I don’t know why, but I am feeling quite tired the last week or so. Annoying. Even more because I can’t really find the reason why. As often it might just be a combination of things, but it can’t be a good thing that on a Monday, after coming home at 1730, I am already feeling tired. I can’t blame it on the long working week right now, as the weekend just finished… And besides the squash the main event last weekend was relaxing. Which I was practicing at a very high level I must say. Only moving from the couch for the bare essentials, and always back within minutes! :-)
Maybe that is also part of it… As not doing much isn’t usually helping a lot when being tired. But as I feel tired, I enjoy watching a movie from the couch! Mmm… a puzzle. Maybe the answer is in a more diverse approach. A bit of relaxing combined with some things that require a bit more brain activity then the coordination of moving my hand from the bag of chips to my mouth and back to repeat the process.
Sounds good. For a start. Also makes sense, as my daily job at this moment doesn’t offer that much challenge to the brain. The work can’t get more routine (or should I just say boring?), then it is at the moment. And 40 hours a week without any form of challenge, or just even a sign of a challenge somewhere in the future can’t be considered a healthy thing. Well… you would think. As for most working people on this planet it’s probably the most normal thing to do the same thing every day. So why do I complain? Do I just raise the bar to high for my work? Or life in general? Why does there always need to be a challenge somewhere? Well, maybe not always, but every now and then… yes. Yes, please. Mmmm… I am drifting off… I think I can write a whole new post just about this subject! I probably will soon, but let’s focus first one finishing this one! ;-)
So this work thing is clearly not helping much. The travel time from and to work is also not much of a positive contribution… Quick math learns us that leaving home at 0700, getting home at 1730 and being at work for 8 and a half hours, I am located somewhere in between for two whole hours. When I can borrow my moms car it’s quite ok, as I mainly spend the two hours singing a long with the car radio or laughing with the morning DJ, but when I have to take public transportation I have a bit more shame and it’s always a long quiet ride.
I seem to sleep an average of 7 hours a night. Could do with one more probably, but I have managed with less, so that should not cause any problems. Although the biological clock isn’t helping much by not letting me sleep extra late in the weekend! That would be nice, but as I never feel physically tired when I am on the squash court on Saturday all eyes seem to focus on me being mentally tired… Mentally tired?!?! Is that really something? And could that be it… It sounds very vague. Mentally tired of what? Work? Being bored? It sounds to serious as well. Terms like “burnout” now cross my mind. Way to strong terms for me. It’s not like I can’t work. It’s just boring. And staying home and doing nothing wouldn’t be the answer. As I would still be bored.
Fascinating… I clearly have some more thinking to do on this one.
I must say I felt quite tired when I got home and when I started writing this, but I don’t feel so tired at the moment… Seems like the blog is a good way to challenge my brain and make me think. Well, I will leave some brain exercise for tomorrow as now it’s time to chill on the couch again. It has probably been wondering where I have been! ;-)

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