Well it was 2 weeks ago that I decided to focus my time on being the best version of me. I said I would write a daily journal but it fell off at day 7. I’m ok with this. I’d like to spend some time chatting about things that break habits. Falling off the horse… Continue reading 2 week challenge: end thoughts
Category: mental health
Bean Dad and bad parenting
Content warning; racism, swearing and dickish parents On twitter today, Bean Dad is trending. Basically a bloke told the story of letting his daughter struggle to open a can over 6 hours and didn’t help. He posted the story to twitter in a proud parent/teacher kinda a way. He’s now deleted his twitter account. Here’s… Continue reading Bean Dad and bad parenting
2020 in reflection
ah, 2020. You started with such promise. So much potential for those perfect vision jokes. What a complete and utter dumpster fire you turned out to be. Goal Setting? I was going to use this blog to reflect on some goal setting for the year ahead but I didn’t achieve any of the goals I… Continue reading 2020 in reflection
2 week challenge: Day 3
This morning was a struggle, I’m now 3 days into this challenge. I’m doing today in reverse. Let’s start with dinner. Dinner Homemade cheats tonkotsu ramen. This does look pretty good in my opinion. It was very tasty too. I didn’t eat this serving size, I had a half serving. This was my partners serving… Continue reading 2 week challenge: Day 3
2 week challenge: Day 2
Here’s to day 2 of being the best version of me. Started improving my sleep routine. I naturally woke up at 6am this morning. Let’s hope I can keep it up. I still have the caffeine withdrawal headaches today, they’ve eased a little though. I got a run in this morning atleast. My average pace… Continue reading 2 week challenge: Day 2
2 week challenge: Day 1
I’ve got the next two weeks off work and no plans to do anything. I’ve given myself the goal of being the best version of myself over that time. I’ll be posting a daily journal of my progress. This series will be a little different to my regular content. The Plan Over the next two… Continue reading 2 week challenge: Day 1
Schema Therapy part IV
Another schema survey, another reflection blog post for you. This time the survey was to figure out my schema mode’s. The premise being that everyone develops patterns of coping with life. Some of these patterns are healthy and sometimes they can be spoilt little brats and throw tantrums about not getting their way. Here’s what… Continue reading Schema Therapy part IV
How I recharge
Today I ran out of spoons and I didn’t realize until I started my walk to work and I started tearing up over listening to this podcast about people going for walks. Now there were some touching stories but I even got a bit teary feeling grateful over my morning coffee. ðŸ˜. So yeah, ok… Continue reading How I recharge
Medical History
For the purposes of generating life insurance quotes and my own life admin I thought I would write down my medical history. I don’t believe this stuff needs to be private, does it? I’m 31, female, 160 cm tall and 87 kg. White collar worker, University qualified on a 120k salary per year. As a… Continue reading Medical History
Schema Therapy part III
In my last reflection on my journey through Schema Therapy, I’ve found out that Social Isolation and Unrelenting Standards are my main two influencing schema’s. When people have these schema’s they can potentially develop the following poor coping mechanisms: Schema Surrender Avoidance Overcompensation Social Isolation/Alienation Becomes part of a group butstays on the periphery; doesnot… Continue reading Schema Therapy part III