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I used to, but I’m retired and my son moved out 19 years back, so I don’t feel bad about resting at all. I just go with it. I figure if I have to rest, it’s cuz my body is telling me to. If I don’t rest, my body will rebel and make me rest…for a few days sometimes.
When I was a young mom, my doctor actually wrote out a prescription that said I had to take 15 minutes just for myself, and increase it by 5 minutes each week until I got up to an 2 hours. Partially it was because my wasband did nothing as far as child care and chores, and I was getting 3 hours sleep…not good. Doctor felt that if he saw a prescription, he start to take my fatigue seriously. But, also, it was because I didn’t think I deserved to rest.
One thing I learned from that was that if I wasn’t good to myself, if I did take care of me, then I was depleted for everything else.
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