INSOMNIA

INSOMNIA

It’s Thursday. I usually blog on Tuesday, but its Thursday. I’m suffering from insomnia. So you’d think that would give me plenty of time to blog. You’d think.

I’m suffering from stress insomnia. How do I know it’s stress? I’m breaking out like a 16 year old and I’m a far distance from 16. A cold sore is trying to break through. If you ever wondered why you got a cold sore, it’s stress. And I’m ultra-hyper, like the Energizer bunny on crack. That’s how I know it’s stress.

This all started about a week ago while planning a marketing blitz for the studio. Too much to do and, it seems, never enough time. Now understand, a marketing blitz consists of updating all the marketing materials and creating new ventures into name recognition. All needing to be done in a matter of two weeks. Now, don’t get me wrong, I work great on deadline. But this deadline was devised during one of those occasional lulls that turned into several jobs. So it’s like having three additional jobs. Not that I’m complaining; I love the work and I love what I do, but when it comes to my marketing materials, they have to be beyond perfect because what you see from me is the sample work of what I do for you.

So it’s been a matter of how to overcome the insomnia. I learned long ago there’s no way to fight insomnia. So I ride with it. I either read or I sit in the studio and work. The problem with this is that the work has to be double and triple checked beyond the normal double and triple check because even though I’m awake, I’m often dead tired.

I really don’t mind riding it out. I just check the work the next day when I’m refreshed. What do I mind about riding it out is not being able to fall asleep until 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning and having to get up at 6am to meet the demands of the day. And because of this weird schedule, it allows me plenty of time to get everything else done that I can’t seem to get done because I’m…dead tired.

This then adds more stress to the already present insomnia stress.

It will end soon; in a week or so. Until then, I ride. And in the meantime, if anyone has any suggestions on how to de-energize the cracked out bunny, please let me know.