Updates: schedule tweaks+personal tweaks

Hi everyone,

This is basically a quick(ish?) post to let you all know a few things.

1. I'd originally planned to put out my review of Meet Yourself tomorrow, 26 March, but.. I am behind schedule, so I'm pushing my deadline to Wednesday, 29 March instead. (If I can't make that, it will come out on Thursday, 30 March).

Along with that, I thought I'd let you know that the replacement show I've chosen for Meet Yourself, is c-drama Nothing But You, which is starting on Monday, 27 March.

BECAUSE, it's Wu Lei! In a noona romance! 😍😍😍 I just hope it's as good as it looks. ❤️

2. I'm working on my EOY post, but it's turning out to be a lot more time consuming than I remembered previous entries being. Maybe I'm just working slower this year? 😅

I'm hoping to publish it sometime tomorrow, Sunday, 26 March, but if I don't make that deadline, it will most likely be ready for Monday, 27 March.

3. Which brings me to a personal adjustment that I'm consciously making, and that is, to allow myself to take more time with things, if I need it, and basically, not push myself so hard, so that I don't end up burning out.

With The Great Experiment which I first announced in August, I found myself working on a pretty intense schedule, and as it turns out, it's something that I can't sustain for a long period of time - because the moment I experience an interruption from Real Life demands, I find myself scrambling to get back on schedule.

Several of you have been saying (in comments and private messages) that I should take things easier, and I appreciate that a great deal. THANK YOU, I will ease up on myself, so that I don't end up burning out, and can keep doing this for as long as possible. 

Because, while I hate to admit it, it's true that in the last several months, there have been moments in time when I've felt like I was on the cusp of a burnout. So yes, it's not something to take lightly, and I need to do something about it, so that I don't actually burn out.

Part of that easing up, is being more open to schedule changes, like the ones I just mentioned. Like, reschedule things when needed, and not sweat it.

Another part of that easing up, is planning for actual breaks (as Elaine keeps encouraging me to do - thank you, Elaine! ❤️).

(A) A mini break

I am very possibly going to take a break of some sort, the week of Easter (actual dates to be confirmed), because my sister who lives in Australia, is planning to come visit, along with her husband and kids.

There'll be lots of family time while they're here, of course, and that seems like a natural point in time to take a break, if I'm going to take one, so that I don't have to worry about staying on schedule, while hanging out with family.

(B) A possible longer break: a health thingy

I won't go into too much detail here (yet?), but I've been having some health concerns and that's part of the reason I keep falling behind schedule; hospital appointments take up a lot of time, and I always end up scrambling to get back on schedule, after spending half a day at the hospital.

First of all, I want to assure you that it's not a serious issue, ie, it's not life-threatening, and I'm not sick in a worrying way. I just need to have this seen to, because it's affecting my quality of life on a daily basis, and, well, it needs to be treated, basically.

The second thing is, I'm done with my first wave of hospital visits, and my next appointment with the doc is in July, so this shouldn't impact my ability to stay on schedule, at least for the next little while.

However, when we get to July, there's a good chance that I will need to have surgery, and that will result in a fair chunk of downtime. I don't know how long that downtime will be - but I'm estimating that I'll need a couple of weeks at least, before I feel ready to get back on schedule.

The doc estimates that I'll likely have surgery sometime between July and September. We'll have a clearer picture when we get to July and I go for a fresh round of bloodwork and scans.

This gap between now and July, is also to get my blood count up to a healthy level, because I'm currently too anemic to have surgery. 😅

All that said, please don't worry too much, I just wanted to let you all have a rough idea of what's going on with me, so that my recent behavior (rescheduling things, and not being as present in comments or as good at replying to emails and messages) makes more sense.

..And that's about it, for now.

Thank you for reading, thank you for your patience and understanding, and also, please don't worry; I'll be fine. 🥰

Much love,

KFG ❤️