take better care of myself

today: she thinks my bronchitis is a viral infection, but that there may be secondary opportunistic bacterial sinus infection as well. oh joy oh gladness So I’ve come home with meds & the prescription to “get some sleep & take it easy for a while.” wry grin Off to bed early now, to accomplish the first part….

but for now, that’s fine, because I have a long way to go before I can say I’ve accomplished it! I recently realized that I’ve spent the majority of my life letting myself go in order to take care of others. So when this was pointed out to me by someone who is undeniably my friend and on my side, I was forced to re-examine my choices and goals and found that I had no goals. So here I am on 43Things where my first goal is to take better care of myself. Phase one: I am giving myself the next two or so months to get used to this idea without feeling guilty. By then I’ll know what phase two will be…I hope!

at an urgent care clinic today & came home with antibiotics & a pain med: such an exciting way to spend a weekend…. wry grin

is to stand still and enjoy the simple pleasures of life. It seems simple, but that is where it misleads you. See, it makes you believe it’s not important but it is.

Yesterday, me and Iris went to a tiny little place where they sold tea and coffee and everything related. It also had a couple of tables and chairs, so you could sit and drink tea and/or coffee all day long if you wanted to. I don’t know how long we sat there, because time seemed to stand still while we were there. I didn’t mind the time. I didn’t think about the things that needed to be done, because nothing needed to be done in the first place.

I have been feeling tired constantly for a long long time. I also could not get myself to be productive. _{Now both problems seem to have fixed themselves.}

The problem was that I didn’t rest enough. sure, I didn’t do much, but that’s not the same. It made me restless and listless at the same time.

Saturday is my new restday. It used to be Sunday but that day doesn’t work for me. I always think about the things I have to do for Monday and I have to travel by train = not exactly relaxing. so I’ve changed it to Saturday, who cares what day I choose anyways. I will not do ANYTHING for school that day. I will only do the things I want to do. That includes drinking tea in cute little boutiques.

Let’s see how the coming week will be concerning my energy level and motivation!

PS. Sheye’s words of wisdom

Doing well so far; sleeping properly, eating less XD, moving more etc etc… :)
Now I need to cut out junk food and make a GP appointment (again) to check out the joint of my knee (coz it’s been hurting for ages now)...they better not just tell me to take pain killers again >:/ and oh yeah, eventually quit smoking.

Went to bed at a reasonable hour for the 2nd night in a row and I woke up feeling REALLY good. Wow, going to try to maintain this habit.

well, since getting sick I’ve been making sure I eat well, take my vitamins and quite the breakthrough last night, I went to bed early.

I’ve been taking better care of my skin too but there are still a few things I need to work on :)

Need to schedule some follow-up lab work (& get it done before the end of December, since I’ve met my deductible for the calendar year!).

I’m doing simple things at the moment. like sleeping enough hours…not too much (use to sleep 10+) like before. paying more attention to my nails and skin.

I’m getting quite stressed lately. So taking a sometime to think about what’s bothering helps me a great deal, because then I realise I don’t need to worry or make thing into a big deal.

This has been my worst year healthwise since I was probably a kid.

I seem to be getting every cold, flu etc going around.

I think my immune system is probably weak & I need to make sure I keep taking my vitamin supplements. I’ve taken lots of vitamin C & need to make sure I take all the others. I need to be in good health, even colds get me down which I am sure does not aid in the healing process.

Argh! Time to get & stay well~!