Sort of lighthearted but I'm also really curious to know if this happens to others.
I'm currently not particularly happy in my job and I'm actively applying for other roles, but not getting very far with any of them. Most of the time I can live with this - I figure I'll get lucky at some point and I can tolerate the old job until then. But around the time I'm ovulating I get this awful urge to just hand my notice in and go. I feel like I can't bear it any longer and I simply have to get out of there, even without another job to go to. It would be a disaster if I did do that, as I live alone and have a mortgage to pay, and the job market isn't exactly buoyant at the moment. I know this deep down but I start thinking "I can use my notice period to apply for anything and everything! It will make me concentrate my efforts better! I have enough savings to keep me going for six months anyway!" And then, about three days later, the urge passes. But during that time I have to actively avoid my line manager because I don't trust myself not to randomly resign.
It took me a while to notice that this was all happening at around the same time every four weeks, but once I made the connection it made a lot of sense. I hate the feeling of not being in control of my own decision-making faculties but I suppose at least I can prepare for it now.
Does anyone else become a bit impulsive and even reckless because of their cycle?