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Shaz51Senior Contributor
Hello everyone 
What things have you got in place to help you daily with everything that is going on in our lives whn you are feeling anxious, worried , yuk, concerned, annoyed, in a panic,
self care is soo inportant for us all
it is not being selfish , it is very much needed to keep us keeping on
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DaisydreamerSenior Contributor
Hi @Ripples @Shaz51 @Carlachris @SJT63 @MDT and everyone stopping by on this thread today 🙂
Just wanted to check in and see how you are all going? How have you been going with self care?
This week I added crocheting to my self care kit. I've always enjoyed knitting, and thought I'd try something new. The repetitiveness of knitting and crocheting has been very relaxing 🙂
What have you been doing for self care this week?
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
hello @Daisydreamer , @Ripples , @Carlachris , @SJT63 , @MDT , @Lost9 , @Emelia8 , @Krishna , @LearningWaters , @Alicat , @LostAngel , @Clawde , @Mum6 , @Determined , @outlander , @Boo13 , @Smc , @Anastasia , @TiredL , @Flurry0306 , @Elac , @Former-Member , @cloudcore , @Former-Member ,
What have you been doing for self care this week?
well this week we have benn in lockdown , so we have been having a sleepin until 8-30am
and even had a nap yesterday
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Lost9Senior Contributor
Hi @Shaz51 @Daisydreamer @Ripples @Carlachris @Carlachris @SJT63
@@@@@@I've been reading a good murder mystery book and sleeping in too. I feel better for it.
lost9
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
that sounds good @Lost9
we are going to find it hard to do our 2 jobs tomorrow xx
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MDTSenior Contributor
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AnastasiaSenior Contributor
Slow cooked beef casserole in front of open wood fire whilst watching the batchelor, easy night @Shaz51 @MDT @Lost9 all here
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LostAngelSenior Contributor
hello and thank you @Shaz51 and @MDT and @Lost9 and @Daisydreamer and @Ripples and anyone else Ive forgotten ok so my coping tool box has been talking to sane helpline,taking meds regulary,sleeping regulary ,eating regulary and trying to drink more water also reading books has been helpfull or watching a series although mostly its been about always finding a way to talk things out with people so communication is a big one
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MDTSenior Contributor
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
Morning @MDT , @LostAngel , @Anastasia , @Lost9 , @Daisydreamer 😀👋☕☕
Hope you all have an ok day today
Enjoy your book @Lost9 , 👍:ok_hand:
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