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End of the week
I’m exhausted. Today was back to back teaching, administering a pre-survey for a research project, and a meeting for reviewing data on another research project. Next week doesn’t look much better. Overall, I;m kind of in a work hole. I have it piled up all around me and I need to dig my way out. I’m going to get myself a chicken sandwich, go home, and probably watch a movie. I’ll have to get some work done tomorrow, but it doesn’t happen that often. I probably won’t get truly dug out for a while. I need to keep chipping away at it. Enough for now.
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Tired
I’m going on day for of five of a headache. The medication dose has been intermittent. Most times I need to take a couple of doses in a row, maybe a few hours extra in between. But then it comes back. Last night it was at 2:30 in the morning. I’m extremely tired. I think my goal for the day will be to go to the chiro, eat dinner, and retire to bed. That is all.
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Decision fatigue
I just read an article on Slate on a few tips to combat decision fatigue. I am notoriously bad at making decisions promptly. I’m almost always comfortable to happy with the decision that I’ve made. But the article was particularly timely. I, of course, already knew about this phenomenon; but I feel that this perfectly described my distrupted life and current work habits. Without realizing it, I have mitigated some of this. I cook on weekends so I don’t have to think about breakfast or lunch. I have a wardrobe that I bought all in one season, so it coordinates and I don’t have to spend a lot of time…