Take a break?

On Saturday I did OU work

On Sunday I did OU work

On Monday I did OU work

On Tuesday I did OU work

Yesterday, Wednesday I started OU work and reading it through just wasn’t working. My head felt blank and to be honest, not very interested.

I spent most of my time with my councillor yesterday telling her about this. I talked about how when I was a student in my 20s, I used to sit in bed with my folders, reading and reading and reading. How I don’t really remember burning myself out. How in my 30s I used to work at my postdoc through the day, come home and eat my dinner, then paint for the rest of the night.

My counsellor made an observation, that my situation now is different for two reasons.

·         Firstly, I am no longer in my 20-30s. As we get older, we get more tired more quickly

·         Secondly, since that time I’ve had a traumatic brain injury, which makes you different. You’re not as resilient as you were.

She asked whether it might make sense to take a break - to let my head rest – to allow it to store up more energy.

I “allowed” myself to. I took the rest of the day off. I watched telly.

And today I started my OU work and suddenly I feel more eager.

I feel interested in the notes I’m reading.

I’m making progress.

I feel much happier!