I get overextended at work -> I start working more -> I start sleeping less -> I start eating worse -> I stop working out -> I get very stressed out -> I become less productive -> I get even more overextended.
You would think I would learn by now!!!
Resolution: I am going to wrap up what I am working on within an hour*, get a good night of sleep, and run in the morning.
* Too bad the task is really a full day worth of work...
The perverse incentives of academia
6 years ago
7 comments:
I hope you made it for that run. I have the same problem with the never-ending cycle. It seems that I never learn.
I know what you mean! I hope you get finished and get a run in....:) Good luck!
oh yeah i know what you mean!! good luck getting things done, have a great run and hopefully that will help recharge your batteries :)
said at 10:32 pm. you need to come home at 5 pm, chill. sleep and run. i know i'm such a mom....
I agree, we all need to take time for ourselves or else the cycle is vicious-which I why I still have 20 lbs to loose. Hope you had a nice run.
Sounds like a familiar and nefarious enemy. I have solved this problem by finding activity buddies who beat me into submission when I'm like 'ooh but if Istay until 2am I can run 1 more experiment that won't work!'
Amanda - I did go for a run, and although it was rough (I really need to stop skipping my runs!), I felt much better afterward.
PD - Thanks! The task didn't get finished that night, but getting some sleep made it go faster the next day.
Quiet - thanks, it did help!
SM - you are such a mom ;) I honestly do not remember ever finishing work at 5pm...
Jennie - occasionally I do better on breaking the cycle. And then things tumble again... Good luck with making time for yourself, too!
Hermitage - an external control mechanism to override the crazy "if I work 2 more hours, I might get it completed"? Genius!
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