Daily goals, motivation and check in

Fine Arts covers a range of art mediums @eudemonism ..... jewellery-making, sculpture, ceramics ...... and art history .....

Yes, I have substantial artworks I have produced.

Morning @Faith-and-Hope, @eudemonism, @frog and others trying to complete goals, nearly wrote kicking goals but I think it’s a lot easier to kick goals (as in the oval kind between two big sticks) than it is to complete them :face_with_rolling_eyes:.

@Faith-and-Hope I’m likely to be missing on weekends (unless I’m at footy for hours). It doesn’t mean things are bad. Partly is to appease my son as he gets frustrated if I’m on the forum and partly because I’m trying to do things while they are around. We are trying to work together a bit more on weekends. I haven’t ventured out to footy this year as I’m still struggling and just need to be on my deserted island for a bit longer. Boys seem to be doing well though so I want to see them sometime.

Ive managed to get a small slow walk in both days of the weekend, the first time for ages. This is a goal for now, get out even if I’m hobbling along just for a bit each day.

yesterday my mood finally took a turn for the better. Since my last episode it was the first day with no si and I felt ok just to be aimlessly getting through the day but ticking a few very small boxes. Today I’m trying to do the same. Mood is good this morning too......wondering if a return to chemical normal of antidepressants is happening after my sh a couple of weeks ago.

So my goals today are very simple, just try to mindfully do a few jobs like washing, cooking and maybe food shopping and walk dog. Every time I get distracted I’m going to try to accept that I am and get back on with it again.......cos distraction levels have reached an all time high. Hmmm 🤔 writing this post is a distraction as I came in here to get my sheets to wash 😳. Oh well that’s next on the agenda.

wishing everyone motivation and success today in what you set out to achieve and here’s a hug if it didn’t work out ( probably gonna need the hug for myself 😜).

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Oh that’s a lovely post @Teej ...... you’re warming the cockles of my heart ..... ❣️

Here’s a return hug .....

..... incoming ..... 🤗💜💕

@Faith-and-Hope You know I waited for the hug, 💜 the incoming hug 🤗. It kind of matches my mood ☺️. Thank you. What’s on your agenda today?

A walk in the pool is next on the agenda @Teej ..... was waiting on S2 but he is taking a while to get himself wakeful enough to start his next assignment, so I am going to go cool off and exercise gently.

I say cool off cos mr. is back with his hottie packs and keeping the house very warm .... 😓

We Have tickets (half price !) for a musical performance tonight, but we don’t know whether S2 will bail at the last minute, and if he does, then mr, does too, to stay home with him.

@Faith-and-Hope Good that you are going to the pool. I hope they go tonight. It would affect my mood so much with all that uncertainty. It also made me think lots about what I might do in that scenario. What I would like to do is see if they would know early enough to give the tickets away......like to someone who would love to go but can’t afford it, hmmmmm pick me 😜 only joking but it does seem a shame that they could be wasted. It also makes me wonder what would happen if you needed him to go or you couldn’t go (like if you developed a condition that you relied on him physically). It would be interesting to see the choices he’d make. Just quietly youre way to in control for him to have to think through this stuff 😘. Told you I got distracted easily and off in thought fantasy land 😳.

I need to head off for a bit. Head is spinning with want to do projects which was why I’m back on the net :face_with_rolling_eyes:. Was looking for the price of seed raising trays. Kind of ironic cos I just downloaded an app to help me track my spending so I can see what to cut out 🤔🤨. Now I’m trying to justify that I’ll save money growing more of my own food.......except when I get unwell and become paralysed and don’t get out of bed to water them and they die........oh for some consistency. Think I’ve got the verbal dribbles today 😜😂💜🤗😘

Thanks @Faith-and-Hope. I just located 10 packets of different herb and vegetable seed and already have a pack of seed raising mixture. Guess I’ll just have to try again.

Wonderful find @Teej - seeds hold so much hope in those tiny parcels.

Many of my seeds are sprouting now, which is good to see.

@Faith-and-Hope what aweseme management processes to weigh up the percieved 'wasted' cost of things against the otherwise potential cost of therapy, I know from my own experiences how valuable that can be to being able to move forward from the guilt of having 'allowed' the waste of whatever it was, to have occurred.

As with charity knitting/ crochet, the cost of the yarn is weighed against the pleasure gained from making, and the pleasure of giving, and possibly some other things that I have not thought of.

@eudemonism @outlander @frog

Today I had no goal other than to do the best I could to gain some measure of pleasure from the day, and to be available for the grocery delivery, which has just been. So one thing on the list achieved.

I also managed to do the washing up, clean the benches, sinks and wipe down the appliances and change the kitchen linens.

Dinner will be my responsibility - Beef Stroganoff possibly with rice or potatoes. Undecided.

Best wishes for all who pass by, may the day bring some charm and positivity to us all.