My apartment heated up like a car parked in the sunshine as the thermometer rose above 90 degrees over the weekend. For me - a person who considers 65 degrees an ideal temperature - this is a severe heat wave.
I keep drinking fluids, especially water, to combat dehydration. I avoid using the stove, the toaster, or anything that generates heat. It seems to take a great effort to go anywhere, but I enjoy the frozen food aisle when I get to the grocery store. Nonetheless, the hot weather, on top of the ailments I've mentioned in previous blog entries, has resulted in feelings of weakness and exhaustion.
The good thing about this experience is that I take greater care to establish my priorities for each day. I don't like to plan on feeling tired and weak, but - if I do - I want to know that I have accomplished at least one thing I consider high priority. The surprise is usually not in what I have done - it's in what I have been able to let go of doing.
For example, I may succeed in going grocery shopping and putting the groceries away at home. Then I feel ready to rest or even sleep. Later that day or evening, I may actually pay some bills and load the dishwasher. At that point, I may feel like I've done about all I can do on that day. Guess what! I didn't change my bed, read some articles I wanted to read, send a card to my cousin, and several other things. Guess what else! I can still do them tomorrow if they become a higher priority.
I call this OWTM (One Woman Time Management). Fortunately, I have no spouse or children at home, so I am the one who is responsible for making the priorities and for seeing the priorities are carried out. The great sense of power comes when I realize I can change my priorities as much or as little as I want along the way.
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