This is How I Am Adjusting…

this is how I am adjusting

It is just over a month since beginning my new job and I have not had much of a chance to breath much less write…

First things first…

I like my new job…it is routine enough that I can learn to be really good at it, and it is different enough everyday that it isn’t at all boring…

I am not adjusting well to the new routine…up at six and out the door at 6:30 I drive a little over a hour to work and back…after all that driving and a very full day of interaction with people, this introvert arrives home EXHAUSTED and ready to crash…there has also been a lot of snow, and ice resulting in more slow, and semi-dangerous drives home than I would like to remember.

As much as I long to get things done in the evenings…mostly I come home, take a shower, and think about blogging, writing a card, reading, or being creative, all the while I am still sitting on the couch and just can’t get up…

Every week I get a little bit better at incorporating something else…

9:30 is my ‘ideal’ bedtime and tonight I am seriously struggling to stay up until 11:00 because I just want to finish this blasted post and actually publish it…

If I am honest…I am discouraged…I spent a lot of the last six months dreaming…making plans…making headway…now, my head is just above water, and I don’t know how long I can tread until my dreams are so far away that I can’t see them again…

Friday will bring another fantastic guest post in the Matthew 6:26 series…

Carelessly,

April

In re-reading this post I can feel the blah…the writing, isn’t writing, but I can’t give up on this place…and if I’m going to get it real up in here, then I need to share this…BEDTIME!

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  • Hello Flecks

    April, I have a very similar schedule, with the same long commute. Its is a blessing in disguise. Make sure you’re using that commute for podcasts of some kind. I get 2 hours of learning in every day! As for energy at the end of the day. I make sure to accomplish all I want or need to before thinking about sitting on the couch because I know the couch is a killer for me. Write down just 1-3 things you’ll do at the end of the day, the list will build from there! You can do it!!

  • Sherri Adelman

    Real is good… it is writing, even if it’s not your “best” I have only a 30 minute commute and I feel much the same way… sitting on the couch finding it hard to move. Is moving closer to work at some point a possibility? Praying for you! (((HUGS)))