Complete amnesia

A while ago I told a friend that I was sick and that my priority for the week was to get better. No pressure to be productive in any way.
Exactly one week later I was complaining to that same friend: “For the past days I haven’t prepared any healthy meals, I haven’t been exercising, I tried painting but that quickly went south, and I’m just so disappointed in myself.”
She replied calmly: “But… you were sick.”
I’m not kidding: I was shocked. I had completely forgotten that healing was my week’s goal, and somehow my inner critic had taken over and convinced me that I was failing in all areas of life. In one week. Complete amnesia. Something to remember. Well… you know what I mean.