Chronic Pain · Pacing
Pain Pacing Quota Plan
Stop by the clock, not by the pain
Boom-and-bust — big-day, three-days-flat — is the pain cycle. Pacing is the discipline of doing less on good days so life is still possible on all days.
Activities that reliably trigger a flare when I overdo them
What a sustainable amount looks like for each
Quota rules (time, not pain — 'stop at X min')
Rest baked in (short, before I need it)
What I'll tell the part of me that wants to push through