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Practice, Not Perfect

Illustration of a woman in seated meditation

Meditation is saving my brain and my heart. I don’t remember when I first learned to meditate. I remember being required to sit every day for a period of three months back in about 2004. So it was before that.

rebeccaweger January 6, 2021 Deeper Dive 2 Comments Read more

Bed-tethered Lifehacks: May 2020 Update

I love seeing how other people organize things and solve problems. Those what’s in your bag posts? Love them. For bedbound folks, the question is usually, what’s next to your bed? We want to know how folks set up their

rebeccaweger May 22, 2020May 26, 2020 Deeper Dive 4 Comments Read more

Some Coping Approaches for COVID-19

I know folks are feeling scared and overwhelmed with the prospect of social distancing, isolation, possibly even quarantine. Here’s a missive from someone who has experience being housebound. I’ve been mostly housebound since sometime in 2017. As of this writing,

rebeccaweger March 13, 2020 Deeper Dive 4 Comments Read more

Staying Connected to the Outside World

Cascadilla Falls

Until I was too ill to go out much, I walked through my neighborhood every day. I walked to work from 2008-2016. I got a dog in 2014. I have a deep connection to this little part of the world.

rebeccaweger July 15, 2019 Deeper Dive No Comments Read more

Bed-tethered Life Hacks: Bedside Supplies

Photo of Rebecca's bedside setup

I spend about 90-95% of my time in bed. I’m able to get up to use the bathroom, grab something from the kitchen, get a book from the living room, but I don’t move around much more than that. And

rebeccaweger June 30, 2019August 10, 2019 Deeper Dive 2 Comments Read more

Quality of Life

Photo of Rebecca and Marigold relaxing on the porch

Here’s the thing about having a really disabling chronic illness. It’s unpredictable. And very difficult to plan for the future. While I have several conditions, the one with the most dramatic impact on my life is ME/CFS. I could improve.

rebeccaweger June 23, 2019July 15, 2019 Deeper Dive No Comments Read more

Signal Boost: What to Do When You’re Bored With Your Routines

Signal Boost: What to Do When You’re Bored With Your Routines

Blame hedonic adaptation: the tendency for us to get used to things over time. Source: What to Do When You’re Bored With Your Routines One of the things that gnaws at me a little is how much my life has

rebeccaweger March 31, 2019 Signal Boost No Comments Read more

Signal Boost: No. 1 Pacing Tip: How to Unlearn the “Completion Compulsion”

Signal Boost: No. 1 Pacing Tip: How to Unlearn the “Completion Compulsion”

Pushing ourselves to complete a task is the most common pacing mistake most of us make. “The next step is choosing a different action. Sometimes even with awareness, we can think, “I know I’m running out of energy, but I

rebeccaweger March 4, 2019March 4, 2019 Signal Boost No Comments Read more
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