Not feeling well?
You made the right choice to lay low and check out this blog. I like to write about stuff that can hopefully help others either through the tips I am suggesting or at least to start thinking about the subject being discussed and researching it more. A topic that I think fits quite well in my lifestyle blog is how do you make the most of a sick day? This in my mind could mean from taking a day off of work for not feeling well or even just simply not feeling well and laying in bed all day. In fact, I am currently not feeling too hot and am laying down in my bed so as you can tell this is about as authentic blog post as you can get.
When sick, I do not know about you, but I just want to sit and not move and either watch the new Netflix special and eat some chicken soup. Maybe give me one of those bags of Goldfish crackers and now we are talking. Reality though, life is passing by and we need to get some s**t done. This is where my favorite method of accomplishing stuff for the day comes into play and that is the TO DO LIST. It is definitely all caps time.
The TO DO LIST is a collection of your thoughts for what you like to get done in a specific measure of time and in this case for the time period you are sick. The way I like to go about TO DO LISTs is by making the steps on the list easily attainable to be accomplished. A typical list examples can include grocery shopping, paying your bills, walking the dog, reading a chapter of your favorite book, and walking a mile outside. But when we are sick, if you think you (and I) are getting out of bed or the couch, well you are crazy. This means that the best way to handle your sick day (time period) is to create a TO DO LIST for tasks you are able to accomplish that won’t physically drain you from moving a step or mentally drain you from the fever you have.
Actionable steps to do this are:
- Either find a note pad and pen or bring out your laptop to create the list. (Side Note: I always recommend writing in hand since it becomes more engraved in your mind)
- Write 3 or more easy attainable goals for the day that you know you can get done even in your present mood. (Example: Still can read a book before popping the Nyquil.)
- Accomplish the first task right away (even if it’s the smallest one). What this will allow for is for you to have confidence you can still check off the whole list as well as getting the ball rolling.
- Finish the rest of the tasks in no rush needed mode so that way you can still embrace the Netflix specials or the beauty of sleep.
Now as far as what kind of tasks are best to do in a day like this, I would recommend what I call the lap tasks. These are the things you can get done that can rest on your lap as you complete them. Examples of this are reading a book casually and just barely lifting your arms doing so from your lap (ish) and doing anything that can be accomplished via a laptop. Laptop tasks can be anything from writing a blog post (of course) or even online shopping for the holidays. This way it involves not too much physical work and you can control the mental work side of things as well.
In the grand scheme of things being sick stinks. But there are still ways where you do not have to feel terrible about yourself for getting nothing done and you were able to accomplish tasks that make you feel the day was not wasted.
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Mike M.
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