I’ve been a little exhausted lately and by “little” I mean completely and wholeheartedly broken down
tired. I may be overdoing it this semester, just a bit, but I do love being
busy! But because I’m not the only one who tries to do it all, I’ve composed a
list of signs that you need a day of Gilmore Girls, or maybe in your case
Breaking Bad, Grey’s Anatomy, The Hills, How I Met Your Mother or every single
Harry Potter movie. Whatever floats your boat! Just take a day to drift in and
out of sleep in front of an awesome series all bundled up and relaxed. Take a day for you!
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| My dramatic interpretation of exhaustion. (you're welcome) |
You’re in need if you show any and
especially ALL of these signs:
You have experienced
many mental blackouts.
When I say “mental blackout,” I mean those times when you
are walking or driving some place and suddenly arrive at your destination,
blinking, realizing that you have no
recollection of the entire journey (oops). Or those times when you’re
sitting in front of the TV and you suddenly realize that you’ve been watching
the news for about 20 minutes, but when you sat down you were watching Ellen…
You regularly wake up
in a panic state.
I’m talking mainly naps here, folks. These are the times
when you wake up on the couch (or futon) to a brightly lit window and are 100% positive that you have missed a
class, meeting, date, practice, etc. and it is
the end of the world. Personally, these moments are terrifying. I woke up last
week from an full 5.5 hours of sleep with a huge sinking feeling in my stomach
because I truly believed that I had forgotten about meeting the little
elementary school student I mentor. It
was an awful feeling. BUT, then I came to terms with my life and realized I
had an entire “to-do” list to accomplish, so I rallied from my slumber.
You haven’t been to
bed before 1:00AM in ages.
Midnight is no longer a sign that you should be sleeping
anymore. Dark hours that you never used to fathom being awake for are recently
your most trusted times. When you finally climb into your bed, you are fully aware
that an alarm will wake you up far too soon as soon as you close your eyes,
which is the worst feeling ever.
You genuinely cannot
remember seemingly basic information.
These are the REALLY embarrassing times when you forget
everyday information about yourself. I experienced the sinking feeling of
forgetting my debit card number, recently. The cashier was not impressed with my common sense. Let me tell you, it was terrifying. You feel as if you’ve lost
your marbles! Other things you may forget include: your phone number, password
to Facebook, email address, mom’s maiden name, etc…
You’re snacking a
lot. OR, for some people, you forget to feed yourself.
This one is tragic. I mindlessly snack when I stress, but a
friend of mine will get so overwhelmed that she forgets to eat! As much as I
wish I had her issue, that is terrible! When you no longer realize you are
hungry it is well past time for you to spend a day with yourself. Or when you
find yourself at the bottom of the Cheez-It box and are confused as to who took
them, you’re ready all right.
I suggest you run home, grab your body pillow you substitute
as a boyfriend (just me?) and settle in. You’re going to have a FANTASTIC day with yourself. And
tomorrow? Well, that comes tomorrow.
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