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October 23, 2005
Oh My God I Have Got to Finish Something
I am surrounded by projects in progress. Directing scenes, auditions, a play remount that opens on the 29th. Artist Trading Cards. Two study guides for touring children's theatre. A chalkboard for the kitchen. A bookcase. Garden beds. But every time I try, something gets in my way.
I finally decide on my OSF pieces, start working them and get a cold. I finally get the whole jammed pelvis/groin pull thing fixed and get a cold so I can't work out right now either. Because, as we all know from previous experience, my colds have a nasty way of turning into pneumonia.
I have a jammed pelvis/groin pull problem that takes 4 months to straighten out because of my knee and it severely limits not only my knee rehab, but also my ability to work in the garden. And the fact that the colds (I've had two in the last month) keep me from being able to work out means that I'm feeling depressed about my physical condition, I'm not losing weight I expected to be able to lose by now, and my knee rehab is still not happening.
The list of things that get in the way of other things goes on and on and on and on and on. I feel overwhelmed and thwarted at every turn by fate, and my own body, and so I retreat into escapist tactics and less and less gets done.
But I figure if I can finish something, I can use it to remind myself that I am capable of finishing things. At least that's the plan. Plus, maybe I can get back to the gym by Wednesday.
Posted by sally at October 23, 2005 12:19 PM
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