Third trimester insomnia sucks. As a career-driven multi-tasker,
the last two weeks have been quite challenging to work through. My mind is
racing with thoughts about celebrating the future with our new little bundle of
joy, getting everything ready for this next phase in our life, and checking the
normal "new mom" to-do lists so we have everything near perfect for
when the big day comes.
The major challenge is how do I slow down at work and balance
this third trimester short-timer syndrome? This is something that freaks me
out. I know it will happen, but it will continue to take numerous co-workers,
friends, and family to make me slow down. This is a new endeavor. I am
a workaholic. I love work. I breathe work. I compose the hymnal for
everyone to sing in harmony from while at work.
How do you get used to not being a motivated team player who
excels at work? That's almost like asking someone, "how do you cope with
sucking?" in my world. That doesn't sound very nice. I know. But I am very
hard on myself. This whole life shift is like watching a slow motion shoot-out
in The Matrix. You see every intricate detail take place, every bullet graze a
marble column, each splash as a boot runs through a puddle, but you know that
only for a moment you can see everything so slowly, clear and calm. Then the
camera speed goes back to normal and the anxiety level increases in the scene.
Let's just say that lately Drew goes out of his way to make
vacuum lines in the carpet. Did you know that I find this surprisingly very
calming? Color-coordinated closets also have the same calming effect for
me. Any organizational tactic really is good for me. Maybe that's my way of
removing a glitch in the matrix. There are other ways I'm getting through the
glitch... the normal nesting, eating well, limiting caffeine, trying to relax
(haha), working from home as much as possible, and really trying to focus on
delegating work and prioritizing projects. I will leave my work team in a great
spot, no matter when our little parasitic ninja arrives. They know they can
call if they have a dire emergency. But the prepping still keeps me up at
night.
So here I am, again, late at night, not able to sleep. Thoughts
stream to the point of buffering to a standstill, and then suddenly, I'm wide
awake again with a kick to the stomach or a thought about how to analyze some
market research I just completed maybe in a different way than what I had
originally thought of doing.
Who has some slow down suggestions?
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