Stir Crazy

[Mr Ripple]

Finally realised yesterday I've been stir crazy for a while with lockdown Covid shit but must have convinced myself i was okay.

I hope by accepting it now i can start putting myself back together.

Seems strange not having the outside freedom even though I'm not particularly in need of going anywhere at the moment.

Got plenty of indoor jobs to do but being forced to stay indoors seems to make me reluctant to do them so for the last few weeks I've been wasting away in a forced routine.

Broken sleep, peeping out for the postie, walking the dog, shopping weekly for the olds and a neighbour including ourselves, wake up, sleep, repeat and it's taking it's toll so today it changes.

 

[mattyk2010]

Congratulations on seeing a way forward for yourself mate I wish you luck in climbing out that hole you been in [emoji4]

 

[Crewella]

I think it creeps up on you, and it's horribly easy to let it - some days are better than others. Good luck.

 

[rew]

Glad you have realised what's going on for you. This crap at the moment affects us all in slightly different ways and I guess we deal with things in different ways. Hope things start to be a bit more settled for you.

 

[Richard Winter]

Very easy to get booged down and stuck in a bit of a rut. Glad to hear u see a way forward.

 

[tanglewood]

Too true, very easy to find yourself stuck in a routine that does not seem to change. I think we all have good and not so good day's.

 

[MissPopadop]

Your post will resonate with lots of people I should think @StrawberryRipple it certainly does with me. I too have a list of jobs that goes on forever but little enthusiasm for doing them and can find an equally long list of reasons for not doing them!! Procrastination has taken over big time.

I've found that if I break down each job into tiny parts and set myself the objective just to do one of the tiny parts in a day then I can get myself going and usually end up doing more. BUT if I end up doing nothing, I'm not beating myself up about it, just accepting that it won't be forever and this time next year things will be different.

Today my tiny job is to zinzerbinn 6 square feet of wall in my kitchen which is stained with tar from being my old smoking area. Tomorrow I'll try for 2 coats of white paint on it and I know it'll look 100 times better than it does now and is putting another small part of my smoking life behind me!

Good luck with making your changes.

Angela

 

[Mitz]

I'm amazed to only just hear you've got a dog!

Pics or it's a lie.

 

[eyeball kid]

Crazy times bud.
I find myself still shocked every couple of day's by the surreal and huge nightmare situation we're in.
It does help to avoid news overload and catching up on annoying little outstanding jobs. You feel you've accomplished something that's been waiting for ages.
I hope this has been a wake up call to those who think those stuck at home in normal times due to illness, unemployment or she are having a sweet time of it.
I realised year's back that if I took more than two weeks holiday I'd go out of my mind. That was under normal conditions with pay.
No matter how chilled we may be, we're pre programmed to feel useful and productive.
A definite routine really does help and try not to beat yourselves up. It's a weird situation.

 

[Mr Ripple]

I'm amazed to only just hear you've got a dog!

Pics or it's a lie.