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So much done, so little achieved.

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Jax Blunt
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I hate days like today. Days when I’ve run, washed, shopped, cooked, read books to children, sorted, tidied, thrown things out, watered plants, been present and still feel like I’ve got nowhere.

My back hurts. Not horrendously, but pretty constantly, in a niggly sort of way that just makes you feel if you could find the right stretch you could sort it out. But I can’t. So it goes on hurting. And today in a strop with myself I ate junk food till I felt faintly sick which really didn’t help at all.

So, I shall point out that I redeemed myself by making cauliflower cheese and rice pudding for tea, and now I’m going to go and see if I can persuade the overtired and whingy toddler that it’s time to go to sleep.

Tomorrow, as they say, is another day.

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7 responses to “So much done, so little achieved.”

  1. The Mad House avatar
    The Mad House

    Oh I am with you with the back pain, mine is driving me round the twist. Hey we all have days where achieveing feels like an uphill strugle

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    1. Jax avatar
      Jax

      @MadMum Yup, I guess we do. So hard to maintain a sensible perspective when your back hurts though isn’t it?

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  2. Midlife Singlemum avatar
    Midlife Singlemum

    I know those days. How is the 30-day-plan going?

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    1. Jax avatar
      Jax

      @Midlife Singlemum This should have been a #30dayplan update really, but it was too downbeat to count I thought. And then I had to rush off to bed with an unhappiness of baby…not desperately with the plan really, but keeping on keeping on.

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  3. Aroha avatar
    Aroha

    I hate those days too. There is nothing like being at the point of sheer exhaustion and realizing that you have to get up and do it all again tomorrow!

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  4. Tbird avatar
    Tbird

    Cauli cheese and rice pud sound wonderful – definitely redeems any ammount of junk food!
    hope today is better for you. Tell Tim that back massage is now an integral part of his household duties and that he needs to work the knots out of your back on a daily basis or you will make him suffer whatever fate you deem suitably dire…..

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  5. Kris avatar
    Kris

    Out of the blue, my google reader thing started working and I find myself here and oh hell yes – I’m so with you on having days like these. Except my back pain is now requiring crutches… Go get it looked at in case it’s something worse than you think. Chiropractors and osteopaths can work miracles.
    (((hugs)))

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