#*runs off to do chores*

[kedreeva]

I've been cleaning all day, I think you should get up and do a chore, too. we're in this together.

#let me know what u did #I want to know what other horrible little chore people are doing #I cleaned swept and mopped the kitchen floor #and then cleared off the stairs to the basement #which was full of spiderwebs and rock salt and leaves #and other horrible things #I am running laundry #I just finished scooping the cat litter #and cleaning the rat cage out #and tragically I am not even DONE #i desire company doing the horrors (cleaning) #personal

[drawbudd]

LOVE WINS???

#wow actually me talking #Cult of the lamb #I'm????? #I literally had no idea that could even HAPPEN in cult of the lamb??? #Anyways I would die for them now I guess #Like from time to time I'm doing chores around the cult and I'll see them give a lil smooch before returning to whatever they were doing #And every time i like #Go into sopping wet cat mode #Shoutout to the two slowly aging disciples who have been through thick and thin real #Webber from being in my cult since like the start of the game (I'm at like day 140 or something) #And amdusias who has died like 4 times at least (and has also dissented and tried to run off just as many times) #Like he's such a traitor at heart but I revived him like twice because of quests and this time just because I was bored #It was purely out of spite like yeah let's bring that bitch back again. Why not #And then love happened!!! #This hasn't stopped him though amdusias has dissented twice since then #But this time around he has his priest bf to talk to him and hold his hand through it :)

[midnightcaptions]

cool concept: i remember how to draw again

#alas i am stuck running around like a chicken with its head cut off doing ye olde chores of tending my stock and canning things

[ilonacho]

it hit me what makes me the most miserable abt my work week is how it’s just school all over again. just hanging in there until the weekend. repeat. repeat. repeat

#5 outta 7 days im at work. 2 days of freedom #2 days to do chores n run errands n relax n sleep n draw n catch up w/ friends n go places #and if u gotta reschedule itll be weeks before ur available again #like for months now ive tried to get together w/ friends but our days off dont match n shit keeps coming up #not to mention im fucking tired! im exhausted! i want to sleep in and then draw the rest of the day! #i think the worst part is that back in school.. at least it didnt matter as much? because it all led to an end aka graduation? #like i didnt mind the wait for next weekend as much cuz it was temporary #like eventually ill graduate and then ill have freedom! (i thought? for some reason??) #but now its like.. the weeks are going by so fast this year is already almost over i turn 26 in 2 weeks #and this is.. the rest of my life? like youre kidding right? this cant be it? #i get off work n then i have to take care of the cats n chores n then eat dinner n then shower n then its late and i gotta sleep #before work the next day. i dont have time nor energy to rly do anything #and ill get that feeling of like. oh well at least it brings me closer to the next ‘weekend’ #but i dont wanna live weekend to weekend #i mean im thankful to have a job n coworkers i love like i truly hate it there sometimes but i also am happy and thankful for it #but yknow.. it shouldnt have to be like this #i worded this so much better in the shower but im tired of feeling like school part 2 like what the fuck man #ive had work every single day since we came back from our trip n i just dont have time/energy for anything #i need to open commissions back up but i havent even gotten around to starting one a friend asked for #not to mention this years christmas card ive barely got the sketch done for #and again. my favourite holiday. halloween is on tuesday and while we did plan halloweeny stuff it just has not felt like halloween #i havent had any ideas/energy/time for any halloweeny art #+chores n errands etc lmao we havent even been to the grocery store yet (calling us out here) #it just. suuuuucks aaaaaass man the world is so beautiful life is a gift i dont wanna spend it like this

[chiropterx]

No matter how much Man-Bat may like you, he's still very much a wild animal at heart and capable of turning on even his best friend should they stand between him and food or worse, between him and Francine. She is the only person he refuses to harm under any circumstance, making it wise to tread carefully whenever his ex-wife is involved.

#🦇 || musings #🦇 || headcanons #Disappointed myself again with a lack of writing #I did a little but not all I wanted #Got roped into chores then just felt bummed out bc shitty weather #Well at least some got done and muse is going strong #In all seriousness Man-Bat is fucking DANGEROUS #He could be grooming you one minute and if you do something he does not like he might bare his fangs at you #And he can't tell you not to do the thing #Just running on animal impulses #Luckily it's pretty easy to read his body language and he usually gives warnings before he strikes #Usually #Stuff like flattened ears and puffy fur while staring hard #Also spread wings #All the unfriendly signs #Definitely do NOT hurt or attempt to hurt Francine HE WILL COME FOR YOU SO BADLY #I need to write Francine but I'm so bad already goshhh #Man-Bats are generally very protective towards their own okay??? #If he sees you as part of his 'colony' you'll be protected too #Unless you piss him off lol

