It seems like I have been walking up hill in 2013. Challenges have popped out from behind rocks as my partner and I rennovate a century home.... as I try to tame my stress at work.... and as I try to balance my finances. This is not to say there have not been a few level spots, but the vast majority of the last 4 and a bit months have been so exhausting. I am exhausted. Totally and mindnumbingly.
It was a question posed by a new staff member when I was muttering about my blood pressure challenges that stopped me and has continued to echo in my head. The question was "what do you do to relax?". All I could come up with was sleep. SLEEP! How pathetic! LOL. Sometimes I read was my half hearted attempt to not be AS pathetic.
Wonder what has torn me so far away from some of the things I DO enjoy? Perhaps just the pace of life. Not many books have been read lately, not many pictures taken. I can't even get the gumption up to really try to do anything more creative than strip wallpaper or repair plaster walls! Laughing at that one? Terrible, I know.
My new effort is going to be to take 20 minutes every day just for me. Silent time. Breathing time. I will get back to you on the effectiveness of that effort!
