Christmas

Burnout hit me like a ton of bricks last Friday (Dec 18) and the following weekend. It's a feeling sort of like my head is full of cotton but there's also a kind of mental weight dragging me down, a lack of energy and a need for more sleep (I have been napping during the day a lot). Nasty emotions go along with it too, of course: feelings of desperation, inadequacy, demoralization, etc. I started feeling it on and off back in the summer, but never as bad as last week.

But the hiatus is helping.