I’m not okay, and I know it’s okay to not be okay, and I’m being patient and accepting of the not-okay. It’s been hard, though,
Tag: productivity

Day 98: Coping Mechanisms
I don’t give a fuck what you need to do to get through this. I just want you to have something. Whether it’s active or

Day 96: Taking things one day at a time
Yesterday, I achieved the impossible. I achieved balance. I woke up early, as I usually tend to. I worked out. I did laundry. I vacuumed.

Day 95: Allowing Sadness to Set In
I won’t lie, the anxiety and isolation are definitely starting to get to me. The other night I was unable to fall asleep because I

Day 89: Recognizing the need for calm
Yesterday I over-corrected. My achievement for the day was recognizing it. Yesterday morning I wrote that I’d been unproductive and frustrated about it for days.

Day 88: ADHD and Current Events
The past several days have been tiresome. I have the attention span of a gnat and it’s frustrating as hell. I’ve done very little studying.

Day 75: Keep calm and carry on
Yesterday I realized that hiring probably isn’t any company’s priority right now, and I might have a long slog ahead until I find a new

Day 73: Staying productive while stuck at home
I’m so proud of all I accomplished yesterday! First of all, I wrote a long, heartfelt post about still being able to see the world

Day 54: Commitments
It is Monday morning and I haven’t left the house since Friday morning. This is not how I want my period of unemployment to look.

Day 53: Boundaries
I was laid off from my job of 14 years last week and my energy and brain-space are intense right now. I feel floaty. There

Day 51: Finding an unfortunate narrative
Once upon a time, I did a year of “days of joy” posts on Facebook. I didn’t know I would wind up with a cohesive

Days 46 and 47: Whatever.
I was (am) still feeling down in the dumps about Valentine’s Day, and I had to keep an eye on work all weekend, and overall

Day 45: You Are Loved
As I write this, it’s 4:45 pm on Friday evening. It is Valentine’s Day. I’m alone with my cats and drinking my second glass of

Day 41: Exercising for Emotional Strength
It feels like the Nothing is catching up to me and I’m going to fall into a depressive cycle at any moment. I’m spending my

Day 40: The Nothing Wears Me Down
It is Monday morning. My house is clean and my body is sore. I overslept and I plan to work from home today. I dusted,