Nadine J Walters – My Life

Question for today: How is your Tuesday going?

My Answer: Tuesdays are busy days for me. I think today is going fine, it is late afternoon and I am pretty much done with all the major activities that need to happen. I am tired.

At some point, though I’m not quite sure when, I started feeling exhausted in the afternoons. I can remember a time when I could run in the morning, take care of my children, work all day, come home to exercise or play, tackle housework, visit friends—and somehow, I never felt tired. Now, I find myself drained by mid-afternoon, despite doing a fraction of what I used to.

Tuesdays are a bit fuller than other days. I walk Andy, teach two classes at my yoga studio, work with a private client in the early afternoon, then walk Andy again. I tidy up the house, and then—finally—I collapse onto the couch and do nothing. It’s not a bad life. Other days are slower, but I still have to laugh at myself for considering Tuesday an “intense” day. Funny how perspectives shift over time.