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Work has been so busy as of late (not in a bad way, just in a busy way), so today my friend Bryan and I went for a little stroll through the church's parking lot and ended up standing at the top of a huge mound of dirt that was being moved to put in more parking and an exit road. Standing there, looking at the big yellow construction vehicles hard at work we caught up on all that had been taking place in our lives as of late (most of which were what was going on at work) and we talked about what we do when we're exhausted. We both agreed that when we're tired we end up just shutting down, but the funny thing was that we both had different definitions of what it meant for us to shut down.

When I shut down I don't want to do anything that requires any kind of thought. No reading, no writing, no phone calls, nothing. I just want to sit on my couch and watch reruns. That's not how Bryan does it, he said that when he's exhausted he reads a bunch, plays guitar and writes all sorts of things.

So maybe I'm missing out. I wonder what would happen if I started trying to use my brain when I was tired. Maybe I would feel more refreshed or renewed or something. I'm going to try and do things that require some thought when I'm tired and see what happens.