I'm so glad you found so many reasons to get out of bed. I totally get needing to will yourself out of bed by any means necessary and some of your reasons made me smile. Sending more love for the medication journey ahead!
I am right there with you. I don't have the small children anymore but I have to get up because I still have to run my household (and I do have the dogs that will make me get up!) and I can function well enough but WANTING to get up...that's another story. Thank you for sharing your list. Kind of like a gratitude journal in reverse - anticipatory gratitude!
Thanks for sharing the way in which you reframed for yourself having to get up, it struck me as a shift from push to pull (such a great list of reasons to get up). In sharing this, you're modeling gentleness and self-compassion, while at the same time not denying your feelings...a radical act (not to mention delicate balancing act) in our culture of disembodiment & self abandonment. It's inspiring <3
I'm so glad you found so many reasons to get out of bed. I totally get needing to will yourself out of bed by any means necessary and some of your reasons made me smile. Sending more love for the medication journey ahead!
Thank you! Still trying to figure things out, but also still hopeful. 🧡
I am right there with you. I don't have the small children anymore but I have to get up because I still have to run my household (and I do have the dogs that will make me get up!) and I can function well enough but WANTING to get up...that's another story. Thank you for sharing your list. Kind of like a gratitude journal in reverse - anticipatory gratitude!
Yes! Anticipatory gratitude is a great way to describe it.
I really love this list. :)
Thank you for reading! 😊
Thanks for sharing the way in which you reframed for yourself having to get up, it struck me as a shift from push to pull (such a great list of reasons to get up). In sharing this, you're modeling gentleness and self-compassion, while at the same time not denying your feelings...a radical act (not to mention delicate balancing act) in our culture of disembodiment & self abandonment. It's inspiring <3
Thank you so much, Keith! It definitely is a balancing act (and I'm not always very good at it).
"The hardest part is showing up." - Unknown