After you finish work and get home, can you muster up the energy to do something productive? Or do you need to wind down? So that after work it’s basically figure out dinner and then zone out to drugs and/or television.
I’ve got a toddler, so afterwork looks like this:
5:00-6:15 Commute (on subway, usually able to read a book, includes 1.5 mile walk)
6:15-6:45 Feed kid, play with kid
6:45-7:30 Bathe kid, read to kid, put kid to bed
7:30-8:30 Cook dinner, eat, pack lunches for tomorrow
8:30-9:00 Dishes, quick clean kitchen
9:00-11:00 Rest (read, watch a movie, internet, maybe jog, maybe some work)
My husband and I alternate dish nights. We only have to pack lunches three days a week, and sometimes we work simultaneously with one doing dinner and one doing the bath. But it’s still pretty much a solid block of time from the moment I get home until around 8:30 or so. By that time I’m not necessarily bone tired, but definitely ready to be done with the work for the day.
At my job we do four 10-hour shifts and you’re on your feet all day. I pretty much read for a bit to wind down then fall asleep. That means I’m up hours before I go, and that’s when I’m most active on workdays. Oddly (to many) I catch up on errands and chores so that when I get my three days off, I’ve got absolutely nothing I have to do, so I’m free to do anything, like hop on my motorcycle and ride a few hundred miles through mountains and countryside.
I try and walk for at least half an hour weather permitting. I give my self a pass if I’ve worked late.
I have a ton of energy. But only for stuff that I want to do. If the motivation isn’t there, I’m exhausted.
Usually mentally knackered, don’t have a lot of energy to do a hell of a lot.
Lately I’ve been pushing myself to take the dog for a walk each night after I feed him. It’s good.
Other than that, few drinks, bit of TV, bit of Internet, Dinner and bed.
It depends on how good a day I had at work, and I’m a substitute teacher, so my days vary wildly. If I had a really good day at work (at least two out of three of teacher left good detailed plans, a subject I enjoy, and well-behaved kids), I come home more energized than when I left. A so-so day (one out of those three), I’m about in the same shape as I was in the morning. A bad day, I’m anywhere from tired to completely wiped out.
I often work past 10 PM at night, so I’m pretty tired and frazzled.
I retired a few years ago so I am taking it a bit easier now but right up to my retirement my active day was from 7 am to about 11 pm. I tend to stay motivated all the time. Most of my time is spent with hobbies but I won’t allow myself to do my hobbies unless my things to do list is complete.
I have this weird underlying feeling that I am a chronic procrastinator and lazy to the core. My history would suggest otherwise but I know down deep there is a lazy good for nothing bum that will take over my body at first opportunity.I sit at a desk all day, in my home office. How much energy I have is almost 100% related to how evenly I managed to eat during the day. If I ate something in the morning and something before 2 PM I am usually really good by 5. If that’s off…it’s going to be a lethargic night.
I walk the dogs after work for a half hour then 2 days a week I go to the gym to swim for a half hour, and one day I take a dog to obedience school. So I am pretty good after work.
I kind of hate being idle all evening after work because I know I just did diddly squat all day.
Depends on the day. Sometimes, I’m mentally exhausted and I don’t want to do anything other than feed the cats, eat dinner (which may be toast or cereal), clean up, then go to bed.
Sometimes, I feel great and I go for a walk or to the gym, or go out and meet people.
Throw in the whole chronic pain problem and meds, and you see that it can get complicated.
If I’m able to work from home, I’m usually okay to run around at night. I try to hit the gym three nights a week (twice for swimming/once for land), do errands, that kind of thing. I am one of those people who -when I’m home for the night, that’s it. So I’ll hit the gym, grab dinner, whatever else then when I get home, pajamas go on.
When I’m in office, it’s a different story. It exhausts me, thanks to my health issues. By the time I sign off, I usually have swollen feet and ankles. I will do quick errands, then come home and I’m done for the night. Often, I’m dozing by 8pm.
Luckily, tomorrow is my last mandatory full office day. I will need to go in at least four hours once a week, which is doable.
More than I want - and working a physical job now after 15 years at a desk I am constantly surprised by that fact. The bad part is being as how I don’t get home until around 8pm or so its throwing off my sleep patterns.
Lots. I often (2 or 3 times a week) go for a 20-30 mile bicycle ride or a 3-5 mile walk after work. I have trouble exercising in the morning.
If I have a bad day at work, I can go really fast on the bike. I’ve set some personal bests on one route after being pissed off at a boss, customer, or coworker.
I sit on my rump all day at work behind 3 or 4 computer screens so work doesn’t take much out of my physically.
We see a lot of pain related energy robbers. I believe being passionate about something and highly motivated will help to increase the amount of endorfins our body produces. Very much like heroin they are great for reducing pain and addicting as hell. If we get our fix through a positive source such as physical activity or creative expressions it is a win win!