I was still tired and you can hear it in my raspy voice, but the vlog must go on!
After celebrating my birthday with things planned for three days in a row, it took me another 3 1/2 days to start to recover and get my normal energy back. It was totally worth it, but it's a lot easier to do if you know what your energy limit is and make an effort not to overdo it too much. In my life before multiple sclerosis, I tended to overdo it anyway. But it takes me longer to recover now. There was a time when I worked 2 80-hour weeks in a row producing a hockey game for a charity I really believed in. My boss told me she didn't want to see me for three days after the production was done. Now, I carefully schedule how long it takes me to complete a simple vlog once a week and that requires a few hours of rest in between and after. My energy limits changing is probably one of the hardest things multiple sclerosis has made me adjust to.
But you can do you things that are fulfilling and things that are fun even if you are living with a chronic illness or are always in a wheelchair. You just have to learn to adjust what your limits are and go ahead and push them! Just PLAN your time for recovery, so you can push those limits again.
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