Well, that sucked…

Lesson learned over the past 2 weeks….even the best laid plans can implode. I was on a role, I had everything scheduled to a T, I was meeting daily and weekly goals and I was feeling really good. Until I wasn’t, feeling good that is. I had the flu, in fact if you follow me on Instagram you’re so sick of hearing about how I had the flu that you want to tear your hair out.

So I won’t get into the horror show that I was but I will tell you it put me seriously OFF schedule and it has been so hard getting my energy back even now that most of the symptoms have faded that I can barely paint. My brain wants to but my body is like “Yeah, no. We are not doing this now.” So I’m taking a break and letting myself rest. I’m not even making plans or do any administrative work for the business which would be typical of me…I’ve always felt if my body can’t work my brain will. But I really can’t keep operating like that. So for now I’m resting everything, my body and my brain.

I’ve actually found myself buying into “self care.” Now don’t get me wrong…I’m all about the concept of it but I’m so sick of hearing people talk about “self care” that I want to tear MY hair out. I don’t give myself face masks and treat myself to manicures…I need to just do absolutely nothing. No cooking, no laundry (sorry family) everyone in my house is old enough to fend for themselves for a bit. I just need to rest when I can and watched mind numbing TV. Because that’s what my version of self care looks like. No pressure to keep moving. No worrying about the fact that I’m not moving. Just being still.

So all I can say at this point is get the flu shot. You don’t know how great it is until you miss it and suffer the consequences.

Catherine