I reached a new low today. I applied the second half of my makeup routine in the car as I drove to work in peak hour traffic. Weirdly, it felt worse than the mornings I'm so late I do it on the train.
Now there are multiple things wrong with this situation.
The first is the element of danger to myself and other drivers - I'm
clearly not giving the bumper bar in front my full attention as I coat my
lashes with mascara. Second is the fact I think it is somehow less
pathetic to only apply the decorative parts of my makeup routine on public or
private transport (apparently foundation must be applied in private
however eye shadow is fair game). But most alarmingly, why am I so time poor
that there are not enough minutes in my morning to ensure I leave the house in
a fit state to greet the world?
"Just get out of bed earlier," I hear
you so. A logical solution yes, but a practical one, no. My personal catch
phrase has long been "I don't do mornings". The answer needs
to come from a more dramatic change in my lifestyle. I need to achieve
some work life balance. That means doing more than getting home late,
eating, showering, watching TV to zone out my brain, before falling asleep
and starting it all over again.
I have no idea how,
but I am embarking on a mission to achieve some balance between the two
competing elements in my life - my career and personal life. The latter
can no longer be a second priority. I'm looking for two positives to
come out of this change: the ability to relax and switch off
once I leave the office and having enough energy to get up when my alarm goes
off each morning and have time to actually get ready before I leave the house.
Is that really too much to ask?
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