Rejuvination

[sabrinamari]

Worked a heavy week and then worked the weekend too. Sunday brought some blessed, badly-needed relief. Next weekend will be a working weekend also, although hopefully, a less immediately demanding one.

I spent some sorely needed Shannon time on Sunday, and even figured out a win-win scenario in which she can help me dig myself out of the fieldnote hole I've gotten myself into by cramming 6 months of projects into the last 2 months.

Revising and writing for the book starts this week, and I'm nervous about how to integrate it into the already elevated level of work and work-related travel I'll be doing over the next month. How will I make this happen?

More importantly, how will I make it happen while stabilizing my life and re-adding everything I dropped over the last 2 months?

I stopped:

sleeping enough
taking my high-blood pressure meds (that was really, really stupid)
getting regular exercise
getting enough rejuvinative leisure
having a regular daily schedule
meditating
cultivating my spiritual life

Just not wise! I change that now.

I'm starting by staying home at night whenever possible and doing as little non-work related travel as I can get away with for the next month. My parents are visiting on the 5th and 6th, but perhaps that can be eased by limiting what we do while they they are here.

Must sleep, must rest, must create a regular, rejuvinating healthy schedule. Must reject opportunities to take on new projects.

Comments

[tigira.livejournal.com]

Wow. You know, when I put myself through stress about stuff, I look to you, and I realize that I'm not the only one. *sigh* We both need to be better about that.

Can I also say that, with your attention to your fitness and such, that I feel a little better about my own blood pressure issues? I know mine is mostly triggered by stress, but, still, then I start blaming myself for not taking care of myself, which adds more stress, and it begins a downward spiral.

Yes, take care of yourself.
I'll try to do that, too.
Thank you for the reminder.

[sligoe.livejournal.com]

My dear--

I am very good at organizing. I raised an attention deficit son who could not focus, could not see 10 minutes into the future, did not realize that there were consequences to his actions. I wasn't able to find ways to help him that would work, every single time, so I got to be very inventive with helping him remember to do what he needed to do. As he got older and could handle himself better, I needed to do less and less of that, and finally, he was able to go out on his own, hold down a job, get married, and start a family.

I still remember how to help someone organize things. I'm a Virgo---we're very good at that! :) Could I help in some way? Sometimes, it helps to have an outside person peek in, assess, and devise strategies to help with what might seem an overwhelming amount of stuff. If you're willing, I'd be more than happy to lend a hand.

Hugs.

[skyefyr.livejournal.com]

Bunny, first I want to thank you for making me feel like my life isn't as much of a mess as it seems to be most of the time. I have finally found someone who is taking worse care of themselves then I am. (In case you missed the sarcasm, let me tell you, that's not a compliment!)

Secondly, I want to bitch slap you for letting yourself get to this place. You've been through too much not to know better. And to stop taking meds? Honey!

What can be done to get you back on track? Can I do anything to help? Could we come up with a combined plan where we encourage and motivate one another? If you think we could help each other in any way, let me know and we can work from there.