Where is my energy going?
I'm just drained at the end of every day. On Friday, after my sessions at the teachers' convention, I laid down for two minutes and fell asleep with my glasses on, the lights on and the television set on. My wife had to take off my glasses and tuck me in. Even after all that sleep, I'm still feeling pretty wiped out. I'm a bit worried that I'm over-doing it, and that maybe I need to just pull back on some of my commitments so that I can get some time off and recharge my batteries.
I don't like feeling tired all the time and I'm at a loss about how to get the energy back other than to sleep and take it easy for a little while... but I did that around Christmas and it didn't seem to help. As much as I hate to admit it, I think it's time to stop acting like I was 20 and start acting like I'm 40 and pick and choose the things I want to do in my life. I can't be all things to all people. The trouble is I'm having so much fun with the kids' book and school visits that I don't want to drop any of it. I'm going to have to do some serious career planning in the next month.