# I'm so fucking tired...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-fucking-tired/430084>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 15, 2007, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-fucking-tired/430084 "2007-12-15T07:01:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-fucking-tired/430084/1 "2007-12-15T07:01:09Z")

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Work folks say it’s okay, It’s five hours from now. Wife is still at work, must not be awake when I am. Father is halfway to Japan right now, I think. I’m sleepy. I’m so fucking tired, why cant I just fucking sleep? Kid’s awake, and there’s no babysitter, and we need to crash. Grargh,

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**Author:** ![EvilGhandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@EvilGhandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilGhandi)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-fucking-tired/430084/2 "2007-12-15T08:52:34Z")

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Ho FUCKING ho.

Ive been working 12 hour days for weeks now. My customers ALL want their jobs done in time for Christmass dinner. I came home covered in mud, my feet soaking for the third tme this week.

Did I get one word of thanks?

Yea right, Looks like were making progress. God I hate my job right now.

My back aches, my joints hurt, and this new thing, stabbing pains at random places.

My wife keeps asking me when we are going out to finish our Christmass shopping.

I look foward to the day when I wake up and I am not still tired from yesterday.

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**Author:** ![Tully\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@Tully\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tully_Mars)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-fucking-tired/430084/3 "2007-12-15T13:24:12Z")

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Gentlemen, i know it’s small consolation, but you’ve made me feel a little better knowing I’m not the only one. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-fucking-tired/430084/4 "2007-12-15T13:45:45Z")

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When I can’t get to sleep, I find doing some transcendental meditation lying down helps. Just get comfortable, shut off all external stimuli, and focus on _one_ thing–like a mantra or something (“Aum” works for a lot of people–just kind of listen to it in your head if that works, or you can put on some gently trippy music). Your mind will wander, and that’s OK–don’t stress about it, it happens to everyone, just gently remind yourself to return your focus to that one thing. Eventually your mind will get tired of being redirected and will just stay on that one thing. Things will get a little trippy at that point, and then you’ll drift off to dreamland. I do it once or twice a day.

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**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-fucking-tired/430084/5 "2007-12-15T18:29:27Z")

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Sorry to hear that you can’t sleep, but pity parties don’t belong in the Pit. Closed.