Why Doing Less Feels Like Doing More

When Your Energy Is Limited

I used to measure my days by how much I could get done. More boxes checked meant more success, more proof that I was moving forward. But when chronic illness arrived, that equation broke. No matter how carefully I wrote my to-do list, my body had its own accounting system.

At first, I fought it. I told myself if I pushed harder, if I just managed my tim…