Perpetual Exhaustion.
Life is a teeter-totter I’ve yet to balance. Ever since I’ve gone full time at US Digital, I’ve been going to sleep extremely early and have had little energy when I get home and even on the weekends. Kara and I have scheduled plenty of activities and been quite busy, but I’m only ever awake for the time we’re actively involved. As soon as I can just sit, think about things I need (and want) to do, and decide to do them, I get extremely tired and yearn for my big blue pillow. Inevitably it’s past 9:00pm and I figure I should get as much sleep as I can before the alarm goes off at 5:40am. During the first week of full-time work, that seemed logical, but now it’s a cop-out. I have a ton of things I want to work on, lots of games I want to play, as well as other projects that I need to finish, but I keep falling asleep.
The other night, I decided I’m in a state of Perpetual Exhaustion. I’m always tired, and when I have the option to rest, I take it. I feel that I can blame this on the fact that I have to get up before the sun’s rays shine on my albino skin, but that can’t be the only thing. I would get less sleep while I was in school, but I feel like I accomplished more back then. Granted, it wasn’t always top-notch work, and certainly nothing like what we’re producing at US Digital, but I was enthusiastic and I only ever went to sleep when I simply couldn’t navigate my mouse within 50 pixels of my intended goal.
It’s after 11:00pm as I write this, so at least I’m pushing myself, but I’m thinking I’ll have to push myself every night until I can do it out of habit.
Anyone else out there feel like they’re exhausted?
I also feel exhausted! I know your pain.
Working 40 hours a week, taking an online math course (boohoo math), a plethora of church activities including teaching on some sundays, and getting married. Shoot. I have been thinking maybe I need to cut back on a few things to make my life sane, for me and for Anna.
Man, full-time work and school; I’m not sure I could do that. I’ve knew a guy at the Art Institute that worked a 40 hour work week, and drove over an hour three nights a week to take 12 credits a term. He was insane, I have no idea how he managed it.
As for me, I’m going to bed a little early tonight, but I got a fair amount of stuff done tonight, including Thank You cards for my graduation party (yeah, it took that long).
I’m going to take a moment here to be a jerk and point out that I rarely need to wake up before 9:30 in the morning because it takes me 5 minutes to bike to work, and as long as I’m there before lunch they’re happy. How long is your commute, any way? You might have to start laying down the law regarding working late…