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Hi
there! I’m pretty sure that I say this every single week, or nearly every
single week, but if I were to describe the past seven days in one word, it’d be
busy. Freaking busy. Actually, make
that two words, busy and exhausting. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely adore
being busy and that good kind of stress that makes you feel accomplished at the
end of the day, but I learned this week that I can’t deal with the kind of busy
where I don’t sleep enough, don’t work out enough (once a week is just… no), and don’t eat well enough. It just
became this cycle of feeling gross and gross and gross. A handful of exciting
things happened, but I absolutely despised
that gross feeling that I had that week and a half. (You can insert a mental
image of me shivering with disgust right here.)
My
biggest day this week was definitely Tuesday. I had a math test that morning,
my club/magazine meeting at lunch, and then a history presentation right after
lunch. Plus, I had to tutor after school, so my schedule was packed to the max.
I was super stressed on Monday because I was worried that I’d just, well, die,
but it ended up going super duper well. Actually, I can’t quite say that yet
considering that I haven’t gotten my test back yet, but I think I did pretty
well for that and the magazine meeting was actually really productive and I can’t
wait to move forward with it. We’re doing a winter issue and one for every
season (I know, I make it sound like there are so many when there aren’t), so I’m
just a bit stressed about getting it all done, but I’ve done loads of planning
this weekend already, so I think I should be alright. I’ll just let out a big
long sigh of relief around mid-November.
We
had to write a story from the point of view of a Canadian soldier and showcase
his motivation for enlisting for the first world war. I suddenly got super
excited about writing it and I didn’t end up stuttering too much while
presenting it, which is good. My teacher seemed to thoroughly enjoy it and it
just made me happy. The cherry on top of my day was how I managed to muster up
enough energy to drag myself to the gym and sweat quite a bit. Too bad that
habit wore off the rest of the week, eh?
The
really, really great thing happened on Thursday when I got an important email
back from an important someone. I’m really terrified that writing about it now
will jinx it, but it’s something that really great that popped up in my
personal last month and has been almost kind of confirmed this week. It has
nothing to do with blogging, but I’ll tell you about it next week when I’m
positive that it’s going to happen.
Anyway,
the point in me telling you about this exciting thing but not actually telling you what it is was to give you a bit of
context on why my family and I decided to spontaneously go out for dinner on a
Thursday night. There’s this one tex-mex restaurant called Lone Star that my
brother and I really like, but no one in the family can stand going there more
than three times a year, so needless to say, it was very rare that we’d go. It’s
pretty close to my house, so we decided to go there that night and as per
usual, we got the fajitas and it was so, so, so good. There were also some
deep-fried avocado wedges and absolutely delicious honey garlic chicken wings.
Basically my major cheat of the week, except I cheated and messed up when it
came to taking care of my body almost every single day. Just casual.
One
last thing that I feel like needs to be mentioned is how I actually got eight
hours of sleep one night this week, on Friday to be exact. I haven’t gotten
eight hours in so long and I know that it’s absolutely terrible and detrimental
to my health, but it’s just so hard to do that, especially when you miss one day
and the cycle just continues. So basically, my lack of sleep is the root of the
vast majority of my problems. You’d think I’d be smart enough to fix my sleep
patterns with that knowledge.
Apparently
not.
Goals of the week:
1)
Get AT LEAST eight hours of sleep every night
2)
Work out AT LEAST five days a week (aka just follow the schedule, J)
3)
Only have one cheat meal some time during Thanksgiving weekend (honestly, not
that much of a vanity thing but more just so I don’t feel sluggish and so I don’t
fall into this neverending cycle of feeling gross)
Wish
me luck guys. There’s so much going on next week and I have to mentally prepare
myself for it all today. Well, thank goodness there’s Thanksgiving to look
forward to (amongst other things).
Have you had as crazy of a week as I have? How do you like to de-stress when there isn't much time (I'd love your tips)? What are you looking forward to next week? Share your thoughts and leave your comments below!
- J
Well, I suggest you don't be so strict on yourself (as usual XD). Sometimes it's okay to slack off a bit and not do everything according to schedule because no human can do everything at once, even though there SEEMS to be people like that. At the end we'll have to find what's the most important and make the best of it.
ReplyDeleteAnd/or, focus on what you get from not doing something, for example I like to think that although I missed my work put session today, I have more time to sleep or do what I want. It means feeling a bit sluggish later, but it also means giving my exhausted body a break.
At least that's what I learn from my personal experience. Hope this is helpful. :) (I don't want to sound bossy or anything lol)
It wasn't at all (bossy, I mean), don't you worry! I think I'm doing better with my goals this year thought! x
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