Distracted
General September 14th, 2009I’m kind of spacey and distracted these days.
Not on the diet and exercise front - I guess because it’s one of the few areas of my life where I’m really in control, I’m doing really well keeping to low carb eating and getting to the gym pretty regularly.
But in my daily life, I’m pretty much a mess. I have several half-started projects all over my house. A bathroom art project that has turned out to be time consuming and boring to finish. A lot of organisation / decluttering things that only barely get started before something else grabs my attention. Good intentions, bad follow through all over.
Even reading books has fallen by the wayside, although just now writing about it I know why — I put 3 books by my bed and told myself I needed to read among those, but in fact all 3 are complicated big undertakings. I should probably just go for entertaining and distracting, and leave the brain improvement for a time when I actually feel like I have a working brain.
Mainly I’m nervous about how the next few weeks will go.
I’d really like to be using this time of my life to reset my goals and put my priorities into action, but I keep seeming to stall out on it. Maybe it’s too big to attack? Maybe I’m just lazy?
I do know that I’m distracted.
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September 14th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
wow… I feel the same way. Except that I don’t yet have the food and exercise thing in control. Hopefully it’s lining up though. I just updated my blog, and it’s similar to yours… in that I wanna but have trouble following through on the things in my daily life. At least you do have the food and exercise thing under control. It’s great to hear that. I hope the rest falls in its proper place for you soon.
September 14th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
you have a lot on your plate. don’t worry, your brain power will return when the time is right
September 14th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Yeah one of these days I hope 1) it cools off so I can get that de-cluttering motivation going for my own house! and 2) I can find the energy/time/motivation to finish my own unfinished projects! OMG I can totally relate!
September 14th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
I think you are expecting a lot from yourself. You are not at home so you can get a few things done. You are there to get things in control with respect to your health and having a baby. The last thing you need to do right now is stress yourself out about not finishing tiny projects or self created deadlines which are pointless. The art project, put it away. The books, remove from your dresser. They are constant reminders of things you should be doing, when in fact you shouldn’t.
September 15th, 2009 at 12:46 am
Heya Hon -
I say projects smojects?(sp) - you’ve got a lot on your plate at the moment. Home improvements? Heavy (in more than one way) books? HELL NO!
Take a load off babes - read some ridiculously silly book that is carefree and that won’t nag you in any way. Lie around, sip decaf tea and enjoy the sunshine or fall breeze.
You deserve a break
Your body will thank you for this respite as it’s going through so much at the moment.
Trust me.
Take care of you
xo
September 16th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
It sounds like you are “experiencing” life. That IS brain work, my friend. You’re staying conscious of what’s going on with you and your surroundings. You have a lot on your plate. You are not lazy by any means!
I have many projects that I am finishing up–trying to. I have a quilt on the shelf that is the most boring project I’ve ever taken part of. LOL. ARGH! Why force myself? Well, guess I could sell it.