tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-690850457652849477.post7958657161023083820..comments2024-03-19T09:10:47.280-07:00Comments on Reasonably Well: Coping With Chronic Illness: Christine Molloy Julia Oleinikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04857783768340014545noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-690850457652849477.post-72863417434701642742015-08-13T07:47:53.640-07:002015-08-13T07:47:53.640-07:00My coping strategy involves just cutting back on e...My coping strategy involves just cutting back on extra activities drastically, and lowering my housekeeping standards a little bit. I am working part time, 6 hours a day, and I take a good hour or two to sit as soon as I get home. <br /><br />I cook early, like Christine, and we microwave things when it is time. Often I try to do some of the cooking on the weekend. We are a family of four, so I cook quite a bit. This last weekend I browned a huge thing of hamburger and froze half to use later in the month. I also bought 8 chicken breasts, with plans to use 4 this week, I then put the remaining 4 in the crockpot while I was browning the hamburger. When they were done I shredded the meat and froze it to use later in the month. I also plan my menu by the month. I just print a calendar page for the month and pencil in meals. I save the copies and just look through old ones to make the current month. This makes it easier for me to make a shopping list. For some reason getting groceries wears me out, and the fewer trips I have to make the <br />better.<br /><br />I break up my housework, too. I try to do one thing each day, like vacuum, or mop, or dust. And I do one load of laundry a day. I also accept any and all help offered by my family!mcspireshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10129916102784468854noreply@blogger.com