I have been feeling stressed and really burnt out for quite some time. I think it’s really starting to affect me. I haven’t felt totally happy for quite some time, and it’s affecting my interaction with people. It almost feels like a burden to see people because I feel like it’s cutting into my me time. I sense a snowball effect going on.

I’m constantly doing something so it saves me time farther down the road. And I feel like these are things I have to do. Usually these things are cooking and laundry?! Never mind the “to-do-when-I-have- time” list that seems to get longer and longer…

I always have to make sure I have enough for lunches because if I’m home late one night, I don’t have to worry about cooking (I hate buying lunch because I don’t like my food choices where I work). I have to make sure I have enough gym clothes for at least two days because I hang my clothes to dry. It probably wouldn’t as hard to coordinate if I had a schedule of events 2 weeks in advance. Or if I was single or if I always slept at home.

I really need to find ways to de-stress that doesn’t involve increasing my cost of living! Maybe I need to make bigger batch of freezer-friendly foods and buy more gym clothes. But whatever it is, I need to do it now!