A new week

It is Monday - a fresh new week!
I had a nice weekend. Nothing happened in particular, we spent time at home getting little things done and relaxing. I did not touch any work, and did not feel guilty about it! I think not rushing around, and just having quiet time at home is the key for me at the moment.
I got a little more decluttering done - this time in my teeny laundry.
Last night I went to bed early, to have a good start to the new week. I was woken before 4.30 am, and every time I drifted off after that I was woken again, by various things. So today has not been very productive. But I managed to go for a tiny walk (it started pouring so was shorter than what I had intended). I ate an apple when all I wanted was some comfort food (and then I ate the comfort food after!)
I am about to go to bed. I need a good night's sleep tonight.
My 'should do' list seems to be growing out of proportions in my head - it seems to totally paralyze me and I do nothing. I am pretty sure I have written something similar before too. So for tomorrow I have 5 goals:

• read through some important documents that arrived in the mail today, and make a related todo list
• go for a short walk as soon as I get home in the afternoon
• tidy up the rest of the stuff and vacuum next to my bed so I have somewhere where I can spread out my yoga mat and do some simple yoga
• eat an apple and a banana as a snack
• go to bed by 11pm

This time I will report on how I completed each item :-)

I have tried to find an appropriate picture for this post, but my internet is soooo slow at the moment that I give up..... I was planning to be asleep by now :-)

Feeling overwhelmed

I am feeling overwhelmed, and I can't work out why. My workload this semester is so much lighter than it has been for quite a while, I have finished the research masters I was working on, issues and dramas on the personal front have subsided a lot, and yet here I am feeling stressed, worned out and overwhelmed.
I don't want this blog to become full of negative blabbering, but I think I need to take stock of where I am at. I am a bit worried that I am suffering from burn-out from all the stress that has been over the last few years. When I look at what has been comapred to what is now, I should be bouncing with energy, yet I am not. And I am lost as to how I can find this energy I am craving - I seem to sabotage myself at every turn. I know eating better will help, I know sleeping properly will help, I know getting some exercise will help and I know clearing out the clutter and cleaning up the complete distaster that my house currently is, will help. So why aren't I getting these things done?? Why does one always end up having to be a trade-off for another one and in the end I get none of these things done?
I need to find a way - but where do I start? And more importantly - how do I push through and keep at it when it is just all too hard?