Self-care

In this week’s forecast of self-care challenges, we’ll be exploring the topic of list-making. 📋

Whether it be to shop for groceries or reflect on how you’re feeling, creating lists can definitely be a succinct and straightforward way to express and organize your thoughts and ideas. In other circumstances, creating lists can also feel like an added chore depending on your needs and preferences.

What are your thoughts? Do you find list-making helpful to you?

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It's time to reflect on our mood tracking experience for the month of March, Mighties! 🙂✔️

What were some trends or patterns you saw come up? Have you learned anything new, reassuring, or interesting about yourself in the process of mood tracking this month? Is there anything you would like to improve or work on moving forward?

💡 Bonus: Feel free to also comment the color(s) that best represents your mood today as well. 🎖️

💚 Green: Open-minded, creative, reflective
🔵 Blue: Calm, relaxed, confident
💜 Purple: Empathetic, caring
🟠 Orange: Stressed, overwhelmed
🖤 Black: Bored, annoyed, restless
🔴 Red: Anxious, alert, concerned, worried
💛 Yellow: Depressed, unhappy, melancholy
🟤 Brown: Tired, exhausted, drained
🤍 White: Not sure if I can put my mood into words.
🌈 Rainbow: Other (share in the comments!)

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#CheerMeOn

There are multiple ways we can think about our responsibilities — from the tasks we have to complete and check off of to-do lists to others we may have to look out for, lead, or take care of, like family, children, pets, coworkers, or even ourselves.

Who in your life are you most responsible for right now?

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Let’s be real Mighties, we can’t always keep up with every single one of our responsibilities 24/7. It’s just so exhausting! And not possible! We’re human! (No shame at all, we definitely understand.)

What responsibility would you say you are — purposefully or not — avoiding at the moment?

Finish today’s #52SmallThings prompt below.

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Keeping up with our daily responsibilities isn’t always easy. Some days come with a load of responsibilities, while others are a bit lighter and leave more room for rest and fun. (And balancing our health needs and energy levels along with those responsibilities may also be an added task all on its own!)

What daily responsibility do you find to be most challenging? Which is the easiest?

Mighty staffer @sparklywartanks says that her most challenging responsibility is balancing her finances while her easiest is making sure she's getting her work done every day.

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Nothing says "welcome to being an adult" more than the stockpile of ✨responsibilities✨ that come with it.

These responsibilities can look like managing your health and household, taking care of family and pets, or even maintaining different relationships or roles in your life. Depending on your personal circumstances, maintaining and keep up with those responsibilities may look different for each of us.

In general, would you consider yourself a responsible person? Or is it something you’re actively working toward? (No judgment if there’s room for growth!)

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Let’s end this week of storytelling by — finally! — sharing a piece of our health journeys.

For today’s activity, we want you to write 1-3 sentences in the comments (or in your own post) about what you consider the "turning point" in your health journey to be — that one event or moment that’s had a significant effect on you. This could be when you received your diagnosis, the moment you decided to seek treatment, or even a time of clarity or hardship that changed or shifted your perspective.

Mighty staffer @sparklywartanks says her turning point was the moment she decided to quit her food service job and look for a therapist. This moment was the first time she put herself and her needs before anything else.

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First things first: It’s impactful, powerful, and brave to share what you’ve experienced in your life. But here’s the next question on our minds: Are you telling your story in a way that’s resonating the way you want? Has your audience grasped what you’ve shared and taken in the message you want to convey?

Mighty staffer @sparklywartanks wants people to understand the importance of self-care, support, and community in moments of isolation and crisis.

What takeaway do you want others to walk away with when it comes to your story?

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Sharing your story can make you feel a lot of things — overwhelmed, intimidated, liberated, and/or rewarded depending on where you are in your health or recovery journey. It can also feel like all the adjectives above at once.

Everyone has different levels of comfort and needs in times of vulnerability, and both parties can benefit from the telling or receiving of what you have to say.

When you are sharing your story, what do you need from the person or audience that’s listening to you? What would help you to feel safe and comfortable?

Mighty staffer @sparklywartanks says when she shares her story, she needs the audience to listen quietly and empathetically — and not try to interject. She feels most safe when she has the space to think through what she’s saying and finish sharing her thoughts thoroughly.

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