Dr. Luther H. Gulick describes some effects of fatigue:
Fatigue promptly attacks and destroys our sense of proportion.
I know no better illustration of this than the way we will
leave our professional work. When I am really fatigued it is
very difficult for me to go home when the time comes. It is, of
course, true that there are always little things remaining to
be done; but when I am especially tired I can not distinguish
between those which are important enough to keep me and those
which are not. I only see how many things are still undone; and
I tend to go on and on.
If I see a scrap of paper on the floor, I can not help going
out of my chair and taking time to pick up that wretched thing
and put it in my waste-basket. It assumes, somehow, the same
importance in my mind with that of thinking out my to-morrow’s
schedule. I will stay and putter about little things that do
not need attention. My sense of balance, of proportion, and
perspective is gone. I’ve lost my eye for the cash value of
things.--“Mind and Work.”
(1076)
=Faults Blotted Out=--See EFFACEMENT OF SINS.
=Faults, How to See=--See LOOKING DOWN.