Weekend

[JustChristie]

Every weekend I fall apart. All week long I can't wait till the weekend. I make plans to fix my whole list of problems in two days. When the weekend comes I am sad, angry, frustrated, and exhausted.

I do this in part to myself. I expect everyone in my home to think like me. Problem is they don't. I get so angry that they don't do what I think needs done on the weekend. I feel like the only one adulting.

Hopefully by writing this on here I will hold myself accountable to do what I say. This weekend im going to do the 5,10, 15 cleaning method, both Sat and Sun. I will do bills Saturday and Sunday Ill prep for the week. And I will paint both days. How do you guys balance working and relaxing?

[Ladybug9]

It sounds like you are putting far too much pressure on yourself trying to accomplish everything in 2 days. Could that be why you are falling apart when the weekend arrives?

[JustChristie in reply to Ladybug9]

Hello. Yes I do tend to overdo things for sure. I am currently working as a nurse in an outpatient clinic. I have overtime every day pretty much. I have to travel as much as 2.5 hrs a day to work. I love mental health, I love the people I work with, I love our clients. I HATE PLAYING SECRETARY 😒 I am not good at it. I worked in a hospital from 2004 till 2018 on all different units. I have been diagnosed with depression, anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, and fibromyalgia. I am pretty scrappy but lifting people around first as an nursing assistant then as an RN has definitely affected me. I am 5"2 and weigh around 118 lbs. I have arthritis and degenerative changes in my spine. I now take a med to help with my adhd ( vyvanse) and cymbalta for my depression just to be able to do my job. I go to a pain clinic for my chronic pain and headaches. I get trigger point injections ever 6 weeks and take muscle relaxers daily along with Tylenol. This is why I'm sitting at a desk instead of at the hospital on the floor.I am reading a great book called the body keeps the score which is about PTSD and how it affects your body. Even with the knowledge about my PTSD I still have the pain😔It takes everything I have just to keep it together during the week. Thats why I have so much on the weekends.

[Ladybug9 in reply to JustChristie]

Please don't overwork yourself in the process!! Please!

[Croissantcris]

I often feel like that too. This week my laundry built up really badly, looking at it is causing me more anxiety, but I think what we can do is just try to do a couple weekend chores during the week 🙂

[JustChristie in reply to Croissantcris]

Thats true. Im going to try the 5, 10, 15 method. You set a timer and work 5 minutes at sitting g or o. A room. After the 5 mins you move on no matter if you didn't finish, then next round you do 10 minutes etc, then 15. I am hoping g to do this both days if you weekend and just do 5 mins a room on weeknights so I'm not so piled up. Wish me luck. PS I hate laundry lol.