Stress

Work has been very stressful the last couple of weeks.  I will not talk about that, but about how I deal with it: Not well.

I come home from work, and do the necessary chores: feed the cats, take out the trash, read the mail, check the computer email, do the games I generally do, including the word games on Facebook. Sometimes I cook dinner. Sometimes, if the weather is good, I sit outside and read. Sometimes, I watch something mindless on TV, especially sports. 

But most nights, I do not de-stress before I go to sleep.  I nod off before I can de-stress. So the quality of my sleep is tense and not restive. Even though the activities in which I engage are really activities to help me to de-stress: read, mindless TV, word games, it does not always help.

With the emotional news content lately, and the inability to de-stress, I have been wearing out my body and my mind.  I need to let it go.  I need to just chuck it.  

Last night, I had a period of restive reading before I went to bed.  That was very helpful. Maybe I can do that again tonight.