I need to have a little brain dump/rant on the blog today. My brain is all dark and cloudy right now.
People Sick of Hearing about the Mid-Term Elections
If your news feed is anything like mine, you are getting reminded about the elections in 8 out of 10 tweets. But we all know people that don’t follow the same people we do and don’t get the same exposure. That’s why it’s so important to remind everyone in our paths to get registered and to show up. I still hear people saying that they don’t love any of their choices. I found this comic that I can send them now. They can either run themselves or figure it out. I just want people to care and it’s so frustrating when they say it doesn’t impact them or they don’t like their choices.
Clutter
I am a person who loves getting rid of things. Why has it been so hard for me lately to carve out the time and clean shit out? Our dresser is completely stuffed. Justin did all the laundry this week and we actually don’t have room to put things away. My desk is a disaster at home because I don’t work at it daily, so it collects crap. I need to find time to purge, purge, purge. We did have a win when we cleared out the furniture we’ve had in our garage all summer and they picked it up. It was just an old TV stand that the previous homeowner left and some IKEA shelves our movers broke, but they are gone and it feels good to have that checked off the list.
Office Traps
It’s been a year since we moved back to Minneapolis and I spend most work days in an office instead of working from home. It has completely altered my life. I could probably write a whole post about why it has been extremely difficult. It’s mostly the lack of moving around while sitting at a desk all day and the fact that everyone has shitty food out on their desk daily – banana bread with cream cheese frosting, candy, cookies and all that jazz. I am trying to stay away from sweets as much as possible and it’s annoying how often people bring them in.
Unrealistic Expectations
Everywhere I turn, someone is laying out all the things you need to do to take care of yourself, be happy, be healthy, be a good friend. If you actually sit down and add up all the things that you are supposed to do, you’d be poor and extremely tired. It has been annoying me extra lately because I’m trying really hard to lose some of the weight I’ve gained in the last year, but it requires extra dedication and focus and then I have to start losing focus in other places. I can’t keep up with all my favorite people, get work done, exercise, meal prep, keep the house clean, volunteer and have fun. I’m really glad that we are heading out of town on Saturday just to shake things up a little bit.
Lack of Daylight
It’s officially Netflix time in our household. We don’t watch much TV in the summer because we can sit in the front porch and read and we can play outside. Now it gets dark not long after we get home from work and I just don’t like it. Getting outside during the work day can be hard some days and I can already feel myself missing the daylight.
Now that I’ve gotten that stuff out of my brain, I feel a little better. I’m excited about some big city time in the next few weekends with a work trip in the middle. I need a change of scenery and a kick in the ass. Happy Friday Jr.
