october randomness

looks like this is turning into a monthly blog affair...haha. sometimes I wonder where the impetus to write disappeared to. :S

more so than before, I feel that there is lesser and lesser time to do nothing and think nothing. lately, I'm spending every week-night watching TV dramas and hardly anything else. I need to stop having a "finish watching the episodes ASAP" mindset but I'm such an addict!!

I wanted to type and ask whether it is usual to have about 3h of free-time every week-night. or perhaps that's even a luxury?? then I think that the question may be vague since the definition of free-time may differ from person to person. for me, I'm thinking of the time after work and before sleep and excluding dinner-time, shower-time as well as any activities before getting home (i.e. meeting friends, gym, etc.).

sometimes I just feel so burnt out mentally...like the mind never gets a chance to rest. but how do I cram all the things I want to do into so little time?! I'm sure there are many of you who feel the same, so how do you deal with it?! I'm almost constantly tired despite getting almost 5-6h of sleep that I think should suffice.

and all this over-thinking of how I lead my life is probably not doing me any good either. next 2 months are quite happening. on one hand, I'm excited but it looks like there's a lot going on. I'm also slightly stressed out by the looming major project coming up at work although I'd only probably start working on it around Jan '09. and there's also other projects in line and not to forget, the on-the-side project that I'm not feeling very confident about.

1 more week to vacationing in Taiwan. 1 week without planning for gym, deciding to watch which dramas, telling myself to revise french / japanese, thinking about those projects, wondering about my new contract, etc, etc, etc.

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an aside, I'm thinking of trying gyrotonic ($$$)! the instructor explained it to me today while demonstrating some of the movements and I can actually visualize how it could help improve my condition. then again, if it only sounds good but does no good, there goes my money. such dilemma!