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Susanna’s List of Actions for Coping With Physical Exhaustion

Susanna’s List of Actions for Coping With Physical Exhaustion
Theraputic Tableau

Patientology 101

It is good to have a list of activities to chose from when energy levels are low. Just looking at the Therapeutic Tableau photo (above) reminds me that there is room for artfulness in our daily habits and routines including taking care of ourselves and resting well.

These actions are not in any special order and I would just pick one thing at a time to do. Try not to multitask.

  1. Enjoy every sip of a cup of tea (brewed properly)
  2. Do a Headspace meditation on balance or kindness
  3. Tap into an Apple Music playlist such as RX Indian chanting or RX Churchly
  4. Listen to a comic novel on Audible or the cloudLibrary
  5. Do easy PT exercises that can be executed lying down
  6. Sing classic Disney songs to my collie like Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Da [and] The Circle of Life
  7. Hold my rosary and pray
  8. Listen to a podcast on fountain pens, stationary, and analog tools
  9. Rest cure — lie quietly, breathe, and let my mind wander - w fresh cold air, if possible
  10. Apply DoTerra Blue Ice rub to neck and wrists or use aromatherapy oil blends on pulse points and temples

Notes and Illustrations


(1) Sip with care:

Pink teacup themed fabric piece with decorative stitching
Quilted Fabric Teacup Pin on vintage floral china saucer

(2) Headspace Meditation on Balance:

Session detail screen for Balance course to recognize calmness and become less reactive in 10 sessions including learning techniques for Body Scan and Visualization
Headspace app with Balance session in progress [screenshot]

(3) RX Churchly Playlist in Apple Music:

List includes Rhythm in the Pews by Ray Lynch, TheMission/How Great Thou Art, Vivaldi’s Gloria, and Hosanna by the Soweto Gospel Choir
RX Churchly Playlist will revive your spirits with 10 songs in a variety of genres

(4) Such as Excellent Women by Barbara Pym via Audible. This delightful comic novel of manners is set in 1950’s London. It is about the small things in the quite ordinary life of a 31 year old clergyman’s daughter and “spinster” named Mildred Lathbury.

App controls showing for speed, chapters, timer, and navigation
Excellent Women Playing in the Audible App [screenshot]

(5) Horizontal PT Exercise instructions for lower trunk:

Lower trunk rotation set up, movement, and performance instructions with illustrations
PT Exercise in my Stretch Routine [scan uploaded to iPad]

(6) Sing to a true friend who loves to hear your voice:

Facebook page for Susanna Pathak with illustration of seated woman resting cheek against head of collie dog
Sweethearts (1890) [detail] by Charles Burton Barber 

(7) I'm so grateful to my friend, Shannon, who made this Irish "tenner" rosary for me:

Close up of ornate rosary with cross and emblem
Irish Penal Rosary [detail]

8) Show art for episode #171 of the pencil lovers podcast, Erasable:

Podcast episode “We Fired Tim” in progress
Erasable Episode [screenshot]

(9) Nothing tops the rest cures described in this splendid satiric novel, The Magic Mountain, by Thomas Mann, which I enjoyed on Audible:

The Magic Mountain Chapter 10 playing in Audible [screenshot]

(10) Aromatherapy Blends by doTERRA ® for Motivation and DDR Prime for cellular health:

Two brown bottles standing on Accu-Chek Guide Box
doTERRA Roll-on Essential Oils
Composed in Craft 2.3 and sharesheeted with others in my zeal to influence good patient behavior. Edited in iA Writer 6.0.2, PDF Expert and Annotable 2.9.

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