- sleep when i'm tired at night; don't stay up till it's early for no reason 
- also, just sleep--more and earlier 
- start reading for pleasure again 
- lose myself in a hobby, in order to keep myself busy and not let my mind wander to anxiety-increasing things 
- do not relentlessly tell myself "i can't" 
- stop apologizing needlessly 
- write in my journals
      
        - namely, continue to keep my mental health journal and with more regularity 
 
- believe that my mental illnesses are real, but also believe that they do not define me or make me any less of a human being 
- eat better/more 
- build the sheet fort and sit/lay in the dark 
- take naps when i can 
- when possible, do not force myself to sit with and listen to the people who upset me
      
        - leave detrimental situations 
 
- bake cakes 
- forgive others 
- spend less time on facebook 
- spend less time online 
- take walks, leave the room sometimes, not necessarily to be with people, but so i can move 
- raise my blood pressure, so i do not get faint 
- be okay with repeatedly changing my mind 
- actually use the art supplies that i buy! 
- write things by hand 
- have a good, cathartic cry regularly 
- read through the list of things i like about myself whenever i need to 
- drink more water! 
- write myself love poems when my self-esteem is awful 
         jan 15 2012 ∞
 jan 1 2024 +