How to Pace Yourself, Despite Arthritis Pain

By Irene S. Roth

We live in a culture of quicker and quicker, don't we? And because of this, we have to learn to pace ourselves. This is especially the case for arthritis sufferers. In this E-book, I will outline ten ways that you can successfully pace yourself. After reading this E-book, decide which lifestyle changes you need to make right away, choose one of the ways of changing behaviours below to bring about the lifestyle change you would like, and try it for a minimum of two weeks. If you backslide for a while even after deciding on instituting a few of these changes in your life, don’t give up. Just be persistent! It can take a long time to learn new habits. Enjoy the process of learning to live in a slower and healthier way, one what won’t make you feel worse.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Irene S. Roth
• Release date: Mar 31, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310211379

Irene S. Roth

Irene S. Roth, MA is an academic and freelance writer. She writes academically, for teens and tweens and adults. When she isn't writing, she is teaching. She is also pursuing a Master's of Social Work Degree.

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How to Pace Yourself

Despite Arthritis Pain

Irene S. Roth

Copyright 2015 Irene S. Roth

http://www.howtomanageyourarthritus.com

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Tip #1 – Slow Down

Tip #2 – Take frequent breaks

Tip #3 – Ask for Help

Tip #4 – Delegate

Tip #5 – Be kind to yourself

Tip #6 – Pay attention to how you feel

Tip #7 – Mix Activity with rest

Tip #8 – Don’t be everything to everyone

Tip #9 – Practise Extreme Self-Care

Tip #10 – Don’t overdo it

Conclusion

About the Author

Introduction

Do you run too much every day, yet you can’t seem to get off the treadmill of quickness in your life? Do you feel so exhausted at the end of the day that you have nothing left to give to yourself or others? Do you get so tired that it takes you days to recover? Do you feel frustrated because you can’t accomplish as much as you think you used to do?

If you answered any of these questions in the affirmative, you may have difficulty pacing yourself. But rest assured that this is not a problem that only a few of us have. We all struggle with this from time to time, and for some reason, arthritis sufferers struggle with this more than others. This is possibly because before the onset of arthritis it was so easy for us to do so much more. Yet, now, it seems that we can only do a fraction of what we did previously. This can cause a lot of stress and frustration for arthritis sufferers.

Pacing yourself is difficult because we live in a culture that is always going and doing. And it doesn’t seem to matter if we