Tag Archives: self-care

[Re-Plug] What I’ve Done Today…A List

Okay, so this list is stupid, right? WRONG. Well, you might still think it’s stupid, but the reason I would argue it’s not is that this a list I made on a bad mental health day. Instead of making a to-do list to accomplish, I did the opposite: I made a list of all the stuffContinue reading “[Re-Plug] What I’ve Done Today…A List”

Using the Bare Minimum for Maximum Mental Health

When you suffer from a mental illness, every small thing in your path can feel like a gigantic obstacle. On the down days, your mind is chaos, everything inside you feels like clutter, and you don’t know what to do to feel better, much less be productive. But who says you have to be productive? DoingContinue reading “Using the Bare Minimum for Maximum Mental Health”

Take Care of Yourself

How to take care of yourself, when you don’t know where to start? Start with something small. So small you might not even realize you’re doing something big. But if it’s so small, why haven’t you done it yet? FOR INSTANCE! I love lotion. I love the way it smells. I love taking care ofContinue reading “Take Care of Yourself”

They Want Me to Find the Gray Area, but I’m Full-Blown Color

I once had a friend tell me, “scruples and you never got along well, did you?”. An ex-boyfriend told me that I did “no things by halves”. I never thought of myself as an extremist–all up or all down, all in or all out, passionate or totally apathetic, black or white. But maybe I am. The moreContinue reading “They Want Me to Find the Gray Area, but I’m Full-Blown Color”

[Re-Plug] Day 1 is Relative

This is not me. This is Adrienne from the aptly named “Yoga with Adrienne” channel on Youtube. I did Day 1 of her 30 Days of Yoga Challenge today. I’ve had plenty of day ones that were also my last days, so I’m not here to make some big proclamation and inspire you to doContinue reading “[Re-Plug] Day 1 is Relative”

[Re-Plug] Not the Changes I Need, but the Changes I Deserve

Healthy, cheap, and lasts for several meals–I always forget that pasta hits the trifecta of food awesomeness. Also, that sauce has vegetables in it, so BOOM on my usually non-existent daily veggie intake. Bonus points: gluten-free pasta is good for my hypoglycemia. Keeping me balanced in more ways than one. I’m not normally someone whoContinue reading “[Re-Plug] Not the Changes I Need, but the Changes I Deserve”

[Re-Plug] Self-care is self-improvement

When I began the Unplug Initiative, it was with no rigid goals or quotas in mind. I didn’t have an agenda, but I knew I didn’t want to waste my life on Tumblr for 5 straight hours, either. Then recovery got legit. 12-step program, therapy, intense breakup. Massive crying sessions, severe emotional pain. Suddenly, I was wroughtContinue reading “[Re-Plug] Self-care is self-improvement”

[Re-Plug] Things I’m Learning in Recovery

Throughout the course of this blog’s vague direction and scattered postings, I have been in trauma therapy and a 12-step recovery program. There are hard days, there are impossible days, and there are days that make me feel like I really can do it. Unfortunately, it’s not linear. Here are just some of the thingsContinue reading “[Re-Plug] Things I’m Learning in Recovery”