I'm in the last few months of a masters degree and have been working really hard and continuously for well over a year. I haven't had more than 4 days off in a row for 18 months and I am really feeling it. I can't take any time off as I'm on a placement now and have to have this project written up by September. Problem is, I am really burning out so badly now, I'm constantly tired and am finsing it hard to get any enthusiasm together to end the course in style. This is coupled by the fact that a job is in no way guaranteed at the end of the course so am feeling in limbo, as cash is scarce. Any ideas on how to pick myself up a bit, without any cash or days off??!!
2006-06-14 07:04:31 · 11 answers · asked by happynspirited 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
I am going to cheer you up so much, when you finish reading this you're going to feel like a brand new woman! I order you to take a short nap. Put your feet up and snooze for just a little. It will help you recharge. Even if you're so keyed up inside all you do is just hold still with your eyes shut. Pretend it's a nap. I wish you had said what your masters degree will be in. I just asked Eddie what to tell you and he said "She will be all keyed up the day before, so tell her to be sure she gets some rest the day before the exams." Eddie is a retired attorney who now is 84. He graduated from Bowdoin College, here in Maine, U.S.A. You need to be pampered. You need to get your sense of humour back again. And you need to take a breath. Breathe! Slow it all down for a few minutes. Something you haven't mentioned yet has pushed you off-center. Time to get back into the driver's seat again. No worrying about money. No worrying about jobs. Just focusing on you getting back to your center, inside. Slow it all down. And don't get up out of that comfortable chair yet, you're not through reading this. Everybody goes through what you're going through right now. It "comes with the territory," as they say. If it is a master's degree you're about to grab onto, you're probably intelligent about something. You also have probably been pouring yourself into all this stuff without even realizing how demanding it has been. Well, this is your magic letter. It has dropped out of the sky into your hands and now you are reading it and it is showing you that (1) a total stranger gives a darn how you're feeling (2) that you do not need to jump out the window (3) that life will go on and you will get your degree (4) that your sense of humour is indestructible (5) you are going to think how much you have already put into this (6) you are going to cancel all the negative remarks and open the trash can in the kitchen and (7) dump them all into it and then (8) make some hot tea and (9) regroup. I went to Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts, once to help John study for his finals at Tufts. He wanted to be a doctor. We studied all night. He studied. I drew a cold tub and made him hop into it around two in the morning just for a second. He got his doctor's license. He is now a doctor and works in a clinic in New Mexico. I am hoping you will e-mail me so I can continue to bolster you up. This is just a small bridge to getting your degree - I know it must seem like an eternity, but it is just a few more months, and then Good Bye, Columbus!!! Please be well, now, and if you can, relax. There are people "out here" who really care how this goes for you, and I happen to be one of them. Sent to you with lots of energy and a neutral playing field so you can get your marbles back. Sincerely from - G. in South Portland, Maine, U.S.A.
2006-06-14 07:39:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 1⤋
You need to feel better about your life so you will feel better about what you are doing. Stand back and think "what will make me happy?" And go for that thing - a boyfriend (or girlfriend!), music lessons, reading more, going for long walks on weekends... or whatever! Most of the time it's just a few little things we are lacking to be really happy not fast cars, millions of money, or a moviestar lifestyle. If you improve a few little things you will be happier and therefore more positive and less tired.
If that doesn't work then try sex therapy - studies show having regularly makes you happier and less tired. If you are simple then playing withyourself works too.
Good luck with your course - I hope you get a great final result!
2006-06-14 07:29:40 · answer #2 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a large research project that drained me like that. First, make sure you're eating healthy. If at all possible, get to bed early and get some sleep. If you can sneak in a few extra hours here and there, it'll really help. Also, I took showers in the morning with this orange body scrub that had some scents to wake you up. It really gave me an extra boost. Good luck!!
2006-06-14 07:10:49 · answer #3 · answered by Candice H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try and get to bed earlier. Get more sleep. Don't work till a stupid hour in the morning, you need your rest.
Maybe take an odd night off to watch TV or have a relaxing bath or something. Don't try and make up for lack of energy with caffeine or energy foods. That's not good for you. You need to rest and relax once in a while.
2006-06-14 07:09:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Walk by the river or look in your local paper an see if there are any free events on (ones you would not normally go to)
drink plenty of water and make sure the first think you eat in the morning is fresh fruit.
Lance X
2006-06-14 07:18:06 · answer #5 · answered by Spitfire 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Exercise gives you more energy, if you can find the time. Fast walking outdoors with a friend, or even just dancing round the house for twenty minutes. It will help, but it probably doesn't sound very attractive to you at the moment!
2006-06-14 07:19:07 · answer #6 · answered by R.I.P. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You simply need to focus on the goals set out for yourself in the pursuit of your education. Mind you, obstacles are what we see the moment we remove our eyes (and mind) from our goals.
On your fatigue, please, get a spoonful of pure honey first thing on waking up and last thing on going to bed. The result is astoundingly going to energise you and make you sleep off like a baby.
2006-06-14 07:16:15 · answer #7 · answered by tunde sollymore 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
certain it truly is amazingly standard sorry to assert !! you'll experience more desirable suitable in some unspecified time sooner or later, yet typically it is your bodies way of telling you to decelerate and take it uncomplicated for slightly. i replaced into knackered the first few months with my 2d baby, besides the indisputable fact that it replaced into nicely worth it ! sturdy success and take issues uncomplicated once you could.
2016-10-30 21:34:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
use any free time you have to relax and center yourself. it does the job for me i am a 24/7 parent and hardly get any down time!
2006-06-14 07:09:25 · answer #9 · answered by Melissa M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the morning-make a good shake 250ml with soya milk add some fruit yoghurt,that will give you good start and energy.
see:www.herbalife .com
2006-06-14 22:47:04 · answer #10 · answered by suzana b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