[petorahs]

playing persona 3 reload feels like taking care of a cat. i will not elaborate

#aishi.exe #gaaahhhh ghrhajhahhh i am so happy. this game makes me so happy to be running around doing stuff like chores #. #until it doesnt. (vacant stare off to the distance)

[starspaceace]

finally have a day off work where i don’t have to help my mom move for the first time in like two weeks 🎉🎉🎉

#i actually have two days off :) #that does mean i do have errands to run and chores i’ve been putting off to do 😔😔😔 #carley talks

[robinsnest2111]

tryin to get more sleep in was a huge mistake. more nightmares

#my parents kept me trapped in the house i kept trying to break out and run away #they lied to everyone that i was insane and i needed to be brought back to them for my own good #latest attempt at running away and i had no id. no phone. no cash or other way to pay for anything. #some grocery store took pity on me and actually believed my sob story #they hired me on the spot. i got a new id new bank account new identity. basically a new life. #the weirdest found family story ever basically #anyway. once again woke up in a cold sweat #will graham core. cannot deny it. getting tired of it tho #anyway. time to get out of bed and get some chores done #it's my day off after all and there are so many things to do

[orcelito]

I realized smth this morning

Ngl, I think this is tied for one of the worst summers of my fucking life lmao, rivaled only by when I was 18 and there was *waves hand* all That trauma

This kind of draining multi-hit wonder is just... yeah. Yeah.

#speculation nation #negative/ #i guess. #the good news is my advisor got back to me & said i can take next semester off if i need to #and boy do i need to. i just know if i try to go back to school like this im gonna crash and burn Hard. #so im gonna take yet another semester off. maybe someday i'll finish school. #better to be slow about it. i dont wanna put myself in that kind of brain state. #the here and now matters too. not just the vague idea of the future. #ive got the memorial tomorrow and im kind of dreading it. ive spent a Month running from my grief the best i can #two months actually. cant forget about the first death! haha #im going to be confronting it tomorrow though. whether i want to or not. #im just... so tired. im at work rn and it's a chore to do Anything... #trying to prep for being gone for the weekend. but frankly i just want to lie down.

[rillabrooke]

i now have a blister on my thumb from so much scrubbing but at least the eggs look nice.

#ok how does my family function when I'm away #does no one do basic tasks like washing the eggs?? #need a bit of rest before i tackle the laundry list of chores remaining #rilla.txt #dl #running off caffeine and ibuprofen today ✌🏻😗

[dragpinkman]

school and work again 😔 have a good monday soldiers

#i know im like the last person getting off spring break but still #dont get me wrong i dont dislike what i do but beach and running in the water with dog ... #back to normal life and chores once more

[bittersweetblasphemy]

NOT AGAIN

#guess who has the fucking rona again #10 minutes with my mother in law #both of us are vaxed #both of us were fine and magically felt sick on the same day #just found out bc she text my hubs she was positive and he took a home test #god DAMNIT #bruh i had so many fucking chores to run #i was okay with putting them off until maybe Monday or Tuesday #but now my ass is gonna be stuck at home god dammit #i cant do another week of not being able to stand more than 5 minutes before having to lay down due to lack of oxygen #this is fucking hell #i HATE #IM SO FUCKING SICK OF PEOPLE ACTING LIKE THIS IS NOTHING #WHY COULDN'T PEOPLE JUST WEAR A MASK AND QUARANTINE FROM THE GODDAMN BEGINNING #NOW WE STILL GOTTA DEAL WITH THIS BULLSHIT #vent #anger spiral

[vanweezer]

i wanna get off the couch and run around my house so bad but its 1am and my knees would pop clean off

#guys the only thing that stops me from doing this btw. is drawing #like basically all of my past jobs (the ones where i was off meds) if i wasnt doing some type of work or drawing #i was always swaying or pacing. moreso swaying if i didnt have the room #last job i had involved me doing my chores on an exact routine and if i was good on all my chores and had nothing to do #i was basically softcore jogging up and down the registers and aisles #i was better at masking this than the last employee they had with adhd (ie drawing or fixing something) but i still got in trouble #for not staying put :/ #now that i dont have a job im straight up running around my house which is not difficult to do at all #its like. my room? the living room. and back and forth between there and the kitchen #hours on end if i dont eat or draw for the day #and i wanna run around so bad but my BODY!!! CANNOT TAKE THESE THINGS

[dredshirtroberts]

having to physically remind myself i'm allowed to enjoy downtime especially if i've already done Tasks and Important Things.

