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When Time Starts Feeling Smaller Every Day
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Hello dear @ladiesofhive community
Lately, I’ve had the feeling that time no longer stretches the way it used to.
Not because the days are shorter, but because everyday life has become a constant race against things that cannot always be controlled.
Feeling like everything must fit into a few hours
There are moments when I genuinely feel like I am doing too much.
Not because I want to overload myself, but because daily responsibilities keep accumulating faster than I can resolve them.
Work responsibilities.
Housework that never really ends.
Going out to look for food or basic things that become more difficult and expensive every day.
Transportation.
Stress.
Mental exhaustion.
And on top of that, there is the uncertainty of electricity.
When the power finally comes back, everything suddenly becomes urgent at the same time. In the best case, it may last three hours—sometimes less.
So those hours turn into a marathon:
cooking food for later, reheating what can be eaten immediately, washing clothes, drying them in time before another outage.
But even washing depends on water arriving too.
Since I live in an apartment building, when the electricity returns we still have to wait for the person in charge to turn on the water pump so the water can reach the apartments upstairs.
Although here many people call it “the turbine.” Even I do sometimes, despite my husband—who is an engineer—constantly reminding me that technically it is a water pump, not a turbine.
And somehow, even that small discussion feels like part of everyday life now.
Besides all of this, I also need electricity for the sewing machine I use for my handmade crafts, which are an important part of our income.
So there are days when it feels like time is always moving against me.
Not calmly.
Not naturally.
But with pressure.
What this situation has made me realize
These questions also made me think about how many things we do not because we freely choose them, but because stopping them would create even more stress afterward.
Sometimes I realize that what exhausts me most is not the activity itself, but the constant mental calculation behind everything:
what can wait, what cannot, what must be done immediately before the electricity disappears again.
And little by little, that changes the way you experience time.
You stop resting fully because your mind remains alert, waiting for the next thing that requires attention.
At the same time, I have learned something important:
not everything urgent deserves the same emotional weight.
I still struggle with that.
There are days when I feel guilty for not finishing everything, even when realistically there was no way to do it all.
But I am slowly trying to separate responsibility from self-punishment.
Trying to understand that having limits does not mean failing.
Sometimes it simply means being human inside difficult circumstances.
There are seasons of life where surviving the routine already requires enormous mental energy.
And maybe recognizing that honestly is also a form of self-care.
Thank you for reading
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The English version was translated using DeepL Translate.
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🇪🇸 En Español
Cuando el tiempo empieza a sentirse más pequeño cada día
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Hola querida comunidad @ladiesofhive
Últimamente tengo la sensación de que el tiempo ya no rinde igual.
No porque los días sean más cortos, sino porque la vida cotidiana se ha convertido en una carrera constante contra cosas que muchas veces no se pueden controlar.
Sentir que todo tiene que caber en unas pocas horas
Hay momentos en los que realmente siento que estoy haciendo demasiado.
No porque quiera sobrecargarme, sino porque las responsabilidades diarias se acumulan más rápido de lo que logro resolverlas.
El trabajo.
La casa, que nunca termina realmente.
Salir a buscar comida o cosas básicas que cada día son más difíciles y más caras.
El transporte.
El estrés.
El agotamiento mental.
Y encima de todo eso, está la incertidumbre de la electricidad.
Cuando finalmente llega la corriente, de pronto todo se vuelve urgente al mismo tiempo. En el mejor de los casos dura tres horas, muchas veces menos.
Entonces esas horas se convierten en un maratón:
cocinar para después, calentar lo más inmediato para comer, lavar ropa, secarla a tiempo antes de otro apagón.
Pero incluso lavar depende también de que llegue el agua.
Como vivo en un edificio, cuando llega la corriente todavía hay que esperar a que el encargado encienda la bomba para que el agua suba a los apartamentos.
Aunque aquí muchos le decimos “la turbina”. Yo misma a veces lo hago, aunque mi esposo, que es ingeniero, siempre me recuerda que técnicamente es una bomba de agua y no una turbina.
Y de algún modo, hasta esa pequeña discusión ya parece parte de la rutina diaria.
