And no, this isn’t meant to be a trip down memory lane with Hoobastank’s song (even though I have a perfectly clear memory of a Sing star competition years and years ago, when the grand finale was with this song).
This morning I woke up, feeling rather not so normal, with a headache and just a dizzy/foggy feeling in my head. Petri and I discussed a few different reasons. I didn’t fully feel content with the outcome. We didn’t find the reason. So while housekeeping did their thing, I sat down and started going through what it could be.
And a bit in, I realized that what I was doing doesn’t make sense. I was trying to find one thing to blame, to then change, in order to get better. When, as with many things in life, it’s most likely a mix of many things.
Here’s my list, reasons why I wasn’t feeling so well in the morning, majority connecting to what I did/didn’t do yesterday;
- Not drinking enough water
- Doing 2 yoga classes yesterday
- Walking 1 km around noon
- Not sleeping deep and well for a week
- My stomach is out of balance
- Being in a hot tropical climate
So, it’s easy to connect a few dots, being in a hot climate, walking a km in the hot sun (and sweating a lot afterwards, but still barely drinking water) and doing 2 yoga classes (Not used to, haven’t done yoga in a long while!), these 3 things means I should drink extra much water. Thinking back to how much water I did drink, I can barely reach 1 liter. Maybe a little more counting a bit of juice. And add a bit more poor sleeping the past week. It’s a recipe for not feeling great.
What I want to convey with this, is that I’ve seen that sometimes we humans wants to just find one thing, like preferably one root cause, and then address/adjust that. But sometimes there’s many reasons. For me, drinking a lot of water would probably have helped a lot. But I’ve still had bad nights and an unhappy stomach, so plenty of water alone probably would not have saved me. But it’s a good start.
So for today, I’ve worked on remembering to drink more water. And it worked alright. Then there passed almost 3 hours without drinking anything again. So clearly something I need to put an extra focus on for a while, especially while being in hotter climate. Then I have my sleep and stomach to deal with as well. Not sure how yet, but if I find something revolutionary, I’ll let you know. 😉
-Petra