What Day Is It? Does It Matter If Every Day Feels Like Sunday When You Live With Chronic Illness?

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I’ve decided one of the hardest things about being medically retired is working out what day of the week it is!I have always loved Sundays. In our home it’s usually a quiet and reflective day. I say, usually, as I’m married to an Anglican clergyman, and Sundays were far from quiet in the past. It was actually the busiest day of our week!! They have always been reflective, though.Thankfully, he is retired now, as my carer, so we can definitely reclaim Sundays as a quiet day.Some days still feel like a Monday or a Thursday if I have medical appointments to attend, and they are extremely difficult days for me physically. Other than those odd, busy days, I can pace myself.It should be like this as it’s why I’m medically retired, to care for myself, manage my disease, and find a new quality of life.However, the biggest battle with embracing every day like it’s Sunday is with me.In this podcast episode, I discuss what it means to embrace your chronic illness in order to find acceptance and create a new, rewarding way of living again.If you are struggling with this concept, I really hope my story and my journey to choosing to "deliberately" accept my circumstances might help you on your journey, too.I also give a bit of a health update at the start.Take careSam xx