Damn it, January has been a tricky month for staying well.

I woke up yesterday morning with a bit of a sore throat and by yesterday evening I felt kind of off.

This morning, I had to go back to bed because I just didn’t feel up to being up.

Between migraines and colds, it has been difficult to take good care of myself this month.

At least my schedule has been relaxed enough so I can take some downtime without feeling too stressed.

For ages, I have been trying to work on certain projects by doing them a little at a time and I hadn’t noticed that it had stopped working.

At one point, I had two projects that I returned to for 20 mins a day each weekday and it was really pulling me forward.

But then it stopped.

And I found myself challenged to fit those things into the day and I would reschedule them for the next day and still not get to them.

That left me feeling like they were hanging over me all the time and they felt unnecessarily heavy and frustrating, like they were bigger and tanglier than they are.

Last week, though, I switched to picking a longer period on one specific day of the week for each of the tasks and that feels lot better.

I didn’t get a lot done on either one yet but I no longer feel like they are haunting me so I think that bodes well overall.

Ever since Dec 1, I have been writing a daily post on the group blog I usually write a weekly post for.

I love writing these posts. I find it pretty straightforward because I already have the structure in place and I know the kind of thing I am going to write about.

It’s not *easy* per se but the structure and the momentum makes it easier.

I need to take those facts and use them to make it easier to write on my coaching blog.

I really liked how this one turned out.

I took things slowly and carefully last night and kept my migraine at what my dad would have referred to as a ‘dull roar.’

It was tricky though, walking the line between doing what needed doing and doing too much.

And now that I say that, that’s always a tricky line for me.

Some part of my brain always wants to just do the thing and be done with it while another part holds back to protect me (whatever protecting me looks like in that situation.)

And I am never sure if one of those parts is overreacting in the moment.

It must be nice to be the kind of person who never overthinks their thinking. 😉