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Well I have 7 hours to finish this big math assignment that I just started. Wish me luck, folks.
 
I hate math too. I've never understood it and I have no idea how I'm going to pass this year.

That said, this big problem is actually turning out to be really easy and probably won't take until midnight like I thought :D
 
5 am. Got up after another night of perhaps four or five hours of sleep. Not sure what is wrong with me, but I'm starting to get worried about my state.
 
You can say that! Basically, it's the entire bandwidth of things that you could lose sleep over, from money issues (temporarily solved now) over a girl (another one of those unnecessary dead-ends) down to the basic question to where my life is heading and what kind of a future awaits me (haven't exactly gotten much encouragement lately). Plus a number of other things I'd rather not discuss in public. At least I'm healthy both physically and psychically. But one of the main issues, I think, is that I don't have the time to sleep. I've got so much to do, and everything is more important than everything else and needs to be done immediately. For example, I'd like to submerge myself in those two term papers I wanted to have done by the end of the year, but now I've got two tours to guide on the weekend which need intensive preparation, mostly because they're on topics I'm not exactly an expert of. It's like the research for a term paper in itself. On Tuesday, I finally got to call my best friend for his birthday, which was on Friday!
I've been trying to solace myself by reading stoic philosophy in the evenings, but it's not really working.
 
Know the feeling. Many nights I lay awake thinking about all I've got to do, both at work and for family. If I'm lucky I fall asleep from sheer exhaustion. Then I awake at 4:30 and start thinking about it again. All I can say is, once you've settled into a career and a family, the stresses and time pressures only get worse. Oh, and once you hit your 40s you have less energy and start planning for your own death -- seriously, I'm meeting with estate lawyer in a couple of weeks to re-do my family trust and will. So you've got that to look forward to. Enjoy.
 
Well, believe it or not, you can actually get tired of bachelor life.
 
I'm sorry to hear about all that's going on. I wish I could give you some good advice but I don't know if what I'd say would be much help. From what I see you say on here, you do seem to have alot going on in life and you do seem to be stressed by it all (I could be wrong). I guess all I can say is try and handle everything the best you can and try not to overwelm yourself and I hope however you decide to handle things works out for the best for you.
 
Perun said:
Well, believe it or not, you can actually get tired of bachelor life.
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Of course. That's why we get married! By the way, I'm generally happy and content with my life, it's all worth it. It's just that time and sleep become far more precious as you get older.
 
Moon Child said:
I'm sorry to hear about all that's going on. I wish I could give you some good advice but I don't know if what I'd say would be much help. From what I see you say on here, you do seem to have alot going on in life and you do seem to be stressed by it all (I could be wrong). I guess all I can say is try and handle everything the best you can and try not to overwelm yourself and I hope however you decide to handle things works out for the best for you.
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Maybe I'm expecting too much, but the main problem I've got is that I'm doing a lot of hard work to the point where I really am overworked, and I'm not getting anything from it. The weekends are a waste because I spend most of them sleeping nowadays, or usually try to get those things done I haven't managed to get to all week. I've been to maybe four or five major parties this year. I'll probably be getting my master's diploma next year around this time, knowing how slow the university bureaucracy works. It'll be dragged down unnecessarily by a language I don't care for, I won't ever be using in my life and above all sounds unbelievably ugly, so I just can't be bothered to study for it. My work as a tour guide is of course cool, but the money I make out of it is peanuts, my pay arrives something like three to five weeks after I sent them the bill and by that time, I can only use the money to pay off all the debt I've made over the time waiting for it. I haven't bought a single new CD all year. I don't even have En Vivo yet! It'd be a lot more bearable if at least I would get a little reward from time to time that I don't have to beg for. And what's worst of all is that I'm disgusted by myself for whining my arse off right now.
 
Even when know yourself well enough to find a balance that works, it is still a constant pendulum between the stress of the challenges that make life interesting, and the boredom of the peace that makes life enjoyable.
 
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