Love all these posts :) I've been feeling a lot of the need for "slow and smooth" work recently. Nothing as intense as childcare, but with the move to our new place I started off by trying to Unpack And Organize All The Things in the first week, and realized I was burning out. I have switched to doing like, one thing for the house on days when I am up for it, with great success. Same with writing, after a pretty frenetic few months prior to move (when writing helped me not think about Everything), I switched to a more slow and steady pace. I was afraid I'd fall into the "I don't want to write anymore" mode, but no -- yesterday, I could not keep myself from doing some. Very happy to hear you've been able to slow down a little and feel less like drowning! <3
Max - thank you once again for putting into words the actual feelings and senses of that life transition called "getting older, having a family, and still trying to be as productive as you were before all that." Really - it helps to know that this is a thing, and it has a description, and is common among workaholics - a condition of sorts. You are therapy for that condition.
Love all these posts :) I've been feeling a lot of the need for "slow and smooth" work recently. Nothing as intense as childcare, but with the move to our new place I started off by trying to Unpack And Organize All The Things in the first week, and realized I was burning out. I have switched to doing like, one thing for the house on days when I am up for it, with great success. Same with writing, after a pretty frenetic few months prior to move (when writing helped me not think about Everything), I switched to a more slow and steady pace. I was afraid I'd fall into the "I don't want to write anymore" mode, but no -- yesterday, I could not keep myself from doing some. Very happy to hear you've been able to slow down a little and feel less like drowning! <3
Max - thank you once again for putting into words the actual feelings and senses of that life transition called "getting older, having a family, and still trying to be as productive as you were before all that." Really - it helps to know that this is a thing, and it has a description, and is common among workaholics - a condition of sorts. You are therapy for that condition.