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It’s no secret that I’ve been having a rough time with everything over the past few months. I’ve been working hard, but I haven’t quite had the exuberance for it since the beginning of March, which is when Mouse’s decline began. A lot of it has to do with that, but a combination of other factors has really helped to pile it on. Problems I’m nearing the end of the annual long stretch of days wherein there are no three-day weekends from President’s Day to Memorial Day, and while three days off in a row isn’t going to magically solve my problems, having that extra day to recoup or work on projects would be great. It likely would have been good to take off a day or two to mourn Mouse, but I didn’t because I couldn’t afford to take the vacation time. There’s also the fact that work takes a big chunk of my day, though that’s the case with most people. I know that most of my co-workers have a longer commute than I do, but mine’s still an hour round-trip that luckily affords me some time to work on some music. Still, every day that I go to the office, I’m gone for at least 10 hours. It’s 10.5 if I have a chiropractor’s appointment and it’s 12 if I hit the gym. The gym itself is a factor that’s wearing me out, because I work out hard and I always feel it the next day and sometimes the day after. I could work out less or slower or with lower impact, but then I’d feel like I was wasting my time there. My motto with the gym is “go hard or go home”. It’s getting me the physical results I want and while I enjoy weightlifting and somewhat enjoy cardio, it’s still wearing me out. My sleep schedule has been rather akimbo as of late too. I get to bed at some time between 9:00 to 11:00 PM on the weeknights and while I was out of bed at 3:30 this morning (which is my normal time), I’ve been rolling out of bed at 4:30 or 5:00 quite a bit this week. That means the things that I want to do get pushed aside or rushed, which is another agitating factor. Even though I was able to get up at the time I wanted to this morning, I’m sitting here starting to nod off. I’ve been entertaining the thought of going out to my friend Eric’s tonight to celebrate his birthday tomorrow, but I know with the way that I feel now, I couldn’t do it without passing out after being there for a couple hours. That doesn’t factor in the commute time either, as getting out that way on a Friday night from downtown Seattle takes at least an hour on the bus. I know I’ll be good to go for tomorrow’s festivities, but tonight won’t work. Then there’s the fact that I have a lot of projects that are incomplete because I’m an overambitious sort with a limited amount of time. I’m trying to create albums, create and build new websites, build a portfolio, create and build passive income opportunities, build my body and likely more things that I’m sure I’m forgetting. The progress of each is slowed because I have so much on my plate. Barclay’s been contributing to my exhaustion as well, because he’s a little ball of explosive energy. That’s all well and good when I’m awake as well, but when he’s exploding with energy at 6 AM on a Sunday and I’m trying to sleep in, it’s a little tough to deal with. It’s a good thing I don’t have kids of the human variety. I’m also trying to find some time to sit back and unwind, but that might have to wait until the summertime. Solutions There is one large solution that would free up about 50 hours a week and mean I’d have to find a new gym, but that’s not an option. Once more passive income opportunities are created in my spare time, it might be, but I’ve got to stay the course for now. I’d also like to take a weekend off at some point and just chill. I haven’t had that opportunity since March, since it seems as if something has gone on or come up every weekend since. Then again, with everything I’m trying to work on during the weekends, this probably isn’t going to be feasible for a very long time. The only real solution I can come up with is to get back to a weekly and weekend schedule and make it more strict and tightly focused. Setting up blocks of time in 30 minute increments (some 60, 90, and 120 minute ones as well), working on specific things during those times and sticking to them. Progress will occur that way, even if it is slower overall. Maybe one of those blocks on the weekend should be a nap. See you on Monday when I’m hopefully more well rested! Discuss this post at [The Forum of Jason Vincion]! Posted on May 7th, 2010. |
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