I've read that the reason why holidays are so exhausting is because when you're on holiday, you have to make loads of decisions about everything — you don't have your regular routine to rely on, and this leads to decision fatigue. Even though regular life isn't as bad as this, it's still way more than what most students have to deal with. The little tasks can really drain your executive function if there's enough of them

I cut that list down as much as I can by ignoring stuff until certain days and batching tasks, but still, I feel exhausted lately.

some of it is how I'm approaching sleep. some is diet. some is just not following through on getting out and doing stuff. and some is just how much there is to deal with. cutting down on hours at work helped quite a bit - 50-60 down to 40 is a big change. still, I don't get how people have kids. or rather, I do, and the lack of sleep / down time seems crazy to me

I finally finished off wiring some pot lights I began installing half a year ago (was too hot to crawl around in the attic, tbf), which meant I could clean up some of the project stuff I had out, and damn did it ever feel good to finish something off lol

most of my hobbies have been set aside again recently though due to lack of motivation