I see you. I’ve been doing the pacing thing for the last 7 years or so. For most of that time, I had little guidance on what it meant. I googled my way to the cardiac rehab protocols that are sorta helpful, if you’re careful—but mostly not, for us in the ME/CFS crowd, as the long-COVID folks are sadly learning.
Recently I came across some actually great advice explaining *how* to pace. The presentation was called something like “Pacing for Endurance,” although I can’t track it down. With apologies to its author, I’ll share the outline because it has been huge for me and may interest you and your readers:
1. Divide to-do lists into HIGH and LOW energy tasks
2. Add in BUFFER TIME
3. Focus on a DAILY RHYTHM, not a schedule
4. Have a BACKUP PLAN
Incidentally, I’ve used this in combination with Jessie Kwak’s creativity practice guide, with good results :)
I see you. I’ve been doing the pacing thing for the last 7 years or so. For most of that time, I had little guidance on what it meant. I googled my way to the cardiac rehab protocols that are sorta helpful, if you’re careful—but mostly not, for us in the ME/CFS crowd, as the long-COVID folks are sadly learning.
Recently I came across some actually great advice explaining *how* to pace. The presentation was called something like “Pacing for Endurance,” although I can’t track it down. With apologies to its author, I’ll share the outline because it has been huge for me and may interest you and your readers:
1. Divide to-do lists into HIGH and LOW energy tasks
2. Add in BUFFER TIME
3. Focus on a DAILY RHYTHM, not a schedule
4. Have a BACKUP PLAN
Incidentally, I’ve used this in combination with Jessie Kwak’s creativity practice guide, with good results :)
I love that! Thanks so much for sharing🧡🧡 I’m screenshotting this for sure (both to try and to share). You’re the best, of course 🥰