NaBloPoMo Day 12: I hate resting

[untonuggan]

I get sick a lot, and doctors always tell you to frelling rest. Well, I have news for them: resting is hard, especially when you have generations of the Protestant Work Ethic kicking around in the back of your brain telling you that you are only worthwhile if you "accomplish" things.

Yesterday I managed to rest because I was too tired to knit. Too tired to knit = yeahhhh, Houston, there's a problem. So I slept, a lot.

Today I am going to try to keep things low energy but not boring. Things on my low-energy list:

• write letters
• knit, if body allows
• sort papers (or digital files)
• steamy shower
• read a magazine (if lyrica cooperates >.<)
• etc.

What do you do when you need to rest, be it your whole body or a particular body part, and you just don't want to? Do you reach a compromise with yourself, go for resting all the way, or just say "frell it" and ignore the doctor's advice?