I'm done with school for good now, and last week I resolved to do absolutely nothing. I didn't want to clean, to cook anything, to even do much reading besides for pleasure.
Sunday morning of that week I spent 6 hours finishing my last essay/exam and then didn't touch my computer for the rest of the night. Instead I actually spent the entire afternoon in the kitchen. My fiance` and I baked some gluten free vegan apple-cinnamon donuts, which were fantastic. Then we made sweet potato fries with cinnamon (we love cinnamon around here) and some real homemade vegan garlic bread for me. This all took a few hours, we made things one at a time and munched as we were cooking the next thing. After this we weren't hungry for a while so we spent a bit of time cleaning in the kitchen. By this time it was about 9pm, so it was definitely time for dinner. We made stuffed peppers (mine was vegan of course ;) ) which took a while, and then sat to enjoy them. Something I noticed was that I felt much better eating small amounts throughout the afternoon instead of one big meal halfway through! While I admitted that was more fun than it should have been, I still was determined not to do anything at all for the rest of the week.
Monday I woke up and got online and wasted the entire morning until it was time to go to work. I felt terrible. I had no energy, I felt icky, and I was hungry with no appetite. Monday night I needed an energy drink in order to function at work. The next day was almost identical.
Let's compare that to today. I woke up just before 9, got cleaned up and dressed, and took my fiance` to work. I came back, had a bit of breakfast, and then took his sister (she lives with us right now) to work. When I came home I did some important phone calls and emails relating to getting the correct degree for all of my work at university (that's a long story) and then came the waiting game. I'm actually still waiting to see if the changes are approved! Because I was waiting, I decided to do a load of laundry. I took the clothes down to the washer, came back up and went into the kitchen. I set a timer and then gathered all of the dishes (there were A LOT) on one side of the sink. I spent 30 minutes hand washing dishes, went to change the clothes into the dryer, came up and dried those dishes and began to wash more. An hour later, I had almost finished with them. And I felt great. I took a break for lunch and to blog a bit, and I will be going to finish the larger things, pots and pans that I had left for last. I've had a nice healthy lunch and I feel full of energy and just downright pleasant.
My lesson for today is that while it can be nice to do nothing every now and then, be wary that it can suck the energy and good feelings out of you like a vampire! When I finish these dishes I'm going to make something good to take to work for my dinner and be confident that I will not need an energy drink tonight.
If you're at home all day, Be Productive. Wash some dishes, vacuum, clean out your pet's living area, tend your garden, do a bit of exercise, anything to be up and moving! If you need to do something involving sitting or being on the computer, take frequent breaks to get up and bounce around, put on some music and dance to one song every half hour as a little break! I bet you'll get to feeling better in no time. ;)
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