Being productive with plants and aprons

I have been operating  at 70% for the last 3 ½ months. My processing time and ability to finish tasks have been slower than normal. I abandoned a 1,000- piece puzzle when it was 80% complete. I have been sewing the same apron for the past few months. I started reading books only to abandon them 30 pages in. I can’t remember a time when I’ve been this uncommitted. 

But in a course of two days, I did the following: 

• Wrote a 5 page APA style research paper for my online class
• Listened to the my school board’s five hour presentation and motion for distance/ hybrid learning and police at school
• Ran 2.5 miles
• Wrote and posted two blog entries
• Sewed two straps on my apron 
• Sat on my tiny porch and enjoy my newly potted plants
• Made a call to the DMV
• Went grocery shopping to make pizzas with my niece tomorrow
• Jump roped with my husband
• Helped select music for my husband’s dj mix live set
• Wrote an email to my landlord to negotiate our rent
• Told a former student that I’m proud of her for getting a new job (she’s still eating the chocolate I sent her)
• Watched a documentary on being vegan 
• One hour phone call with a colleague 

This is not a list that has any one profound accomplishment. It’s a list that demonstrates that although I am still sewing my, what seems like, never ending apron project, or I haven’t opened my book in two days or replaced puzzles with plants, I can still be proud of the activities my body can do, the conversations I have taken the time to prioritize and remind myself that talking and caring for plants can be just as mentally challenging and rewarding as completing a puzzle.