Crowdsourcing My Self-Care

[lunabee34]

I need some calm and peace and comfort and strength and love and light in my life.

To that end, I would appreciate it if you would tell me about your religious, spiritual, mystical, and/or secular practices, rituals, or behaviors that give you the aforementioned.

Note: I would be delighted with lateral discussion; as a teacher, it is always my goal LOL. However, I will not tolerate any negative comments about peoples' beliefs and practices in this post (which I know is an unnecessary disclaimer as you all are the loveliest people who would never dream of being that kind of jackass).

Comments

[kat_lair]

Lists provide an illusion of control. I know it's an illusion but they still help. Sometimes, when I'm very overwhelmed I just do the 'next three things', where I decide on three things at a time (max I can hold in my head), do them, and then sit down to rest and decide on the next three things. These need to be very small things e.g. 'take morning meds, put coffee on, clean cat litter' rather than 'finish that big project'.

Audio book/podfic + colouring OR jigsaw puzzle is a great way to chillax for me.

This weekend I'm listening to my Halloween mix and putting Halloween decorations up.

[minoanmiss]

You just showed me something about myself: thank you for that.

[lunabee34]

Lists are a mainstay for me. I would be completely lost without them. Not only do they help with feeling in control, as you say, but I also can't remember things if I don't write them down. LOL

Fiona and Dylan truly adore doing puzzles, and we have a lot of them here. I should ask Fi if she wants to start one.

Thank you for these suggestions.