Functioning On Low
 

Functioning On Low
Published 7/2026
MP4 | Video: h264, 1920x1080 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Language: English | Duration: 1h 43m | Size: 322.9 MB
Practical systems for managing daily life with ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, POTS, and other chronic conditions
What you'll learn
Build a daily capacity check that gives you a realistic read on your energy before you start making commitments
Define your Minimum Viable Day - the specific floor that keeps life functional during flares and low-capacity stretches
Triage household tasks, caregiving demands, and work obligations using a decision framework designed for limited and variable energy
Set up a chronic illness binder and medical reference system that supports appointments, insurance claims, and provider handoffs
Track energy, symptoms, and treatment trials in a way that generates usable patterns - not just a symptom diary
Build meal and household systems that hold up on your worst days without requiring a full reset to maintain
Navigate workplace accommodations, communicate capacity without oversharing, and manage administrative obligations during flares
Adapt your systems quickly after a new diagnosis or significant shift in baseline - without starting from scratch
Requirements
No prior experience with productivity systems or life management tools required
Designed for people living with a chronic illness - any diagnosis level or stage welcome
A willingness to build systems that fit your actual capacity, not an ideal version of it
Description
This course contains the use of artificial intelligence to clone my voice for the audio. As someone also experiencing chronic illness, the use is necessary to be able to share these structures and management principles with you.
Most life management advice assumes you have a reliable energy baseline. You don't - and that's not a personal failure. It's a design problem.
This course is built for people who are still functional but running at a deficit. You're managing work, parenting, household responsibilities, and complex healthcare - while chronically ill, with energy that changes day to day. Standard productivity systems weren't built for you. This one is.
What you'll build in this course
Every module gives you a practical system with two versions: a full version for better days, and a floor version that holds up during flares. You'll leave with tools you can actually use - not aspirational frameworks that fall apart the first time your capacity drops.
- A daily capacity check that gives you a realistic read on your energy before you start making commitments
- A Minimum Viable Day - your pre-decided floor standard for what counts as a functional day
- A household triage system for sorting what genuinely needs to happen from what can shift or be dropped
- A capacity-based weekly planning approach that works around energy, not time blocks
- Home and meal systems designed to survive your worst days without requiring a reset to maintain
- A chronic illness binder and medical reference system for appointments, insurance, and care coordination
- A tracking practice that generates useful patterns - not just a symptom diary
- A framework for navigating work accommodations, communicating capacity, and managing administrative obligations during flares
Who this course is for
People living with chronic illness - including ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, POTS, Lupus, EDS, IBD, or any condition that causes variable energy and unpredictable capacity
Caregivers or parents managing their own chronic illness alongside family responsibilities
People who are still functional but running at a deficit - not bedbound, but not thriving - and need systems that work at 60% capacity, not 100%
Anyone who has tried standard productivity advice and found it assumes an energy baseline they don't have