I cannot put my finger on it. Today has been blah. Not overly bad, not overly good, just blah. My to-do list was long. The self-care part for me was to be outside, on the front porch, drinking my coffee, no cell phone, no laptop, just me and nature. That part of the day was…
Tag: self care
What am I teaching people about how to treat me?
I have spent over 100 days building my life facing depression, with the mantra “depression is not my boss.“ And yet, with all the support groups, therapy sessions, psychiatrist appointments, and independent reading I have done, I have not owned up to my own self-worth. I realized yesterday that I have not created healthy boundaries…
I found a new place to be SMART
Now that I am back in the workforce, my schedule doesn’t allow me the flexibility to go to support group meetings whenever I want. Before starting back to a “day job,” I was going to three different support group meetings each week held on three different days. There is the SMART group, focusing on Self-management…
With your encouragement, I have written 100 blog posts
That translates into over 83,000 words about my journey with depression. And the journey is just getting started. Journaling has been one of my self-care activities. Writing about what I am feeling and thinking has been a way for me to work through my depression and “get in touch with my feelings.” This is still…
Do you ever just want to stop?
I’ve been on the go my entire life. I fight colds and go to work. I fight aches and pains and continue to do my daily routine. I don’t stop for my birthday or even most holidays. There is always something that needs to be done. Once I was repairing the chimney on my house….
Depression will not be my crutch
Depression is a disease, not a crutch. Many diseases get major attention and major funding for research. Their existence is not questioned and their status as a legitimate health condition is secure. Very few people, for example, would dispute the fact that cancer is real. People respect the havoc it can inflict on someone. Mental…
I’ve got one hand in my pocket
I’ve got one hand in my pocket Traveling into work yesterday, this song came on the radio. I am not ashamed to admit that I cranked up the volume and sang along. A month ago, I wasn’t even turning the radio on. I was on a winding backroad through cornfields and soybean crops. The sun…
Concert tickets for tonight. Should this be fun?
Back in February, I saw Bruce Hornsby was coming to a local venue at the end of July. I jumped on tickets the day they went on sale and got three tickets, fifth row, center. I was very excited. The tickets were delivered by the US mail in an unassuming white business-size envelope. After opening…
Self-care can be hard work
I took the day off and devoted it to self-care. Ok, so my self-care includes weed eating around the fenced-in part of the property and mowing several acres on the riding mower. Today it also involved removing the netting from over the strawberry plants and weeding around the plants. And then my daughter and I…
My Super Summer Saturday
It was a lazy summer Saturday. Hot, as you would expect, and humid, as you would prefer it wasn’t. Yet, I had planned out the day to take advantage of the cooler parts. I even had a plan for the hottest part of the day. In the morning, I worked on my mailbox. All the…
