Drained. Sick of being continually tired!

That's it! I have decided that grumbling everyday about being physically strained and not taking steps to actually alleviate that states is now officially, well...tired.

I can't remember the last time my energy level was high enough to feel it in my body, mind and soul. Okay, granted I'm not exactly sure what level of tonicity the soul requires to keep up with a day's worth of activities and (albeit moderate) physical efforts; and so, I'll probably just worry about a way to regain a healthy level of body and mind vigor.

I'm in my early thirties and all jokes of not being twenty anymore aside,  the signs of a lower endurance due to a gradually shedding metabolism --yes, folks it starts now-- combined with a few bad habits and a (very distinctive patent pending) way that I have designed for myself of  ignoring said signs, have contributed to building, what now feels like, a nonstop state of tiredness.

Identifying the symptoms is the easiest part. I do spend a fair amount of time trying to stretch away the muscle soreness, shake off the sleepiness throughout the day and straight up abusing Red bull types of concoctions as a short term energy boost to address my physical and mental feet dragging. 

Up to now, I've always been able to directly put the blame on various specific blatant reasons for that lack of energy and the burnout sensation that comes with it at the end of the day.

What made it easy to brush off all attempts at clarifying how the heck my lack of strength happened, was the reality of being a quasi insomniac during pregnancy; then, sleep deprived for obvious reasons after "la kiddita" showed up; then, having to go back to work and run about town shortly thereafter; not to mention, lifting an average 35 lbs load in the form of a baby carriage up and down countless flights stairs as a daily exercise --oh, do I hate NYC non-elevator equipped subways stations.

The great new thing to have come along with the cradle-rocking phase? "Insomnia" became a curse word. "Tsk tsk, ain't nobody doing that kind of dirt 'round here" kind-of-word. Sound asleep for as many hours/minutes as one could grapple with, was more like it.

Somehow, I just figured that incredibly friggin' tired was all I would know until one or many or all of the hindrances to a peppy me would cease to be the only way to do things.

Many of those obvious energy draining efforts mentioned above, did cease to be an everyday recurring reality.

The tiredness has not.

It has definitely lessen but my whole thing is this: I want to regain vitality and feel tonic, not feel less tired and less achy.

So after months, turned years of being okay with being tired, I'm now officially sick. Sick of being tired.

I no longer want to sit and complain and um...pass out in the middle of replying an email at 9:30 PM. It is high time I took action and invigorated that body, mind and soul of mine.

First step in that endeavor is to know the adversary. Experts view the lack of strength and energy in strata.

Tiredness, is a feeling of energy being slowed down, sleepiness and often feeling sore as a result of intense physical efforts without allowing the body the proper recuperation i.e rest or acceptable amount of sleep. I'm pretty sure my condition falls square into this cute category.

Fatigue is a whole 'nother story, when even logging a 7 to 8 hours a night sleep for a week straight isn't doing it, the condition may have to do with a more serious disorder or deficiency. Working shift hours can be a cause to look into. But a slew of medical issues ranging from neurological to gastrointestinal or even thyroidal may be the underlying cause to fatigue. Symptoms can manifest in the form of palpitation, dizziness, shortness of breath on top of the general weakness and lack of energy.

Exhaustion comes as the last strata before a freakish burnout, as it encompasses a level of mental distress almost as important as the physical feeling of being worn out. Needless to say, medical attention should be brought to help fight the condition rather try and cope with it.

Given the lack of structure and consistency applied to my eating habits and sleeping patterns and a myriad of other choices I make to maximize my time, I can honestly say that I set for myself up for this state of absolute tiredness I am complaining about.

Having now fully identified the adversary I am going up against, and fully acknowledged where the root of my problem was, and even decided to fight back; the next step should be to fully address the causes and overhauling years of being oblivious to the way I eat, sleep, multitask, exercise and all? Right?
-Naturally, this is a step by step process, I will document on here as it takes shape.