Renewed

I'm a little amazed at how much that day off helped me... not just physically, emotionally and spiritually as well. This morning I drove to work with an optimism that I haven't had in quite some time. It feels like I've been caught in a sort of vicious cycle fueled by poor time management and lack of sleep. I didn't feel I was getting enough done, and with the end-of-the-year projects closing in... my stress level just kept building exponentially.

I think my body finally stepped in and said "Enough! You're going to take a day, back off and get some perspective whether you like it or not!"

Here's the weird thing: The last couple of nights, my dreams have been really intense. I can't quite remember what they were, but you know that feeling when you wake up and it takes a second to reorient yourself because your mind basically wandered to the far reaches of the universe during the last few hours. Also, I had the sensation of really old memories being dug up and reprocessed. Whatever was going on... my brain was working overtime. I'm guessing it may be part of the reason why today I feel so.... refreshed. It's as if a whole bunch of stuff got moved from the mental "in" box to the "out" box.

Well, I'm going to stop bloggin now and take advantage of this productivity while it lasts.