I have had a week where I took Monday off and the rest of the week was a little out of sync. We grocery shopped on a Tuesday night which never happens. I have 5 days of work smashed into 4. My work routines were off and everything was being wedged into my calendar. I don’t expect next week to be much different because Monday is off due to President’s day.

Now don’t get me wrong, I love having a holiday. I enjoy the extra hours off and a day to just do nothing or everything depending on where I am in life. But when the rest of the week is jam packed that makes it seem that is so much work to take a day off, you spend so much time preparing for the day off and then catching up when you get back. Taking a week of is easier honestly because I don’t have to squeeze things in to be on time because someone covered for me all week. I am looking forward to my day off and especially for my spring break week off from work. It has been a grind.

I have been really working on wasting less time and maximizing my time off to do things I have on my list of things that are important to me. Like exercise, create, journal, take classes that go with my journal subscription, meditate and cook meals. I am not gonna lie I did most all of the things that I just said this week and I feel great about it but really tired, physically and mentally exhausted at the end of the day.

I guess it is a long covid thing. I am doing all the things I am being told to do. I am pushing myself to exercise 15 min a day, which sounds so tiny but is so much for me, and it’s really tiring. I am pushing myself to do something creative everyday and the creativity just isn’t there right now. I have been less overwhelmed but at the same time juggling more balls in the air than I have in a long time. Then I realize that I must be getting better.

A year ago I wasn’t able to do as much physical activity, I need to be doing more according to my doctor for my overall health and strength but I can see the progress. I am very busy at work. I have reason to be tired and worn out from the 9 to 5. All the more reason to do the healthy things but sometimes these things are part of a sea of things to do that become taxing on my energy and mental ability for the day. I am pretty happy that I can see improvement and I just can’t force any expectations on results because that isn’t how Long Covid works.

Today I have a dinner and hockey game date planned. I am going to rest up before we go. Maybe knit a little, journal, meditate, do qi gong, and find a way to tap into my creative brain today. Let me show you a couple of things I did this week:

Finished my Family Sized Potato Chip Quilt

I wire wrapped a couple more bottles.

I am doing the wonder habit daily of noticing wonderful things, zen moments and those magical moments that you want to last forever but know it is not. I just haven’t made an entry into the art journal daily. My “art” is pretty primitive but I think it is getting better. I will keep making entries when I can and remember to.

I hope you have a fantastic weekend! I know I am and I am going to keep working on being healthy, stronger and creative!

Vicki