Keeping my head above water
Jan. 5th, 2021 04:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rosewritesI am hoping I can keep up with blogging now that I'm back to work. It looks like I've managed to share about once a week, other than the first week when I was super excited about this shiny, new (to me) thing. The once-a-week cadence was during a break from work though, when I had plenty of brain energy. So what will it look like now? I almost didn't blog today, but I knew I would be disappointed if I didn't share something.
Work goes through phases, like everything else in life. Right now I'm in one of the trying-to-keep-my-head-above-water phases. These times are so overwhelming, and it's hard to have any brain energy left after the work day for personal hobbies or household tasks. I am hoping to get better at figuring out how to overcome that feeling. This morning I thought, "I feel frozen." Just in gridlock because of the endless view of tasks that I wasn't sure how to accomplish.
But similar to blogging (which I enjoy!), the hardest part is getting started. I did manage to get moving on the biggest task weighing on me today, and I moved it forward to the next step. And I almost didn't do yoga after work today, but I knew I'd regret it if I didn't, so I did it. Same story with blogging (and now I'm being repetitive).
I guess all that leads me to the point that today was a success. I overcame all these obstacles. Today was not a failure because of how miserable I felt for half of it. Today was not a failure because I almost didn't do yoga or blog and ended up kind of forcing myself to do the fun things. Today was a good day! I need to mash that into my brain so there's no room for negativity :)
Work goes through phases, like everything else in life. Right now I'm in one of the trying-to-keep-my-head-above-water phases. These times are so overwhelming, and it's hard to have any brain energy left after the work day for personal hobbies or household tasks. I am hoping to get better at figuring out how to overcome that feeling. This morning I thought, "I feel frozen." Just in gridlock because of the endless view of tasks that I wasn't sure how to accomplish.
But similar to blogging (which I enjoy!), the hardest part is getting started. I did manage to get moving on the biggest task weighing on me today, and I moved it forward to the next step. And I almost didn't do yoga after work today, but I knew I'd regret it if I didn't, so I did it. Same story with blogging (and now I'm being repetitive).
I guess all that leads me to the point that today was a success. I overcame all these obstacles. Today was not a failure because of how miserable I felt for half of it. Today was not a failure because I almost didn't do yoga or blog and ended up kind of forcing myself to do the fun things. Today was a good day! I need to mash that into my brain so there's no room for negativity :)
