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I sit here in my pajamas at 11.35AM on a Wednesday morning, grateful that I don't have to go into practice today. Or any Wednesday for that matter. The last 12 weeks have been very unproductive.
A coach said to me in July that I should journal more as I'm good at it. This website I've been reading ( http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=4391 ) says that too. It also suggests treating a breakup/divorce like you've got the flu: Stay home, take it easy, sleep, rest, treat yourself etc. I don't think the flu usually lasts 3 months though. It's been a couple of weeks since she said she doesn't love me anymore. I felt like my heart was ripped out right through my chest wall. It was one of the most singular painful experiences I've ever had. I'm still reeling.
I cry everyday. I still cry. The hurt is relentless. My attempts to reconcile with myself seem futile right now. I made mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes. Last year was excusable - this year maybe not? Things were getting better, weren't they? Financially where was I? I was making more money but the expenses were still really high. I had to make up an extra $2,000 a month that Graham wasn't bringing in any longer (an extra 15 clients a week!) right from January plus cover the latter third of coaching which was $6,000. And basically get the practice started again with January-itis. The pressure wasn't really relieved. I still had to work hard. But the breakup has shown me that I worried hard too. It was destructive.
I've gone completely the other way. I haven't done ANYTHING for 3 months. Well, that's what it feels like. I did one talk on Sep 1st when I still had energy. Then I joined a BNI group. And did one marketing activity of sending out flyers to a breast cancer fund raiser. The rest of the time... crying, mourning, walking, praying, crying. Feeling like I'm in a perpetual state of regret. Did I really do my best? Why couldn't we turn it around? Why did we fight so much? Why didn't I figure out the pregnancy thing and sit down and talk about it? The endless questions are exhausting and I can only wait for them to run out of steam. That's what I usually try achieve with walking. It takes me about an hour for the thoughts to petre out because I'm knackered after the walk.
I don't go to gym anymore - I can't bare being by myself there. I have cried so many tears we could probably measure it in litres. There are things I could have done better. And I can only own up for myself. There were things she could have done better too I suppose, but I'll never know. The changes I've made now I could've made months ago. Like Pip said the other day after we changed Friday afternoon shifts to Friday morning shifts: We should have done that months ago! Should have... should have... should have...
It's exhausting. I'm so tired. I feel like 2008 and 2009 is one big blur, mixed together in one big mess of stress, anxiety, hurt, fear, pain, sickness, hurt, anger, frustration, death and mourning. I can't see the reason(s) behind any of this and don't understand it all. Were the external factors on our relationship - and me - that great? Or did we not have what it took to begin with? I mean, we used to argue before I even started the business, but everyone argues, right?
I sit here angry and tearful. I feel like hurting myself. But I don't of course. I feel anger for my obsession with getting out of near bankruptcy totally destroy the relationship. I feel angry for the habits I created through the process like coming home and being miserable for the sake of being miserable. Why didn't I just take some of the money I had and spend it on a night out? Have some fun for God's sake!
I made mistakes. And I'm so sorry. I'm so fucking sorry, my heart implodes at the sound of the keyboard typing these words. I paid too much into debt and not enough into myself and my relationship. I look at my goal book and under "relationship" had very little to write. Is that my fault. What did she write? Did she try? There were so many things that were starting to change around July. So many good things. Why didn't she just hang on that little bit longer?? God, the pain is unbearable. Please let this all make sense one day, Lord. I beg you.
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