Sorry, I've Been So Busy
My least favorite thing to be is "too busy," and yet I've been way too busy for over a month now.
The biggest lesson I've learned in this busy-ness is how crucial it is that I not let it get to this point again.
When I am constantly booked, I feel pressured, overwhelmed and stressed beyond my ability to cope in healthy ways. I eat junk, I get irritable, I have insomnia... none of which I want.
But without down time to decompress, without free time to connect with my son, my pets, my boyfriend and his son, without unscheduled hours during which I might feel inspired to write, paint or garden.... I'm a cranky mass of mess and stress.
My son is too scheduled, too, and I'm wrestling with that. A lot. He has two extracurricular commitments- karate, which meets just twice a week for 45 minutes, and Cub Scouts, which generally has 3 meetings a month plus activities most weekends and we're in "popcorn fundraiser season."
Given that I work 9-5, and he is in aftercare until close to 6pm each day, and given that he, of course, has homework and we, of course, want to eat and bathe each evening, this leaves almost no "free time" for him, either.
I don't like it. I just don't know what can give.
Eliminate cubs or karate, both of which are teaching him so much and connecting him with so many? If he has more free time, that doesn't necessarily mean more time with friends, since none of them seem to have free time, either!
The only solution I can fathom is my working a job that is just 9-3.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
But, seriously.
Maybe the problem isn't so much the "extracurricular" activities, but the schedule of full-time work that makes it impossible and unpleasant to squeeze in life each evening.
I'm out of steam these days. But the time we get through the "must-dos," all my "want-to-dos" become "no-can-dos" because I'm just spent.
I'm not asking for sympathy; but I'm open to solutions. Life hacks. Any sort of tips that will help me feel like I can fit more life into my life.
TIA
The biggest lesson I've learned in this busy-ness is how crucial it is that I not let it get to this point again.
When I am constantly booked, I feel pressured, overwhelmed and stressed beyond my ability to cope in healthy ways. I eat junk, I get irritable, I have insomnia... none of which I want.
But without down time to decompress, without free time to connect with my son, my pets, my boyfriend and his son, without unscheduled hours during which I might feel inspired to write, paint or garden.... I'm a cranky mass of mess and stress.
My son is too scheduled, too, and I'm wrestling with that. A lot. He has two extracurricular commitments- karate, which meets just twice a week for 45 minutes, and Cub Scouts, which generally has 3 meetings a month plus activities most weekends and we're in "popcorn fundraiser season."
Given that I work 9-5, and he is in aftercare until close to 6pm each day, and given that he, of course, has homework and we, of course, want to eat and bathe each evening, this leaves almost no "free time" for him, either.
I don't like it. I just don't know what can give.
Eliminate cubs or karate, both of which are teaching him so much and connecting him with so many? If he has more free time, that doesn't necessarily mean more time with friends, since none of them seem to have free time, either!
The only solution I can fathom is my working a job that is just 9-3.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
But, seriously.
Maybe the problem isn't so much the "extracurricular" activities, but the schedule of full-time work that makes it impossible and unpleasant to squeeze in life each evening.
I'm out of steam these days. But the time we get through the "must-dos," all my "want-to-dos" become "no-can-dos" because I'm just spent.
I'm not asking for sympathy; but I'm open to solutions. Life hacks. Any sort of tips that will help me feel like I can fit more life into my life.
TIA
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