I was hoping yesterday would pan out to be alright; I had woken up really tired after a night of restless sleep and wished my day wouldn’t be too impacted by it. Unfortunately, things didn’t go my way and the day was a long and sluggish grind to the end.
At work I didn’t get much done. In my eyes it was my first unproductive day. I was just jumping between three or four really boring tasks and never really settled down with one to get deep into. I did start another literature review which went well, but I’m not excited to continue it in the coming weeks.
After work I got a little snack on my walk home. This restaurant on my way home might prove to be very dangerous if I’m not careful. It has the best french fry omelette I’ve had yet—nice and crisp fries, but also a good ration between them and the eggs—so it’s quite tempting to stop at. When I got back to the hotel I didn’t do anything but lay in bed and listen to my audiobook.
I think it was a good rest day for me, I do feel a little better today, but I still slept in to try and get extra sleep. I’m starting to notice that my sleep is of much worse quality when I have lazy days lacking exercise or physical activity and it’s super hard to balance. If I go running everyday my body starts to get really sore, but my sleep is good. If I take a few break days, my body feels better but my sleep goes awry. I’m slowly finding the line to balance on, but I’ve definitely decided that I’d rather be a bit sore than mentally groggy and tired.
Today I’m feeling a little bit more energetic, but it’s going to be another battle at work today. I have to get these boring tasks done at some point, so hopefully I can chip away at em. I’m hoping I can get back out to the field sometime this week to take a short break from the desk work and reset my mentality a bit. We’ll see if that happens, but next week I’m almost certain I’ll have the opportunity!