I think we forget, when we're really stressed and doing a lot of things at once and so busy we can hardly see straight, to take breaks and relax a bit. I also think that we forget when we're taking a lot of breaks and relaxing a lot to get off our asses and start doing the work we need to do. The only thing good about a standard job is that when you have to get to work, you have to go. There are set times and set schedules and all of that. When you're working alone, or doing a project when you don't have a "normal" job, you have to be the voice in your head that makes you move.
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Attitude Adjustments and Sleep
So I have been having this whole issue where I've been irritated and annoyed at just about anything that doesn't go my way for a while now. I'm not really sure that is something I want to admit, that the inner brat inside me has been reigning supreme over my emotional outlook and general attitude towards life. I have to admit it though, because if I don't, then I can't move forward.
And the adult in me really wants to move forward.
I did some reading, with the helpful links the Wife gave me, and I found that I'm pretty sure that I haven't been getting enough sleep at night. Possibly this problem has been an ongoing issue for years. Apparently only about 3% of the population can sleep for 6 hours a night and be satisfied. The normal people should get between 8 and 9 hours with some people needing 9 to 10 hours EVERY evening. Chew on that, people who told me I'd be fine with just 7.
And the adult in me really wants to move forward.
I did some reading, with the helpful links the Wife gave me, and I found that I'm pretty sure that I haven't been getting enough sleep at night. Possibly this problem has been an ongoing issue for years. Apparently only about 3% of the population can sleep for 6 hours a night and be satisfied. The normal people should get between 8 and 9 hours with some people needing 9 to 10 hours EVERY evening. Chew on that, people who told me I'd be fine with just 7.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Nearly a Year Now
So it's been nearly a year now and I've gone through quite a few changes. The grandfather that I was going to come up here to help died and I moved from Florida to Ohio to help clean out his house. The desperate scramble to get things packed equaled a crazy move in February and since the beginning of March I've been back in the state I spent most of my life in.
The plan was that I was going to live in this house and help clean it of all the stuff. The hope was that by the end of a year my own, personal stuff, would be in the main area of the house and things would be clean enough that I could have family over for holidays. The Wife and I have done a lot of work, but as is usually the case, every step has been a steep climb up a mountain.
The house is a mess. The unfortunate part is that it looked neat, until you went into cupboards and opened up drawers. So now that we are going through cupboards and drawers things look like a huge pit of despair. It's unfortunate that no mess can really be cleaned up in a day, or even a month, because really I'm exhausted.
The plan was that I was going to live in this house and help clean it of all the stuff. The hope was that by the end of a year my own, personal stuff, would be in the main area of the house and things would be clean enough that I could have family over for holidays. The Wife and I have done a lot of work, but as is usually the case, every step has been a steep climb up a mountain.
The house is a mess. The unfortunate part is that it looked neat, until you went into cupboards and opened up drawers. So now that we are going through cupboards and drawers things look like a huge pit of despair. It's unfortunate that no mess can really be cleaned up in a day, or even a month, because really I'm exhausted.
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