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Daily goals, motivation and check in

Daily goals, motivation and check in

I'm starting this discussion as a place where we can set our goals daily, help motivate each other to do them and then check in with how we went. It's a place to celebrate when we achieve them or just sit with each other if we didnt and are feeling down about it. Hopefully with encouragement and support from each other we'll tick lots of boxes for our daily goals and feel good about it. Please join in. 😊

Note* Ive just started this thread again so it will be visible. Once I deleted my account it no longer shows up.

please join in again if and when needed.

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@Mazarita it's been an up and down day as usual. I think the rise and fall in temperature effects me everyday. I'm alright if I get out and about and keep active or distract myself. But my illness is always lurking and waiting for me to be weak and vulnerable I must say. It feeds off of my past, present and future. So it makes life a little difficult. But I'm managing alright. I visited a few friends today. Did the rounds. And then came home and pottered around. Quite often I call one of the call centers for support. Not ideal... Eude.

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@Teej I ended up watching my TV show. And done a chapter of reading. I then went about rounding up all my technology devices and put them in the back room. Tvs. Radios. Computers. Stereos. Because I was having a moment of reflecting upon the material world around me and became very frustrated with it. I rearranged the lounge room. And spun out a bit. My symptoms did flare up once or twice today though. It's a typical thing. Eude. Always tomorrow right?

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Good morning @Mazarita @Teej @eudemonism @frog

Haven't been up long but have done the basics of making bed, dressing, making coffee.

Jobs I might get done today are washing dishes, making a couple of challenging phone calls I've been putting off, replying to an email from a dear person that's been sitting in my inbox for nearly 3 weeks, finishing putting the washing away ....... but not motivated to get started yet.

Very glad to hear of the outcome of your assessment @Teej Trust all is well on the progress of the car.

Fantastic about swimming @Mazarita and I've made a note to research degeneration with bipolar, and cognitive impairment which I'm sure is a factor for me. But I'm not up to it this morning as I'm still reeling from my psychologist appointment yesterday. More about that on the rave thread I think.

@frog I will look at your link about Zen Habits.

I hear you about 'always tomorrow' @eudemonism - that's one thing I'm really good at!

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Good morning everyone 💕

I have a made bed at “home” and I am now 2.7km away from there on foot ..... although it might be a public transport trip home yet ..... see how I go.

I have made a commitment to buying art materials this morning, and squashing was hem into the only painting corner I have here. A backpack will make that space as big as a coffee shop or local park, weather permitting.

I need to make a dr’s appointment for S2 and one for D3 and get to know some medical people to start our ball rolling over here.

There is more finding places for things to be done in the house.

Somewhere in my travels I want to find a life-like enough toy cat that when I see it out of the corner of my eye I will imagine for a moment that it is a real one, then wish that it was a real one.

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Good morning, @eudemonism, @eth, @Former-Member, @frog, @Teej, @Faith-and-Hope and anyone reading here,

Eude, I hear you on the rise and fall in temperature, though for a different reason. One of the medications I take makes me sweat a lot, in addition to hormonal issues at this time in my life that do the same. Brush my hair, I sweat. Check the mail, sweat. Anything, sweat. It's a big nuisance, though not as hard as being affected mentally by changes in temperature, which is what you are describing, I think. I too seem to need a lot of distraction or my mood sinks or becomes a bit unstable. I get lost in myself when left alone like that and can end up sitting in a chair for long periods of time, staring into space. Fortunately, I have a fair few methods of distraction at this point, including the forum. Great that you visited a few friends yesterday, your rounds. When you said, 'not ideal', I had to wonder if any of us are in anything like an ideal situation. Are you a perfectionist? I have that tendency and need to consciously tell myself that perfection is just not of this world, or human.

Eth, I'm still sitting here in my nightie. Because of the tiredness in the morning, I often delay the starting of items on my 'daily activity list'. Also, today is a bit empty of anything planned until this evening, so it probably is worthwhile postponing the start of things. Being here is a valuable activity too, I think, though it's not something I have on my list. Sounds like you have some good things planned for the day. Look forward to reading your post in the rave thread, though it sounds like it relates to something difficult, so not so much good for you, I guess. Still, may help to get it out on the page.

Faith, missed your post while I was drafting this one, so just adding to it now. Your day is off to a good start. I am so pleased to hear you say that you will be buying some art materials today. Hugs for your sense of dislocation at present.

Hope everyone has some moments of enjoyment throughout the day.

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Thanks Maz

@Mazarita

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@frog thanks for the link about Zen Habits. A really helpful read for me at this time.

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Hi @eth hope you got through some of your to do list. I am having a Friday pm slump. My must do is watering the garden, so I better get moving before the light goes. Have a good evening.

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Hi @Mazarita @frog and @eth

What bothers me the most is not being able to control how I'm feeling. Due to certain factors.

Eude.

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Hi @eudemonism, @frog, @eth, @Faith-and-Hope, @Mazarita and everyone reading. I’m very late to the party here on the forums today. I really struggled this morning and couldn’t even get motivated to post here. I managed to get to my therapy appointment which ended up being really positive and I feel more in control again making lots of plans about how to structure my days again.

Eude I feel the same about not being able to really structure anything well. I feel like I’m on an eternal cycle of feeling ok and making plans for that to crashing and feeling paralysed. It helped me to read your line about tomorrow being another day and a chance of achieving something and so far there’s always been a tomorrow 🤔.

@eth, @Mazarita I hope your day has been ok. Maz I hope the day as got better, I still often struggle in the mornings. Sleep is still my enemy 😒. Eth I hope you got to tick something you’ve been avoiding, that sounded very brave to me. I did get my car back just over $2000 poorer but she is roadworthy and drivable again so it’s just life. My savings for an emergency just got hit big time but I guess that what it’s there for.

@frog I hope your Friday pm slump got better.......although I just realised it is Thursday but boy does it feel like a Friday.

@Faith-and-Hope Feeling your pain with the move 😒. Perhaps we’ll have to have some 'I haven’t got a place to put that' whinges and share some clever storage ideas. After my appointment with my therapist that is the direction I’m heading in now, find a place for things or throw them. I’ve been here over 18 months and not made it a home. I’ve come away from today trying to be positive about making a home here. I might even manage to get my bed out of its box one day. I’ve now had it for over a year 😱 so here with you and happy to share your pain.

Hugs to all 💜🤗

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