4 Questions to Ask Yourself about Rest

And why it’s so damn hard

I’m coming up on 3 months of being sick with one non-COVID virus or another. My son, K, is in daycare. Everyone told me that the transition to group care would be tough. But I was not prepared to be so sick, so often.

It’s humbled me – not only because I’ve had to back out of commitments and say no more often. But also because I’ve had to acknowledge that, despite having written a book called REAL SELF-CARE, I still have to fight very hard with myself to rest.

Back in October I developed laryngitis but convinced myself that it was not THAT bad. I was seeing patients with barely a wisp of a voice when one of them said “you sound horrible!” She was concerned and surprised that I showed up for our Zoom session. Like, I’m here, clearly ill, trying to take care of someone else. *Cringe*. Despite that learning moment, in November, I fell back into my workaholic ways, and two courses of antibiotics later, here I am, getting back on the rest wagon. *Sigh*

I’m the first to admit that I’m a hard s…