What do you do, even when you do not feel like
it?
I make the bed.
When I retired, I left work and the military because
of medical issues. I was taking every Wednesday
off a week to be able to work at least the other four days. I only attended on kid function a week. Most days, I came straight home and went to
bed. I was so relieved to be able to
stop working.
The first year, I labored with my doctor to
become pain free. I read a book on pain
management which taught me to do small tasks and choose a task to help me feel
successful. I took my daughter to school
and came back home to bed. In the
afternoon, I would get up and make the bed.
I hated not working and providing for the family. I hated being close to bedridden. I was determined to do one productive thing
every day and that was make the bed. Granted,
on my bad days that didn’t get done.
I have never conquered my health enough to
become pain free. In fact this last year
wasn’t great. I spent a lot of time not
doing housework, writing, or gardening.
My house was getting completely out of control. But, I still made the bed everyday.
Now, I am feeling better. The last couple of nights I have woken up in
pain. The result is exhaustion the next
day. I am thankful though because I am
managing to get a few things done each day.
The house is looking better. I am
de-cluttering as I clean and I feel so much better. I am working at resting.
I will say that my attitude has changed a bit. When I have a super good day, I don’t get make
the bed. This is because I have been too
busy goofing around in the yard or out and about. It bugs me though. I have learned to love
crawling into a nicely made bed.
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