Can someone please remind me to stop doing so much stuff?

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: there are just not nearly enough hours in the day to get done all the things I want to get done. Let alone to get in anything even resembling relaxation! It seems like every weekend I tell myself that I’m going to just spend a chill weekend at home, doing some vegging out and some organizing ((you know, like doing laundry, tidying, getting groceries, cooking food for the upcoming week, etc.)) and every weekend I get invited to do something awesome and, combined with a hockey game or two, suddenly it’s Monday morning again and I’m exhausted but facing a full week of busy, busy work. Not to mention all the things I try to do after work – CIHR applications, writing reference letters, teaching, blogging, running ((though I have to admit that my running has been non-existant the last couple of weeks)), sometimes Wednesday hockey games, actually hanging out with friends – which means I never seem to get to bed before midnight, and then I’m back up at 6:30 a.m., progressively more and more exhausted each day.

This weekend is no exception – I’m still exhausted from being away last weekend plus a busy week (tonight is the first night I’ve actually spent entirely at home since Feb 9), yet I had several awesome invites for stuff to do on Friday and Saturday and then I have two hockey games on Sunday. And then it’s Monday again.

Can someone please remind me to just stay in next weekend?

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  • I would tell you to stop, but I too am afflicted with the same disorder. I like to call it “I’m an idiot that never says no”-itis. Or something far more clever (I’m too tired to be clever right now). Apparently we thrive in a self-destructive state. Take for example the amount of time (minutes) I have slept this week in order to cram in everything that I want to do:

    S 255
    M 253
    T 247
    W 258
    T 200

    Total=1213

    Or 242.6 minutes per day; a whopping 4 hours and 2.6 minutes per night. Um, ya, how stupid am I? But despite this, I don’t feel bad because I’ve managed to do so much, and still have some fun.

    You’ll be happy to know that I’m going to go home for a nap soon.

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  • My Captcha still hates you? Stupid Captcha!!

    And I know, I know – I totally suck not coming snowshoeing tomorrow, on what looks to be the best snowshoeing day in the history of snowshoeing! But I seriously think I might literally die of exhaustion if I do. Like literally literally. Like you’ll say “It’s a nice sunny day for a funeral!”

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