#Reverb10: Prompt 11, the blog-along - November Update

Yes, it is December 3rd and I'm just now writing my November update for the #Reverb10 prompt for the blog-along with  MathNerd314 and chemgal18.  

Here is the prompt for those who may have missed the first post:
What are 11 things your life doesn't need in 2011?
How will you go about eliminating them?
How will getting rid of these 11 things change your life?

Things still in progress: 1) 35 pounds, 2) excess stuff,  5)stress, and  7) procrastination 

Completed or no longer applicable items: 3) a house(n/a), 4)money stress, 6) second guessing decisions, 8) loneliness, 9)single discontent, 10)over-analyzing work situations and 11)lack of traveling.

At this point in the year, I've decided to accept that the four items still on the list will not be completed. It is not that I'm giving up as rather accepting my current life.

I'm really tired. Exhausted might be a better word. Yet I'm not staying up later or getting up earlier than usual. The amount of mental energy required to live is about triple the usual amount. Most days I wonder: how long will the pressure continue? I know that I'm not alone and that I'm not the first person to feel this way. I love the following line in Natalie Gant's song, I will not be moved because it describes how I feel: "sometimes my prayers feel like they're bouncing off the sky."

The amount of work-related stress has increased quite dramatically in the last two months. I'm discovering that I don't function well under this much stress. Over the year, the stress item has actually increased instead of decreasing. The weight issues has also seemed to end up increasing instead of decreasing and is directly tied to stress-eating and inability to work out over the lunch hour. Excess stuff? well I've started sorting more stuff out and reevaluating what I truly need (A new dress from Shabby Apple? Yes! Especially when I received a $10 credit.) Procrastination? Still a problem, especially when combined with unexciting work projects.