I feel like we’ve got to be almost through the sick season, right?

Anyways, I got knocked on my ass with Norovirus last week. And I mean leveled.

But now that I’m on the other end of it I wanted to share my sick day reset.

Strip your beds and throw them in the wash.

The same goes for laundry. If you’re like me you fell behind or have mountains of clean clothes to fold. Take off the sweats you’ve been surviving in, throw on a fresh pair, and wash all the towels, bedding, and clothing from when you were sick.

Open up the windows, and let in fresh air.

Even if it’s freezing out I’ll crack the windows to circulate through fresh air. There’s nothing better than getting in new air if that makes sense.

Shower, wash your face, brush your teeth and get ready for the day.

Nothing is better than a nice hot shower where you give yourself a good scrub down. Slather on some lotion, do a little skincare TLC and even if you’re getting dressed in sweats, “getting ready” for the day will make you feel so much better.

At the same time you throw in a load of laundry, start the dishwasher.

I had a few loads to work through and my kitchen has just built up. Not to mention all the dirty dishes littered around the house.

Clean the house, even if it’s just a tidy, but sanitize and wipe down those high-tough areas.

Get the light switches, door knob, and all the surfaces. And even though I didn’t full on clean my house for several days, just doing a halfway tidy made me feel so much better.

Go get groceries.

I’m not lying when I say I survived off of ginger ale, ginger chews, and a few packets of chili-flavored ramen for five days.

I couldn’t even stomach the idea of buttered toast so I knew as I slowly could tolerate more that I needed to get some nutrients back in my body.

I did a full-on grocery shop complete with a ton of fruits and veg and it feels so good to have yummy, healthy options that I can stomach again.

Do a brain dump to catch up on any to-do’s.

If you know me, you know my brain works best by doing a good ol’ brain dump. Just basically empty out my brain of all the to-do’s, ideas, whatever.

I decided on day 2 of being sick that I wanted to go back to paper planning. I had a fabulous brain dump, printed off a bunch of blank monthly calendars for the year, and planned my little heart out.

And finally, don’t forget to take a lot of breaks.

Your body is still recovering, so while you want to jump back into the saddle and play catch up, your body needs to take it easy. So set realistic goals. You probably won’t get back to normal in just a day and that’s fine.

I think it’s been about 5 days of feeling better and I’m just getting back to where I feel “reset”.

What are your post-sick day/week reset musts?