Slow and Steady...
I woke up very early this morning (insomnia, subtype: chronic), and I got pulled into reading old entries on this blog. I apologize very much to all the people who left comments on my posts to whom I never replied; I tend not to go back and re-read old posts, so I miss that kind of thing way too easily.
So... sorry. I really am. Some of those questions were good questions.
Like the one asking how I manage my chronic pain and still do all sorts of crafty-type things: It was written in 2011, and a lot of health things have changed for me since then, but my routine is always the same. I manage with a combination of meds, rest, and allowing projects to take a long time, i.e., I never do anything on deadline unless I absolutely have to. Currently, I am working on my second jacket, "Patience", but I am unable to pull the 11-hour working days I used to manage. I am lucky if I get 4-6 hours in on any given day, but I am committed to finishing it, so it will happen. I have no deadline, other than "I would like to get this project finished in under 10 years chronological time".
I have a long list of projects, some SCA, some not, and they will all slowly happen.
I guess that's how I manage my health issues and projects; slowly. But it's okay; I will get them finished, and it will all be good. And in the time it takes to get them finished, I will have thought up a hundred new projects. It's all good.
So... sorry. I really am. Some of those questions were good questions.
Like the one asking how I manage my chronic pain and still do all sorts of crafty-type things: It was written in 2011, and a lot of health things have changed for me since then, but my routine is always the same. I manage with a combination of meds, rest, and allowing projects to take a long time, i.e., I never do anything on deadline unless I absolutely have to. Currently, I am working on my second jacket, "Patience", but I am unable to pull the 11-hour working days I used to manage. I am lucky if I get 4-6 hours in on any given day, but I am committed to finishing it, so it will happen. I have no deadline, other than "I would like to get this project finished in under 10 years chronological time".
I have a long list of projects, some SCA, some not, and they will all slowly happen.
I guess that's how I manage my health issues and projects; slowly. But it's okay; I will get them finished, and it will all be good. And in the time it takes to get them finished, I will have thought up a hundred new projects. It's all good.