And it was morning

[andrewducker]

Hit snooze on the alarm clock twice this morning before even getting to the stage where I could read for five minutes before getting up.

This is a good thing - it indcates that I was actually in deep sleep, not just the shallow, plastic sleep I feel I've been drifting in and out of for the last few weeks.

Too much motion and distance oviously isn't good for me.  I realised last night that up until recently my modus operandi has been to spend 5-6 nights a week at home, pottering around with various projects, watching TV, playing games - generally insulated from the world.  This has been reversed recently - I've spent 1-2 days a week in the flat, the rest out gaming, at Lilian's, at pub quizzes, at meals, etc.  I'm naturally rather introverted and I've been noticing that an increasing amount of the time I've just been looking forward to the next day that I can collapse onto my own sofa and feel en-wombed.

So, slight reorganisation of time is necessary, to avoid stress at things which, after all, are fun.  Tonight I have off at home (first time since... last Thursday), then tomorrow Lilian is over here, and there will be much staring at whatever is on TV.

Somewhere there is balance. I must find it.

Comments

[trashcanglam.livejournal.com]

Somewhere there is balance. I must find it.

Stand in the very middle of a see-saw. That should do it.

[dalglir.livejournal.com]

This is exactly the sort of stuff which is affecting our decisions on where to buy a house if/when we move back to Edinburgh. We've settled on 'inside the A720' to keep it a cab-able distance from the 'pub quizzes, at meals, etc' we'd otherwise find difficult to attend if we lived in, say, Livingstone or Dungfermline or something. I can't stress how dull it is living in a dormitory village beyond a reasonable cab-able distance from Cambridge (14UKP one way!).

[hfnuala.livejournal.com]

I tend to try to have at least 2 week nights at home. Any less than that and I'm just not that much fun to be around.

I think I'm a social introvert, so I need to see people, but not too much :)

[green-amber.livejournal.com]

actually he had Saturday night at home but he's forgotten that

[andrewducker]

Good point. I seem to remember that helped too.

Hmmm.