Working Through a Migraine

Okay, I’m not really sure if it’s a migraine or not.  What I do know is that it’s a wicked headache — settling just behind my right eye.  The intensity of it ebbs and flows, so that in some moments I feel able to plow ahead with what needs to be done, and in others I just want to crawl into bed.  Truthfully, my original thought this morning was that I would get the kids set for the day, send them off to school and then snuggle back up under the covers.  Instead, I actually ended up having quite a productive morning, all the while being absolutely aware of the throbbing, sharp sensation behind my eye.

Granted, I did cancel one meeting that would have required me to drive; getting behind the wheel seemed like an unsafe choice.  Typing with my eyes closed I can do; driving with my eyes closed, not so much.  But other than canceling that meeting, I got a lot accomplished.  I submitted a speaker application for an upcoming conference (which felt akin to expanding my comfort zone — the conference is outside my usual geographic locale); I signed another executive client; I forwarded foundation session packages to new clients; I completed required billing; I did some marketing email.  All in all, surprisingly productive.

So what’s my learning out of all this?  I guess it’s something along the lines of “I can only do what I can do in any given moment, and what I can do is actually more than I might think” — something like that.  Because when I awoke this morning, I didn’t anticipate getting anything done.  And now, half-way through my workday, I’ve actually accomplished a fair bit — things are actually crossed off my to-do list, and it’s only Monday, and I’ve had this headache.  I know what the learning is; it’s the Wayne Dyer quote from this morning — “Be in the now. See how doing the Tao at this moment brings  big results by paradoxically staying small and simple.”  That’s the learning; small, simple and now is the stuff that matters.  Especially when you’ve got a migraine.