This next few months will probably be the hardest period of pacing I've ever had to do! So to get through it without my health (PoTS and hypermobility) spiraling down, I've got to pace like family will be doing the manual stuff..... ....Only.... ...I LOVE doing fixing things, DIY and flat-pack So on the face of it I'm well prepared....but I'm also still learning how to handle my massive fluctuations

I call these: pacing 'holiday' days.

Pacing to manage limited energy involves switching between activities that are challenging and ones which (Check out the pacing category for more information on pacing) We created the   Pacing Fridge Magnets The fridge magnets - separated from their sheet, into individual magnets 2 - Place them on a suitable (see also our  pacing 'handy hints' poster  and ‘ Pocket book of Pacing ’  fo r more tips on pacing Having a 'for tomorrow' section of the board is a good idea - so if a task doesn't fit in today's pacing

I'm sure it's a useful survival skill, but when it comes to pacing to manage chronic illness or disability a few days, I adjust to the higher level of symptoms, making that my 'normal' - and as a result my pacing Pacing to that higher level of symptoms. So even though I was working hard to pace, and thought I was pacing well, I hadn't registered the higher And now I've completely renewed my pacing/condition management strategies to ensure I don't get straight

particular joint, or from repeated movements (like typing, or mouse use) To help manage these symptoms, I pace means I don't strain my neck to look at the screen, (a laptray with a theraband holding my laptop in place (I have these cube timers - when it's on, to set it you just place it with the right number face up.) tendency to get really engrossed in projects and then completely to forget to eat and drink - let alone pace

moving so can book help with confidence - but you can also spread things out a little more to help you pace about 5 weeks between exchanging and moving - and although it wasn't my decision, it was a HUGE help in pacing local hotel/Bed n breakfast/with a friend over the move date - so I could get away from the chaos and pace really well until the final 3-4 days - when it was 'these things HAVE  to be done by the move date' - so pacing By 'society's standards' this can feel like a failure - but actually it's an important pacing decision

It's been a bit of a pacing marathon - with a 30 minute timer being employed regularly for the past 2

I've done my absolute best to pace - taking extra half-day breaks when my rest days got interrupted, It was as if my body and brain have decided I'm on holiday, and in a safe space.

My usual self management and pacing strategies rely on responding to my body's needs in order to maintain

downloadable versions of our disability keyring cards - at the moment something like these - as A4 pages with one or two cards on the page. (Note: the maximum number of cards that will fit on an A4 page, and still be printable at the right size is two ) The suggested prices are: £1.50 per page - usually there will be 1 card (front and back) per page, but sometimes there will be two - for example where they are very simple designs that haven't

liquid and salt intake cooling vest - this is a vest thing with pockets that hold 'phase change cooling packs Phase change packs are like ice-packs, but they 'freeze' at 16 degrees C (or other specified temperature

I can fit my phone plus my pack of keyring cards in it.