This past month has been kind of rough on getting exercise in everyday and eating healthy all the time. I have been looking for a new job in the past couple months. I started the testing phases and interviews to potentially become a correctional officer. My schedule, I feel, has been packed with all of the preliminary stages of these government job opportunities.
There is another aspect though: I work graveyard shift. Graveyard shift is rough on it's own for figuring out meal planning and when to workout and to sleep on a regular schedule. I kind of have an eating schedule down, but it still gets the best of me sometimes. I try not to eat past 3 or 4am while I am at work, considering I work until 7am and go to sleep right after work. It usually works, as long as I don't let my cravings get the best of me.
I am telling my immediate supervisor tonight that I am looking for new employment. I am rather nervous about this because we have had an unusually high turn over rate this year, and I hate to add to it. But I keep telling myself that I am doing what is best for me. At this point, it is to find a new job that pays more so I can actually make a dent in my loans. I just finally felt okay with the idea of telling him. So, we will see how that goes this evening.
I read an article about some woman who was feeling down in the dumps and had no motivation and whatnot. She had quite a bit of suicidal ideation, which I don't have thankfully (I did when I was a teeenager, but that passed thankfully). She nixed added sugar for a week to see if it would make her feel better. She said she wouldn't kill herself if it made her feel better at the end of the week. I know that is pretty dark for reading, but the end result was she continued to live her life without added sugar and is doing well. It got me thinking, that I do consume a lot more added sugar than I like to admit. Last year I did 30 days no added sugar and felt amazing about it. So I think I will try this week without added sugar and see if it helps this slump.
Any advice is welcome!
Amanda