The past week has been incredibly stressful. I definitely felt the effects mentally and physically. There are so many things constantly going on. I’m constantly in a rush. I feel like I can’t breathe. Inside of me, I feel tense. All the time. I need to do this and this and that. I need to finish this by today. I need to find time to do this other thing. But I don’t have time because I’m trying to do this. And then another request. It’s non-stop. Plus things go wrong so I have to try and fix things. I don’t even have time to eat lunch. I guess it was also obvious that things were hitting me hard this week because I received multiple comments about how I seemed to be pretty impatient with things this week. I didn’t realize that it was that obvious that things were getting to me and that I was acting that differently. At times I felt like I just needed to leave the office. Get some air before I couldn’t breathe anymore. By the time it hit Friday, I was drained. I felt like I couldn’t even think anymore. I think exercising might help some of the stress. Besides, I need it anyway. I hope next week is better. I need to spend lunch time not at my desk. I need to not think about work at home and I definitely need to not think about it as I’m trying to fall asleep at night.

Must remember to breathe.