Too Pooped to Pop
Some days are just not worth getting out of bed! It has nothing to do with my schedule for the day. It has very little to do with how I expect my day to unfold. It is not about anything outside of my body-mind-soul. It is all about what is going on inside of me.
This is about a body that screams “No!” every time I ask it to move. Turning over in bed is a challenge. It is about being too tired to even think about being tired. The mind just wants to vegetate. The soul languishes somewhere between caring a little and not caring about anything, at all! Chuck Berry called it being “Too pooped to pop!” I call it weariness.
This is something more than being tired. When I am tired it is usually because I have put in a good day at work or accomplished something. Several Years ago, Marlene and I decided to climb Enchanted Rock in Central Texas. We had tried a year earlier and I could not make it to the top. But after a year of taking better care of myself, we made it! I was really, really tired but able to celebrate the moment. This is tired. But weariness is so much more.
Weary means exhaustion, extraordinary tiredness. It can be debilitating. Weariness often encourages a sense of hopelessness. We can be tired and feel good about what we have accomplished. But weariness seldom carries any joy. Weariness has the feel of utter defeat and demands a ransom from our body-mind-soul. That ransom must be paid before weariness will loosen its grip on our lives.
Over the next few weeks we will be exploring the ransoms that must be paid if we are to rise from our beds ready to take on the day with energy and joy. Being too pooped to pop requires an extra dose or three of TLC. But, the sun will rise in our body-mind-soul if we pay attention to our weariness.
This is about a body that screams “No!” every time I ask it to move. Turning over in bed is a challenge. It is about being too tired to even think about being tired. The mind just wants to vegetate. The soul languishes somewhere between caring a little and not caring about anything, at all! Chuck Berry called it being “Too pooped to pop!” I call it weariness.
This is something more than being tired. When I am tired it is usually because I have put in a good day at work or accomplished something. Several Years ago, Marlene and I decided to climb Enchanted Rock in Central Texas. We had tried a year earlier and I could not make it to the top. But after a year of taking better care of myself, we made it! I was really, really tired but able to celebrate the moment. This is tired. But weariness is so much more.
Weary means exhaustion, extraordinary tiredness. It can be debilitating. Weariness often encourages a sense of hopelessness. We can be tired and feel good about what we have accomplished. But weariness seldom carries any joy. Weariness has the feel of utter defeat and demands a ransom from our body-mind-soul. That ransom must be paid before weariness will loosen its grip on our lives.
Over the next few weeks we will be exploring the ransoms that must be paid if we are to rise from our beds ready to take on the day with energy and joy. Being too pooped to pop requires an extra dose or three of TLC. But, the sun will rise in our body-mind-soul if we pay attention to our weariness.
How Weary Are You?
A Weariness Self-Assessment – How Weary Are You?
Rate the following 1-5 (1 = “&%$# No” and 5 = “Absolutely, Yes!”)
Do you struggle to get out of bed?
1 2 3 4 5
Do you find it difficult to go through your daily routines? (Your auto-pilot does not engage.)
1 2 3 4 5
Do conversations become nearly impossible to follow?
1 2 3 4 5
Is it difficult to concentrate on complex tasks?
1 2 3 4 5
Do the slightest irritations set off a cascade of emotional responses?
1 2 3 4 5
Have you had enough?
1 2 3 4 5
When you crawl in bed do you believe that tomorrow will be just as bad, or worse than, today?
1 2 3 4 5
Scoring:
<10 = Likely Tired (Take it easy for a while)
10-20 = Very Tired (Take a break)
20-25 = Very, Very Tired (Time for a Vacation)
>25 = Weariness has likely set in. (Time for a lot of TLC)
Rate the following 1-5 (1 = “&%$# No” and 5 = “Absolutely, Yes!”)
Do you struggle to get out of bed?
1 2 3 4 5
Do you find it difficult to go through your daily routines? (Your auto-pilot does not engage.)
1 2 3 4 5
Do conversations become nearly impossible to follow?
1 2 3 4 5
Is it difficult to concentrate on complex tasks?
1 2 3 4 5
Do the slightest irritations set off a cascade of emotional responses?
1 2 3 4 5
Have you had enough?
1 2 3 4 5
When you crawl in bed do you believe that tomorrow will be just as bad, or worse than, today?
1 2 3 4 5
Scoring:
<10 = Likely Tired (Take it easy for a while)
10-20 = Very Tired (Take a break)
20-25 = Very, Very Tired (Time for a Vacation)
>25 = Weariness has likely set in. (Time for a lot of TLC)
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