Hey!
How are you? What have you been doing? I’ve been doing quite a lot of stuff. I’m a bit tired actually. I think I have been doing too much stuff of late. It’s QUITE hard to manage the stuff you need to do with the amount of stuff you can ACTUALLY do, right?! I have a lot of faith in myself and like to think I CAN do the things I set out to do. And usually I can. (I am a big believer in taking small steps to accomplish big things.)
I tend to moderate my activity level pretty well, generally… but this week I got a bit worn out.
You know, I do this weird thing where if I get really tired and start to feel unwell, I will rest for half a day and call it a day off. It’s a bit demented, right? I mean that is a half sick day, not a day off. Who am I kidding?! There were no fun times or carnival rides involved! Jeepers.
I think this work ethic comes from years and years of being self-employed. The self-employed work most days and know no weekends, in my experience. Or maybe it’s genetic, via my Nanna who has always been super-active. When I hung out with her recently for a few days at my mums (during the funeral etc) she was talking about how frustrating it was not being at home and being able to keep busy. I think that’s a bit like me.
Apart from the stuff to do issue, I also think that the news over the last few weeks has worn a lot of people down. I don’t really want to go into lots of details, but suffice to say that sometimes it’s hard to reconcile a sunny attitude with the things that happen in the world, sometimes. The Jill Meagher tragedy really shook everybody up. Personally I can’t stop thinking about what her family are going through, and hoping that they’ll be left to move on privately and quietly some time soon.
How about you? Did the last few weeks wear you out? Do you do too much sometimes? Are you a wee bit tired? What do you do to give yourself a little energy boost in testy times?
xx Pip
