Going through cancer treatments, suffering from a long term illness, or being a caregiver as a young adult is really hard. Â I went from running marathons and being a busy-bee graduate student, attempting to research and salsa dance my way around life, to needing to take the summer off to finish chemotherapy treatments. Â Young adults are used to feeling in charge and able to conquer the world! Â Instead, I felt sick a lot and found reading (another favorite past time of mine) difficult to concentrate on. Â What resulted from this new found lack of direction was massive boredom. Â I discovered that I had very few hobbies that could be accomplished in a calm atmosphere and even fewer that I could do while dealing with a recent chemo treatment.
Have you been looking for activities to do when you aren’t feeling well or don’t have a lot of energy because of chemo treatments or another long term illness? Â What about when you are so exhausted from caregiving that you need a break? Â Look no further! Â There is a blog, specifically called Staying Calm that has a bunch of great articles on calming activities. Â I recently round one of their lists that featured relaxing things and realized that I have enjoyed many of those when I needed a calmer way of entertaining myself. Â Here is my list of favorite, calm activities…
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[list_item]watch a movie or favorite tv show.[/list_item]
[list_item]go for a walk.[/list_item]
[list_item]send someone a note or card.[/list_item]
[list_item]complete a task around the house.[/list_item]
[list_item]take a warm bath.[/list_item]
[list_item]color.[/list_item]
[list_item]try a new DIY project.[/list_item]
[list_item]do a logic puzzle.[/list_item]
[list_item]call up a friend.[/list_item]
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Eventually I learned that by making a list of everything that I wanted to do (and knowing that I couldn’t add things like, run 10 miles, to the list…), I could always find something worth attempting.  What activities do you like doing when you aren’t feeling well? Let us know!!!