SubscribeI’ve got them. So do you.
Right now my pattern is to be upset and frustrated and concerned about work. And to try frantically to get my business up and off the ground at home. I’m tired, I’m trying to get designs done and posts written – both for here and my other site, and I’m trying to help my Dad with some other stuff on the side – again with writing.
Tired. That’s a good description of it. The EOs take on this is that we both need to get more sleep. I have to agree. That is definitely a part of it. But if it were that easy, he wouldn’t have told me the other night that he’d be to bed “as soon as my mind slows down.” Part of the problem is that I get enough sleep for a while, and then my mind speeds up and I’m wide awake at bedtime for about 3 days in a row, and then I’m sleep deprived again.
When I teach dance in the evenings, the issue is compounded. I don’ t have time to get any chores or goals done before class, and then the excercise wakes me up and then I’m wired until at least 10 and wanting to DO all that stuff I didn’t do before class.
I’m going to try to rearrange my schedule one more time and get to bed “on time” whatever that is. Probably not before 10, although really I should be going to bed at 9 to get my full needed 9 hours, but with 2 hours out of the day gone for commute already, all I can promise is to start getting READY for bed at 9, and be in bed by 10.
So, in the spirit of being sane to myself, here’s what I intend to do:
My goal/intention: to get more consistent sleep.
My commitment: I will get dinner put together in the morning before I leave for work, and I will set my goals (sanely) for what I need to accomplish when I get home. Then I will accomplish them, without beating myself up if I miss a goal or two. And I will begin to get ready to go to bed no later than 9pm.