What times of the day or the week are hardest?

[petra]

The difficulty level of Being Inside ebbs and flows. When do you have the most trouble with it, or the least?

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[petra]

Whenever I close out a social activity -- log off of a Zoom or Skype -- my mood craters, because it's a return to reality from being able to pretend that there are people other than myself and my SO in my vicinity. It's not bad enough that I want to avoid being social, but it's not comfortable.

[daegaer]

I find it hard to get up at a reasonable time - I think I've stayed in bed reading or snoozing for half an hour and in reality hours have passed! The workday then stretches even longer as I haven't started at something like a normal time. (There's no difference between work and home - that's my real problem).

[scytale]

Oh my goodness, yes. I definitely feel this too.

[scytale]

I have the least trouble on the weekends - which come to think of it is when I have the most social time, as well as time to relax and set my own goals for the day.

Hardest is early and mid-week for me, while I'm working. Feeling unproductive doesn't help, and feeling unproductive just makes me more unproductive.

[petra]

It's such a wrench going back to the status quo! You have my sympathy.

[petra]

I have this trouble too, minus having work to do. I have yet to figure out how to conquer it without external motivation.

[petra]

The one upside of being unemployed is that all my definitions of productive behavior are my own. Mind you, that's not helpful when I can't live up to my own expectations.

[scytale]

Aww,yeah, self expectations are rough. Sending you well wishes. <3

[dine]

anymore, they're all about the same level of 'difficult' - as I'm not working from home or anywhere, there's little to differentiate blocks of time. and since I'm having trouble sleeping, it's becoming even more a blur. actually, I guess nights are the hardest - anymore, I can't fall asleep, or stay asleep when I do, and some fantastic nights both come into play

[petra]

Oof, this sounds like a miserable place to be. I'm sleeping too much, you're not sleeping enough -- I wish we could average out our amounts of rest and both be all right!

[dine]

averaging sleep out between us sounds terrific to me! let's do that :)

[cynthia1960]

This.

[minoanmiss]

I really don't want to go to work. I feel guilty about how much I don't want to go to work. I should appreciate how short my commute is and how comfy my current work wardrobe is (and also still being employed) but I just don't wanna.

[petra]

I'm sorry you really don't want to go to work, and that it gives you guilt. You're allowed to not want to. Only the rest of your life can give you permission not to, but you are always allowed to not want to.

[minoanmiss]

blushes Thank you. hugs you

[fred_mouse]

Evenings when I have something social planned. I really don't have the spare energy, but I know them to be important.

[petra]

Oof, I'm sorry that social time is hard for you. I find it an outlet I desperately need, despite being introverted.

[fred_mouse]

That is interesting, because I would have called myself an extrovert before this. But I'm living in a household of 5, with the youngest being 16, and argh, too many people.

[petra]

There is a difference between socialization you get to choose and socialization you don't get to choose. Given all the people around you, I'm not surprised that when it comes to discretionary socialization your brain would rather you didn't.

[fred_mouse]

^this