10 positive steps a day challenge - 2012

MoneyMum

Hi All,

Ok my challenges for today.

1) Make beds
2) Sort out toy mountain! Must stop putting this off
3) Clear fridge ready for food delivery.
4) Clean Kitchen
5) Tidy Bedroom
6) Pay some bills



xx

psychopathbabble

Todays list

Post ebay items
get all my stuff together to go home for the first time in a week!
text some friends to try and meet up with them (easy I know but I forget and end up not seeing them for ages)
tell housemate when i see her that i'm moving out (this is not good but good because i'm moving in with the boyfriend!)
start deciding what i will need to sell
start work on assignment for other uni course
see if i can get voucher for the free hour at zizzis!
buy some super strength double sided sticky tape to get bluetoothy thingy stuck back up in car before I take it back to shop for repairs (i pulled it off as it wasn't in right place and now it won't stick!!)


I may add to this if I think of more things...

MunniMuncha

Hello everyone :wave:- happy Monday. Have just nipped home between jobs so thought I'd put my list up now - so today I will:

1) Tidy small bedroom
2) Polish and hoover my bedroom
3) Clean ensuite
4) Do spreadsheets
5) Tidy out van

Think that is all I'll manage today, but if I do that lot then I will be a happy bunny

purple.sarah

Hi :wave:

I'm new here, I'm loving the challenge. It's perfect for me because I'm digging myself out of depression one day at a time.

Monday I:

1. Cleaned the living room
2. Hoovered the landing
3. Hoovered the stairs
4. Made dinner
5. Changed the litter trays (6 cats so a lot of litter!)
6. Went for a lovely walk in the country with my hubby and our dogs.
7. Got a quote to replace our garden fence.
8. Cleared up the area around my computer, where clutter had piled up till it was almost pushing it off the table!
9. Packed away Christmas stuff for next year.
10. Sorted the recycling.

Tuesday I will:

1. Open the scary letters I've been putting off and pay the water rates!
2. Clean the rabbit cage.
3. Clean the rat cage.
4. Clean the spare room.
5. Trim dogs claws.
6. Bath dog.
7. Walk dogs
8. Clean the living room.
9. Do 2 lots of clothes washing.
10. Sort through my mountain of magazines, clipping and filing articles and recipes I want to keep and recycling the rest.

MunniMuncha

MunniMuncha wrote: »

Hello everyone :wave:- happy Monday. Have just nipped home between jobs so thought I'd put my list up now - so today I will:

1) Tidy small bedroom
2) Polish and hoover my bedroom
3) Clean ensuite
4) Do spreadsheets Done
5) Tidy out van

Think that is all I'll manage today, but if I do that lot then I will be a happy bunny

Didn't have a good day yesterday :mad:- only thing achieved from my list was no 4), but I did also:

1) Make chicken soup
2) Made croutons for the first time (usually would have thrown the bread away, but am trying so hard not to waste anything):T
3) Took DD to buy new school trousers
4) Took DD dancing

So today I am going to try and do the things on my list from yesterday, which I didn't manage to achieve - hope everyone has a good day

vintage43

1. Hooverdone
2. look for gold choc coins in tesco marked down to 1pdone none there
3. Have a bath, didn't shower or anything yesterday felt so illdone
4. email Dadand called him!
5. Walk Nel x 3x 2 so far
6. Buy oven and hob cleanerDone, still to be cleaned though! lol
7. Call the Hep C Trust to find out about reducing my hours at workDone!
8. Phone around breeders for a stud pug for Nel, if anyone has any recommendations let me know, I have six months to find one!
9. Check online order with Mr TDecided to have a shop in store instead tomorrow
10. Smile xxYES YES YES!

Still feeling a bit poo! might book another appointment with Doc and need to book blood tests

Happy rainy Tuesday everyone!

TM6

I had a disatrous day yesterday - it was the illest I have ever been with my depression. I certainly don't want to go there again thank you very much!

I forgot just how dibilitating depression can be - only 1/10 for me yesterday :eek:

So here is my 10 for today

1. Empty car
2. Governor work
3. Phone friends Done
4. Swim Done
5. Post important mail
6. Shred paperwork Done
7. Write to Auntie
8. Use exercise bike
9. List 3 items on ebay
10. Prepare for Harrogate at the weekend Done

Wish me luck :dance:

Good luck to you all

:D:D:D 4 smilies today :j

vintage43

TM6 wrote: »

I had a disatrous day yesterday - it was the illest I have ever been with my depression. I certainly don't want to go there again thank you very much!

I forgot just how dibilitating depression can be - only 1/10 for me yesterday :eek:


We all have off days, don't go beating yourself up about it as it will just make you feel worse, look at the positives, you made one step forward, get some rest today and spoil yourself a bit even if it's only for 1/2 an hour! Take care xxx

psychopathbabble

psychopathbabble wrote: »

Todays list

Post ebay items - DONE
get all my stuff together to go home for the first time in a week! - DONE
text some friends to try and meet up with them (easy I know but I forget and end up not seeing them for ages) - not done
tell housemate when i see her that i'm moving out (this is not good but good because i'm moving in with the boyfriend!) - not done but am home with her now
start deciding what i will need to sell - DONE
start work on assignment for other uni course
see if i can get voucher for the free hour at zizzis! - had one for Chelmsford but couldn't get there in time
buy some super strength double sided sticky tape to get bluetoothy thingy stuck back up in car before I take it back to shop for repairs (i pulled it off as it wasn't in right place and now it won't stick!!) - DONE


I may add to this if I think of more things...

Todays list probably similar to yesterdays...

fairyclicks

vintage43 wrote: »

TM6 wrote: »

I had a disatrous day yesterday - it was the illest I have ever been with my depression. I certainly don't want to go there again thank you very much!

I forgot just how dibilitating depression can be - only 1/10 for me yesterday :eek:


We all have off days, don't go beating yourself up about it as it will just make you feel worse, look at the positives, you made one step forward, get some rest today and spoil yourself a bit even if it's only for 1/2 an hour! Take care xxx

I agree completely! This is the reason why this challenge is the positive steps challenge - it is about looking at the positives that you have achieved in the day

I know its not up to me to tell you all how to do the challenge but please be careful about using to do lists - in my experience these can work well when you are motivated but can be very easy to also beat yourself up about if and when you don't complete them.

I have been holding my tongue a bit about this as everyone seemed to be getting on well and feeling motivated by their to do lists, but the past few messages are starting to fall into the 'failure' trap.

Don't forget we all can have a bad day, but those of us with depression will have that tendency to emphasize the negatives - we need to be really careful about this as it does just add to the depression. For anyone who doesn't have depression it becomes demotivating to focus on the what we didn't achieve side of the list as well.

Maybe we could all help support each other by challenging the use of what i call the 'failure' words - such as ONLY managed for example? Also if we don't do the things on our lists but do other things that still counts as positives

what you all think?