Jul 312 min read

Average, August

Fake it Till We Make It!

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Glory Days

This was my summer of “all the medical care”- the things I’d been putting off because they would require me to stop exercising. Of course, I do this right after I join a new Pilates studio 🤣🤣🤣🤣 My logic was, if I made the plans before my surgeries, I’d have something to pick back up, a reason to pull myself out of bed if relaxing became too easy.

The photo above was after the septoplasty to reset the bones in my skull that were broken last November. You can’t tell by looking at me, but I can breathe SO MUCH easier!!!! (Indeed, relaxing is VERY easy because anything else requires me to wear glasses, which is HARD right now).

#SummerSucks

Notice that I didn’t sign up for a marathon trying to force myself back into a routine I haven’t been able to enjoy for awhile!!! Muscles have memory, but mine haven’t been used in a minute. Gonna take another minute to activate them and get them ready for cardiovascular work. I have no idea how long this will take or what’s reasonable to expect after long COVID like I had. All I know is this: I’m tired of sitting still, I’m cleared for exercise, and once I heal from this surgery I’m going to squeeze in as many Pilates classes as I can before my next surgery.

I’m focused on what I can do, what’s available and accessible while I dream of the next thing. That’s the best any of us can do right now. Don’t ever stop dreaming, but now isn’t the time to bite off more than you can chew. The body doesn’t differentiate between physiological and psychological stress, and the next 3-4 months are gonna be anything but relaxing. It’s a great time to make sure you are busy and distracted and maybe too sore to go to any social gatherings.

This month is nothing special, no Glory Days here just an average August. I’m not gonna let it be anything more than that! Am begging you to do the same.

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