Creating while concussed
There is no rest for the wicked.
My family always used to make this joke about how I should have been named Grace instead of Cheyenne because I was “as graceful as a gazelle”. Which we all knew was a stab because if the doctor had told me I was born with two left feet I would 100% believe him, thats how clumsy I am. Throughout my life, I have hit my head, dropped things on my head, and wacked my head against so many things, however for the first time in 30 years I can say I’ve finally had my first concussion.
We just moved into a warehouse space and I was setting up, and I pulled the cord to a printer just a little too aggressively and the printer came flying off the table it was on and got me right in the side of my head. I’d like to clarify it was a packing label printer but if we all remember how inertia works—- I=m2 x it felt like a brick! I gave it a few days of pushing and convincing myself I was fine before I finally went to the ER and they told me, yep its a concussion- take a break and rest.
Well…it doesn’t work that way, I have work to do. I was absolutely convinced that a concussion was not that bad, but I’m here to tell you, it is actually that bad! It was always so crazy to me every time I would go to make a candle and the fragrance would give me splitting headaches to where I couldn’t even see straight, Recording voiceovers would make the room spin, even stuffing books would make me dizzy.
I felt incredibly defeated. I also felt lost. I became confused when it came to things that I was making, or things I was packing that I had to ask for help, and if you know me, you know that me asking for helping is pulling teeth. We finally had to call it, and we had to give me a weekend of rest because I was not getting better.
Two weeks later and I am fine, watching TV is still a stretch of brain power but I’d rather just not watch TV then not be able to do anything.
The creating never stops! We love this world that we created so much, and even though this is our business it’s still so much fun for us, I never pushed through because I HAD too, I pushed through because I WANTED too- we do what we do for you, our readers to make sure we keep the magic alive. However I did learn the purpose of slowing down for some time and taking care of yourself so instead being at 65% I can be at 100% :)
-Chey