When I fall behind on work stuff, my tendency is to push life aside and throw myself into getting “caught up”.  I can’t stand the idea of letting people down or just barely making a deadline or meeting only the minimum requirements.
(Unless we’re talking about laundry.)
For the first time in forever, I went almost an [...]

Fair Warning:
The first person who lectures me after reading this post gets virtually punched in the nose.
And with that warm welcome…
The old adage says that I’m “burning the candle at both ends”.
In reality, I’ve got a freaking candelabra burning up in here.
And not a pretty, dainty, simple candelabra like this:

Oh, no.  No.  That would be [...]

My therapist described it as going up a mountain.
Right now, it feels more like falling on my ass.
Over
and over
and over again.
Unless you’re rock climbing, you don’t go straight up a mountain.  You go around it.  And it can feel like you’re just going round and round in an ever looping circle.   You can pass by [...]