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Stop This Treadmill….I’m Getting Dizzy

October 15, 2014 By: Patricia

That’s how I feel on a treadmill at the gym. I’m not sure when that started, but it’s scary because the dizziness gets worse when I step off the equipment. It’s a lot like finally disembarking after being out on the water a long time.

However, the treadmill I’m talking about is the current “try to promote a new book, finish writing another book, and do all that other stuff I agreed to do in moments of craziness where I thought I was superwoman” treadmill.

You know what I mean, right? Sometimes you take on too much? Sometimes you think you’re Superman or Wonder Woman and your response to all requests for help gets stuck on YES and it keeps replaying over and over while you slowly drown in your commitments?

Well, maybe you don’t do that.

I do.

And I think I like it.

If I quit doing all the stuff I do now, I’d end up a being a retired person…..who takes on projects and volunteer work and serves on boards and runs for office fosters abandoned cats and ends up on another treadmill.

Some of us humans are like that.

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Comments

  1. Sarah Reichert says

    October 16, 2014 at 6:32 am

    Absolutely! Some weeks every day is a whirlwind and I fall in to the bed at the end of it wondering what I’m doing to myself. But on the other hand, it always amazes me what we can accomplish with 24 hours. Good luck on your treadmill, Patricia!

  2. Eileen Goudge says

    October 15, 2014 at 6:53 pm

    We’re on the same treadmill, Patricia. I wish I could get off, or take a break at least. I go back to the days when all I had to do was write. But then I’d miss all the great people I’ve met online and all the opportunities the Internet has to offer. Sigh. No easy solution.

  3. Patricia Stoltey says

    October 15, 2014 at 4:08 pm

    It appears none of us have much time for getting into trouble. It’s probably better that way…

  4. Hilary Melton-Butcher says

    October 15, 2014 at 10:11 am

    Hi Patricia .. I’ve two new things landed on me today – both need to get done – one very shortly ..

    And I do enjoy being busy and having something to look forward to … keeps me out of mischief (theoretically!!) ..

    Cheers Hilary

  5. Donna Volkenannt says

    October 15, 2014 at 9:17 am

    It’s great to stay busy, especially busy writing. I’m heading over to Goodreads.

  6. Madeline Mora-Summonte says

    October 15, 2014 at 8:08 am

    I don’t plan on ever retiring from writing…. 🙂

  7. Susan Gourley/Kelley says

    October 15, 2014 at 7:45 am

    Hey, I think we blogged about the same thing today. Yeah, let’s stay busy so we don’t decide to run for office. LOL

  8. Alex J. Cavanaugh says

    October 15, 2014 at 6:08 am

    Right now I feel borderline too much. Next spring I will probably implode…

Meet Patricia

I read, I write, I blog, and sometimes I do the laundry and cook. My 2014 novel, Dead Wrong, was a finalist in the thriller category of the 2015 Colorado Book Awards. Wishing Caswell Dead (Five Star/Cengage, December 20, 2017) is a historical mystery set in 1830s Illinois in the fictitious Village of Sangamon. The novel was a finalist for the 2018 Colorado Book Awards for General Fiction. My most recent release, In Defense of Delia (Five Star/Cengage, November 2022), is available in hardcover and will soon be available in ebook and trade paperback. Read More…

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