tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961332566292942537.post285663552762074887..comments2023-10-18T11:09:33.607-04:00Comments on Jo Michaels Blog: Tuesday Motivation - Decide What Kind of Day You'll HaveJo Michaelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005237887461809640noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-961332566292942537.post-53749219133190845932018-02-06T12:11:30.452-05:002018-02-06T12:11:30.452-05:00Great post, Jo, as always. I have been struggling ...Great post, Jo, as always. I have been struggling with this after a seemingly stupid and minor injury revealed to be a herniated disc and I can't get surgery for some time because my husband just got laid off. Things should be really bleak. For my husband, I know it is. There are moments (Sometimes several times a day. Often unexpectedly like when I can't open a stupid jar of pickles because it twinges my back.) where I certainly feel the hits. I let myself feel it, sympathize with myself, and then remind myself that I am doing really well, considering. I can't hold myself to my old standard of expectation. I can't work 12 hour days like I was doing just 2 months ago. BUT I have managed to bring my work time up to almost 8 hours through vigorous PT and taking a break every hour to walk off the pain in my back. I am developing clever ways to do a lot of the things that I used to do so I can still feel like I am contributing to the household. For example, I had a rolling chair brought into the kitchen so I can reach the bottom of the fridge (for the most part.) and put dishes in the bottom part of the dishwasher. Yeah, those things take me three times longer than it took for me to do 2 months ago. But considering I was literally bed ridden a month ago and unable to lift anything when standing, that is a HUGE improvement. We spend too much time measuring ourselves against external stimuli and it is that feeling of failure and lack of success that makes us unhappy. We all need to be nicer to ourselves, for sure. chickangellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00157626717952852330noreply@blogger.com