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Originally Posted by wildfirewildone My casemanager could only come next Friday and has no other openings that week....Some help...
I know that I need to keep up with my usual self care...like eating 3 meals a day...getting 8 hours of sleep....some exercise....and spending time every day doing my art and journaling...Seems like all that is a momentous task |
Wildfire, what you mention above about what you need to do in a day is not actually correct all the time. What you do now, you do to maintain yourself, or have been learning and performing to help maintain yourself. During times such as moving house, going away, etc etc, you need to prioritise a little better, to what you
need to do vs. what you
want to do.
Normally you wouldn't have this extra task of packing and moving, so your normal routine works for you, however; now you do have packing and moving, you need to cut back the non-essential events within your day.
Why? Well, if you try and maintain the same daily routine, then put another huge task like moving on top of that, all this bottles up to stress and anxiety, the exact thing your trying to counteract with relaxation, exercise, healthy diet, art, etc etc... It is not achievable to do a normal daily routine, plus add a huge task too the daily list. If it was a small task, like go to this shop or location to pickup an item, that is different, but the huge task of packing and moving is another.
If you have to pack for 4 hours a day for example, then you need to drop one or two daily activities, regardless whether they are for your relaxation, lose them and pack, then pick them back up again in a few days time once completed. Do the same during actually moving day and afterwards. Cater those days to suit, not try and maintain the move and routine... it only causes more stress and anxiety.