5 Ways to Be Productive with Chronic Illness: How I Built a Business from Bed
tinybuddha.com“The master leads by weakening their ambition and toughening their resolve.” ~Tao Te Ching How much of productivity advice is ableist?
Sure, there are lots of good ideas and concepts in there, but most of it is healthy body focused. Advice like: “Be sure to exercise in the morning.” “Get up early before anyone else.” “Keep a consistent of meditation, journaling.” “Set aside fixed times in the day to do deep work.” “Get dressed and do your hair even if you work from home.” “Set goals and stick to them.” “Work harder than anyone else around you.” I have built a business entirely from bed, entirely from my pajamas, without ever getting up early, without knowing what time my body is willing to get up and function each day, with no schedule at all due to daily changing physical and schedule needs.
I set goals, but they only get done when they can; I cannot force my body to make anything happen. I might have a few hours a day average of usable time, some days it’s barely usable at all.
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