I have been subscribing to a fellow MS Warrior’s emails for a while now. One that I received not too long ago gave us a list of 10 things that we can do to make our lives easier. It was a pretty interesting list and I forwarded the email to my Mom. I don’t think she has read it yet but I will put a few of them here that proves that there is a method to my madness! It is out of order but things that I think about and do because it’s easier for me:
I thrive on routines and I think I am a little bit OCD about it but it works for me and decision making sometimes can be difficult when my brain doesn’t feel like working very well.
When I read this one, it made sense to me why I need to drink both my breakfast and lunch now. I’ve understood that digesting foods makes you tired and I have been drinking my lunch at work for years before I stopped working. Now it makes sense. Sean has told me that there are better protein shakes out there but I prefer Adkins, Dark Chocolate Royale, because I’ve been, “No carbing” it for so long that I actually think it’s good!
This last one is the most important one for people to understand but it is VERY difficult for them TO understand:
I think I sound heartless when I tell my Mom, “I don’t care“ about something that is frivolous to me because she doesn’t understand that every ounce of my energy is being spent I’m trying to deal with the pain in my body so I don’t have ANY room to think about things that really don’t matter to me. For me, I have figured out that if I dismiss it and say something like, “I don’t care“ It refocuses me and allows me to not put any mental energy toward it and work at the things I am trying to do.
It refocuses me and allows me to not put any mental energy toward it and work at the things I am trying to do as best as I can.
I really like receiving emails like this and makes me feel less crazy because there is reason why I do what I do so there REALLY IS method to my madness!