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Hi everyone…I posted this in one more place, but I guess I can use all tips I can gather.
Usually even one trip a month is plenty to make me feel like tired. But this year I’ve had 2 trips home in January, 1 trip in February, then a lot of stressful months including moving…
This month, I had one trip for a family wedding. Also I’m an introvert and I was surrounded by people that think that every second of a trip should be busy. Some of my family is extremely negative about everything I do too, and that also weighs me down…AND now there are some document stuff that popped up to take care of and I have to go back. In 2 days.
I liked the wedding part of the trip, that was sweet…but I feel extremely worn out. The trip included 4×7+h buses, and a lot of social things, all of which tires me. It was nice to see some nature, but again, at this point I feel …malnourished at every sense of the word. Even with trying to journal and keep positive during the trip itself. I’m going back now, and that means another 5-7days in that toxic negative environment and me trying to be the most positive person there to counter that.
It also means another 15 hours of travel altogether.
I feel out of control of my calendar and what I eat and of working out, and my body feels all beat. With so much constant tiredness now I feel sleepy and hungry all the time. My skin is dry, I feel half-sick just from eating whatever, my feet hurts, my mind is overwhelmed as I’ve had no outlet on the trip. I did write all the time, but it doesn’t help as much as physical journaling with collages and drawing helped. I also haven’t had chance for any other self care of any kind. I feel so restricted. There were things at home waiting for my attention, important things, and now I will be travelling again. I can do it, it’s important document stuff, so I’ll pull it together and do it, but I’ve been back home for like a day. I’m still so tired it’s like I’m sleepwalking, I feel like I have no energy and almost like I have fever(actually I might), and I feel like every part of my body is seriously revolting against travelling again so soon…
Any tips for self-care and keeping up with my regular mental and physical health needs while being on the road so much? I want to do it better this time.
I’ve been trying to take this better and keep up with all that needs to be prepared for the next trip, and to like…keep myself together and going through todo lists…But all I feel is the need to lay down and sleep for 3 days straight. I can’t do that so what can I do to take better care of myself this time around? I'm tired of the way last trip went and I want to take care of myself on this one. SORRY that this is so long, it just feels important to put my health first this time around…
Usually even one trip a month is plenty to make me feel like tired. But this year I’ve had 2 trips home in January, 1 trip in February, then a lot of stressful months including moving…
This month, I had one trip for a family wedding. Also I’m an introvert and I was surrounded by people that think that every second of a trip should be busy. Some of my family is extremely negative about everything I do too, and that also weighs me down…AND now there are some document stuff that popped up to take care of and I have to go back. In 2 days.
I liked the wedding part of the trip, that was sweet…but I feel extremely worn out. The trip included 4×7+h buses, and a lot of social things, all of which tires me. It was nice to see some nature, but again, at this point I feel …malnourished at every sense of the word. Even with trying to journal and keep positive during the trip itself. I’m going back now, and that means another 5-7days in that toxic negative environment and me trying to be the most positive person there to counter that.
It also means another 15 hours of travel altogether.
I feel out of control of my calendar and what I eat and of working out, and my body feels all beat. With so much constant tiredness now I feel sleepy and hungry all the time. My skin is dry, I feel half-sick just from eating whatever, my feet hurts, my mind is overwhelmed as I’ve had no outlet on the trip. I did write all the time, but it doesn’t help as much as physical journaling with collages and drawing helped. I also haven’t had chance for any other self care of any kind. I feel so restricted. There were things at home waiting for my attention, important things, and now I will be travelling again. I can do it, it’s important document stuff, so I’ll pull it together and do it, but I’ve been back home for like a day. I’m still so tired it’s like I’m sleepwalking, I feel like I have no energy and almost like I have fever(actually I might), and I feel like every part of my body is seriously revolting against travelling again so soon…
Any tips for self-care and keeping up with my regular mental and physical health needs while being on the road so much? I want to do it better this time.
I’ve been trying to take this better and keep up with all that needs to be prepared for the next trip, and to like…keep myself together and going through todo lists…But all I feel is the need to lay down and sleep for 3 days straight. I can’t do that so what can I do to take better care of myself this time around? I'm tired of the way last trip went and I want to take care of myself on this one. SORRY that this is so long, it just feels important to put my health first this time around…