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hey so you know that vicious cycle of mental health making you unproductive which makes your mental health worse? don’t worry friend I am here with something that can help

just get one thing done. break the cycle. it doesn’t have to be some big task. in fact it’s better if it isn’t. decide on something that takes five minutes or less. keep it tiny and manageable - the key is to feel like you’ve accomplished something, so when your brain is all, you can’t even do a single thing all day except lay in bed being useless, you can be like, oh but I did do something, brain, suck on that. it might not seem like much at the time but it helps a lot to have something tangible you can point to

do you have dirty dishes in your bedroom? get rid of ‘em. you don’t have to wash them, just put them in the sink with soapy water. done. easy.

do you have a pile of empty water bottles sitting there? good for you staying hydrated. but you don’t need a mountain of plastic reminders. throw a few in the trash or in recycling. don’t worry about chasing down every single one, just pick a number. get rid of 5 or 10. easy, manageable even if you feel terrible. done.

do you need to do something early tomorrow? get something ready now. just one thing. lay out an outfit. fill the coffee maker so you can just press a button tomorrow. pack your backpack or purse. bonus benefit, future you will have an extra few minutes to breathe in the morning.

do you have a pet? spend 5 minutes with your pet. cuddle them. play tug of war. make baby noises at them. your pet loves you. I bet they miss you when you’re sad. you’ll both feel better.

has it been 3 weeks since you did laundry? pick your clothes up off the floor and put them in a laundry basket. don’t actually wash them or even take the basket anywhere. just collect the clothes for later so they aren’t spread all over. it’ll make actually doing them that much easier when you have more energy

did you manage to wash your clothes but not put them away? fold something. fold another thing. and one more. put them away. three things. you got this one.

did you do your one thing? good. I’m proud of you. even if it didn’t make you feel better, guess what? you did a thing. you got something done, you can be done now. you can go back to bed if you want.

I have learned from experience that doing nothing generates its own momentum. The longer you sit on the sofa doing nothing, the harder it is to get up. The best way to break the cycle is to get up. Just get up and do something small, the tiniest thing, it doesn’t need to be important. Some of the best things to accomplish are drinking a glass of water or going for a short walk and getting some fresh air.

This is 100% true for me.  When I’m having a hard time, I make goals that are small and easily obtainable.  Then the next step feels less scary.  I’ve done this with depression treatment, running, and creative projects and it really helped.

This is all super helpful, seriously. I try and list everything I need to do, and then start with the easiest thing. That way it’s like, yay you did something! And you can just move to the next-easiest, and so on.

This is part of the reason if I have to get up and use the restroom close to when I need to get out the door I’m like, ok, time to go now to get places on time, even if it means leaving a little bit early.  Because convincing myself to go to the bathroom isn’t that hard, and it gets me up and moving, and then it’s a lot less hard to get myself out the door, and then I’m out the door, and well, catching the bus and going to place isn’t that much harder than that.  The cycle feeds itself.  (This is also why I try to take my meds consistently around the time I need to leave for work, and they live in the bathroom, which I have to stand up to go to.)

Set you self little aims to do daily to keep on top of shit because the longer you leave stuff the more it will add to your anxiety and stress.

Yesterday literally all I did was vacuum some bedding my rats kicked out of their cage so I could sit on the floor and it honestly helped a ton and I feel better now because my room doesn’t look as messy and I might actually have energy to do more today

(Source: showgirlsteve-blog)