NST February Forgiveness

laura_lau

Thank you for February @grandmanerd
Today I am quite anxious because I have my appointment with the specialist this evening, and I can't help but feeling rather nervous about it. I have generalised and high functioning anxiety since I was a teen-ager, and it goes up and down. I did CBT in 2020, which helped, but to be honest is not enough. A friend said that the bach flowers have helped her a lot so I was considering trying those, has anyone had experiences with them? Do they help? I'd really like to live life without waking up trembling at 4 am whenever something different is happening in my life.

So today I already know I will not be doing much, apart some work tasks. Good thing tomorrow is a brand new month!
Today I am grateful to have found this forum, joining these challenges has been one of the best decisions I made in 2023. I am also grateful for being lucky not to have to wait a long time for the specialist, and for my OH who can read me like an open book and just knows when I need some extra support.

I am afraid I haven't achieved much of what I wanted in February, but I have indeed meal planned (at least for the first half of the month), I switched to commuting to work with a bus rather than the train, which in the long term is going to save me a lot of money, and I have fully catalogued my yarn stash. I have done 19 out of 18 planned NSD's. 

Looking at the list like this I think I have achieved more than I thought! I will put some of the other goals in March, and will also build up on this month's achievements (such as meal planning).

See you all in March!

f0xh0les

Thank you for running February @grandmanerd .  Much appreciated.

beanielou

@laura_lau. I would say that the Bach flowers are worth a try. 

@grandmanerd for February. 

DawnW

Thank you for running February @grandmanerd

Work day today, so not a lot accomplished apart from that. I haven't spent anything though.

Looking forward to March and getting started on the garden

Thrifty_Taylor

@laura_lau I haven't tried the individual flower remedies, but a great believer in the rescue remedy, which is a mixture of different ones. They've helped me before interviews, when the kids have been driving up the wall & when feeling low. They are available as drops, pastilles or a pillow must I think. I've bought the first 2 & always have a bottle of the drops in store! My mum gets a sort of panic attack in extreme windy weather (a regular occurrence here!) & she swears by the drops too. An added bonus is they're safe to use with children or in pregnancy too, though I'm past that stage now 🤣

Thank you for this month @grandmanerd. Looking forward to reading the March challenge tomorrow & getting under way 😃

What a day today has been! I mustve slept very deeply last night, but definitely needed it! A tough day at work, my little pupil is going through a phase of not wanting to be in school, so difficult when they're upset all day.

Went for a quick walk after school to stomp off some tension, bumped into a slightly older pupil, who made me & his mum laugh!

Watched TV with DS1 when I got home, then did some sewing after tea. Rearranged tomorrow night's Wool Club to next Friday night, so I can recharge my batteries at home. My friend didn't mind & is feeling under the weather too, so think she was quite glad of the new date.

Had a nice soak in the bath.

Grateful for laughter just when I needed it, DH looking after us all, & my friends, who I feel blessed to have

grandmanerd

Thanks to everyone who took part this month.