Saturday, August 14, 2010

Unmotivated

Pregnancy has made me very unmotivated.
I'm not sure if it's the hormones, the lethargy, 
or the lack of Adderal in my system but 
something has turned me into a slug and
I'm not at all happy about it.

Instead of motivated, I'm anxious and guilt 
ridden, worrying all the time about what I'm 
not accomplishing instead of enjoying what 
I am (which isn't much, except growing
a human being inside of me). 

My house is a mess, my closets need organized, 
the kitchen cabinet doors still need a coat or two 
of paint, and there's that 194 page novel that 
needs a conclusion and a final edit.

There's a pile of clean laundry draped over the
living room chair, a friend's first novel that needs a 
read, kitten claws that need a trim, and a baby 
registry that needs to materialize at some point.

Did I mention that I'm going back to work in a few
weeks and have a new prep to plan for?

Instead of getting to work on one of the above
projects, I'm finding a bit of satisfaction in 
working my way through the queue on our DVR;
today, I knocked out two episodes of Huge, a few
Bethenny Getting Married, a couple of Teen Moms
and an episode of Solve My Mystery.
Ah, accomplishment.

Sidebar: Am I the only one who thinks that the 
flight attendant who fled down the slide should be 
punished to the fullest extent of the law and not
allowed to profit from any entertainment deals?

4 comments:

  1. Shouldn't nesting kick in at some point here soon? I just bet you end up knocking tons of projects out here soon!

    And as for the flight attendant - is it bad if I just don't care that much? I mean, I think he should definitely face charges, but I don't really care if he profits off of it. He's never going to be a flight attendant again, so I suppose he should probably milk his 15 minutes for whatever they are worth!

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  2. I was always sluggish and unmotivated when pregnant too.... but then, all of a sudden, around month 7, I got a ton of energy... (ironic, yes, since I was HUGE and should've been ridiculously uncomfortable and tired )

    As for now, just enjoy what you are doing. Whenever all those odd and horrible pregnancy symptoms hit me ( and I had a ton... every single one in the book at LEAST once.... which led to three completely different and challenging births....) I always reminded myself that this was the only time that I was able to assist God in creating a miracle....

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  3. Here's the thing: I was not pregnant this summer, and yet I still was desperate to sit around rather that work on productive things. Isn't it some natural body response (rest) to the choas of the other ten months of the year?

    I think so.

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  4. yep. Pregnancy. You crave sleep, lack of heaving, then food, and nothing else for the first half to 2/3rds, and then spend the last 2 months on this unbridled supply of frenetic energy doing all the physical stuff your doctor/husband/family all tell you you shouldn't be doing, but you're doing anyways because it has to be done. Right. Now. ;-)
    Good luck with the prep work and new school year. :-)

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