Can anyone explain this phenomenon?
I made big progress on losing weight and going to the gym the last year and a half, but for the last 5 months or so, I have essentially fallen off the wagon, I was sick for like 2 months straight, personal issues, etc. Now that I am trying to get back into the routine (going to the gym 5 days a week) I have become the most popular person on the planet it feels like.
I couldn’t go Monday because of X, I couldn’t go Tuesday because of Y, and now I can’t go Thursday and Friday because of Q and Z, all of a sudden everyone wants to make plans, everyone needs me to babysit or else their entire night falls apart, friends I haven’t seen in forever want to hangout right now, none of this was happening before, it’s like they know I’m trying to get back into the gym and follow my own schedule.
I know it’s not a malicious thing of course, I’m being dramatic, and this isn’t a flex of look how popular I am blah blah, I just can’t help but notice the moment I carve time away for myself I’m needed all of a sudden