LaToya M. Davidson-Perez

Over the past few days, I have found that I have been increasingly more and more lethargic. I can only assume it has to do with my lapsing back into maintaining “teenage hours.” You know what I mean, remember when you were a teenager on Spring or Summer break and you felt that somehow you had to rebel by staying up until 2 or 3 am?! Well, that’s been the case for the past two or so weeks.

Sure, I’m an adult. I can go and come as I please and essentially do what I want, but I don’t know what it is with my late start to the day and my even later bedtime. I roll into my home office at around 12 pm and often don’t leave it until 1 or 2 am. Then, I move in all of my games on my iPhone and read what’s going on in the celebrity world on my People app. By the time all of that is done, it’s at least 3 am. “Last night” I didn’t go to sleep until almost 4 am. Considering the fact that among my nightly prescription medications I have a sleeping pill, it’s a bit odd that I seem to suffer a bit from insomnia. Continue reading “A Slower Start” →

It’s most definitely a Friday. When the alarm went off this morning I somewhat dreaded the thought of getting up and at ’em. Don’t get me wrong, I there is always something exciting about Fridays. Regardless of a weekend filled with work, the magic of Friday is in knowing that there’s a laid back quality of the weekend. Today has been a bit of an anomaly, however. This week marked a noticeable change in my mood. Enjoying good vibrations for over a month, reality was sure to set back in.

I’m too critical of myself. At least, that’s what I’m told. I’m prone to analyzing and over-analyzing most things. I’ve been working on changing that. That isn’t to say that I think that it’s a bad thing, it’s to say that doing so all the time is not in anyone’s best interest. And so, as far as this Friday being an anomaly, I’ve gotten all of 1:05 minutes of billable time in thus far. That excludes the time I spent writing my article for the newspaper. Yes, I have decided to continue with my now monthly column. Sure, Fridays tend to be the type of days where one watches the clock, waiting for the end of the working day to arrive. I’ve actually been working ahead so today doesn’t need to be a full 8-hour day. What it has been – filled with chaos, frustration and a beautiful view from my office. Continue reading “Back in the Saddle?” →

I’m really disappointed in myself. For weeks, I have been on cloud nine. Everything seemed to be going my way. I’d formulate in my head the things I’d write about, the post titles and how to convey in words just how happy I have been. It’s been quite unprecedented, really. I’ve not known a period in my life where I was consistently happy for over a month. But, like most things in life, a little rain must fall.

I didn’t want to post tonight. I’ve been shirking my writing duties. I keep coming up with excuses, none of them very good. One of my clients serves as my accountability partner/coach. We conclude each day reviewing our “wins” for the day and checking in to see if we “did our best” to exercise, to be productive, to be happy and to write/journal, among a list of others. I’d concluded that it was unrealistic for me to make a blog post each day. Quite frankly, my life is not that interesting. Plus, I always feel like there should be some real substance to my writing which I couldn’t achieve by writing daily. What has surprised me is that after a month of living in an apartment community with a walking path around its lake and a now 24/7 gym, I’m now working out at least 5 times per week. Continue reading “The Reluctant Post” →