this was one of the reasons why I decided to join the bipolar mentoring service (which sadly closed from lack of funding.)

one of the questions I had for my mentor was how do you deal with the fact that you should be doing more with your day- and you just arn't?

and this is what she said:

you do what you can handle, don't push yourself

and I try to remember that.. if one day all I can managed to do is watch a few cartoons, then so be it- tomorrow's another day and maybe I'll feel better

I would say it's the best advice I've ever gotten