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?

Comments

[alee_grrl]

I find resting is often a compromise for me, and I am fortunate that I have never fully lost my ability to comprehend what I'm reading. So for me resting tends to be music and reading (usually very light reading--what I like to refer to as brain candy or fluff). On really bad days I manage to convince myself that it is okay to curl up in bed or on the couch and just watch something for a while. But "vegging out" in that sense tends to make me feel guilty because of weird childhood associations. Scheduling naps and rest activity helps sometimes.

[untonuggan]

+1 on the weird childhood associations

I miss brain candy reading. Hopefully I'll get that back at some point. *sigh*

[alee_grrl]

<3 I hope you get that back at some point too!

[untonuggan]

♥ thank you!