First off, I couldn't sleep last night. I've jokingly stated that insomnia should be my thing, but I never thought that it was possible to lie awake for 3 hours straight just trying to sleep three hours? you might wonder, but why is she complaining because she had to wait three hours to sleep? that should still leave about five hours right? Wrong. I tried staying awake till I was tired, and I got tired at 4 in the morning! Then, I couldn't sleep.... Turns out, it's possible. So now I'm at work without sleeping last night. And the problem is, the other secretary is home sick, meaning that I have to manage the work of two full time employees, in half a day since I said I couldn't stay the whole day and she's likely to be sick a week.

In short, my problem is that I know I'm bad at relaxing, I'm bad at leaving things before they're finished (which is why, in my one week on full time here I got four hours overtime), and I suck at feeling good with myself if I don't feel I'm doing my best at a job. And so, how do I make sure I work enough to make myself feel like I'm contributing and holding up the fort, while making sure I actually get well this time? I cannot be sick anymore, I just can't. I'll go into a major depression! Please advise me.

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From: [identity profile] lurvelille.livejournal.com


jeg er i grunnen ganske lik deg; bortsett fra at jeg har lært meg noen triks. For det første hva gjelder soving; så surfer jeg ikke den siste timen før jeg skal legge meg. Jeg drikker kamillete og leser "snille" bøker (bøker osm ikke opprører eller engasjerer meg, men som virker berokigende. Faktisk har en del interiørbøker fungert ypperligt for meg. Særlig bøker med mye hvitt;)). Soverommet er HELT mørkt og litt "for" kaldt. I ille tilfeller har jeg en guided meditasjon jeg hører på på ipoden min. Den hjelper veldig selv om jeg ikke klarer å sove fordi kroppen får slappet av. Og så begynte jeg å legge inn en liten "treningsøkt" om morgenen i form av å gå ekstra fort til bussen/til jobb. Bare sånn at jeg ble litt rød i kinnene eller slikt. ikke noe stort, bare gå liksom.

Og alltid gå med noe rundt halsen hvis du her lett for å bli syk. Noe tynt er greit, bare det er noe.

Hva gjelder jobb og ting man må gjøre så laget jeg en plan. En liste over ting jeg skulle gjøre per dag. Denne må selvfølglig være realistisk, og helst svært detaljert. Det har fungert for meg, for da fulfører jeg de oppgavene jeg har satt meg, og setter alle "ekstraoppgaver" og "spontanoppgaver" på listen for dagen etter. og så føles det godt å styke ut ting du har gjort også da:)


Ga det mening?
Ikke sikkert noen av disse tingene funker for deg, men de rocket min verden iallefall.

From: [identity profile] martinemonster.livejournal.com


Noe av det kan funke. Jeg har veldig klart definerte arbeidsoppgaver, mange som går igjen fra dag til dag, så det er egentlig ikke nødvendig å skrive ned alle tingene. Problemet kommer egentlig bare når jeg prøver å gjøre alle de faste oppgavene mine og vigdis (den andre sekretæren) sine på en gang i tillegg til å jobbe halv dag.

From: [identity profile] mirazandar.livejournal.com


uhm... hte only advice i can come up with is learn to be a zombie until you relax.

and lie in bed and do things that makes you relaxed for an hour or two before your bedtime, and not talk to the telephone for an hour or two before bedtime

it's boring, but it works for me. I sleep better if i a) try and play guitar from 8-10 and then read a book from 10-12, than if i... watch tv for instance. Although i feel all relaxed when watchign tv. It's pretty weird.

From: [identity profile] martinemonster.livejournal.com


You're probably right. I'll sleep better if I stop watching tv right before going to bed (and in bed)...

But what about the work situation? I can survive not sleeping, making myself sicker to make up for my work schedule on the other hand...what to do?

From: [identity profile] martinemonster.livejournal.com


yeah, problem is that htat won't help for my brain, when there's lots to do and I'm the only one here I won't feel comfortable saying "but I have to go home now. sorry everything is a mess and there's noone here to straigthen it. I'm not caring", cause I suck at that. :(

From: [identity profile] sortkatt.livejournal.com

When one sucks at something,


the best way of getting better at it is practise. Start practising!

From: [identity profile] millsnill.livejournal.com


Jeg vet hvordan du har det. Jeg sover generelt veldig dårlig og ofte har jeg ikke sovet på hele natten når jeg skal på jobb om morgenen. Heldigvis er ikke det så ofte, da, hihi.

From: [identity profile] sortkatt.livejournal.com


I never get to sleep before having laid in bed at least an hour, and if I just did, saw are read something exciting, two or three is necesarry. I have no good tricks to solve this, but I have some bad ones:

1: My stephbrothers. Fall on sleep on sofa watching tv. Requires sleep deprivation and a big and comfy sofa. Will be woke up by flatmates if you snore.

2: Mine: Start spinning stories in your head. This will take at least an hour, but with some practise you'll lose the thread faster and faster, be fed up, and just sleep.

3: My grandmothers: Take immense amounts of painkillers.

4: The alcoholics (my favorite, but I'm to much of a pussy to do it regularly) take one, two, or even three glasses of port before going to bed.

5. The zombies: Just make sure you get up early, and the sleep deprivation should take care of you the next night. Just make sure you don't drink much cofee to stay awake, and don't fall asleep when you get home from work.

6. The cliche: Borrow you're flatmates "Totman - A history of Japan" or some other badly written book on a preferably interesting theme. Read it until you fall asleep. (It is important that the theme could have been interesting, else you'll just give up and find something else to read. Totman is perfect, bacause the theme is interesting, but he skips all the juicy parts and concentrate on climate, agricultural potential and such, and completely skips the political bits).

All of these have serious flaws though, especcially when you need lots of sleep to get well.

From: [identity profile] martinemonster.livejournal.com


I already do no 2, and 4, I don't have strong painkillers, or else no 3 would be a really real alternative, I've tried and tested no 1, but it doesn't work on me, it just leads me directly to no 5, which is always a bust because I end up falling asleep after work and effectively ruining my sleep pattern even more.

No 6 though, it's worth a try...but I fell asleep at an acceptable time yesterday,so I'm okay today at least. Does martin have this book of which you speak?

From: [identity profile] sortkatt.livejournal.com

Martin


Yup, I believe he does. At least I think he took that course last year.

If not you can borrow mine.

From: [identity profile] martinemonster.livejournal.com

Re: Martin


Great! It's a plan! A good plan, maybe even a great plan, who knows!

From: [identity profile] aj-stalin.livejournal.com


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From: [identity profile] 45hasle.livejournal.com


Come on... You've always been a "chemical happiness" kinda gal. Go for the valium! After all, you're not planning on any pregnancies or operation of heavy machinery naytime soon are you?

From: [identity profile] martinemonster.livejournal.com


Nope, no such plans. Only problem is: where do I get valium? Hmmm...my brother's a doctor, and he took sleeping pills once. Maybe I can ask him? ;)
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