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Weekly Update
Jun. 24th, 2021 08:09 amI'm on time this week! It's been a pretty decent week but there have been a lot of things going on. So, upfront Warning about the contents to follow: mentions of a minor medical injury that turns out fine, union contract stress, and mentions of a miscommunication with a friend that center around differing opinions about management.
On to the main post! Heed the above warnings if any of those might be tender spots for you.
( A cut tag because this thing got huge, and for possible minor squicks )
On to the regular stuff: June has not been a great month for getting the daily tasks done. I can usually get most in a day done, but I seem to have a higher number of days where I've missed just one thing. I'm also still rather behind on my temperature blanket, but I'm hoping I can improve on both things in the coming days.
I had therapy again on Saturday, and it went decently. Got some abstract-type homework but nothing exceedingly difficult, so that's not bad. We spent most of the discussion talking about boundaries and setting limits and how it's okay to do that. The homework was to remember that my needs and interests are valid and important, which... that's hard to do but I'm working on it. The second thing to do was to pay attention if I *did* say no to doing something and see how I felt. Did I regret saying no? or Was I glad that I took that time for myself? I have decided to also apply the reverse of this, and see how I feel when I say *yes* to something. I figure tracking both sides of it can only be a good thing. Plus, I'm far more likely to say yes than no. The last bit of homework is easy, and I'm going to do it today when I get home. I use a calendar for tracking my daily tasks, but there are few more things that I just keep putting off and off that might benefit from also going on the calendar. My therapist said adding things was a good idea, but to do it slowly, one at a time, so I don't end up overwhelming myself with a stack of things to do. First to get added will be the weeding I think. I've been bad about staying on top of it, so maybe having it on there will help. And for the other two things I'm considering, perhaps I will simply track them on the calendar; mark down when I do them so I know the last time they got done, but don't put down any expectations for the next time I will do them.
All in all it was an eventful week, though not bad, and I'm looking forward to this weekend because I'll have a chance to see some friends and eat some delicious food, even if I did say yes to working Saturday.
On to the main post! Heed the above warnings if any of those might be tender spots for you.
( A cut tag because this thing got huge, and for possible minor squicks )
On to the regular stuff: June has not been a great month for getting the daily tasks done. I can usually get most in a day done, but I seem to have a higher number of days where I've missed just one thing. I'm also still rather behind on my temperature blanket, but I'm hoping I can improve on both things in the coming days.
I had therapy again on Saturday, and it went decently. Got some abstract-type homework but nothing exceedingly difficult, so that's not bad. We spent most of the discussion talking about boundaries and setting limits and how it's okay to do that. The homework was to remember that my needs and interests are valid and important, which... that's hard to do but I'm working on it. The second thing to do was to pay attention if I *did* say no to doing something and see how I felt. Did I regret saying no? or Was I glad that I took that time for myself? I have decided to also apply the reverse of this, and see how I feel when I say *yes* to something. I figure tracking both sides of it can only be a good thing. Plus, I'm far more likely to say yes than no. The last bit of homework is easy, and I'm going to do it today when I get home. I use a calendar for tracking my daily tasks, but there are few more things that I just keep putting off and off that might benefit from also going on the calendar. My therapist said adding things was a good idea, but to do it slowly, one at a time, so I don't end up overwhelming myself with a stack of things to do. First to get added will be the weeding I think. I've been bad about staying on top of it, so maybe having it on there will help. And for the other two things I'm considering, perhaps I will simply track them on the calendar; mark down when I do them so I know the last time they got done, but don't put down any expectations for the next time I will do them.
All in all it was an eventful week, though not bad, and I'm looking forward to this weekend because I'll have a chance to see some friends and eat some delicious food, even if I did say yes to working Saturday.
