I updated my New Year's Resolutions - go HERE to see. Sometimes you just have to adjust your expectations of yourself.
I know I'm not the only one who thinks there aren't enough hours in the day. And, I don't mean this as a parent. I mean it as someone who has a shitload of stuff that I need to do but cannot seem to fit it all in. Of course, you have to add in sleep time because if you don't get enough sleep, you end up staring off into space saying, "God I have so much stuff to do and not enough time to do it!"
I am finding that I can create list upon list of stuff that I need to do, but because I simply don't have the energy, I am finding that it's tough to get through all the crap on the list. What's bad for me is that I cannot remember a night where I've gotten uninterrupted sleep. I ALWAYS WAKE UP.
Some nights are better than others. Those are the nights when I wake up and I toss and turn for an hour or so. Usually, I end up getting out of bed and watching TV or logging onto the computer. When there was no Internet or cable - yes, I kinda remember those days - I would get up and read. It's no wonder I've a collection of trashy paperbacks at my parents' house.
As a kid, I didn't have a lot of responsibilities and could get by without the sleep. I mean, I'd come home from school and take a quick nap or just put my head down in study hall. But now because I'm going and going and going there isn't any time to take a quick nap. Somebody ALWAYS wants something. Even the bathroom isn't a good hiding place anymore.
I suppose I could just take a quick cat nap in my car when I get home. But, the chances of dying of carbon monoxide poisoning are pretty great when your car in the garage. So, I guess I can get enough sleep I am pretty much at the mercy of coffee doing the trick. Too bad you can't have an intravenous drip of the stuff.
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