I'm slacking off today.

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Last Saturday I moved. I still don't feel like the new apartment is mine. I'm only partially unpacked. The new quarter at school started on Monday. I'm being audited by the Social Security people to make sure I'm as poor as I'm supposed to be (it's routine, but still scary). I live twenty minutes' walk away from school and have had to repeatedly walk back and forth over the past few days, with as much as two hours of walking in a day plus walking from class to class. And I was tired even before I moved because I had to pack everything. Plus I have an insane amount of paperwork to do. I haven't been getting enough sleep lately, and a typical meal consists of random things, like a handful of peanuts and a pudding cup. I've got people on my case to do an oral presentation at this research symposium, plus I'm supposed to keep an audio diary for a couple of reporters, plus I promised some people online that I'd work on this program, which still looks ugly as anything but finally works... none of my old routines are working for the new place, so I'm completely disorganized and my cats have had their litter boxes scooped only three out of the six days I've been here. I still haven't mailed my old keys to my landlord because some of them are still packed.

This morning I was so tired it took me half an hour to peel myself off the mattress, and when I finally got to class, ten minutes late, I found I'd forgotten my homework.

So I got up, left, went home, and plan to spend the rest of the day trying to recover before I end up with a meltdown on my hands. I'm missing two classes, a counseling session, and a meeting with a professor. I'll e-mail the professors to ask if they assigned any homework.

Can I justify this decision, or should I have tried to push through? When is it laziness, and when is it logical to shirk your responsibilities, for a short time?

I think it's wise to know your limits and there's no rule that everybody's limits will be the same.

Sounds like you need a break. That's a whole lotta stuff you got going. Make a priority list with an allotted time to do it. Then only concentrate on one thing at a time. Don't be so hard on yourself.

Moving is one of the most stressful things you can do, and being audited by SS I can only imagine adds significantly to the stress. Combine that with a lack of sleep and that's enough to throw anyone into a breakdown, on or off spectrum.

Good for you for sticking up for yourself! And hang in there... this type of stress is acute and it sounds like it will taper off pretty fast.

Moving is very tiring. Especially if you have other things you need to do simultaneously. Some slacking off is mentally healthy.

hi callista hope u feeling better i also think u should take a bit time to yourself let other things go a while

I remember how stressful it was, when I've moved into my apartment. I've slacked off, for a while.

Seems like I never get to "slack off." If I had some pleasure time on my hands without having to constantly work, I wouldn't know what to do. I haven't had to move in a long time. Just stay stuck in a never ending trap without my bar admission.

For me as well, it's something I need to do that when I feel there's an episode coming.

Sleeping can really calm me down when that happens, and I can sleep for 30hours whne I'm really at my limits.