tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-690850457652849477.post5643199520403497196..comments2024-03-19T09:10:47.280-07:00Comments on Reasonably Well: Living With Fatigue: A Constant Learning ProcessJulia Oleinikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04857783768340014545noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-690850457652849477.post-85574516730888425942013-11-23T09:50:30.918-08:002013-11-23T09:50:30.918-08:00Yep. I think we all ride the 'wave' and t...Yep. I think we all ride the 'wave' and then pay dearly.<br /><br />I'm a type-A, neatnik. I love organization, cleanliness, and order. So...this illness really throws me for a loop when I can't maintain things as I deem 'necessary'. The laundry sits in the dryer for 2 days and I keep fluffing it up. The clutter piles up on my counter and I'm too tired to deal with it. These are things that NEVER used to occur. I get disappointed with myself as I sit in my chair and stare at it all. My house is important to me, especially since I spend so much time in it (being too tired to go out).<br /><br />I started cleaning bathroom cabinets and linen closets 2 weeks ago. I figured I could do them all in one day... and that is where I stopped. I finished, but that is all I did. I had it in my head that I'd get through ALL the closets in the house in two weeks and get rid of extra junk and be ready for the upcoming holidays. Here I am... back in the chair to stare at everything I want to do, but can't because I took it too far. My husband is unbelievably helpful, but I can't expect him to do it all. It isn't right. <br /><br />I've been diagnosed for 2 years now, and you'd think I'd have learned my lesson by now.<br /><br />I feel as if we've been asked to lessen so many parts of our lives as is...How do we learn to lower our standards?LMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-690850457652849477.post-6351423811767673532013-11-22T12:11:25.047-08:002013-11-22T12:11:25.047-08:00If my grandmother was leaning over my computer rea...If my grandmother was leaning over my computer reading this, she would be laughing her ass off. Look Shara! That's just like my first car! Thanks for the memory. Shara from Seattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04454085416180469172noreply@blogger.com