Carers Hints and tips to Success

💐💕 @starflame for your sucky day .....

Any self-care strategies that might help you feel a bit better tonight ? Some people kee a Coping Box full of lovely things for when they need a pick-me-up .... music choices, lovely hand cream, a bath-fizz-thingy, favourite chocolate bar, drawing stuff, book of positive quotes, some favourite photos ......

yes @starflame sitting with you

my mr shaz suffers wtih Bipolar IIand it is hard to keep postive

it is hard at times and very draining my friend

is there little self care that you can turn too at these times

I find have a soak, or a cuppa outside , reading a magazine on the verandra

@AlwaysHappy

this is the thread that might be helpful

and @Faith-and-Hope , @starflame , @Ali11 , @Former-Member , @Adge

Thanks for sharing @Shaz51

@Needpeace

You might pick up some helpful tips scrolling through this thread.

@Former-Member, @Ali11 , @starflame , @Faith-and-Hope , @Adge , @Needpeace , @Former-Member

Love the infographic @Shaz51, so many good reminders in one image

Reducing unnecessary work aka "working smarter" can help make life easier for us.

Often simple changes like placing items where they are generally used can make a difference.

Couple of examples with laundry.

Are dirty clothes being taken to the basket in the laundry or bathroom? If they are not, having appropriately placed baskets in bedrooms can equate to them being utilised and can reduce washday stresses and help enforce boundary that only items placed in receptacles provided will be laundered.

Pre-sort systems can also work well. After Mr Darcy ended up with pink work shirts after not washing a new red towel separately we put 3 sorting containers in laundry, one for socks and jocks (which we washed with towels), another for work shirts and the other for anything else. It worked for us and no more pink shirts 😀.