Apr 28 2008
Random Thought: BurnOut
For the last two hours I haven’t accomplished anything. I want to. I do. But my eyes are tired and my brain is fried. By the end of last week, I knew burn out was creeping in. To avoid the possibility, this past weekend I didn’t write, work on my paint project (as I planned to do), or fiddle with my guitar.
Even though I did nothing, my mind was working overtime. Thinking about stories, book proposals, impressionist paintings, Spanish folklore, my business, and on and on. I don’t know how to shut off my brain. Usually I don’t mind, but there are times - like today - where I literally can’t see straight.
I’d go for a walk, but it’s raining. I’d go shopping, but that isn’t an activity I enjoy.
My stress relievers (reading, writing, painting, gutiar playing) are the cause of my stress. What’s this poor little Puerto Rican chic to do? Please don’t suggest that I lay down and just relax. Relaxing stresses me the frakk out.
I like to exercise when I get stressed, I’ve also found that baking and listening to music helps. Good luck!
Ran my three miles this morning. And I don’t bake or cook for that matter. But um…if you want to relieve stress and bake oatmeal cookies for me, I won’t mind. Of course, I’m only thinking of you and your stress level when I suggest baking for me.
Love this song! I was young enough to not “get it” when the song was first released- I think I was 11 (I think I’m a year older than you) and didn’t know “come” had another meaning! Another song that I just didn’t realize was nasty ’til years later was ZZ Top’s “Pearl Necklace”-ha.
Sounds like your stress relievers are all very positive. Do you not have any bad vices? It’s great if you don’t; I know I do.
Erika, I wish I had vices. People that know me say that if I had vices I wouldn’t be so stressed. LOL
I don’t gamble, drink, smoke, nor have sex.
I’m a nerdy girl through and through. One who is known to wear shorts with tube shocks. Not a classy look, but one that fits my personality.
Oh, but I do curse A LOT. I don’t curse at people (i.e. I don’t say fuck you or you are a bitch). But I will sprinkle curse words in a conversation. Does that count as a vice?
Funny thing about the song Relax is that I knew what “come” meant. I was young but was molested so that’s how I knew what the word meant.
Anyway, I would laugh at the song because I thought that Frankie Goes to Hollywood didn’t know that “come” was a sexual reference. So I know didn’t the meaning of the song either even though I knew what the word “come” meant.
The only ZZ Top song I remember is Legs.
I’ll bake Chocolate chip cookies for you. It will give me excuse to have some…LOL!
“and didn’t know “come” had another meaning! ”
LOL! I didn’t know that either.
You don’t like cake and now you are down on oatmeal cookies. Our friendship is hanging by a thin string of cookie dough.
did some one say cake?????? whhat a stress reliever!!!!! id be there in a minute if i knew where you were?????? i think maybe a few hot tamale candy and a little rumba in the kitchen when your makin that cake might relieve you stress!!!! good luck on the writin aah i can smell the cake now!!!!!
bionic marsh
I don’t know how to rumba. I don’t like (or know how) to bake or cook. But hot tamales hits the spot every time.
theres the clue keep i hot when your writin and remember it’s always on the tip of your hot tongue!!!! and in your mind this is goin to work for ya!!!! and i love that you like toast my favorite dream of my life would be to open a place where people could come and just have toast and coffee and read if they had the urge nothin fancy or expensive just like a couple of bucks!!! i’d call it tc’s ( toast and coffee) what a fun thought now just need $$$$> have great day i new we had something in common who would of thought it would be toast???? new name TOASTED bionic marsh
marsh is our Kramer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYlyl-ZKLC4
what a compliment i will take my shine now with just a twinkle in my eye Thank you thank you thank you
bionic marsh