Keeping with the trend of daily posts! One of my goals is to post here EVERY DAMN DAY (or as close to it as I can get) to remain accountable. I've noticed that when I'm behaving badly, I tend to stay off the forum. So I'm going to stay on the forum and hopefully use that as another reason to behave well.
Today was a day off from work for me. Here are the highlights and lowlights of my day:
Good:
- Mental health day to veg out on the couch and do nothing
- I exceeded my water goal for the day
- Ate relatively healthy (only exception being a dip into the tortilla chips and salsa/guacamole in my fridge, but could've been way worse)
- Made a definitive budget for the next month to afford our beach trip in September
Bad:
- All I did was veg on the couch, which I've been doing an awful lot of lately (mostly due to depression)
- I ate WAAAYYYY too many chips
- I drank a Redbull for no other reason than it tasted good
I need to start moving more, and I'm not even just talking about exercising (even though that's next on my list after getting my eating habits straightened out). Simple things like cleaning up dishes and washing clothes and basic housekeeping have all suffered from my lack of desire to do *anything*. Some days it literally everything I've got to get up and go to work and not call in. People depending on me helps motivate me, but just barely. The Boyfriend has been a total God-send and has picked up the slack as much as he can, but it's not fair to let the burden just fall on him. My depression seems to has lessened recently, so I think I'm going to start telling myself if I can just do one or two things a day, I'll call it even. And then maybe 2-3 things, and then maybe more. Slowly but surely, get myself back to normal again. Today, I'm going to wash the dishes and wipe the counters.
Edit update: I did it! I did things! I know it doesn't seem like a big deal, but getting the motivation to do *anything* has been impossible, so this is the most proactive I've been in who knows how long. Yay, me ^_^
Lilion: Congrats on getting moving again! Baby steps all around
Laurie: I think you also talked me into a little bit of optimism