Where do you get the energy to do all you do? asked by ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timespirt
I really don't know. It doesn't feel like much until I list what I've done and then I think "huh, that's actually quite a lot".
I've always had a lot on. It's just the way I live life. I suspect, one part of it is "if I stop running, I might never start up again". It's not keeping busy so much as maintaining momentum.
A decade (?) ago, I have a vague memory of posting something along the lines of the old Bon Jovi song: Sleep When I'm Dead. And yeah, I have a lot of energy, a lot of things to do, and just enough organisation to get most of them rolling along.
Tip: Sometimes doing things in 10-minute stints is a really effective way of doing things. I put a timer on, do the thing, and when the timer goes off, I either restart the timer and keep going, or take a break.
I went to visit a friend tonight - he got COVID six weeks ago and is now living with long COVID. He's a bit like me, actually - go go go. He's had to stop. That's really hard for him, and because it's hard on him, it's hard on his family. So I sympathised a lot with his situation. I'd also be bored out of my brain if I got long COVID. *crosses fingers*
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Regarding my body and its limits: so I started with a healthy, working body to begin with. I also grew up middle-class with food always on the table, and we didn't live in a food desert. My mother had the time and know-how of cooking from scratch, so we didn't have much ultraprocessed food.
Not to mention that I've never had a chronic illness or a major health setback. In short, I had a lucky start with a working body, and so far the luck has held.
In terms of things I can control: I sleep as much as I can. I eat pretty healthy (and am getting better at determining what my body can take instead of eating like I'm 30, or even 35, or even 40). I take multivitamins (when I remember), and iron tablets (my iron levels are almost always low). And I still don't eat a lot of ultraprocessed food - I like it, yeah, but usually in small amounts.
Generally I try to work, rest, and play hard.
Could probably do with a bit more sleep though. Should probably do that now. ::grin::
timespirtI really don't know. It doesn't feel like much until I list what I've done and then I think "huh, that's actually quite a lot".
I've always had a lot on. It's just the way I live life. I suspect, one part of it is "if I stop running, I might never start up again". It's not keeping busy so much as maintaining momentum.
A decade (?) ago, I have a vague memory of posting something along the lines of the old Bon Jovi song: Sleep When I'm Dead. And yeah, I have a lot of energy, a lot of things to do, and just enough organisation to get most of them rolling along.
Tip: Sometimes doing things in 10-minute stints is a really effective way of doing things. I put a timer on, do the thing, and when the timer goes off, I either restart the timer and keep going, or take a break.
I went to visit a friend tonight - he got COVID six weeks ago and is now living with long COVID. He's a bit like me, actually - go go go. He's had to stop. That's really hard for him, and because it's hard on him, it's hard on his family. So I sympathised a lot with his situation. I'd also be bored out of my brain if I got long COVID. *crosses fingers*
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Regarding my body and its limits: so I started with a healthy, working body to begin with. I also grew up middle-class with food always on the table, and we didn't live in a food desert. My mother had the time and know-how of cooking from scratch, so we didn't have much ultraprocessed food.
Not to mention that I've never had a chronic illness or a major health setback. In short, I had a lucky start with a working body, and so far the luck has held.
In terms of things I can control: I sleep as much as I can. I eat pretty healthy (and am getting better at determining what my body can take instead of eating like I'm 30, or even 35, or even 40). I take multivitamins (when I remember), and iron tablets (my iron levels are almost always low). And I still don't eat a lot of ultraprocessed food - I like it, yeah, but usually in small amounts.
Generally I try to work, rest, and play hard.
Could probably do with a bit more sleep though. Should probably do that now. ::grin::