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[littleprairieheartsfarm]

Although tbh I will admit I didn’t sleep at all last night so I think that is why. Since I already went down the whole pity party woe is me route I may as well be honest and say that I was up until after 6am last night playing a game on my phone after having watched TV until 1:30 and then today I got up at maybe 9:30 or 10 and then stayed on my phone for an hour instead of going back to sleep and then proceeded to stay on my phone/lounge around upstairs until it was too late to go back to sleep and turned into 1:30. Then we went over my brothers and I did a little gardening/helped weed but not much cause I didn’t want to tear up the good plants mixed in so probably was no help but even though I didn’t do anything I did kind of make myself sick/hot/tired, I think from the bending, idk. And cause I wore a flannel and these tight legging/almost sweat type things, idk, that are fuzzy inside so I was super hot with the thick flannel and fuzzy ankle tight (no air flow) pants and sun too. Then we got back here and idk. Long story short is I’ve been on the phone most of today but I also really have not eaten. Before I went over there I chowed down a Portuguese sweet bread raisin roll/muffin thing which was pretty big but that was it and that was maybe 2 and I finally had some leftover pizza like 4 or 5 and nothing since then. And I don’t remember when I last drank water. So, again, long story short, I did not sleep and have barely eaten and drank today so I think that is why I am so bad right now and the fact that I also feel bad physically atm. I think I need to go eat something and drink some water.

I was up until 4:30 this morning writing the first draft of a research paper and then it stormed from 4:30 to 1:30pm. So I actually got no sleep. Lack of sleep is definitely not something to base your current feelings off of. I finished the draft an hour ago, and also spent most of today running around doing errands.

Motivation is key to getting things done as well as self discipline.

All aboard the discipline train, first stop motivation station.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Throw the phone out the window while you are driving on the freeway.
Game over/problems almost solved.

Lmaoo I guess so but then I would be out almost $1000

Agree. Get a nice landline and chuck the smart phone. I don't have one and I don't need one. I have a flip for emergencies or setting up appointments, but it stays in the drawer all day.

I detest calling people so I have as much communication as I can over alternate means.

As much as I admire that you are able to be without one, I do not think I could do that. Besides the addiction thing, I also need to be able to take pictures of clients dogs and text and sometimes communicate through FB Messenger so phone is just easier and faster. But I do need to limit myself.

And I hate phone calls too ha but I use it for other stuff like texts, social media, email, etc.

We have a landline too and have had one for as long as I can remember but my parents have actually considered getting rid of it. I don’t think they ever would but we get sooo many spam calls now and that’s really it. Most people don’t call the landline anymore, they just call our individual phones.

I was up until 4:30 this morning writing the first draft of a research paper and then it stormed from 4:30 to 1:30pm. So I actually got no sleep. Lack of sleep is definitely not something to base your current feelings off of. I finished the draft an hour ago, and also spent most of today running around doing errands.

Motivation is key to getting things done as well as self discipline.

All aboard the discipline train, first stop motivation station.

I mean, for me it kind of is because I know myself and my body and I know that when I get no sleep it does affect my mental health. Not that is a reason for not getting anything done because I can force myself to and work through it and I should have today and didn’t which of course is on me and is where the whole motivation thing factors in but I also have dealt with genuine legitimate depression and anxiety before and I know that for me personally lack of sleep as well as lack of self care (like not eating, not drinking water, etc.) are triggers and if I forget to do any of those things, I will get more down. It’s been proven for me. Even when I just stay up too late at night or been on the screen too long, I can feel my mood starting to change. Maybe those things aren’t triggers for other people and/or other people don’t deal with that at all and that’s great but for me personally they are and I do so I don’t really think it’s possible to say sleep can’t affect emotions or it’s not something to base it off of like I mean to or it’s a choice. Maybe it is for other people but for me, lack of sleep (and lack of eating, drinking, etc.) has a literal direct effect on my mood. Besides the depression, I also turn into a literal cranky bitch if I don’t sleep lol that’s how it affects me personally. Lack of sleep affects everyone differently. And also, for me personally, I have been doing really well in terms of the whole depression thing, I don’t even know if I even am anymore, I am mostly happy the majority of the time lately, but if I stay up too late or don’t sleep, then it will literally immediately start to sneak in. So for me, it actually is a direct correlation and I have to be careful. So I think I can base my emotions on it when for me personally it’s literally been proven that it will directly effect me personally. It won’t effect everyone but it will me.




















All of that said, the motivation issue is a completely different issue and I know you were probably more talking about that rather than actual depression and for that issue, yes discipline and self motivation can probably change it so I am definitely going to work harder at that and try to improve it no matter how I’m feeling but then again, the other thing can affect motivation too as can my other issues (ADD, perfectionist, procrastinator, etc.) so with the combination, it’s definitely way harder to get motivated to actually do anything and get started on things. Getting started is always the hardest part for me and it can take me forever to get started on something. I put it off a long time usually. But then once I get started, I probably work TOO hard and sometimes I’m honestly a perfectionist and don’t want to do anything or even start until I can do it 100% right which is not the best approach at all and delays work. But all those are obviously not excuses but just saying it is sometimes doublely hard for me to get started on stuff so I suppose I should probably work doubly hard to get motivated and get started and kind of force myself to do it immediately rather than delaying it.

 

[ShrekDawg]

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And sorry being such a B and so defensive

 

[NanaKat]

Good morning everyone!
We ended up with 2.5 inches of rain yesterday and into the evening.

A real tornado touched down today very close to our Tessie.
Not close enough to harm her town but close for Texas.

Sure hope she and family are okay.

@KDOGG331 you were up past 10 pm! Sure hope you went to bed.

Today I'm going to put birds in the pens!
Will also move chicks to their next size pen in the barn...had 11 hatch yesterday...time to rotate.
Plan to repair two more coops today and put tar paper on the roofs. Too wet to start any painting. May try to stretch out the shade cloth too.

I need to transplant some seedlings today if they have their first true leaves. Lots of tomato and pepper plants are up.
Will move the big plants out to begin hardening them off to set out in the garden this week.

 

[Molpet]

Rain has turned into snow here. They say up to 5". Which would be a record for April...

 

[Kiki]

It's cold here this morning.

 

[Molpet]

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And sorry being such a B and so defensive

So long as you work on a plan of improvement, all is well

 

[Molpet]

It's cold here this morning.

What is it 50f?

 

[Kiki]

What is it 50f?

 

[Molpet]

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That's tee shirt weather