Tonight I wrote myself a list of things I can get done now that my life doesn’t consist of chemistry catch-up every waking moment outside of working, sleeping and basic hygiene habits. Even in my “down time” I feel busy!

I’ve got nearly two months worth of Photos of the Day to edit, crop, upload to Flickr & Facebook and blog. I’ve got several blog posts to write for my 52 in 52 things, including building a sandcastle (omg SO much fun – can’t wait to share the pictures), going for a bike day trip and several more books that I’ve read. I’ve also got tons of home admin tasks that need doing including filing, my most favouritest thing to do in the whole wide world. If I was a loser! Disclaimer – I can be a loser at times.

Following all of that, I will then do something very, VERY important.

I will relax.

I’m still yet to figure out how to do that…whether it entails sitting down and doing nothing (at which I’m not good at, I get bored quickly) or if it means that I do something fun that isn’t challenge related i.e. completely not related to stress at all, no pass or fails, just pure unrestricted unpressurised fun. Maybe I should do both? What’s annoying is that I just thought “ooh, I should do my 52 in 52 thing where I have to lay in a park and read a book”.

Can I not do ANYTHING without challenging myself?!