And now we start a new year.
I’m getting a little more sleep, so I actually have a little more
energy. Before, all I could think of was
“when can I go to bed?”
I know that sounds dramatic, but I swear, it was the
truth. For the past four months, and
maybe closer to six months, I’ve been doing the bare minimum in housework,
cooking, socializing, just about everything.
My face has aged, I’ve gained weight, and my skin has broken out. My laundry wasn’t done until we were absolutely
out of clothes, and even then, it typically lived in the dryer to be pulled out
piece by piece as needed. And it was all
I could do to make myself go to work. I
got up for work at the very last minute, (sometimes later than the last minute)
and sometimes rolled into the office unshowered, with dirty hair, no makeup and
sporting the sweatshirt I had slept in the night before. There were a few mornings where I had to burn
some sick leave (thank goodness I had it available) just so I could sleep just
a little bit longer.
I’m one of those people who do better with about eight hours
of sleep a night. The description above
is what started to happen when I was only getting about four hours a night, and
not four consecutive hours at that. For
the past two weeks, I been able to get pretty close to eight full, uninterrupted
hours. And it has made a huge
difference. I’m even starting to have
dreams again!
In hopes that I will continue to have the opportunity to get
adequate Zzz’s, but knowing that there is a very real possibility that won’t
happen, here are my 2016 resolutions:
1.
Respond to all emails and texts within 24
hours.
2.
Bring my lunch to work or otherwise eat free of
charge at least three days a week.
I have other, lesser resolutions, but I’ll stick with the
top two. Both are pretty important and
will have positive impacts on my life.
Wishing you love!
