week 28 sick again, sigh

This week I let myself get run down to much and caught the bug thats been going around work. Its  hacking cough that is very persistent. Everytime I tried to lie down and rest or sleep I would start coughing and coughing. This led to loss of even more sleep and the avalance began. I missed both of my Kung Fu classes and helping with the kids clases on thursday. I really don't like missing classes. I always come away from a class feeling energized, even if I dragged my sorry butt through the warmup.

I also didn't get in my daily forms , pushups or situps and that really nagged at me as I felt I was failing to keep up with my commitments. I finally realized that my body was telling me that it was to run down to keep up the pace I was at. Between 9 to 11 hour days at work plus KungFu and family life. I was wearing myself out. My wife and I have been looking for a new vehicle for her and had been researching different options and ideas, plus test driving and surfing the net for available vehicles. This took up alot more of my time then I thought it would, and contributed to my getting worn down.
We have found and purchased a vehicle my wife likes and will work well for the family. Plus I have deligated out some of the work I was doing for my crew at work to a few of the more experienced guys and this has reduced my work load signifigantly. I am a perfectionist when it comes to work, I do the absolute best job I can. But this leads to me sometimes doing too much extra work that really isn't necessary. My crew at work do good work and are capable and responsible. I just had to let go of over controling and let them do the job they know how to do. I set out the parameters of what needs to be done and they give me feed back on how they think it can be accomplished and then let them go to it more now. They don't need me to do all the planning, layout etc like I was. Sure it made the job really easy for them. But they weren't growing as tradesmen that way either.
Next step is to make sure I'm getting the rest I need when I start feeling run down. Getting run down and then sick doesn't do me any good. Plus I can be "oh woe is me" when sick and that is not a positive way to be.

So one of my new mini goals is to listen to my body each day. Just take a moment or two to assess how I'm feeling both mentally and physically. Then allow myself time to heal or rest if needed or even to workout a little harder if I'm having  a good day. I'm not as young as I once was, I can't expect to push  and push and not have something give somewhere. Working towards effortless effort, that's a positive direction to move in.