ME/CFS and To-do Lists

To-do list:

write
publish a blog post
shower and dress
strip the bed and remake
vacuum and dust bedroom
put away groceries from yesterday
prep veggies for cooking
make vegetable curry
make red lentil kale soup
make spicy tomato chick pea soup
put away clothes from laundry

Reality: th-1

slept late
wrote and published blog post
made a smoothie
rested
showered and got dressed
rested
pulled out ingredients for vegetable curry, realized I was missing curry powder
went to store to get curry powder
napped
prepped 1/2 veggies for curry
rested
prepped remainder of veggies
rested
put on rice cooker
started cooking curry dish
rested
ate dinner
rested
cleaned up dinner
rested
hubby made campfire – sat out for a bit
went to bed for night

Next to-do list: th-2

write
publish a blog post
~~shower and dress~~
strip the bed and remake
vacuum and dust bedroom
~~put away groceries from yesterday~~
prep veggies for cooking
~~make vegetable curry~~
make red lentil kale soup
make spicy tomato chick pea soup
put away clothes from laundry

When living with chronic illness, some to-do lists take a while. My doctor calls it pacing.

Orange

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