Further to the last post, I am trying to remind myself that even with reduced executive function I have managed to achieve quite a bit of stuff in the last few weeks. Cheerleading and affirming comments would be appreciated :)
I am still managing to come up with all the reasons why this is insufficient or doesn't count, but I mostly think this is my jerkbrain being a jerk and it can go do one.
- Organised a Thronescamp
- Organised a group trip to see Richard II on Saturday
- Organised
leonato's birthday weekend - Run a training session for new servers
- Planned and led three singing rehearsals
- Run a couple of hundred miles, including knocking a minute and a half off my Parkrun PB
- Done a bunch of wedding organisation
- Delivered the church annual accounts
- Made a plan and booked flights to go and visit
danohu next month - Done this whilst travelling up and down the country every week, and mostly managing not to leave anything vital at the wrong end
I am still managing to come up with all the reasons why this is insufficient or doesn't count, but I mostly think this is my jerkbrain being a jerk and it can go do one.
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Date: 2019-04-10 09:34 am (UTC)From:I have definitely been aware of you getting stuff done recently.
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Date: 2019-04-10 10:11 am (UTC)From:no subject
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Date: 2019-04-10 12:32 pm (UTC)From:In particular, I think several things on that list, especially wedding, travel planning, organising large events, new exertion targets, financial responsibilities, and commuting... OK, update, I think MOST things on that list are things most people might need to have their full attention on and couldn't manage significant attention elsewhere on top of that. So, um, that was a really productive time, wait, only a few weeks, ok that was a REALLY productive time, if everything else had to wait, that's because you physically couldn't have done any more whatever you did.
OK, let me start over. All that in a few weeks? Wow, that's a lot, well done, that's really impressive whether you have executive function problems or not, even if you often manage that amount of stuff! I think that's the limit of what I could cope with if all of them were things I was reasonably familiar with beforehand, and if not, I couldn't do it at all. I wish I had that level of organisation, even if you struggle in other ways. I hope things are a bit less busy in future, even if many of the things continue.
And bear that in mind when considering how your executive function is holding up.
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Date: 2019-04-10 01:20 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2019-05-02 10:59 am (UTC)From:I hope things have got steadier since.
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Date: 2019-04-10 12:46 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2019-04-10 02:44 pm (UTC)From:I had a really fabulous Thronescamp, even without the gazillion other Cool Things on the list, I would still be counting your last month as a 'wow, Sebastian did A Excellent Thing.'
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Date: 2019-04-11 05:06 pm (UTC)From:Seriously, I want to thank you for Thronescamp (again) because I have felt so buoyed by it. The days since have just been brighter, more optimistic and generally hopeful, probably down to the mix of lovely people and space to let myself stop and breathe. So thank you for that.
I have even been on three runs (sort of runs anyway) this week, grabbing the inspiration of the park runners rather than my usual being impressed but staying on the sofa. Not only are you doing all your stuff but you are being an inspiration to someone else. So there. :p
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Date: 2019-04-17 03:42 am (UTC)From:Hoorah for running - I hope you're enjoying it. Have I ever extolled the virtues of Zombies! Run! to you? When I first started running it was absolutely brilliant at getting me to go out when I wasn't entirely feeling it, because I wanted to know what happened next in the story.
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Date: 2019-04-21 08:59 pm (UTC)From:I ran my first 5k today, which suggests that my strength training has kept me vaguely capable, but I'm very encouraged by that. I think once Mark's ankle is better we will be looking at trying me at a Parkrun.