Diary – Easing back in

Friday 24th October 2025

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As I ease myself back into meetings, I have promised myself

1. Not to take anything on when it’s hubby’s day off work. ( that’s our time )
2. No more than 2 meeting per week, 3 absolute tops
3. Cut blogs down to just Mondays and Fridays to see how that goes.
4. Spend less time on social media
5. Not pressurising one’s self to create a piece of art work every day! ( art is to be enjoyed not forced )
6. Take more time for myself
7. Spend more quality time with hubby
8. Do the things that make me happy!

Less stress when living with my sidekick in tow has to be healthier

Stress can worsen symptoms such as confusion, agitation, memory loss, and difficulty communicating. A calm place, helps you feel more secure, in control, which makes my sidekick easier to cope with.

I have realised by taking a break, I am less stressed.

It’s not only the attending meeting that stresses me out, it’s all of the preparation work that goes into the meeting before hand. It’s not as easy as just sitting on a zoom call for an hour when living with dementia!

Don’t get me wrong I love to be involved and I’m not complaining. It is just taking me sometime to realise what my own abilities are now my sidekick is working alongside me!

I can’t rush around anymore from meeting to meeting it scrambles my head, making me tired, confused and irritable.

I’m sure people would rather i attended just a few meetings when I’m able to function better, rather than pushing myself into a frenzy, not able to digest anything that is said.

We all have different ways of working, some of us can take on much more than others, some of us enjoy to have the busy life of the non stop meetings.

There is no right or wrong way.

The important thing to realise, what is right for you!

Just because Joe Bloggs is involved in anything and everything, doesn’t mean it’s what you have to do!

Listen to you!

Don’t forget we are not all the same

We are all unique, it’s definitely not one size fits all