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pacing

  1. RyeRyeBread

    What smartwatches/HR monitors do you use to pace?

    I'm looking into smartwatches and heartrate trackers for HR pacing as my Samsung watch stopped working... Which ones do/have ya'll used, and are they any good? Please share any recommendations, opinions, info you have to offer in the comments 🙂
  2. leokitten

    Do Nothing: How To Break Away From Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving

    Do Nothing: How To Break Away From Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving by Celeste Headlee https://celesteheadlee.com/do-nothing-book/
  3. Pyrrhus

    WatchME: A cool Apple Watch app for pacing!

    I just stumbled across a new Apple app called "WatchME" in the app store, to be used for pacing in ME: https://apps.apple.com/nz/app/watchme/id1583153009 Here are some screenshots: If anyone tries this, please let me know how it goes. I'm hoping to get an Apple watch soon to try it out.
  4. R.Little

    Pacing Help (also: paralysis!)

    Hi! I know that cfsselfhelp.org offers classes about Pacing, but I feel like I just need another human or a group or something to help keep me accountable to building a schedule and sticking to it. I understand the disease pretty well, I've been doing this for a while now, I just get...