Hello My Friends

Another two weeks, and I am moving way slower than I want. I did get some stuff done, just not barely what I wanted. I believe I may be dealing with burnout. I didn’t even realize it at first, but recently a lot of changes, and a lot of events happened to converge all at once.

Having dealt with burnout in the past, I thought I would notice it coming on, but completely missed it until recently.

Dealing with burnout

I wasn’t thinking that I was burned out. I was blaming the distractions and things taking me away from my project. But that doesn’t explain why I have been vegging out in front of the television streaming shows in the evening. That’s understandable on the days after I get home from work, but on the other days I eat the evening meal, and just stream.

What made me not realize it was that nothing I dealt with was extremely stressful. But I now realize that it wasn’t the level of stress, but the amount of it. I mean work took some adjustment, but its nothing new, and didn’t take long for me to fall back “into the groove”.

Our finances aren’t perfect, but I did hit my income goal with this job, and things should smooth out over the next couple months.

Everything else has kind of piled on, but each one just was mildly annoying, but not extremely stressful. But it all seemed to happen at once. And then more and more things just kept happening. But I didn’t realize the effect it was having on me.

I should add that I recently added a diet and exercise routine. Lost weight and gained muscle, which is good, but adds to the stress.

 The Fix

Obviously, the best way is to relax. The problem is that I still want to make my deadline, even if it’s just a small update. But being burned out an unproductive isn’t going to be as good as getting at least a little bit of this under control.

So, I will take one day off of everything. I will take a one-day vacation from life. I would hope that is enough to let me finish the next update.

I will also make sure that I reduce stress as much as possible. And after the update I will take another longer break of at least a week. (Other than my job.)

Final Thoughts

I will get my head on straight. I have got some work done. I expect to pick up the pace over the next few weeks as I attempt to cut out some stress.

As always, enjoy life