Además de todo eso, también necesito electricidad para la máquina de coser que uso en las artesanías que hago, y de eso depende también una parte importante del sustento económico.
Así que hay días en los que siento que el tiempo siempre juega en mi contra.
No de forma tranquila.
No de forma natural.
Sino con presión.
Lo que esta situación me ha hecho entender
Estas preguntas también me hicieron pensar en cuántas cosas hacemos no porque realmente las elijamos libremente, sino porque detenerlas generaría todavía más estrés después.
A veces me doy cuenta de que lo que más me agota no es la actividad en sí, sino el cálculo mental constante detrás de todo:
qué puede esperar, qué no, qué hay que hacer inmediatamente antes de que vuelva a irse la corriente.
Y poco a poco eso cambia la manera en que una vive el tiempo.
Dejas de descansar completamente porque la mente sigue alerta, esperando lo próximo que necesita atención.
Al mismo tiempo, he aprendido algo importante:
no todo lo urgente merece el mismo peso emocional.
Todavía me cuesta aplicarlo.
Hay días en los que me siento culpable por no terminarlo todo, incluso cuando en realidad no había manera humana de hacerlo todo.
Pero poco a poco intento separar la responsabilidad del castigo personal.
Intento entender que tener límites no significa fracasar.
A veces simplemente significa ser humana dentro de circunstancias difíciles.
Hay etapas de la vida donde sobrevivir la rutina ya requiere una enorme energía mental.
Y quizás reconocer eso con honestidad también sea una forma de cuidarse.
Gracias por leer
Las imágenes son de Pixabay.
La versión en inglés fue hecha con DeepL Translate.
The electricity problems are unfortunate, as they prevent you from getting proper rest, as you say, because your mind remains alert, prioritizing your activities. Recognizing the need for that mental energy as a form of self-care is important. I hope the situation improves. Have a lovely Sunday with your family.
Es lamentable la problemática de energía eléctrica, lo que evita descansar plenamente, como dices, porque tu mente permanece alerta al priorizar tus actividades, así como reconocer la necesidad de esas gran energía mental como una forma de autocuidado es importante, deseo que toda esa situación pueda mejorar, que tengas un bonito Domingo familiar,
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Thank you so much for your kind words and good wishes
Yes, that is exactly what happens many times. Even when I try to rest, my mind keeps working as if it is constantly organizing the next task before the electricity goes out again.
Little by little, I have understood that this kind of mental exhaustion also deserves attention, and recognizing it is not weakness, but a form of self-care.
Thank you for your empathy, and I hope you also had a lovely Sunday with your family 🌷
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I think mental stress it's high nowadays as you mentioned so many responsibilities and the time flies in a cloud of stress I can't imagine how hard it's also having electricity problems, make life more harder!!!
Thank you so much
Yes, I think mental exhaustion has become very common because many times it feels like everything needs attention at the same time.
And when there is also uncertainty about something as basic as electricity, the whole routine starts depending on it, and the stress increases even more.
Little by little, one tries to adapt, even if it is not always easy.
Thank you for your empathy 🌷
I can't imagine life without electricity. In my region of Western Canada, we have 100% hydroelectric power produced by our generation dams. Power is consistent and reliable 98% of the time. Outages seldom happen like about once every two years for no more than a few hours. However, I Live in an earthquake zone, I have a small capacity electric solar generator that could run my clothes washer or hot plate when needed. A luxury after an earthquake.
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Thank you so much for sharing your experience
It really must feel very different living with such a stable electrical service. Here, daily routines are often organized around the hours when electricity is available, so sometimes it is hard to imagine not having to constantly think about it.
At the same time, I think it is very wise to be prepared living in an earthquake zone. Experiences like that make us value even more the things we normally take for granted.
Thank you for your thoughtful comment 🌷
This is very true. Kitchen work is a never ending process and apart from this comes in other chores where there are no excuses like washing, cleaning etc
Thank you so much
Yes, that is exactly how it feels most of the time. As soon as one task is finished, there is already another one waiting.
And what becomes most exhausting is that many of these things cannot really be postponed because they are part of basic daily life.
Sometimes the mental exhaustion feels even heavier than the physical one.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts 🌷
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