3/9/05: Sort of out of sorts

[davidlevine]

Editing hours: 5.6 | Since last entry: 3.2 | Percent complete: 8%

Over an hour of editing tonight, but I'm still frustrated. I got in an hour on the plane to Potlatch, but nothing at the con and only a few minutes on the plane back. Monday was Japanese class, and yesterday I came home from work with a splitting headache and didn't have the energy to do anything productive. Which is not to say I got to sleep at a reasonable hour. Grr.

Potlatch was a pretty good convention -- had many nice conversations and meals with friends new and old, including jaylake, jedediah, zellandyne, elisem, xthread, akirlu, libertango, naomi_traveller, and Lise WINOLJ -- but I felt rather out of sorts for the whole thing. Maybe it was just lack of sleep, but somehow I just wasn't in the mood to enjoy it completely.

At the moment I am trying to remember what in life gives me joy. (It's not editing, that's for sure.) I'm also wondering if, when I remember that, I will be able to find the time to do it. I'm bogged down with responsibilities and somehow not finding the time to focus on any of them.

This will pass, I think. Sleep would certainly help.

Comments

[snippy]

MAS: Did you want suggestions on the joy thing?

[davidlevine]

Yes, please. (I feel better today than I did when I posted that, but more joy is always better.)

[snippy]

Mundane: go for a walk. The cherry trees are especially nice along the north part of Waterfront Park.

Sex. Not kidding, really. I'm an enthusiastic proponent of it, and it's easy to forget or dismiss it as ordinary.

Any kind of pleasurable touch--massage, pedicure, how about a professional shave?

Do something for a person you care about. I get a lot out of supposedly altruistic acts.

Turn someone on to a thing you like, that they didn't know about--a book, a song, an artist, a restaurant. Sharing good stuff brings me joy.

Thinking about my partner(s) does it, too. And getting to know new friends.

[davidlevine]

Thanks awfully for the suggestions. I went for a walk with my sweetie and got some ice cream. It helped greatly.