Here I lay at 2:38 am with thoughts swooshing around in my head so fast you can almost hear a sound coming from the inside of my noggin.Sssssssssswwwwwoooossshhh….  My feet are cold from the lack of sleep and my fingers are being a bitch and not doing what I want them to do. But… I’ve decided to, in the middle of having this torturous battle with my conscience of how little sleep I’m going to get, write a blog post…why the hell not, right??? No lights on but the bright glare of my phone and my fingers typing a mile a minute…crazy at its best. With 4 1/2 hours only left to sleep I wonder why my coverup isn’t working on my dark circles anymore maybe because I’m cray-cray?? Just a thought.

Who else has so many things on their plate and so many things they want to do they don’t know where to start? I promise this has been a conundrum of mine my whole flipping life. Age seems to make it worse as you somehow feel the impending doom of that clock ticking in your ears louder and louder with each passing year. Lately, I feel like the sound of each minute echoes in my ears as I am constantly feeling like there isn’t enough time. Time for things I want to do and time for things I have to do and even time to do absolutely nothing and rejuvenate myself. I slipped down the stairs yesterday and today feel the mishap through every bone in my body. A nice constant reminder that in this life of mine, where I feel I have NO TIME…I now need to fit in exercise somewhere in the mix just to help my weary body… woe is me… as Eeyore might say from Winnie the Pooh…. no damn time to even feel sorry for me!!

I’m so curious how some people seem to do it ALLLLLL!!! How the hell do they do it?? Priorities are so important and we all fall into the trap of doing the wrong thing at the wrong time and it depleting us of precious minutes and moments. That wonderful word NO—a word we not only need to tell ourselves but others when there is just too much to do.
The clock strikes 3 am and my eyes are beginning to feel like I’ve poured acid into them. Not really sure what breakthrough I think I’ll reach tonight, (or should I say this morning) but I’m hoping the satisfaction of being productive and writing a blog post will allow me to slumber away with happy thoughts of accomplishment.

What are your secrets and tips when the mind can’t be turned off and to-do lists float around in your head like falling leaves?? How do you say NO to yourself and others when trying to balance it all and stay focused and productive?? What do you do to rejuvenate yourself after days that it’s 3 am and you need that pick-me-up?? Fill me in…. give me some tips PRETTY PLEASE!!! Help me figure out these conundrums… my curiosity is killing me!!! 😕🔫

A~