My daily goal since this all started was to make my bed (even if I had to crawl back in) and empty the kitchen sink of dishes before going to bed for the night. Anything else is bonus. I’ve been able to keep that up for the majority of the past 4 years.

My speech therapist worked on energy management, basically pacing. She taught me the “Spoon” exercise. Give yourself an amount of spoons that represents all your energy (mental, emotional, and physical) for the day. She uses 100 spoons. As you go through a standard day, assign an amount of spoons each activity uses. Activities can use spoons or give spoons. Everything is an activity. Brushing teeth, making bed, walking across the house, naps, listening to music, reading a book, making a meal, eating a meal, cleaning the dishes… The goal is to have a good amount of spoons left at the end of a day. The key is to alternate negative spoon activities with positive spoon activities so you can do a positive re-charge activity (listening to soothing music; read an enjoyable book) between energy intensive tasks. It makes total sense. I’m working on it.

Like you said, some days are more conducive to pacing than others. But on the days we can, we probably should.