It seems every time I turn around something around here is in need of "recharging.鈥� My cellphone, the iPad, our cordless house phone and (not as often) the laptop computer.鈥ㄢ��
Anything that isn't continually plugged into a power source starts to run low on power throughout the day. Depending on use, these gadgets need to be recharged more than once a day. There always seems to be something "charging up" around here.鈥ㄢ��
I correlated this feeling of "running low on power" to the way this week has felt. I don't feel like I've been fully charged all week long. I can't believe the energy it takes to drag myself out of bed in the morning. I am rested but not recharged.鈥ㄢ��
The drain on my power has felt overwhelming.鈥ㄢ��
My young daycare family seem to have about a 10- to 15-minute level of contentment within them before they look to me to intervene, make a change, solve a problem or entertain them for the 15 minutes which follow. This goes on all day until nap time. They wake up "fully charged,鈥� while I have only regained a 40 to 69 per cent charge, depending on how quickly everyone has settled down.鈥ㄢ��
My power supply is being depleted by starting projects and not completing them. I feel like a telephone that is plugged in to charge before it's dead, then disconnected from the energy source at 60 per cent full.鈥ㄢ��
I hope to run my battery dry over the weekend. Then I shall plug into a power source, otherwise known as my bed, and stay there until I am fully charged. Once that charge is full to capacity I believe my battery power will last longer.鈥ㄢ��
My computer guy advised me the best way to prolong the life of the battery on our laptop computer is to run it down to about 10 per cent at least once a month, then recharge it to 100 per cent. I'm going to take my computer guy's advice this upcoming weekend. I'm looking forward to losing so much power I have no choice but to plug in. This running down to 30 per cent and recharging only up to 60 per cent makes me feel like I'm only half charged 100 per cent of the time.鈥ㄢ��
How are you going to unplug this upcoming weekend?
