Looking for accountability partners (task check in) #2

Took brother to an emergency surgeon’s appointment this morning. He’ll need another surgery. I’m catching up on stuff around the house and taking the trash to the curb. Later, I’ll take mom’s car to the mechanic for early day service tomorrow. I’m a little sleepy. I may take a nap. I’ve been productive today.

I hope everyone is having a peaceful day.

Another pretty good day yesterday. This morning I woke up with a headache and feel demotivated. I have two meetings today, neither of which I'm looking forward to. I am not sure what I will do today. I already want to go back to bed.
1. Yard work. Running out of time.
2. A walk.
3. Revisions

I’m finally going to the orthopedist today to see about my hurt arm. Hallelujah! Relief in sight. I’ve been working on business affairs up to this point. When I get home I’ll work on the house and bring the trash can in.

1. Orthopedist
2. Expedia refund (done)
3. Buy sunflowers
4. Straighten the house.

I hope everyone has a peaceful, good day.

I am glad to hear that!

I have had a good day today. The Gym for the elderly was hard, but hopefully beneficial. I had to rest for some time afterward and did not have enough time to do anything in the house. That is OK. To be able to take extra time for myself when needed is exactly how I want to live with a lot of different physical diseases, now, in "my life's evening". (I don't want to specify, but I am in the age group between 70 - 80). I take care of my home by myself and I even still work at my own office sometimes. I feel proud.

Well there wasn't time to do much inside the house, but I did shop a load of groceries for the whole week. That took it's time!

For now I am going to make a milk soup with raisins. It will make me sleepy. I will plan my goals for tomorrow in the morning.

I hope everyone will have a good day tomorrow!

GRATEFUL: I am in the philosophical corner today. I feel grateful to God who has given me so much and been there for me in good an bad days.

I think that we grow and learn even in the bad days. When I was young God gave me a good therapist for analytical therapy. One does the job by looking into oneself , learning about inner mother- and father pictures, gets help with old grief and other hurtful former experiences. One grows as a person by meeting old hurts in a grown up way and to take responsibility for ones own life. My therapist never saw my depression as sickness. Analytical therapists seldom do that. I never saw it that way either. I mean as long as one do not have psychotic features or any other mood disturbances in ones life one is not sick. It is a modern though made up by Psychiatrists that depression is an illness. Life is something one live and relates to or even fights for. That is quite normal. But there can be an inherited component that make it more easy to react in a depressed manner. We just have to learn to live with that vulnerability, take responsibility for our own vulnerabilities and find coping strategies. I think that the learning theories are the best for being prepared and ready for the fight. I love "The Decider" book (from Ayres and Vivian in uk) , not because I don't know how to decide, but because it's topic is to repeat, repeat and repeat again very old truths that always have worked well for humanity. The repetition is helpful and strengthens the bonds between the neurons).

I got a good education (it was hard work) and a good job. I loved my husband and he loved me. Isn't that much to be grateful for? Now our grandchildren do it well as students. I feel that fighting for my life was well worth it. It gives results even in the next generations (hopefully because good therapy gives better ways to cope with our children then our own parents did with us).

When I had passed my middle ages I experienced a trauma so ugly and dirty that is not describable. I became more depressed then ever for a long time. (Good former therapy cannot prevent normal sad feelings and anger related to extreme happenings) .My former therapist was pensioned, but after some years I found another worth waiting for. We used some time to raise me up again. I am not in therapy now. Unfortunately this period with deep depression also brought fire to some physical dieases that were laying there snoozed in my genes. I have learned to live with them one by one.

Life never comes with a guarantee! I think that is the best we can teach the young ones! Especially is this important now in this time with environmental changes. In The United Kingdom they are rolling out a program for children at school to help them to cope with life and own emotions.

I feel that I have found a way to live my now pensioned life. I place a good weight on physical activity , relaxation exercises and social company and am proud to still have some work capacity left.

I would have loved to share these last years with my husband. We always dreamed about growing old and hold hands together. But so is life. It never comes with a guarantee ...

I hope I didn't bore you with these thoughts early in the morning. I just woke up in a philosophical mood. May be some will like to think trough the fact about that we have to live in the here and now. Going to therapy or feeling depressed is not about that one day we will be cured and then life starts. There is no cure for life. We have to live it when we have it.

Enough for today. If it bored you, I, at least felt relieved by writing. I am going to read a bit in the Bible for now. After that I am going to use most of the day on de-cluttering. Tomorrow I will leave early to visit a church. I will meet others and I will use the rest of the day to relax.

May your weekend be good and may those of you who believe in God live well with Him!

@GoGo2 - excellent post! Thank you for sharing.

