Work, Work, Work

The good news—taking a shower no longer feels like exercise. It doesn’t exhaust me. Mind you, these are sit down showers—my balance continues to be too banjaxed to manage a stand up, stand alone experience. Is this permanent? I think it depends, in part, on how diligent I am in my rehab workouts.

Not so great news—I 'm still unable to walk more than a quarter of a mile without becoming wickedly winded. I blame my lazy tendencies. I’d be further along if I’d do my little indoor rehab exercises every single day. I need to quit faffing around and just DO IT. I've gotta pick a time, get in the habit and build up my damn strength.

It seems counterintuitive but the more I do, the more I exercise, the more energy and resilience I have. Today though, just thinking about it is wearing me clean out.

Exhaustion is a thin blanket tattered with bullet holes.
~ Matthew De Abaitua, If Then

Hope was a thing you lost when simply trying to imagine better days became so exhausting, overwhelming, and depressing a task, that one opted for despair out of sheer weariness. Giving up brought a kind of peace.
~ Sunyi Dean, The Book Eaters

The bags under my eyes were definitely well past the carry-on limit.
~ Sarah Gailey, Magic for Liars

Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.
~ Joe Biden