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[17/366] self-care
Jan. 17th, 2020 04:12 pm17 What self-care things do you find helpful to ground yourself or “talk yourself down from the ledge” when you’re overwhelmed by your feelings or by stress?
Removing myself from either the stressful situation or the one where I can just sit around and think about how stressed I am helps: so I like good human company best, but things like walking the dog will also work.
Also because I tend to procrastinate and perseverate, there's almost always something useful I could be doing elsewhere: washing the dishes can be quite grounding, or any necessary chore that doesn't take too much brain power. Folding laundry is another good one. It's also nice that these things make the space I'm in a bit nicer to be in.
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Today is good self-care: I'd planned to be in London this weekend for a thing that now isn't happening, but since I'd planned to stay with a friend whole I was there, I've decided to stick with that part of the plan. It's nice to have a whole weekend to catch up and let someone else make food and drinks for me, instead of having to be sensible and go to bed early today so I can be out all day tomorrow.
The timing has ended up being good, considering the week I've had a bit of extravagant self-care seems like just the thing after extravagant breakdown in basic functioning. I have my laptop with me so I can do essay work if I feel up to it, but I'm not going to push myself to get a lot done and stress myself out about it.
Removing myself from either the stressful situation or the one where I can just sit around and think about how stressed I am helps: so I like good human company best, but things like walking the dog will also work.
Also because I tend to procrastinate and perseverate, there's almost always something useful I could be doing elsewhere: washing the dishes can be quite grounding, or any necessary chore that doesn't take too much brain power. Folding laundry is another good one. It's also nice that these things make the space I'm in a bit nicer to be in.
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Today is good self-care: I'd planned to be in London this weekend for a thing that now isn't happening, but since I'd planned to stay with a friend whole I was there, I've decided to stick with that part of the plan. It's nice to have a whole weekend to catch up and let someone else make food and drinks for me, instead of having to be sensible and go to bed early today so I can be out all day tomorrow.
The timing has ended up being good, considering the week I've had a bit of extravagant self-care seems like just the thing after extravagant breakdown in basic functioning. I have my laptop with me so I can do essay work if I feel up to it, but I'm not going to push myself to get a lot done and stress myself out about it.