Last month I whined a bit about struggling with the C25K. Turns out I was just coming down with another bad sinus infection. That infection took me out for several days – in exercise, blogging and basically every other aspect of life.

It’s been a couple of weeks and I’m still not well but I am better.

Better enough that I have walked two days in a row and finished some chores because I couldn’t take the messiness for a minute longer. I’ll get back into the swing of things but it seems like a good time to say this: Sometimes we want to quit. But when that happens, it’s a good idea to take a step back and ask why. Sometimes it’s not that we can’t do it. Sometimes we’re just getting sick.

Give yourself a break. Get some rest, drink a lot of water and treat yourself to good nutrition before making any rash decisions. Be kind to yourself and, whatever the problem, it may just solve itself.