Five Good Things, continued

1. Common sense.
2. Meeting up with a friend tomorrow.
3. Water
4. Hiking
5. Cookbooks

1. Zero friends.
2. Being alone.
3. Having no family.
4. Spending holidays alone.
5. Being away from society.

((((((Deilla))))))

Saving almost $5 off of gas
Smart phones
Newspapers
Meals on wheels
Water

1. Weather is sunny and mild.
2. Getting to volunteer on Thanksgiving to deliver meals.
3. Finally starting to lose some belly fat.
4. Blood sugar getting into normal range.
5. Work is going well.

1. Hotlines
2. Warm lines
3. Safe people
4. Public safety rules, laws, and enforcement
5. Preventative medicine, awareness, advocacy, therapeutics, psychology, and more!

@downandlonely - Congratulations on #4 - "Blood sugar getting into normal range." That's what I'm shooting for as well. And kudos to losing some belly fat and volunteering and work going well. Yay!

(((( Deilla ))))

So sorry you are struggling.

These are not things you deserve, nor are they "good" things.

You deserve friends, having relationships, having loving family, spending time at least online with friends, and being connected with society. All of these internal messages are indicators that you are feeling down about yourself and about the world around you. I'm so sorry you are struggling this way.

Some good things (affirmations) are:

1. Deilla - being just the way you are, and accepted the way you are!
2. Deilla posting online here. Yay!
3. Deilla reaching out for help in whatever way Deilla knows how.
4. Deilla doing what Deilla can to self-care and manage psychological and physical issues.
5. Deilla!

1. I'm so close to finishing my current book, and its really good.
2. Heat
3. I have connected with someone from my past and we are going to get together.
4. Physical therapy
5. I'm looking for a job.
*Bonus: music 🎶

1. Feeling better.
2. Decent sleep.
3. Happy pets.
4. Iced coffee.
5. Groceries

1. Seeing people I haven't seen in a while.
2. Feeling understood.
3. Watching a good movie.
4. Finding a place to practice a new skill.
5. Feeling welcomed.

That is a good list, hvert!

1. Reading
2. Getting things done.
3. Cats, even if they are little monsters.
4. Getting appointments over with
5. Tissues

1. The food bank.
2. Thanksgiving
3. Feeding my cats.
4. Taking meds.
5. Having breakfast.

1. Curbside grocery pickup
2. Zoom meetings
3. Weekend to relax and volunteer
4. Cat companion
5. Not needing heat or ac

No major snow for thanksgiving!
My Sir, he’s such a nice cat
My 5 glasses frames came, to pick one and send it back
The flowering plant my daughter sent for Mother’s Day is blooming again!
The interment sun ☀️, so nice to see the sun at all

1. Vet Centers for veterans (they offer free counseling for combat and MST survivors, as well as free social activities and other resources)

2. People checking up on me (how sweet; I feel the love!)

3. Free Thanksgiving Dinner from the Vet Center (if you're a veteran or know a veteran, you can call a local Vet Center to see if there are any Thanksgiving Dinners left to give away; if you are a civilian, you can call either 3-1-1 or 2-1-1 in your area to ask for resources for free Thanksgiving Dinner giveaways for needy families and individuals)

4. Holidays (even though I spend them alone, I find ways to make them feel special and worthwhile - at least online)

5. Giving (there's nothing like the spirit of giving, which is a form of helping; it feels great to help brighten someone else's day and sometimes to also declutter)

I forgot to mention I will be delivering meals to the less fortunate on Thanksgiving. Will be a lot more fun than being with dysfunctional family!

1. Forgiving without having to be in their presence.
2. Holiday dinners.
3. Yogurts
4. Friends and family.
5. Happy cats that sleep with you.

The jolt of alertness that coffee brings on the day that you really got to have it
Starting something new that is really a minimal little thing but it is huge to you
The motivation to quit all addictions
Getting out of your room
Trying to make another person feel happy for at least once in a long time

I wish I had signed up to deliver Thanksgiving meals in a town 2 hours away, the dysfunctional family drama has already started here, lol.

1. Finding someone who has something I've been looking for.
2. Great hikes yesterday.
3. Being in first place in my fitness tracker challenge. Today is the last day and I could keep the lead!

4. Good conversations
5. Finding a good deal on a prescription.

1. Weather is sunny and mild
2. Slept well last night after changing the sheets and shutting the cat out of the bedroom.
3. 12 step fellowships with Zoom meetings
4. Having a job I like that pays the bills
5. Access to medical care. Have had 3 Pfizer shots.

1. The smell of Christmas cakes baking in the kitchen
2. Liking my job
3. Good colleagues
4. A spouse who shares my humour and gets me
5. Other peoples friendly dogs to pet

1. I got back together with someone I dated recently. We sorted out all our issues and things are better than ever. He makes me feel beautiful.
2. Someone helped me find a solution to my CPAP with no electricity problem.
3. I finally bought a plant I've been wanting a long time.
4. Managed to resolve conflict with roomate using skills my T taught me.
5. I met (online) some more colleagues who are really nice.

1. Making beef stew.
2. Listening to Audible.
3. Playing my games.
4. Sleeping with my cats.
5. Drinking iced coffee.