In the last 30 years I’m proud of/grateful for: the ability to understand and listen to what my body needs.
With a chronic illness, this is very important because I can go from not feeling great to feeling really awful in a short time if I don’t back off the stressors in my life, like staying up too late, over-exerting myself working out, not eating enough or as frequently as I need to, etc.
Thursday, for example, my voice was feeling a little hoarse, I was coughing a bit more, and my joints were achy. I had a really long day on Wednesday with driving to/from Houston for the spectroscopy workshop, so I know I was a little on the exhausted side. I think the joint achy-ness was from weather changes, but I also did a lot more hopping/jumping in water aerobics on Tuesday which I think aggravated an old running injury in my big toe and the shoes I wore to work Thursday didn’t help. By the end of the day it was really swollen. As much as I wanted to guilt myself into going to water aerobics on Thursday so I could achieve my workout/back rehab goals, I think it was a bad idea so I skipped and let my body rest.
I like to think that after almost 30 years, I’ve got the listening to my body thing down, but I’m sure I’ll continue to learn and improve over the next 30.
How I celebrated: I listened to my body and took the evening off. I spent the evening with Matt, watching tv and playing video games and eating Mexican food, then went to bed early. It was relaxing and seemed to help because the toe is feeling better and my cough is less intense.
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