The moment I've been waiting for is here my Cactus has bloomed in the night. These little stoic San Pedro plants are a testament to nature's perseverance with barely any water they bloom every seven years I have propogated them to about six plants. Just thought I would share nature is in my toolkit against the pains of muscular dystrophy.#MentalHealth #MuscularDystrophy #RareDisease #ChronicPain #Anxiety #Fibromyalgia #DegenerativeDiscDisease #Disability
Better focus doesn’t come from finding one perfect productivity trick.
It comes from noticing what helps your attention, practicing it, and repeating it often enough that it becomes part of how you work.
This week, we’ve looked at interruptions, multitasking, your environment, and the way meetings can fragment your day.
You don’t need to change all of those things at once.
Choose the one strategy that made the biggest difference for you this week and keep working on it.
Maybe that means protecting uninterrupted focus time.
Maybe it means putting your phone away.
Maybe it means batching similar work together or being more selective about meetings.
The important thing is finding what works for you and building from there.
What’s one thing you’re going to keep doing next week to protect your focus?
Also, if you're going through a tough time right now, I want you to know that I post daily mental health videos about how to deal with painful thoughts. So if you or anyone you know is struggling and wants help, click on one of the links below or write me if you have any questions you want me to answer:
www.instagram.com/thomas_of_copenhagen
www.tiktok.com/@thomas_of_copenhagen
~ Thanks to all. Thanks for all. ~
#MentalHealth #MentalHealth #Depression #Anxiety #BipolarDisorder #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #Addiction #dissociativedisorders #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder #ADHD #Fibromyalgia #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #PTSD #Cancer #RareDisease #Disability #Autism #Diabetes #EatingDisorders #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #RheumatoidArthritis #Suicide #MightyTogether
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We’ll be exploring the theme of 🌟dreams🌟 for this week’s self-care challenge, Mighties!
To start us off, let’s reflect about what we often daydream about. Perhaps it’s a place you want to travel to, an experience you want to have, or even something you want to accomplish or fulfill in your lifetime.
Mighty staffer @sparklywartanks often finds herself daydreaming about the experiences she wants to have (like making new friends!) or planning fun events with her family.
What about you?
#52SmallThings #CheckInWithMe #Selfcare #MentalHealth #Disability #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #RareDisease #Anxiety #Depression
#Autism #Parenting #PTSD #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #BipolarDisorder #Fibromyalgia #Lupus #MultipleSclerosis #Migraine #Spoonie
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I had my cortisone injections in my hips 2 weeks ago and my hips feel good. They've been popping a lot when I stretch my legs. But my lumbar.... That britch is the kind of fluck who microwaves fish at work. There is no excuse.
I have my follow up appointment on Tuesday. I'm going to schedule my lumbar nerve ablation. I'm gonna ask my doctor about the spinal epidural lipomatosis (SEL). I don't think she knows I had a previous surgery to remove the giant mass of unencapsulated fat. It grew back. So what now? The only treatment is surgical removal. It explains why the horribly intense lumbar pain came back so badly. I just want to curl up and cry.
See... SEL is quite rare. And cases of SEL growing back are so rare they don't study it. My previous PCP was first in his class with diagnosing rare diseases. He would have loved to play with this case. But as it stands he can't even talk to me.
Pauley and I have back to back appointments with our new PCP on Wednesday .I have 2 mildly painful bumps on my head that I didn't have 8 months ago. They grew noticeably. I'm pretty sure they're just benign Pilar cysts. So I'm gonna have it looked at.
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Mighties, let’s give ourselves an end-of-the-week round of applause because we, in fact, deserve it . 👏👏👏
@sparklywartanks says her compliment to herself is that she did awesome getting through the week and should be super proud of herself. ☺️💌💪
⭐ Bonus: If you’re up to it, give someone else a compliment in the comments below as well!
#52SmallThings #CheckInWithMe #Selfcare #MentalHealth #Disability #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #RareDisease #Anxiety #Depression
#Autism #Parenting #PTSD #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #BipolarDisorder #Fibromyalgia #Lupus #MultipleSclerosis #Migraine #Spoonie
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A one-hour meeting rarely costs you just one hour.
There’s the time you spend anticipating it.
The disruption to whatever you were working on beforehand.
And the time afterwards when part of your mind is still stuck on what was just discussed.
This is one reason a calendar packed with meetings can leave you feeling busy all day while making sustained, focused work surprisingly difficult.
In today’s video, I look at the idea of attention residue and share a few simple ways to reduce the mental cost of moving in and out of meetings throughout the day.
Sometimes protecting your focus isn’t about finding more time.
It’s about being more intentional with the time that’s already in your calendar.
Is there one meeting on your calendar this week that could be shorter, combined, or handled another way?
Also, if you're going through a tough time right now, I want you to know that I post daily mental health videos about how to deal with painful thoughts. So if you or anyone you know is struggling and wants help, click on one of the links below or write me if you have any questions you want me to answer:
www.instagram.com/thomas_of_copenhagen
www.tiktok.com/@thomas_of_copenhagen
~ Thanks to all. Thanks for all. ~
#MentalHealth #MentalHealth #Depression #Anxiety #BipolarDisorder #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #Addiction #dissociativedisorders #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder #ADHD #Fibromyalgia #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #PTSD #Cancer #RareDisease #Disability #Autism #Diabetes #EatingDisorders #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #RheumatoidArthritis #Suicide #MightyTogether
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Just an update because it's so fascinating when you see the flower structure really taking shape. Just a couple more weeks and it will bloom at night.#MentalHealth #MuscularDystrophy #RareDisease #Fibromyalgia #Dystonia
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PSA: There is no "right" way to react to a compliment. Depending on what we’ve been through, we won’t all feel, react, or respond to praise in the same ways; and it’s totally valid to have positive, negative, or neutral feelings and reactions around them!
What feelings come up for you when someone tosses a compliment your way?
Mighty staffer @sparklywartanks says she sometimes gets confused or doesn’t know how to react or feel, but other times compliments make her feel confident and great.
#52SmallThings #CheckInWithMe #Selfcare #MentalHealth #Disability #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #RareDisease #Anxiety #Depression
#Autism #Parenting #PTSD #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #BipolarDisorder #Fibromyalgia #Lupus #MultipleSclerosis #Migraine #Spoonie
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