Day 987: Fatigue, Focus… and Eye Strain

Well… the Pakistan day count has now reached 250, which is roughly eight and a half months. 

For the most part it hasn’t been too bad, but the pace does get a bit tiring sometimes.  Twelve to fourteen hour a day, six to seven days a week for eight and a half months starts to get to you every once and a while.    

Fatigue and focus seems to come in waves… there is a certain ebb and flow to everything here. 

Physically, everyone seems to crash at some point, needing to take a few days to recharge; which is why I try to take Sundays off as my personal day… it doesn’t always happen, but I try.

However, even if you’re able to keep your body strong and are able to keep pace, there is only so much your mind can take… and focus starts to become a problem.  Not a major problem… but on my lack of focus days I’m certainly not as productive as I normally am… and between you and me, I actually enjoy my lack of focus days quite a lot. 

You see, I’m an ‘eat at my desk’ kind of guy (a bad habit, I know… but it’s the truth).  I can sit down at my desk at 7am and stay there until 6 or 7pm completely engaged in my work.  However, on my focus-break-down days… I’m more likely to organize a lunch at the American Club with friends, head to the gym, take a walk (the weather right now is amazing!), and sometimes I’ll even grab my Kindle, find a bench somewhere on the compound, and just read for about 20 or 30 minutes.  In short, the lack of focus can be quite energizing in the long run.

Although, there is one thing that popped up about a month ago that I can’t quite shake… the eye strain.  I am constantly suffering from eye strain headache… mild headaches, nothing serious enough to medicate… and I’m probably feeling it more now because allergy season has reared its ugly head… but seriously, between work and home, I’m probably staring at a computer screen fifteen hours a day… and that can’t be healthy.

But, at the same time, there isn’t much else to do.  I only have about 100 days left in this little adventure of mine… when I’m back with the boys it’s not like I’ll be Skyping anymore… so my average daily screen time will drop drastically.

So… here’s to my final 100!  And hoping my eyes don’t fall out of my head!