A Cringe Worthy Rollercoaster

Living With Complex Illnesses and Fatigue Is Hard and Restrictive, But Navigable With Accommodations and Compromises - Until The Apple Cart Gets Upset. *****************************************************************************************************

That's where I am at the moment, looking into the upcoming days of this month and seeing nothing but an upset applecart.

Honestly, it is May AND June that's sketchy.

For Further Details, Watch The Video Linked Here and Read Below The Video

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As you know if you've been around for long. I live a very non-standard life. It's not too far removed from that of a proper hermit's life. This is by choice, but not for anti-social reasons. It is an accomodation tool that I use to keep my body and life as functional as possible. Even with this support of limiting my activities, my health and chronic injuries still greatly limit my productivity.

Essentially, I'm saying my "Non-Standard Hermit Life" doesn't leave much room for actual life.

But sometimes, life just can't be ignored. It must be lived. The things that pile up when you are forced to ignore them must get done. Floors must be vacuumed, bed linens must be changed, filing must be done, food must be prepared, doctor appointments must be attended, laundry must be done - etc

• Prioritizing health-management, for me, includes mental health management. And for me, that's what being creative does. It manages my mental health. No, it doesn't just manage it, it feeds it - to the core of my soul it feeds it.

Quiltmaking is for me, a therapeutic creative outlet.

The sharing of my quiltmaking journey on YouTube is the social life that's difficult as a hermit to achieve otherwise.

• Using my quiltmaking and our quiltmaking community to bless others, the pediatric patients on transplant waiting lists, that's pure gold. It is a purpose to my life that is difficult to have otherwise.

IT IS SO COUNTERINTUITIVE

• Hermit-life is not easily understood. Nor is a life filled with dynamic limitations - much less the constant ones.

  • Nor, are either intuitively easy to manage. I mean, really and truly, it is not for everyone!!

    • It is a place I never thought I'd be. But here I am. I'm doing it, and because of YouTube and all of you, I am doing it in a way that blesses me, and will soon bless others through our shared #averyquilts projects. What a wonderful thing that is!!!

Being able to sustain my content-creation efforts is a challenge that I'm not sure how to manage. Be assured of this however. I aim to continue trying to find the right balance.

I know everything I do rides a rollercoaster. I've adapted to that, but brining you all into my rollercoaster is a hard-ask.

It is awkward to ask others to come into the messy parts of your world, the parts where you don't have it all together. It is for me anyway. It is like asking your prissiest of acquaintances to come vacuum up the dog hair off your floors and scrub your toilets!!!

Yet here I am, doing just that - inviting you onto my rollercoaster, not asking you to vacuum or scrub toilets just to be clear....

No, waht I am here asking of you is to have patience for me, have grace for my limitations, and to stay a member of my community - if, that is, you are so graced to see my value as your friend and fellow quiltmaker.

If we can't be friends, because of my limitations, if you can't see my potential value to you, or for any reason, or you just don't like rollercoasters, then unsubscribe. I won't fault you, and noone should. None of us are meant for everyone.

My plan however, is to continue believing there's value (for myself sure, but for others too, hopefully) in sharing my creativity (and my life and even my complex health) with the quiltmaking world. Besides, I selfishly gain too much from being in this community. The combo is a lifeline for me.

So, yeah, May is month in which I must take care of stuff that's been piling up and manage some responsiblities and go see my out-of-state neurosurgeon, but without a doubt, I'll be back (God Willing)  - moving forward our projects - just as soon as I can!

Since I likely won't be in your feed for the next little bit, please hit the notifications bell to turn on the "ALL" option. Why? Because by the time I'm back on Youtube, I will be starved for your company!

I'll see you in the next video.

Until then, please #keepmovingtheneedle in your studios.

Dawn

(Your Self-Proclaimed-Favorite Quiltmaking Hermit!)

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