link to the left) and am only uploading things that I like. I have spent far too long trying to make things that I think other people would want, and weakly following trends to try and keep up with popularity in the art and design world. But thinking back to being kind to myself, I decided that I was only going to make things that I personally liked, and go back to loving art as my main hobby and just being creative for the sake of it. I have only had one sale, but that doesn't matter. I'm no longer in it for the money.
So to sum up all this waffle, if you have ME/CFS, or even if you don't; whoever you are be kind to yourself and find out what truly makes you happy, and be content with that. You will have won a big part of the recovery battle if you do.
It's coming up to 2 years (sometime next week I think it is) since I first fell seriously ill. I am presently extremely happy and content with my life situation and will continue to blog on a regular or not-so-regular basis about how I cope on a daily basis with ME.
Be kind to yourselves this Christmas, and here's to a contented 2014 :) x x x
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Saturday, 30 November 2013
2013 Review
First of all, apologies for the late update. But of course what are you to expect with someone with ME/CFS? We're not exactly known for sticking to deadlines. It doesn't do us any good, and certainly isn't helpful to our health!
My focus for December is being kind to myself. I struggle a lot with my anxiety, and "letting myself off" doing things, as I feel guilty for sitting around doing nothing all day sometimes. But I am certainly not going to push myself any more, I learned my lesson about that a long time ago.
I have been focusing on my diet again in the past few months. I stand by the notion that food is medicine, and have been looking in more detail into the paleo diet, and the auto-immune protocol. High protein mixed with good quality carbs seems the way forward for me, but it is always trial and error. I have started batch cooking on one day a week, then I have food prepared during the week when I don't have the energy to cook.
I am going to the gym again, but have stepped it down from once a week to once a fortnight, again in an effort to be more kind to myself. I love to feel the endorphin rush, and I do manage to run on the treadmill in short one minute bursts interspersed with walking, I love that, but I also appreciate having a good relaxation session at the end of a busy work week as well. I am trying very hard to get out in the fresh air for short walks whenever I can during the winter months, as my body seems to shut down if I stay in the house with the central heating on for too long.
I have made a big personal discovery about myself in the past few months as well. I am not going to share it on the internet, but I will say that finding out this information has made me a lot more comfortable with who I am and as a result of that, taken away some of my self-conscious feelings. I still have a long way to go with this, but I am more comfortable with working on it now.
I have re-opened my art shop on Etsy (link to the left) and am only uploading things that I like. I have spent far too long trying to make things that I think other people would want, and weakly following trends to try and keep up with popularity in the art and design world. But thinking back to being kind to myself, I decided that I was only going to make things that I personally liked, and go back to loving art as my main hobby and just being creative for the sake of it. I have only had one sale, but that doesn't matter. I'm no longer in it for the money.
So to sum up all this waffle, if you have ME/CFS, or even if you don't; whoever you are be kind to yourself and find out what truly makes you happy, and be content with that. You will have won a big part of the recovery battle if you do.
It's coming up to 2 years (sometime next week I think it is) since I first fell seriously ill. I am presently extremely happy and content with my life situation and will continue to blog on a regular or not-so-regular basis about how I cope on a daily basis with ME.
Be kind to yourselves this Christmas, and here's to a contented 2014 :) x x x
My focus for December is being kind to myself. I struggle a lot with my anxiety, and "letting myself off" doing things, as I feel guilty for sitting around doing nothing all day sometimes. But I am certainly not going to push myself any more, I learned my lesson about that a long time ago.
I have been focusing on my diet again in the past few months. I stand by the notion that food is medicine, and have been looking in more detail into the paleo diet, and the auto-immune protocol. High protein mixed with good quality carbs seems the way forward for me, but it is always trial and error. I have started batch cooking on one day a week, then I have food prepared during the week when I don't have the energy to cook.
I am going to the gym again, but have stepped it down from once a week to once a fortnight, again in an effort to be more kind to myself. I love to feel the endorphin rush, and I do manage to run on the treadmill in short one minute bursts interspersed with walking, I love that, but I also appreciate having a good relaxation session at the end of a busy work week as well. I am trying very hard to get out in the fresh air for short walks whenever I can during the winter months, as my body seems to shut down if I stay in the house with the central heating on for too long.
I have made a big personal discovery about myself in the past few months as well. I am not going to share it on the internet, but I will say that finding out this information has made me a lot more comfortable with who I am and as a result of that, taken away some of my self-conscious feelings. I still have a long way to go with this, but I am more comfortable with working on it now.
I have re-opened my art shop on Etsy (link to the left) and am only uploading things that I like. I have spent far too long trying to make things that I think other people would want, and weakly following trends to try and keep up with popularity in the art and design world. But thinking back to being kind to myself, I decided that I was only going to make things that I personally liked, and go back to loving art as my main hobby and just being creative for the sake of it. I have only had one sale, but that doesn't matter. I'm no longer in it for the money.
So to sum up all this waffle, if you have ME/CFS, or even if you don't; whoever you are be kind to yourself and find out what truly makes you happy, and be content with that. You will have won a big part of the recovery battle if you do.
It's coming up to 2 years (sometime next week I think it is) since I first fell seriously ill. I am presently extremely happy and content with my life situation and will continue to blog on a regular or not-so-regular basis about how I cope on a daily basis with ME.
Be kind to yourselves this Christmas, and here's to a contented 2014 :) x x x
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You be kind to yourself also. So pleased you are feeling content and have your etsy shop back online. Take care, Hayley
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