Kirbypowered: No worries about the weather. I don't think I ever requested that information. I wrote it on all mine because I wanted to see if my moods correlated with weather. You're welcome to take more notes, of course. I'll compare your data to mine soon, but the more I have, the more accurate it will be.
Sorry for the break in posts. I'm in a strange sort of place at the moment, a bit of a limbo state I suppose, adjusting to the summer schedule. Only a few days into the month and I'm already having a hard time remembering what day of the week it is. I'm getting up early each morning and going to Taiji training (from 8:00 until 11:30), but I haven't been going to the afternoon sessions (from 16:00 until 19:00) because I've been too exhausted. Make no mistake, however relaxing Taiji is, 3.5 hours of nonstop training is incredibly draining. It's good, though. I'm learning a new form! I'm very pleased. I hope I'll get used to the schedule soon and go to the afternoon sessions at least sometimes. Yesterday I also got a massage, which was much-needed. A good way to begin my new, more relaxed lifestyle!
In the afternoons I'm having a motivation problem. The weather is nice and I have plenty of time, but I lack focus. I'm not used to having this much time and my instinct is to use my (formerly scarce) free time to just relax. I need to get used to it, though, because even when the next school year starts, I'll still have loads of spare time. At the moment I'm wasting most of it watching films and TV shows and playing video games. I have been reading more than before, but not as much as I could, and I'm not really going out except for training. Today I did manage to start a painting, which I got about 50% done. But I feel I lack motivating short-term goals at the moment.
I really want to write a book. I've been discussing it with several people and I think it's time I took all my observations about myself and others and did something useful with them. I want to write a book about living with asperger syndrome including descriptions and explanations of what it's like as well as advice for how to improve social skills and live independently. There's such a lack of information out there for adults and I really feel I have the skills to fill that niche. But I need to get started on it, and I'm a bit paralyzed. I need some way of organizing and motivating myself. My goal for tomorrow will be to figure out a system for writing, and hopefully to start the writing process.
I haven't been tracking myself on the charts for the past few days. I definitely won't have a chance to do it during trainings. I need to focus on what I'm doing, and most of the time I don't even know what time it is. I'm not sure if I'll do it the rest of the time, or if I'll just take a break for a while and focus on other things. Maybe I'll wait until the end of summer and start tracking myself again when I start my new job. It will make an interesting comparison.
I'm drinking absinthe now, which is probably a bad idea. It'll keep me awake. I need to get to bed! Another early morning tomorrow...
One thing worth noting: I have not been taking any naps this week. I haven't felt the need. It seems my sudden sleepiness is really directly tied to stress, which I haven't been feeling much of now that I'm on vacation. On the other hand, I have still been generally tired and foggy all the time. Even when I have energy, it's restless energy, and I can't seem to focus it. Brain fog is definitely not improving even with the removal of stress, which worries me. Maybe it's finally time to see a doctor. I certainly have time now.