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06-19-2008, 12:26 AM | #1 | |||
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A serious subject matter has awaken here, why do I over do it. Ok so i over do it,
my wife and kids say pace yourself so you are not burned out next day. problem is when i pace myself i am out of it next day anyway. so why not over do it get a few extra things done and feel good mentally, because i actually finished something or 3 would like to here your take on this, i mean in my eyes it makes sense i will be tired next day anyway so why not over do it and get my mental juju flowing in positive direction, because i got more done
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06-19-2008, 12:48 AM | #2 | |||
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I can't remember the last time I went the entire day feeling great. Right now I have zero energy and it's time for bed....hope you have a good night!
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06-19-2008, 12:54 AM | #3 | |||
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I know what you mean. When you have a good day, it's hard not to want to get things accomplished. I understand that comletely!
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06-19-2008, 05:35 AM | #4 | |||
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I am firmly undecided about this.
Some days I figure, I'll get everything done I can while I have an iota of energy, push as hard as I can, and if I pay, I pay. Other days, I think, Why shove myself into an exacerbation or even a pseudo to dust furniture that's just going to get dusty again anyway. The reason that I sometimes overdo is that even now I still "forget" that I'm not the one I useta was.
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06-19-2008, 06:04 AM | #5 | |||
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We do that because we don't know any other way! We see things that need doing and if we have the energy to do them even tho we know we will pay we do it. Simple? Not really but that is the way I am.
And ask for help?? Heaven forbid, they might find out we have MS!! And are weaklings. Frank, I will be doing way too much today, getting ready to go camping tomorrow. But it will be worth it in the long run.
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06-19-2008, 06:07 AM | #6 | |||
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I agree with B2Y. Some days I'm in the frame of mind of "OK, I know I cannot do everything so I'll just do a little" and some days I'm a little more defiant!! "This MS isn't gonna tell me what I CAN and CANNOT do....I'll do whatever I darn well please." And then I pay. Sometimes for several days.
It's funny...cause I know I'll have repercussions. I guess some days I just don't care.
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06-19-2008, 06:19 AM | #7 | |||
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Frank I think it is just human nature that we push our selves sometimes over the limit.
In my house unfortunately If I don't do it, it doesn't normally get done. I went to look up AMN's quote but she took it off her signature but I pretty much live by it. It say something like: "For every day I want to play, I take a day to pay"
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06-19-2008, 08:17 AM | #8 | |||
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Well, Frank, it's the million-dollar question and probably only answered by the day/event. In my case, I'm determined to do certain things before I can't do them at all. It takes me a ridiculous amount of planning and an even more outrageous amount of time & energy to do most things.
When I really saw what is happening to me, I got more determined to do things knowing that it could kick my butt for long stretches of time. I made peace with it because I also know that I would hate myself for the rest of my life if I didn't make the effort and left myself with regrets. So, I suppose, for me, I have chosen to go in those surges and accept the pay days as the cost of doing business. It feels good in my spirit when I look at the pics, or relive it with friends, or see it finished. It's a matter of feeling satisfied with myself. So, my answer to myself is, if I want or need to do it, I will do it.
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