It's Like This.

It's down to the last sixty hours of my Walden Calling campaign.  Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed and shared so far.  For those who may be looking for the link, it's www.igg.me/at/waldencalling.

Part of the reason it's going to be costly for me to go is because I have to take so much rest time, and that means spreading it out over twelve days (and therefore twelve nights' accommodations).

The largest reason I am doing this trip is so that people can see what it's like to live with a brain injury.  It is a constant juggling act between what one has to do, what one wants to do, and how much rest one needs in order to be able to do much of anything.  When the brain decides it's done for the day, it's DONE.  The best we can do with our limitations is try to work around them, often feeling we are letting down our friends, family, employers ...  People don't understand, and are often hard on us while we are already being hard on ourselves. 

We have to "live deliberately," as Thoreau says, because if we don't, we have no quality of life at all.  What is essential?  What is too complicated? 

"Simplify," indeed.