I have noticed a pattern: the more stressed I am, the more likely I am to end up in the beauty department while grocery shopping, aching to get a face cream that will make my skin feel 'dewy' or a body butter for making my skin feel soft. I think its my way of trying to make myself feel better; probably better than looking for sweets yet not really getting to the root of the problem or doing anything constructive about it.
I think one of the problems is lack of 'me' time. I have stopped counting running as 'me' time for the same reasons I don't count eating, plus, I take Dovie along with me, which means a mandatory stop for some time with the duckies, talking to doggies, and swing time tacked on towards the end of our run - so really, I am running while entertaining a toddler. I am also not counting reading parenting books, as that is part of parenting. My other 'me' time is blogging, but we all see how well that is going.
How/when do you carve out 'me' time out of your busy schedules, and how do you compensate if you don't?
The perverse incentives of academia
6 years ago
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I do not have a kid yet, but I do notice that as pressure increases, so does the amount of sweets I buy, and cakes, and cookies. "Fortunately" I have a horse, that needs to be ridden every day, so that is "me" time. I ride and entertain the horse, while trying to unwind my brain. I would love to have a kid, but at the same time I am so so scared of what will happen to my time if it finally happens.
Me time, hahahahahah!!!!!!! sorry. I feel like I will get me time when the 2nd one 4.
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