Obstinance or Brilliance

I am still paying the price for pushing myself in June, and I thought it was time to share with you what I’ve been up to, how it went, what worked, and what I could have done better. The TL;DR version is that I did too much, loved almost every moment of it, and then I ended up feeling like a haggard and disheveled octogenarian who had dragged a couch up a mountain trail.To give you an idea of what I’ve been up to, here’s a concise whirlwind from April to present. I have left out my daily duties and medical care for my daughter:I signed up for the conference in April, had to write 6000 words in two days, took six weeks to design a story from scratch and write 8000 words instead, finished in time to design& complete my daughter’s very late wedding invitation —as well as her web site, prepared for the conference, attended the conference from June 11–15, attended my daughter’s wedding on June 16th, stayed up late tearing down decorations, moving tables, and stacking chairs, attended church and performed my duties, spent two days ticking, spent 11 hours purchasing gear and packing my youngest daughter for her all girls church camping trip, recuperated for one day (ticking), packed myself and sped across Utah to stay on site at the campground just in case my daughter had a seizure, read thirteen volumes of My Hero Academia, wrote three articles, wrote one blog, finished a bound journal, went for a hike, practiced my tin whistle on a mountai...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - Category: Psychiatry Tags: ADHD Depression Family Goodreads Writing Source Type: blogs