Listening to your body - it's not as easy as they say
How many times do we hear the sentence, ' Listen to your body '? I say it too. I say it to my friends when they complain of feeling tired, unwell or hungry. I write it down a lot for my job. But, how often do I actually listen to my own voice, saying those bloody words? Not enough, I'll admit. This weekend, I caught the dreaded winter cold - again - in March. I was pretty mad about it. I'm not great at being poorly. I don't like feeling like shit (who does?) and I really don't like not being able to do the things I normally do - working to my full potential, sleeping like a normal human, tasting food... breathing. Being ill really is the worst. But the chances are, I caught this cold again because I was overdoing it. I was really enjoying work, it was busy but I was on top of things - just how I like it . We've also been decorating our upstairs, where weekends and evenings were taken up by painting, planning and so much dust. Any evening I wasn&#