Today I’m taking brother for an emergency CAT scan and mom’s car to the garage. I will also work on the house and practice some much needed self care. I got relief from the orthopedist yesterday with an injection into an injured tendon. I’m really pleased about that.

1. Brother’s appointment
2. Mom’s car to mechanic
3. Work on house
4. Self care plan and implementation
5. Grocery

I wish everyone a wonderful weekend!

I am at job. Working here 10 to 7. Then will spend some time with the family.

I fell off the productivity wagon yesterday. I did what I could but skipped some of the good habits I've been trying to build, like staying on top of the dishes. Gogo2, you are right that we can't cure life!

I am not going to plan much for today. I have one thing scheduled that may take up the entire day and a meeting this afternoon that hopefully doesn't conflict.

1. Revisions.
2. Submit a quote.
3. Scheduled stuff

@Jennifer 1967 and @hvert

I looked at finances today and dealt with mail on the subject. I need to shred some stuff and clean off my desk. I also did some art today so that I could relax. It's nice and sunny but very cold. I hope everyone is staying warm.

Yesterday was okay. I spent the entire morning beta testing an app for depression/anxiety based on the Feeling Good/Feeling Great books by David Burns. He's been talking about this app for a while and it was pretty cool to see it. Not at all what I had imagined it would be, much more complex. After that, I ate lunch and went for a walk. My meeting in the afternoon was great. I submitted a quote, it was accepted, and now I need to do the work. I also completed a cooking experiment. I did not work on revisions or my NaNo project. I did dishes but have a backlog to work through again. Why is it so hard to keep up with habits?

I am not sure about today. We had talked about going out of town but I suspect by the time my husband is ready, it will be too late to bother with the drive. I am trying to decide if I should remind him now or just forget about it. At the very least, I will
1. Do dishes
2. Finish processing veggies
3. Work from yesterday.

I think I might have mentioned this but I’m going to meet my daughter next weekend in the mountains for a visit and some hiking. I’d like to leave town with a clear mind so this weekend will be spent getting things in order: house cleaned, errands, laundry, meals cooked and frozen, etc. If I have any spare time I will catch up on my therapy reading and homework.

I hope everyone has a good weekend

How did it go?

I hope you get all the energy you need to do the house work, cooking and more this weekend, so that you can really enjoy the next. Hiking in the mountains is wonderful!

I didn't remind him and he didn't remember so we stayed home. I got a lot of yard work done as well as my three tasks. I may focus on yard work this week because it may be the last window of good weather for it this year.


1. Review schedule for week.
2. Walk
3. Revisions

I had a lot of rheumatic pain yesterday, fingers, toes, back. It has been windy, more or less, and raining for weeks. Typical "rheumatic" weather. I went to bed without writing my Monday plans. I will take it easy today. First of all I will sit down and watch TV, take my pain seriously. After that I will do the dishes. Vacuum the living room and dusting. Relax as much as I can.

I wish everybody a good day!

I’m so sorry you were in such pain yesterday. I hope your pain eases up soon.

I am still working on clearing my slate for this weekend. The usual stuff. In addition, I have 6 medical appointments for my family. I do, however, have some fun things and social events planned for the week so that’s a bright spot.

I hope everyone has an incredible week.

I took a shower this morning and I did some art. Later I have a therapy session. I need to go through my mail. I will try to get some rest now. It's early. I didn't sleep very well. I hope everyone has a good day.

I didn't do much from my list. I read a novel which was good until I hit the end. Today I will get back to work!


1. Revisions.
2. NaNo
3. Dishes

Thank you for thinking on me. I have had fever, so it is possibly some kind of flu. I am vaccinated, so may be it will not be so bad. I will see how it goes tomorrow. If I am able to do things I will make a list then.

Be well!

I hope you are feeling better today, GoGo2.


Really not sure what I did yesterday. I organized some future work, reviewed notes, went on a picnic, went for a walk, did some errands, some reading. By three, I want to do nothing and after dinner, I am ready for bed. I am not sure how to change that. I tend to fool around on my phone during those times and would rather shift to something more constructive.

I did not do NaNo or the revisions I meant to do. Today I have two meetings, neither of which require preparation.


1. Find writing exercises.
2. Use my lists.
3. At least five minutes on revision I don't want to do.

I went for a long walk yesterday. I want to go on another walk today. I might go for a drive too. I don't have much work to do around the house. I've been staying on top of it. I might have to clean a litter box. That is all. I hope everyone has a good day today!

No, I am still in pain, but the fever has left me. I will try to come into a routine again from tomorrow.

I will only fill the dishwasher and declutter. It is a start. I may have to go to the grocery. I don't have much food left. We'll see. It will be good if it is possible to delay it one extra day.I don't want to bother familymembers to do it for me. They have more than enough to deal with in their own life.

I wish everybody good luck with their doings!