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Build a Shelf in Your Mind

Build a Shelf in Your Mind — The Resolve to Call 'Days You Can't Move' Normal
1. Are you comparing yourself to who you were yesterday?
Regardless of whether or not you have a disability, we tend to evaluate ourselves using a deduction-based system, thinking things like, 'I was able to do so much yesterday, but today I can't move,' or 'I was positive yesterday, but today I have no motivation.'
However, that is the same as bullying yourself.
A 'day you were able to do things' is nothing more than a 'bonus stage' where you happened to be in good condition.
I want you to first acknowledge that the days you couldn't move are your true 'normal'.
2. Humans are creatures that spend '40%' of their lives on maintenance activities
It is better not to think of humans as such noble creatures.
No matter how excellent a person is, everyone has an equal 24 hours in a day. Of that, 6 to 8 hours are spent sleeping. If you include eating, excretion, and tidying up around you, it is the standard specification of the human species to spend nearly 35% to 40% of their lives doing things that have 'no productivity'.
Since we spend nearly 40% of our lives on 'maintenance activities just to live,' it is only natural as a biological organism if you can't do anything for a day or two a week. There is no need to feel any burden at all.
3. Have a stocker in the 'backyard' of your mind
There is a saying by an author that goes, 'Build a shelf in your mind.'
My image of this is a 'backyard stocker' behind a shop.
You can just leave worries or problems you can't deal with immediately in that stocker with a note attached.
Decide to organize them by saying, 'I will take them out as soon as the time comes to deal with them.' This is by no means 'running away,' but a clever preparation to wait for the next opportunity.
4. Don't wander around while carrying the load
Wandering around while carrying heavy loads (worries or unreasonable tasks) will only make you tired and solve nothing.
If the price of pushing yourself to move for a day or two is that you end up unable to move for the next 10 or 20 years, that becomes a major, irreparable problem.
Deciding to 'not carry it now, not deal with it now' and shelving it is a positive, 'proactive deferral' to protect your existence for the long term.
5. Conclusion: The 'resolve' to forgive yourself
Administrative procedures, nursing care settings, and human relationships that don't go as planned.
There are many walls in the world that cannot be moved by your own power alone. When that happens, please make full use of your mental stocker.
Stop blaming your 'unable self' and assert that 'this is normal.'
Just by having that small 'resolve,' the air tomorrow should feel a little easier to breathe.

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