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@sunnygardens I understand. I was recently reprimanded by my best friend for saying "I was going to (complete a task) but I was too lazy." She corrected me and said, "You were not too lazy, you were too tired from all the other things you do!" It put a different spin on "You do what you do with whatever (in this case, energy) you have. Now if I can just remember this, I won't waste energy on guilt! You sound like you are doing so much, I wish you peaceful thoughts for yourself too.

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@cjme see, I feel like I don’t do a lot because there’s always more to do. Certainly I can’t do what I did 30 or even 20 years ago. But it seems I struggle to manage even the downsized house, gardens, etc. No kids to care for now.
Maybe guilt becomes a wired condition in the brain.
I should research how to rewire that.