Coffee – then adulting.

It’s only January, and I feel overwhelmed. We just made it through the holidays, and it already feels like winter is all about living for summer. There are vacations to figure out, summer camps to book, pool memberships to buy, and pounds to lose.

Meanwhile, there are bills to pay.

Dinners to make. What was that new recipe I was going to try?

Breaking news to keep up with.

New sneakers to buy for your kid.

Finish watching The Pitt.

Maybe watch an Oscar contender.

Read the book I checked out two months ago.

Use that gym membership.

Take my vitamins.

How does the brain not implode from all of these mental “to-dos”?

When I asked Google how much storage capacity a human brain has, it shot back:

“The human brain’s storage capacity is estimated to be vast, often cited around 2.5 petabytes (2.5 million gigabytes), equivalent to millions of hours of TV, based on the trillions of connections (synapses) between neurons, though some newer research suggests even higher potential, possibly around 1 petabyte, by considering more types of synaptic signals.”

So in other words, the brain doesn’t implode because it has the capacity to store this information. But processing this information is a whole other complex task. I couldn’t agree more.

Maybe this is why all I want to do is lay down. I just want to curl up in a blanket and watch a movie. My computing brain is over processing.

Anyone else feel this way?

Cheers to January and our tired, overstimulated, overworked brains!