Tired, So Tired

March 21, 2008

I don’t know why but these days, it seems that I get tired pretty easily. Let’s say during the weekends, after I wake up in the morning maybe about 10am, I sort of feel tired by  noon time! It’s not the kind of tired where you do a lot of work and you are physically and mentally drained. It’s some sort of tiredness which I can’t explain. I feel like some big weight is on my shoulders and I can’t really concentrate on anything. Note that this is during the weekends, where I am not doing any sort of work at all. And I still feel the tiredness. I switch on my PC, and perhaps watch a movie, but I can’t really concentrate on watching the movie. My mind then starts to wonder off and I begin to think of something else. After a while of alternating between watching movies and surfing the web, I feel very exhausted. Really, I feel exhausted after that. Yes, I like watching movies.

Okay, then you would assume that perhaps I didn’t sleep very well the night before. Well, it is possible. But it seems to happen every weekend. I don’t have that problem during the weekdays when I go to work and my mind is concentrating on work. But when it comes to relaxing in the weekends, this lethargic feeling I cannot shake off. And the best thing, I did have a good night’s sleep! I feel fine when I wake up. It is just after a while when the feeling comes in.

When I wake up from an afternoon nap, and I feel slightly more refreshed. But this kind of feeling doesn’t last, and I get exhausted again soon afterwards. My parents think I am a crazy man, yawning all the time even when eating dinner. Perhaps I should not stare at the monitor too often? Is it the cause of my problems? But when I am at work, I also stare at the monitor the entire day and I don’t have that feeling at all.  Yes, I do get exhausted from work, but as I said before, it’s not the same feeling. Feeling physically and mentally exhausted after a hard day’s work is normal.

Have you guys ever faced such problems before? Perhaps I am just not meant to be relaxing at home and I need work to keep my mind off things? Does that mean I am a workaholic? If so, then it will surely be very cool. My boss will be shocked to hear that I am a workaholic. Damn shock!