Me Time!

[TheAnswer]

Harlequin:

TheAnswer:

I know I'm burnt out when I literally cannot finish my work, Stressed out, Uptight, lack of sleep, annoying and short tempered.

Yes, I am the same like you.... all those \"syndromes\".... :sad:

It's awful. Never want to repeat those situations again. I'm looking forward to next Tuesday. My off-day again. Already arranged lunch sesssion + shopping with my best friend

Every Tuesday, happy day :imcool:

[ammonite]

SBKS:

u got me thinking abt the fixing issues. spiderwebs everywhere....lizards appearing more cos food for them. gt to clear the spiders. outsourcing is in the works..gt part time helper that comes for 4hrs weekly or biweekly. bt that doesnt helps as washing and folding is the daily chore. we have daily chores, weekly chores, monthly chores. lol. :faint:

the primary school thing i really dun dare to go that far or think that far. K1 learning spelling already teach til vomit blood and lose my voice cos of the constant shouting at her. :mad: :stupid: :rant:
so easily distracted kiddo.

and the only point i may not agree with you is that after sending her to school, I gt to go to work. But I did contemplate to be penguin daddy.

Get a bigger washing machine then you don't have to wash and fold daily. I wash about five times a week and fold three times a week. Dump everything on a spare sofa and fold when I feel like it. My kids are bigger now so they fold some too. Consider if your house is easy to clean - open shelves and uneven floor tiles are really hard and troublesome to clean. When I renovated, I insisted that half the shelves must have doors, cupboards must be to ceiling (no dust on top), curtains changed to blinds (no need to wash), all showers must have glass doors, old rubbish chute cover changed to new tight one so no cockroaches can creep out.

My husband now goes for boxing classes after sending my son to school (6.45am). He scouted around to find a gym on the way to his work place and with shower facilities. On other days, he meets his best friend for jogging before coming home. Right now he has taken the two boys out to a park and I get to rest my legs for a while...

I think your routine can be streamlined further. Eg pick up child, buy dinner, go home. This way you can all go to bed at least 45min earlier.

spelling - consistency is better than intensive at this age. Don't forget if you are tired, how much more tired she must be, being so much younger. It is a really long day for her as well. Too long actually. More sleep aids memory. If I have to choose between sleep and more cramming, i usually tell my kids to go and sleep.

Don't worry, it will get better. We all went through this stage. :hugs: right now must find your mini zen moments. Lunch break is probably your best bet. Have a quick lunch and go for a 20min foot massage around your office. You may fall asleep...

[Funz]

I used to take lunch time to swim. There were also times when I will meet up with my friends for a quick happy hour at 6pm and head back to the office at 7+pm to continue working. May have made some drunken deals.


I agree that instead of heading home then heading out for dinner why not head straight for dinner then home or pack dinner home. That will save you some time.

[SBKS]

ammonite:

Get a bigger washing machine then you don't have to wash and fold daily. I wash about five times a week and fold three times a week. Dump everything on a spare sofa and fold when I feel like it. My kids are bigger now so they fold some too. Consider if your house is easy to clean - open shelves and uneven floor tiles are really hard and troublesome to clean. When I renovated, I insisted that half the shelves must have doors, cupboards must be to ceiling (no dust on top), curtains changed to blinds (no need to wash), all showers must have glass doors, old rubbish chute cover changed to new tight one so no cockroaches can creep out.

My husband now goes for boxing classes after sending my son to school (6.45am). He scouted around to find a gym on the way to his work place and with shower facilities. On other days, he meets his best friend for jogging before coming home. Right now he has taken the two boys out to a park and I get to rest my legs for a while...

I think your routine can be streamlined further. Eg pick up child, buy dinner, go home. This way you can all go to bed at least 45min earlier.

spelling - consistency is better than intensive at this age. Don't forget if you are tired, how much more tired she must be, being so much younger. It is a really long day for her as well. Too long actually. More sleep aids memory. If I have to choose between sleep and more cramming, i usually tell my kids to go and sleep.

Don't worry, it will get better. We all went through this stage. :hugs: right now must find your mini zen moments. Lunch break is probably your best bet. Have a quick lunch and go for a 20min foot massage around your office. You may fall asleep...

yeah, gog to get a bigger one..maybe 10kg...using 7kg now. thats when we dun have kids.

i am with you on the shelves have doors and cupboards to ceilings. :celebrate:

for my wkdy routine, when i picked them up, get cab and reach home, we go home and download their bags and then go eat downstairs. actually buying back instead of eating downstairs difference is the time we come up download and go down again. which is about 15mins. the rest like waiting for food, walking back after dabao or eat, eating are all the same just that its at home or there. advantage is that we don't really need to wash the dishes and utensils or clean the table and floor. :siam:

ok thanks for the advice. will try to get thru.

so i tink more or less my routine does not seem to be able to get or squeeze more me time. no nearby gym or pool ard my workplace.

[TheAnswer]

Me Time is virtually non-existent for me now :imdrowning:

[vinegar]

i wash the clothes alternative days.My thomson washer is 7kg.Yes,that is the prob!.waiting for it to spoil so i could get 8kg one…

[ngl2010]

TheAnswer:

Me Time is virtually non-existent for me now :imdrowning:

You wake up very early or you sleep very late? Noticed your post was posted at 3.29am :yikes:

[TheAnswer]

ngl2010:

TheAnswer:

Me Time is virtually non-existent for me now :imdrowning:

You wake up very early or you sleep very late? Noticed your post was posted at 3.29am :yikes:

Recently I barely get 4-5 hours sleep per night. Insomnia.
I went to bed at 12 yesterday then woke up at 3am. Stone until now. Hubs took our son out for breakfast. Later he will buy back for me. I was fuming mad at my boss last night.

[SBKS]

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ngl2010:

[quote=\"TheAnswer\"]Me Time is virtually non-existent for me now :imdrowning:

You wake up very early or you sleep very late? Noticed your post was posted at 3.29am :yikes:

Recently I barely get 4-5 hours sleep per night. Insomnia.
I went to bed at 12 yesterday then woke up at 3am. Stone until now. Hubs took our son out for breakfast. Later he will buy back for me. I was fuming mad at my boss last night.[/quote]me trying to resume my 4am routine daily...but the bed is very convincing....lately...

[TheAnswer]

SBKS:

me trying to resume my 4am routine daily...but the bed is very convincing....lately...

Why do you need to wake up so early?