
I'm sick... and tired.
I feel as though for the past month and a half I've had maybe three days where I haven't felt sick. Right now I feel like I'm fighting off a cold... last week I had the flu...
I've been waking up every morning with achy joints and sore muscles (such as they are). I can't seem to get enough sleep - EVER.
Leigh thinks it's stress... she's probably right, but if I could just switch my stress 'off' I'd have done it a long time ago.
I've always felt that I have a mild case of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder... some would say that it's not so mild... I'd try to 'do' something about it if it weren't for the fact that my OCD seems to make me REALLY GOOD at managing my time and prioritizing my goals.
Here's an example of how my brain works... while I'm driving home from work, I will plot out my exact course from the second I walk in the door. Let's say I've decided to have spaghetti for dinner... that means I have to boil water... let's also say I have to go to the bathroom really badly... so I get home and before I even take off my coat, I go to the kitchen, fill up a pot with water and put it on the stove... THEN I will go take off my coat, THEN go to the bathroom... I have just saved myself aproxomately nine seconds of valuable time by overlapping my coat/bathroom time with the water-boiling time.
I work this way CONSTANTLY. And that's just one example of how my OCD works with SMALL things... you can just imagine how it dictates more important matters.
On the one hand, it has made me GREAT at meeting my deadlines... on the other hand, it has made me really uptight. I have a whole 'shutting down' ritual I have to go through every night to turn off my brain or I can't sleep.
It's no wonder I'm sick.
Anyway, it's this kind of mania that inspired this comic strip. If you click on the image it'll be large enough to actually read.

3 comments:
All I can say is that we all have our idiosyncrysies that allow is to work and thive. Besides that, you're probably certifiably insane. And good luck with that. However, I do suggest that you waste the 15 seconds and go pee first. Your prostate will thank you.
Jon-Joon - I totally get it and I applaude your behavior. Chris just dosen't understand!
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