#anyone else feel ultra bad about doing fun or enjoyable things before noon-2pm? #like the Morning is for Doing Things and you can't have fun until After Lunch #when the day is almost done and what's the point of trying to do productive things because after 2 is practically 3 which is almost 5 #which means you've got like max 7 hours left in your day which means that's closer to like 5 hours which means you're running out of time #for fun things and nothing is open or available to do and NOW you can slack off #or is that just me? #i've been unemployed for about 2 years now you'd think i'd have fixed this #i've literally already done several chores and will probably do more after i've eaten and if i'm told there are things that need to be done #(esp if i've missed them) #i've literally been sitting here playing games on my phone and watchign youtube videos #i could be playing an actual fun game instead but because it's not Slacking Off hours that's apparently illegal for my brain #i'd ask why i'm like this but i can point to several very clear factors into why this is #all of them loop back to how fervently my bio family worshiped capitalism when i was younger #as i'm sure you can guess this whole thing pairs *real* nicely with my issues being disabled most of the time #i'm just. I AM ALLOWED TO ENJOY MY TIME ON EARTH #BRAIN PLEASE CATCH UP TO THIS QUICKLY OR I'M GOING TO STRESS MYSELF TO DEATH OVER FUCKING NOTHING

[pibsboots]

I've always had chronic fatigue. I remember being twelve, and an adult mentioned how I couldn't possibly know how tired they felt because adulthood brought levels of exhaustion I couldn't imagine. I thought about that for days in fear, because I couldn't remember the last time I didn't feel tired.

Eventually I came to terms with the fact that I was just tired, and I couldn't do as many things as everyone else. People called me lazy, and I knew that wasn't true, but there's only so many times you can say "I'm tired" before people think it's an excuse. I don't blame them. When a teenager does 20 hours of extracurriculars every week and only says "I'm too tired" when you ask them to do the dishes, it's natural to think it's an excuse. At some point, I started to think the same thing.

It didn't matter that I could barely sit up. It was probably all in my head, and if I really wanted to, I could do it.

When I learned the name for it, chronic fatigue, I thought wow, people that have that must be miserable, because I am always tired and I cannot imagine what it would feel like if it were worse.

Spoiler alert, if you've been tired for a decade, it's probably chronic fatigue.

Once I figured that out though, I thought of my energy as the same as everyone else's, just smaller in quantity. And that might be true for some people, but I've figured out recently that it absolutely isn't true for me.

I used to be like wow I have so much energy today I can do this whole list for sure! And then I'd do the dishes and have to lay down for 2 hours. Then I'd think I must gave misjudged that, I didn't have as much energy as I thought.

But the thing is - I did have enough energy for more tasks, I just didn't go about them properly.

With chronic fatigue, your maximum energy is obviously much smaller than the average person's. Doing the dishes for you might use up the same percentage of energy that it takes to do all the daily chores for someone else.

If someone without chronic fatigue was to do all the daily chores, they would take breaks. Because otherwise, they're sprinting a marathon for no reason and it would take way more energy than necessary. We have to do the same.

Put the cups in the dishwasher, take a break. Put the bowls in, take a break. So on and so forth. This may mean taking breaks every 2-5 minutes but afterwards, you get to not feel like you've run a marathon while carrying 4 people on your back.

Today, I had a moderate amount of energy. Under my old system of go till you drop, I probably could have done most of the dishes and wiped off the counter and then been dead to the world for the rest of the day.

Under the new system, I scooped litter boxes, cleaned out the fridge, took the trash out, cleaned the stove, and wiped off the counter and did all the dishes. And after all that, I still had it in me to make a simple dinner, unload the dishwasher, and tidy the kitchen.

It was complete and utter insanity. Just because I sat down whenever I felt myself getting more tired than I already was.

All this to say, take fucking breaks. It's time to unlearn the ceaseless productivity bullshit that capitalism has shoved down our throats. Its actively counterproductive. Just sit down. Drink some water. Rest your body when it needs to rest.

There will still be days where there is nothing to do but rest, and days where half a load of dishes is absolutely the most I can do. But this method has really helped me minimize those, which is so incredibly relieving.

#chronic illness #chronic fatigue #chronic pain

[munch-mumbles]

feeling like steaming hot garbage working sick and resisting the constant oh so extremely everpresent urge to say i want to k

#i can shake it off for a few days or maybe weeks at a time but it keeps coming back for me #at risk of being fucking annoying bc i say it all the time but i am genuinely running out of reasons to keep going you know #edit for some more bitching #how do i fix having Nothing bring me joy anymore im being dead fucking serious #even just like. sitting down to watch youtube feels like a chore #i just have to keep dragging myself through every hour of every day and its bordering torturous #lol