Pandemic energy to pandemic exhaustion?

[Blueruth]

Anyone else get a burst of productivity at the beginning of the pandemic and now wonders what the hell that was?

I got all these house projects half completed last year. A month or so ago I asking my self where that motivation went? I have goals but I can’t seem to get started now. April and may looked so good and down the rabbit hole we went. So exhausted.

Brenè brown brought this up this week and that we talk about the bad behavior on YouTube but not this. So I figured I’d put it out there.

[SplashDown]

Yes, I totally relate. I go SO MUCH done spring 2021. But I also exhausted myself, had a bad fall and busted up my knee, so that set me back a lot for months, and I am still dealing with it. Now everything in the house has exploded again and it feels like I'll never dig out of the papers and overwhelming life events and related projects, especially since I don't seem to be able to face my past. Huh, I am surprised I wrote that. Maybe that IS the root of my issue--not facing my past therefore I can't go through things piled up. Looks like I helped myself just now -- maybe it's of help to you to know that you are not alone! Thinking back, at the beginning of COVID-era I put a ton of energy into all of it -- staying on top of info, ordering supplies, helping others...wow I am seeing the connections now with anxiety and over preparing then. Lately, I am just plain sad and falling into not being able to move or do anything except obsessively read the news and hope that Delta doesn't flare up badly where I live....all of us are dealing with so much grief and turmoil...we have to go easy on ourselves and others and just keep trying small bits at a time....LOL remembering that setting the timer and seeing how much I can get done in 7 minutes or 3 minutes or 9 minutes is a motivation technique that has worked in the past. Another one, is just setting the timer and focusing on one project or one physical area of the house exclusively until I just can't do it anymore, then looking at the timer and result and being amazed....hope this helps; I've gone on and on !

[Gillyflower18]

Oh yes! I got through the first year pretty well but now I’m so exhausted I can barely move. Have to force myself to go to work and my days off are spent in eating and procrastinating because I feel to tired to do anything else! I completely understand!

[Midori]

I think many of us can relate to that; I certainly can. I feel like a clockwork toy now the spring needs rewinding. My motor has run down.