I have felt so unmotivated lately.
I start a project, hoping to "get into it" only to find myself wandering the house aimlessly, project half finished and being scattered about by the children.
Patrick called me today on his way home from work to go show a couple of houses for his "hobby" as a realtor. (Obviously, he's pulling more weight in this family than I am...)
"Whatcha doin?"
"Meh. Just painting a stool."
"A stool? You're painting a stool?"
"I had no desire to accomplish anything important today, AGAIN, so I built the stool that's been sitting unassembled on my shelf. Since I had some blue paint, I started to paint it. So I'm painting a stool."
"Oh."
End conversation.
I KNOW. Riveting stuff, right?
There isn't anything wrong, I'm just... Meh. The sun hasn't been out, so I haven't been out. The kids are missing their friends that moved and have been grumpy and listless, so I'm grumpy and listless. And I'm unable to enjoy any project I'm working on, no matter how many I begin. I mean, USUALLY when I hack away at the growth that is our front "garden", I walk away from it feeling like a superstar! You should see the amount of vegetation I'm referring to - it's phenomenal. This week though? After 2 hours of clipping branches and pulling weeds and pruning flowers? Nothing.
No joy.
No pride.
Just... Meh.
I need a shot or a pill or something. It should probably be legal but I'm almost willing to try something that borders on the edge, just to pull me out of my funk and back into appreciating every single day I get to live on this Earth...
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6 comments:
I think building and painting a stool is pretty productive. :-)
Hope you're feeling better soon!
maybe you just need your vitamin D levels checked? Hoped you are feeling better soon.
I thought the same as @kailani, when I'm in a melancholy funk, I certainly don't build furniture and paint it!
I'm the same. Though you are still doing stuff, so that's good.
"This will also pass".
Me too, except I think mine is perimenopause. Effing yay.
Anyway, I just read that two handfuls of cashews has the same therapeutic effect as a Prozac. I'm one my way to Sam's Club immediately.
When feeling uninspired i KNOW it' time for me to be selfish and even ignore the kids for a couple of hours if I have to. Good luck! Miss you guys!
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