weekend at home anxiety?

i work weekdays and hardly cook on those days. when weekend comes, there are times when i'd like to cook, but sometimes after going marketing itself, i feel tired and thinking of the cooking process gave me a headache/anxiety (depending if its a simple dish or something that needs a little more time/work to get prepared)...

i use to enjoy doing these things at leisurely time during weekends...multitasking as i cook and do the laundry... but its like now at times the mind starts racing with all the chores that is still pending and then i feel like not doing anything at all and just getting out of the house and have a walk in the park and just enjoy a cup of my favourite drink.

how do i get simple things done without the mind racing to find other stuff to do?  

i'm quite a homely person when i'm not working and find pleasure in the little things like cleaning my room, home decor and stuff...but anxiety is someting that made me feel "tired" mentally before i actually get started on doing the task that i wanna do...

 

Hi smiling:) I don't know about your family/living situation, but it helped me to have a partner when I was really struggling to do the day to day stuff. I always could push past the anxiety and get through the work week, but like you said with weekends...the cooking. shopping ect... I had little energy, or motivation left for it.

I would get my husband and daughter involved to not only help, but distract me. If you are single, how about a family member, roomate, friend, ect. to help you to do the domestic stuff?

We even to this day have a saturday 'yahoo-Bbqe' tradition that sort of sprang from this. I do the shopping and prep the sides, my husband bbqe's, and all of us participate in the clean-up.

Working with somebody else really help to take your mind off of the other things still undone. The work goes faster, and you'll have some fun. You may have to reciprocate, and help your family/friend out later, but it's worth it:)

Take care,
Scaredy Cat