Open Thread: Self Care During… All This
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Let's have an open thread today to discuss what we're doing for self care during (gestures wildly) *all this*? How is your workplace and job either filling your cup or draining you? If you're balancing work with a lot of volunteer and activism efforts at the moment, how's that going?
In the past, we've talked about anxiety and The State of the World a lot, but… it really is a lot right now. Some posts from our past that might be helpful to you:
- How to Keep Your Spirits High When Life Stinks
- Dealing with Anxiety, Post Interview or Otherwise
- How Laughter Can Help with Anxiety
- Tips on Making Time for Therapy
- How to Cope with an Emotional Hangover or Lingering Stress
- Ways to Relax (Open Thread)
- How to Cope with Anxiety
- How to Stop Overthinking
- How to Keep Calm and Carry On
Personally, a couple of things that I'm doing (in addition to calling my representatives and donating) include indulging in my latest obsession, flower gardening (yeah, I didn't see that one coming either, although I do love that I can use spreadsheets for it, so it's like two hobbies in one!), and in recent days, I've found that singing loudly when I'm alone brings a weird joy. (Perhaps this started when I serenaded friends with an old Kingston Trio song a few weeks ago…)
I wish I could say that I'm still reading funny books or watching funny shows, but I'd love any recommendations you have! A lot of the shows I'd like to watch now, at least in theory, are way too heavy (“The Bear,” “The Pitt”), so I find myself not watching much TV.
So, how are you guys doing? What are you doing to get through this moment in time?
I have apparently been eating my feelings. My midsection is squishier than 6 months ago and the waistlines on clothes feel tighter.
SAME! Unfortunately.
I’m volunteering at my church, taking care of my elderly parents, listening to audio books that are of the type I vowed never to read because they are pure fluff and there are so many “books of substance” out there I haven’t read (cringing at my younger self now), going to sound baths whenever I can, and wishing I could be more helpful but feeling so . . . spent.
Checking the news once a day. Trying to get tasks done that need to be done despite all this. Giving myself permission to check out with exercise or rom coms or anything else that will let me take a break. You can’t let them literally break you down.