Hey I have a BAD (and unessesary) habit of thinking about work when I go to bed at night, and its on my mind first thing in the morning. I am trying to delegate my energy better, so that at work, its work and while at home, my thoughts are focused on my life outside of work. It's not that its all that bad, but if I am enjoying a Tuesday night, it seems as if mentally I am already preparing for Wednesday morning!
So! Has anyone else had this problem. If so, any advice on how to "slow down" a bit (besides the common man's cure of alcohol lol). Does anyone meditate, for example, and does this work, are there any shortcuts to making the most of your weeknight off-time?
eg Is is better to delegate one evening a week to do laundry, housecleaning etc...or is it better to do one small task each evening?
-- Edited by JD The Jazz Doctor at 14:43, 2005-06-20
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I am a light sleeper anyway. I used to do this alot! I bought one of those relaxation therepy cd's with the crickets and stream and a guy in a monotone voice telling you to take deep breaths and relax a part of your body every couple minutes. It actually works for me!
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You might need to get invoved in something you have a passion for so that it will occupy your brain as much as work. I've got my family and my acting, and both are a whole lot more fun than work.
JD - I also do that quite often, especially when trying to drift off to sleep. I do it even more now that the announcement has been made that company is going to merge and we will not be the surviving entitiy. Like you, I have not figured out the best way to handle this. Generally a workout during the course of the day will normally be a distraction, if you are not by yourself. I coach soccer in the fall and I find it is a great distraction. I am so caught up coaching the kids that everything else just disappears. Thinking is definitely dangerous. Even more dangerous when it is just you vs you.
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thanks for these great suggestions. It is sooo necessary to remind oneself one works to live; not lives to work. It sounds so good ideally, but to really internalize that takes a great amount of self-discipline and inner peace. thanks for your input!
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"And like Web, I enjoy throwing JR under the bus. Problem is, it's usually under the special bus that I ride every day". Ghostdancer 12-18-09
I have a big problem that when I lay down to sleep, my mind wanders, I start thinking about work, or finances, or something else that I'm bothered by, and I never get to sleep. The way I usually combat that is to either read before bed so my mind thinks about whatever I read, or I listen to music when I go to sleep and kind of sing along in my head. When those don't work, I always keep an ample supply of Tylenol PM.
the problem with tylenol pm is if you wait to take it until you already can't sleep, it is too late. i have to take that stuff a full 12 hrs before i want to wake up. so like i'll have to take it at like 6pm. then i go retarded at like 7. you know what is great? Ambien. Docs are kind of stingy with it. so i still have the Ty pm reserves. OH! Benadryl is a good sleeping pill.
that is all bad: I need to do the deep breath and working out stuff instead of the drugs.
and forget work, dont try it on Sunday nite thou , huh MR.RIGGS. .... 
