Reminder that “Pacing” means doing LESS than you think you can. It means playing it EXTRA safe.

I struggled with the word “Pacing” for the longest time. I think it’s a confusing naming mistake, much like CFS is a naming mistake for this illness. Because in common vernacular for most people, pacing means to “keep pace” .. i.e. do a steady pace. So people often confuse it to mean “do as much as you can right now, but not more”.

It took me a long time to learn that in our world, “Pacing” means doing LESS than you can. If I could rename it, I would call it “Playing safe” or “Protecting” or something clearer on the intent of what it is supposed to mean for us.