A daily routine, even if I don’t feel like it, forcing myself to shower, dress and do make up/hair every day. Getting up at the same time, going to bed at the same time. Making sure I eat properly, again forcing myself on days when it is hard to do so.
I took up a new hobby, dot art. It takes focus and basically is a form of mindfulness. It calms me and I feel a sense of achievement when I see the finished results of what I made.
Limiting screen time, being careful about what I watch or read. I do my best to watch things that make me laugh, read things that make me smile and try to avoid any type of media that provokes strong negative emotions.
Getting some exercise every day, usually it’s just a walk and throw of the frisbee with the dog but getting out of the house is so important to me.
Doing the organised mum method, which helps me keep on top of the house without running myself into the ground trying to do so.
Goal planning, having an idea of things I want to work towards and breaking it down into little steps. At the moment I want to start selling my dot art, so I am working on making enough pieces to have a good amount of stock to start with.
Listening to mindifi hypnosis app in bed to help me settle, this really helps me and does have an affect on my mood the next day.
Reading biographies and self help books.
Limiting caffeine and sugary stuff.
Having family time with my kids, usually board games or wii party.
Learning CBT techniques from online to stop myself dwelling on past things.
Buying myself a little treat from sites like everything5pounds once a month to give me a little pick me up.
Honestly some days I completely fail at most if not all of this, so the biggest thing I have learned is to be kind to myself. It’s just a bad hour, a bad afternoon or a bad day. It’s not a bad life and every single morning is a new day to get back on top.