Nevermind, my motivation just walked into the room w/his pants & pull-up around his ankles. Lol!

I wish I could help but I'm having the same problem. Maybe you could send the little one with the pull-ups down around the ankles to my house and then to your house and we'll both get motivated. Hee, Hee!!!

rofl...motivation acheived i guess..lol

On days like that, I "go to sofa" and read (if I can remember what I'm reading--sometimes I can't) or on the worst days, watch mindless TV. Or sleep. My best suggestion to get yourself going is to take a blasting shower, stretch, take another shower and rinse in the coldest water you can stand. If that doesn't work, refer to "sofa" time above. Hee-hee.

hee hee marsha i do the same think regarding reading..and forgetting what i just read..sometimes i read the same page over and over and over...lol

I take the shower, get dressed, and drink some coffee while listening to some upbeat music. I say to myself if you get those dishes done and start a load of wash then later you can read or take a nap.

i have a daily routine. or try to. i get up drink my coffee and do what absolutely needs to get done. dishes,laundry,vacuum then i lay on my but the rest of the day while tending to my 4 yr old. i havent been in that routine the past couple of weeks because of surgery. some days i just let everything go..
elaine

Isnt it just nasty when you feel like this. Don't know what to suggest. Cold shower will make you ache I think Reneanne has the answer

When I take a shower it helps if I take a warm - not hot one- then very cool water almost as cold as I can take ( like marshar suggested) and its really nice if you can stretch in the shower - let the water hit your back, shoulders while you stretch etc.

I would have to go with the hot shower and music..get those feet movin..LOL...
I have the same problem, my house looks like ten demons came in , had a party and left the mess for me....and I have guest coming...and here I sit...LOL...good luck sweetie!!

I have to take scalding hot showers because my muscles hurt so bad. I relax them that way. Then I take my meds and turn up my really hip jirating music and sing along as I am cleaning. i am so OCD and anal that I keep going even when I shouldnt. I push myself too far but I keep up with the hosue. By staying on top of the major things it isn't so bad. And on the days when my pain in managable i do more strenuous work. I do pay for all of these things later. But at least I know I did all I could and it is one step closer to getting the job done! My motivation, I have to have a clean and orderly house or I feel chaotic inside. So I have to clean to feel better. Because if I give into my pain like my body wants, I would never get out of bed. And i WONT have that!!! So I push myself too hard. So I suffer for it later. When the job is done and my body shuts down. I know that my work is done so I don't worry about it anymore. Maybe I am weird that way. I just put on my music to distract my mind from my pain and fatigue. I keep going. "do one more thing" i repeat that cycle that mantra till the house is done. I know it sounds like my FM isnt bad. Trust me it is. I cleaned yesturday. And it wasn't even that much. I washed a few dishes and gatherd up the trash. I was out for the rest of the day taking pain meds like candy and crying and sleeping. it was horrible!!! My family, although sometimes this is annoying, believes in pull yourself up by your boot straps. I know it is hard to do it with a chronic condition but I remember the job still has to get done somehow by someone. And in the end it is usually by me, simply because I feel better cuz I know it is done to my liking. lol. I have no one to blame but myself. But it keeps me getting up instead of giving in. Whatever works right?

Hugs
Tink

When I'm having a 'good' day, I do all I can, all the things I've let go. By the end of the day, everything is usually at least acceptable. On bad days, I do exactly what I feel like doing..wheather that is staying in bed, on the couch, in the recliner with the laptop, whatever. I try to be good to myself, I don't beat myself up over what I can't do or 'should' do. This disease is not my fault, and I refuse to take the blame for it. So I do what I can, and let the rest go. If tomorrow is better, I'll do more, if not, it'll wait. Of course, I don't have a four
year old! But there is not only your motivation, but your priority~~aas long as he is cared for and happy, don't worry about the rest. It will all get done in time.

Motivation? That is something I wish I could get. It seems the older I get, the more medical issues I chalk up, the more I become ho-hum. The "fog" is so heavy at times, I just don't know how to navigate out of it. Hubby just does not understand. That man is always busy. Even when he is sitting down, his brain is conjuring up new things to do.
I know I have to do housework, I know I should exercise (if I could come up with a routine that did not collide with my issues) and I know I COULD feel better if I had some worthwhile Carrot hanging by a string at least a block away urging me on.
I recall the time when I would put on my oldies but goodies.. darn, the apartment would be sparkle within a two hour period. I would Shag with the mop, twist with the dust rag, hop with the pledge, and have a good ole rocking time.
NOW, I am like a BBQ rib.. slow and low... Can't get up enough steam to even look for the mop, the heck with the vaccuum cleaner, and who cares about cleaning the windows or blinds.. the smuges keep the neighbors from seeing in!
At least we know we are not alone with these feeling.