With the big event behind us, I look forward in my calendar to see what I have already committed to. The Pie and Vinyl sale needs some attention with 2,000 albums in my basement yet to be colour coded, priced and sorted alphabetically. With help from Lanny and Steve this should be manageable. Delegate more to Barb and George will help and don’t forget Cheryl’s offer to help. Many hands make like work and getting more people involved greatly improves the perspective of success. Learning to share the load may well be my best way to still have big goals and successfully keep Parkinson’s my highest priority for volunteering.
Pacing myself will be my second new best friend. Need to keep any planned activity to no more than 4 hours long with opportunity for breaks as required. When my physical energy is depleted so goes my cognitive skills and my emotional balance. When I am having a bad PD day need to have the ability to say “not today” to any commitment. Respect for my limitations must override obligation to complete. As a hard task manager, I have pushed myself past the point of exhaustion on many occasions but worse than that I often dragged many people along as well.
Some other activities will be passed on or over as the priorities for my retirement years will be reset as of today. I will stick to my plan of getting out of the “buy & sell” hobby by liquidating most of my collectibles. Big yard sale in May and then clearance at the Lakefield Flea Market. Only take on one client for yard work to be out in the summer as much as possible. Hold back on the cafe development and let the Mount run itself. Into Action?…. No!…. Out of Action? ….. No! But with a laser focus on Slowing Down and doing what matters more to me!