Tag: exhaustion
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The Overwhelming Noise
At work this week I’ve been helping with Kids Camp. 9am-12pm, we’ve had hundreds of kids in our building, playing games, eating snacks, learning, wrestling, crying, yelling, and generally being both adorable and obnoxious. My primary sensation this week has been noise – by their very existence, kids are just so damn loud. It’s like…
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Ugly Sleep
Sleep and I are in a fight. I honestly have no idea who’s winning. My psychiatrist got tired of me saying I was tired all the time, so she sent me off to a specialist. The specialist, a white-haired, soft-spoken, South Asian woman, entered the examination room with a wry smile. “You’re pulling out your…
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The Good Stuff: Tough Week Edition
Perhaps you are in the 1% of Americans that haven’t had a rough, physically exhausting, and emotionally draining week. If so, good for you! Live long and prosper, and go out and spread your own cheer. This post is for the rest of us. If you need a pick-me-up emotionally, physically, relationally, spiritually, ecumenically, whatever…I’m with…