day off

[tielan]

New year on a new project is always a stressful time. Do they want to keep you or not? What things are they going to expect of you in the coming months?

Co-worker/colleague/team leader is good at navigating the project-level speak. I am not. I am a bricks person. (I know I've said this around here before.) I can do planning and big pictures, but I can't speak corporate, or measure KPIs, I'm just here to do the work and go home.

And I'm tired. Life has become very tiring this last year. One part menopause, one part *gestures at everything*. And currently the weather in Sydney is so crazy that sleep is very interrupted and not very deep. Not to mention the commute, my aches and pains, and, oh, just everything, you know?

Today was a Saturday that didn't involve doing anything. Nothing at all! Yes, I did some quilting and I did some shopping, but nothing scheduled. Nothing at all.

I lay in bed until nearly 10 am, it was...weird. I think I'm going to go to bed at 9pm. And read. Probably for three hours...

Comments

[beatrice_otter]

I hope you have fun reading.

[tielan]

It was a pretty good day, one of the lowest-key days I've had in an age and a half!

[jenab]

The menopause years just seem to take a lot out of me plus the state of the world is not helping. I have heard it does get better once those years are past.

I'm working to reduce my doom scrolling and social media to focus more on things that bring joy to me.

I got your postcard yesterday! Thank you :)

[tielan]

The state of the world is really not helping.

You're welcome! I got the Christmas card - my sister saw it and was, "how cute!" (it was the garden gnomes dressed up in elf costume)

[james]

*hug*

[tielan]

*hug back*

It's all an endless whirl of worrying. I'm really starting to see that ignorance would be so much less stressful than trying to save everything.

[timespirt]

"HUGS"

Have fun doing nothing but reading hon. LOL

You sound so down having nothing to do. You need to slow down sometimes. Recoup, energizer, rest.

[tielan]

It is a bit odd being at a loss. And yes, I know I need to slow down. It's just...difficult to do so sometimes.

[timespirt]

"HUGS"