This, a lot. The sleep deficit thing is crazy-making for me.
My other main bad day cause is the frazzledness that comes from having to be "on" without a minute to myself for several hours. I have a couple of strategies to try and mitigate this one. First, I make coffee twice a day. This is a bit of a process since I start with whole beans and use a pour-over method, so it takes a few minutes and is a ritual that anchors me (and my kids know is non-negotiable). Second, if I'm starting to run out of words (at the end of a day answering All The Questions from my four year old I get to the point where I need to not talk for a while), we do music time, in which we each get to pick a song in turn. Listening to music I enjoy, even if it's interspersed with eighteen million versions of Oh Susannah, is somewhat restoring. Plus at the moment I get to choose for my 1 year old, so I effectively get two turns ;)
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Date: 2013-07-31 11:26 pm (UTC)My other main bad day cause is the frazzledness that comes from having to be "on" without a minute to myself for several hours. I have a couple of strategies to try and mitigate this one. First, I make coffee twice a day. This is a bit of a process since I start with whole beans and use a pour-over method, so it takes a few minutes and is a ritual that anchors me (and my kids know is non-negotiable). Second, if I'm starting to run out of words (at the end of a day answering All The Questions from my four year old I get to the point where I need to not talk for a while), we do music time, in which we each get to pick a song in turn. Listening to music I enjoy, even if it's interspersed with eighteen million versions of Oh Susannah, is somewhat restoring. Plus at the moment I get to choose for my 1 year old, so I effectively get two turns ;)
I also eat plenty of chocolate.