The stress melted away a little bit today; even though there’s still plenty on my mind, I felt relieved to have more than two days to relax. I know we have a lot of things to do this week, but I hope we have a few days where there are no responsibilities or expectations.

The best part might be that my mind slowed down today more than it has been able to lately. My brain has been in overdrive lately and it’s been hard to rein it in. As a result, I had been thinking about many different things all at one time, which gets really exhausting. It kind of feels like what I imagine a manic episode might feel like, except when I feel like that, I tend to shut down and withdraw.

Today I felt like things were more at the normal speed – not all the time, but more than they have been. I hope things can continue to calm down so I’m in a good place heading into 2019.