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I love my work and mental health is my favorite pastime, but I still find it hard difficult to get out of bed and get going in the morning. (Especially when my dog jumps in bed with me!) I look for motivation in nature, in inspiring music and in my journal.
Journaling before work helps wake up my brain and orient me to the day ahead.
Try the following prompts before you start your work day:
If you’re like me, you sometimes feel like you’re living in a fog, seeing the world with fuzzy edges and hearing conversations in muffled tones. When in this place of confusion, I rely on my journal to create direction out of the darkness.
Here are some basic tips to start of journaling from confusion to clarity.
I’ve always learned by failing, like getting lost in a new neighborhood, in order to find my way around (pre-Google maps!). But, this can come at a cost to my self-esteem, as I’m constantly in what Brene Brown calls “Fu*king First Times”.
To get me through the feelings of being a stranger in a foreign land, I’ve had to focus as much as possible of my WHY. Why did I want to make this course/book? How do I wish to change the world/give back to my community? Focusing on my why (mostly) gets me through the rusty machinations of the unknown.
My WHY : Creating and delivering inexpensive and accessible mental health tools to as many people as possible so they can take charge of their own healing.
This TED Radio Hour podcast explores how different successful people define success and it's not necessary the way you would think.
