Heh. This is why I decided to study some cooking/baking stuff while unemployed.
I'm finding that there's a kind of interesting dichotomy for me. On the one hand, I need some down time. On the other, bored time is when my brain can start telling me lies, and I can end up feeling most miserable.
I do know this: for certain things, like writing, I need the right balance of busy-ness and restfulness. If I'm overworked, my writing suffers. If I'm too bored, I need to organize too much to start writing, so I do something else instead.
I also find that if I structure my day just a bit, I tend to be better off than if I don't. The first two days of swing shift, I got up, exercised, made tea and breakfast, and felt like I was living just a fine life. I even *left the house to go to the store and came home before leaving for work*. (For some reason, "leaving the house" feels like it has to take far-too-long for me.)
Of course, the past two days... well, let's just say it's supposed to be 2-11, not 2-12:30 or later :-).
But some kind of structure seems to help me. Especially if I can toss it aside for something more important.
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Date: 2011-05-27 10:55 pm (UTC)I'm finding that there's a kind of interesting dichotomy for me. On the one hand, I need some down time. On the other, bored time is when my brain can start telling me lies, and I can end up feeling most miserable.
I do know this: for certain things, like writing, I need the right balance of busy-ness and restfulness. If I'm overworked, my writing suffers. If I'm too bored, I need to organize too much to start writing, so I do something else instead.
I also find that if I structure my day just a bit, I tend to be better off than if I don't. The first two days of swing shift, I got up, exercised, made tea and breakfast, and felt like I was living just a fine life. I even *left the house to go to the store and came home before leaving for work*. (For some reason, "leaving the house" feels like it has to take far-too-long for me.)
Of course, the past two days... well, let's just say it's supposed to be 2-11, not 2-12:30 or later :-).
But some kind of structure seems to help me. Especially if I can toss it aside for something more important.