My Seven-Day Itch
It's called the seven-day itch... or was that 'year'? Well, the whole deal is, it's the one obstacle you come across when you're trying to manage something successfully. In my instance, the 'something' was, writing my blog. So after seven days and ten posts, I almost went, oh well. The same thing appears time and again in different forms. Here are my 'itch'es...
1. The Eleven O'Clock Itch: When you're trying to study for a tough exam and you know you're in for a long night. Coffee and nervousness help you stay awake. Then you hit the 'snag'. 11:00 pm. If I get past that, I'm pretty sure I'll make it through the entire night.
2. The "Get-off-your-ass" point: That point of day when you've gotten home, like half an hour ago and you know you want/have to gym, but your body is rebelling strongly. Once you get off your ass, it's easy... but getting off my ass itself is Huge!
3. The "Oops, Another Day" Glitch: Has happened at least once to everyone in their lives. Ranging from "Mom, wake me up again in ten minutes" to the more extreme "Shall I call in sick today?" thought. I feel a variant of this coming on almost every day of the week. I've seen it all!
There are dozens more, but most of them are the "keep them to yourself" kinds. In any case, you get the point. I'm hopefully past my seven-day itch, and, assuming life doesn't get too bothersome, I'll continue to go strong here!
1. The Eleven O'Clock Itch: When you're trying to study for a tough exam and you know you're in for a long night. Coffee and nervousness help you stay awake. Then you hit the 'snag'. 11:00 pm. If I get past that, I'm pretty sure I'll make it through the entire night.
2. The "Get-off-your-ass" point: That point of day when you've gotten home, like half an hour ago and you know you want/have to gym, but your body is rebelling strongly. Once you get off your ass, it's easy... but getting off my ass itself is Huge!
3. The "Oops, Another Day" Glitch: Has happened at least once to everyone in their lives. Ranging from "Mom, wake me up again in ten minutes" to the more extreme "Shall I call in sick today?" thought. I feel a variant of this coming on almost every day of the week. I've seen it all!
There are dozens more, but most of them are the "keep them to yourself" kinds. In any case, you get the point. I'm hopefully past my seven-day itch, and, assuming life doesn't get too bothersome, I'll continue to go strong here!
posted by Summer Showers at
7:03 PM
2 Comments:
I have almost the same ones, though the 11 pm itch isn't as bad as the period between 4 to 6 am, because if I do end up falling asleep then, I know my next day is going to be extremely wretched.
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Anonymous, at Thursday, August 11, 2005 2:19:00 PM
Yepp, I hit my second sleep snag at 4am too, but that's easier to tide over... I just take a break from studying and read a book for a half-hour! Try it :)
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Summer Showers, at Sunday, August 14, 2005 10:45:00 AM
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