Read on Twitter
Being open about mental health is important to me so I’m sharing. Self isolation and social distancing is hard. Even though I’m secretly an introvert, being alone and away from work, which I love, and being away from my routines is hard. I know my triggers so I also know my
depression is easier to keep at bay when I’m working out and keeping physical. Trying to get motivated in a studio apartment in NYC isn’t easy. It’s a slippery slope for me and once I let one or two bad habits form they begin to cluster.
One of my simple tricks to rewire my brain that works for me, because I’m task oriented, is to get up and make my bed. The easy job of making my bed and seeing how nice I can make it look inspires me to accomplish something else.
Some days it works... other days I get right back in it. Although on the days I stay out of bed, doing that one task makes me want to finish more, onto the next thing and the next. On the days I stay out of bed If I’m lucky I work up to great goals that I discover
I can’t accomplish in one day. Goals and tasks that require things currently not in my possession, like art supplies or starting conversations to begin building foundations for big dreams. Being excited about those projects is what gets me out of bed the next day.
But if there comes a day when my depression creeps back in my head and tells me I’m worthless and undeserving... I get up and make my bed
