When Habits Slip
I was doing my retroactive journaling recently and I realized that I've been in a funky mood over the past week. Nothing serious, but I felt vicious cycle taking hold of low energy leading me to make choices that only contributed to even lower energy levels.
The core of the issue was putting off eating. I can clearly draw a line from "eh, I'll figure out lunch later," to "man I'm so tired, I am just gonna lie on the couch today," to "I'll get groceries tomorrow. I'll go to bed now," to "I didn't do anything today! Maybe playing some games before bed will help me feel better" to "I'm so tired from staying up! I'll just lie on the couch and figure out lunch later."
Then when this continues for multiple days with other priorities superseding eating, it can get pretty dire. It's just a priority problem, I think -- just like a money budget that allocates a certain amount to essential expenses each month before discretionary expenses, time is a limited resource that should be allocated starting with the essentials. Problems arise when you go shopping before paying rent.
So I'm rebalancing my time budget. Before I take care of non-essentials like biking, gaming, reading, or making stickers, I need to make sure the electric bill is paid. Have I eaten a legit meal? Have I gone to sleep on time? Only then can I really enjoy a good session of Tomodachi Life.
P.S. This feels like a lot of words to say, "Why have I been feeling crappy? Oh, I haven't been eating."
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