Hey guys,
So I thought it was about time for another post. I seem to be getting a little slack at this... I blame my... busy life. Yes, that's it... I'm so busy I barely have time to breathe!
But in all seriousness, my life of late has been rather a busy one. What with working, working at the in-laws after work and doing housework (too much work here...) I haven't really had time to do anything for myself. The only thing keeping me sane at the moment is the upcoming Christmas holidays.
Really looking forward to having two (hopefully three) weeks off to chill out and do fuck all! I plan on sitting in the sun with beer/wine and catching up on my reading. It pisses me off that come the end of the day I'm too bloody tired to get a decent way through whatever I am reading. At the moment it is Keep the Aspidistra Flying, by George Orwell. Which I am very much relating to being an artist... But that is another post entirely.
I was quite surprised that I got four chapters read this afternoon! Usually my weekends are so full of doing things I don't have time for or am too tired to do, during the working week.
But anyway.
I have been pondering the whole "Life" thing again. And what I really want to do with mine. I am turning 26 in April and feel I have done nothing. Or at least not much of note.
Of course I want to do the things like get married to my partner, buy a house and possibly have children. But until then I need a job/career that I WANT to do. Not what I feel like I SHOULD do. I have been struggling with this conundrum for as long as I can remember. Well, since I was about 16 I think... And I have come to the decision, almost, that I want to do an English degree.
I am not entirely sure what job I can get with this, but I do know that it will be something I enjoy studying anyway.
It sucks getting old. You seem to gain the weight of the world on your shoulders and you become more and more aware of your own mortality. What happened to the days where you would do whatever you felt without being afraid of the consequences? Oh that's right, old age caught up with you!
Everyone tells me that 26 isn't old. That I am still young. Well, I don't feel it people! Maybe I'm and old soul stuck in a (relatively) young persons body. Who knows...
Now, on a completely different topic, does anyone know anything that will help stop me being so tired during the day! And please don't say the obvious, sleep. I get enough sleep!
So there you go. A little bit of food for thought. Or whatever. Lol.
Meh, back later.
:D
Tiredness:
ReplyDeleteHydration - apparently most people don't drink enough water which can lead to being tired.
Avoid caffeine and foods with high GI - you'll get a crash after consuming them but they also increase general tiredness in the long run as you get into a kind of routine of caffeinating or whatever and your body will give you cues that you should consume it (one of the cues in this case being tiredness). If you do consume them, do it after consuming some protein as that will diminish the effect.
Eat breakfast if possible (it should probably be the largest meal of the day) as it will help with energy levels.
Also, try and eat something every three hours or even less if possible (just make it healthy - like a vegetable or a piece of fruit). It will keep your energy up.
Do a bit of exercise at the start of the day if possible (as it sets you up for the rest of the day). Also, if possible, when you feel yourself getting tired, do some kind of exercise to get the blood flowing. It will stave off tiredness.
In terms of sleep, you might not need to sleep more but sleep better and wake up better. In part you can do this by trying to work out the rhythms of your sleep patterns as if you wake up partway through deep sleep, you probably won't go so well in the day. At least at the beginning anyway. Most people have a rhythm which means they're on a three hour pattern so should wake up roughly around three, six, nine hours, etc.
Also in terms of sleep, routine itself is really important as your sleeping and waking rhythms will be out of whack otherwise. It's important to try to go to bed around the same time each night and to wake up around the same time each morning. If you can go without an alarm clock and just wake up on cue, even better, but it's probably not worth the risk.
Oops, three hour sleep pattern means most people tend to exit deep sleep around then.
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