Lowering my expectations

So lately I've been pretty irritable.

The slightest repetitive sounds tick me off, and since I'm a light sleeper, if I can hear everything that is going on in the evening when I'm trying to sleep, it annoys me as I can't fall asleep without getting disrupted.

I've been super cranky.

I've done pretty well not to get super frustrated and vent, but ah it's time to stop bottling it in/

I just did some reading online on how to deal with it, and one of the steps was to write it out in a journal if you can't vent it to someone else or a friend, so that's what I'm doing now.

I'm irritated because I'm in a different routine and in a different environment. I'm used to quietness and everyone sleeping at the same time and being quiet at night. I'm also not used to people talking loudly when I am working.

So what I tried to do was wear noise cancelling earphones to help and to play relaxing music. I also did some meditation.

However I haven't really been getting a lot of good sleep and that"s mostly why I'm super cranky.

My diet is also pretty bad right now. My allergies are acting up. T_T

So yeah... I need more sleep. I need to eat healthier, get back into my routine, go to the gym, and meditate.

The posts I read also said to think about how getting annoyed helps... as it doesn't at all. And to also give people the benefit of the doubt, they don't do these things to annoy you. Also showing no reaction to people who intentionally do it, would bore them and they wouldn't do it again.

It's also made me realize I really need to lower my expectations for people. Like super low.

But this concept is so had for me because there's like a few things I expect, such as people doing the chores, instead of me doing it all the time. Obviously if I don't bring it up, they might not realize that they are not doing these chores, which then if I don't react, I am stuck with getting them done on my own as this is my expectation.

So I believe some expectations must be a bit higher than low at least....