The Garden Fence - help and support in tough times

mardatha

Don't ask me, cos I've spent around 15 months in my jammies surfing the internet and watching clouds go by :D

Floss

I had several months of cloud watching this summer, and feel so much better for allowing the spinning plates to fall off. I've been lucky that we've been put into a position where I don't need to have a full time job & income, so I can enjoy life rather than being on the hamster wheel. I can keep on top of the chores, try all sorts of crafts & cooking, spend time on the allotment and still have energy & time to spend with DH & our friends at weekends.

karcher

What I find hardest is feeling guilty because I haven't done this or that, when I've so much to do, I've done no exercise..just sat on me bum and feel like I've wasted the day.

That feeling of guilt is horrible and unjustified because why shouldn't I have a day doing [STRIKE]sweet FA[/STRIKE] nothing..but it's there all the same!

ETA: added bananas to my mental shopping list!

westcoastscot

Well I purposely dropped all of my plates except work, and am just sitting still right now in my life, letting it all go by, seeing what I want to pick up again.
I'm tired....... arthritis has responded really well to on-going treatment but cannot shake the tiredness, and I *know* part of it is due in inactivity. So I've been sitting in the sun when weather permits, and counting half an hour of pottering in the garden as exercise. I feel like i'm at a real turning point, and am hoping that by sitting still the right road will open up before me.

mcculloch29

Dang me, that's exactly how I have been feeling with my arthritis. I slept quite a bit during the day one day earlier in the week and I knew it was due to wanting to escape the arthritic stiffness caused by inactivity rather than tiredness caused by activity.

Today was a bit better as DD and teen DGC popped round so I had to tidy up and move around a bit.

Now I do feel more motivated, but will have to resist the temptation to surf when there are Things To Do that are work - related. (I work from home and my job is Internet based.)

DD gave me a little daffodil brooch to wear for St David's Day in March and for any other time I want to parade my Welshness. I am thrilled with it. I have a lovely silver Welsh flag dragon that I often wear, but this is smashing.
DD and tribe went home with bits and pieces that I had put away for Christmas and forgotten to give them - as happens EVERY year!.

Softstuff

Karcher, if I'm feeling like that mostly I lean in and go to bed. Yesterday I was supposed to be putting on skirting, but I felt like crap, so went to bed. I have no regrets. I read the book Night School by Richard Wiseman, wonderful book, don't feel guilty about sleeping anymore!

karcher

Softstuff wrote: »

Karcher, if I'm feeling like that mostly I lean in and go to bed. Yesterday I was supposed to be putting on skirting, but I felt like crap, so went to bed. I have no regrets. I read the book Night School by Richard Wiseman, wonderful book, don't feel guilty about sleeping anymore!

I agree and good for you

I would be happy to sleep...one of my problems is I struggle to sleep..I have done since I was a child.

No matter how tired I am, sleep often eludes me.

I would love to have the refuge of sleep

I envy you, I really do

Hard_Up_Hester

That's why I sew and crochet, I can sit on my arris but I don't feel guilty because my hands are busy (no sniggering in the back row!).
Mind you after entertaining 3 DGD from 10am Saturday lunchtime, one DGD stayed until 11am today, I cleaned the bathrooms today, did more washing, took DGD home, cooked a roast dinner spent a while on some serious hestering and stripped and remade the spare bed I think I was entitled to a sit down.

monnagran

oh WOW Hester, serious hestering? Just think of the calories you've used up.

Hard_Up_Hester

Lots and lot Monna, lots and lots,