Spooky completes a challenge

[spooky]

I've been rather absent here recently. Life has been throwing a lot my way. I am still trying to keep my head above water. 

 

So for now, I would just like to make it through a full challenge. No big goals, just taking it one day at a time. 

 

I had a very bad day yesterday. I've barely been exercising. Self care has been hard. 

 

So it's just another basic challenge to get my feet under me again. 

 

I'd like to try just posting here every day. Just thoughts and whatever. 

 

Let's see how it goes. 

[spooky]

Today I want to exercise for 10 minutes. Likely a short walk or something like that. 

 

My larger goal is to try and be present. Notice small things, appreciate them. 

 

[SomeGuyFromScotland]

Following as always, Spooks. <squillion

[Shello]

9 hours ago, SomeGuyFromScotland said:

 <squillion

 

This sounds messy.  

 

Following.  

 

[Terinatum]

Sounds like a great plan for this challenge. I am following suit.

[Terah]

Here with love and support. You've got this Spooky <eleventhy 

[Ensi]

We're here for you Spooky, take all the time you need to feel better! You're always welcome to pm, as well

Lähetetty minun SM-J500FN laitteesta Tapatalkilla

[Briniel]

Sorry to hear life has been so hard on you lately. Let's get back on the tracks together this challenge, shall we?

[NeverThatBored]

Following! 

[Draegon (Liam P Boyle)]

:-)

[maegs]

[LittleTurtle]

Hey you!  I've been absent as well, but it's good to see you.  And hey!  If you need help keeping your head above water, you could always use this:

 

 

Hang in there - we are all here if you need anything at all.  

[JessOfAllTrades]

Hope this challenge helps ground you, and if nothing else serves as a reminder that you have a lot of nerds in your corner. 

[spooky]

OH wait the challenger started yesterday DERP DERP DERP. 

 

Ah well  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

 

I'm here now. 

 

I'm thinking I might try something I used to do a bit ago, breaking my day up into morning, afternoon, and evening goals. Seemed to help since I had shorter lists per segment, and I think it helped me remain in the present. 

 

I know that today I would like to: roast butternut squash, meditate, walk a bit. So that's my starting point. 

 

I'm going to try just keeping track of how I feel each day with my new handy dandy Emotional Wellbeing Scale (created by yours truly) 

 

0- Chilling in the firey pits of Mount Doom

1- NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE

2- Lol smh kms

3- Keeping myself together with cats 

4- meh

5-  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

6- it's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fiiiiiiiiiiiine 

7- *thumbs up emoji*

8- chill af

9- EVERYTHING IS AWESOME. EVERYTHING IS COOL WHEN YOU'RE PART OF A TEAM

10- BRB ascending to nirvana in a half lotus 

[spooky]

On September 23, 2016 at 0:59 AM, SomeGuyFromScotland said:

Following as always, Spooks. <squillion

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On September 23, 2016 at 10:25 AM, LadyShello said:

 

This sounds messy.  

 

Following.  

 

It does, doesn't it? 

AH THOSE CATS *_*

Always happy to have you, Shello <eleventy

On September 23, 2016 at 0:19 PM, Terinatum said:

Sounds like a great plan for this challenge. I am following suit.

 Sometimes I just need to go as simple as possible!

On September 23, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Terah said:

Here with love and support. You've got this Spooky <eleventhy 

Thank you Terah <eleventy

On September 24, 2016 at 0:31 AM, Ensi said:

We're here for you Spooky, take all the time you need to feel better! You're always welcome to pm, as well

Lähetetty minun SM-J500FN laitteesta Tapatalkilla

Thank you so much, Ensi <eleventy. I will definitely keep the offer in mind! 

[spooky]

On September 24, 2016 at 11:32 AM, Briniel said:

Sorry to hear life has been so hard on you lately. Let's get back on the tracks together this challenge, shall we?

Thank you <3. Yes absolutely! I'm going to head over to your challenge  

On September 26, 2016 at 7:26 AM, NeverThatBored said:

Following! 

<3333

23 hours ago, Draegon (Liam P Boyle) said:

:-)

 

13 hours ago, maegs said:

HIIIII  

I love that gif!

13 hours ago, LittleTurtle said:

Hey you!  I've been absent as well, but it's good to see you.  And hey!  If you need help keeping your head above water, you could always use this:

 

 

Hang in there - we are all here if you need anything at all.  

HEY! So nice to "see" (er...read?) you! That raft looks like EXACTLY what I need  

Thank you <333

3 hours ago, JessOfAllTrades said:

Hope this challenge helps ground you, and if nothing else serves as a reminder that you have a lot of nerds in your corner. 

Thank you so much! You're right, I have to remember I'm never alone with nerds beside me  

[Briniel]

ahahaha your emotional wellbeing chart is awesome

*thumbs up emoji*

[Terah]

2 hours ago, spooky said:

I'm thinking I might try something I used to do a bit ago, breaking my day up into morning, afternoon, and evening goals. Seemed to help since I had shorter lists per segment, and I think it helped me remain in the present. 

This is actually pretty brilliant!

*stealing this idea*

[SomeGuyFromScotland]

Loving the Emotional Wellbeing Scale. May your challenge be filled with >5's.

[DrFeelgood]

I'd like to steal appropriate your scale, but I don't have any cats.  I think my level 3 will employ pizza instead.

[spooky]

Yesterday was strange. I feel like I was anywhere from a 3 to a 6 sort of shifting about throughout the day. Things are stressful here but I'm trying to not let it get to me and just do what I need to. I got the three things I mentioned yesterday done though so yay for that.

 

Victory this morning already! Did a Scary Thing^TM and called my student loan holder to set up income based repayment....which will be monthly payments of zero lol because I'm well below their income threshold for that program. I might try to make smaller payments as I'm able and save up a bit but I have 60 days to get the paperwork in and no payments to make in that time. Big relief for sure. The lady was super nice and it went very smoothly, definitely a case of my head making things harder than they needed to be. But making small payments means it should help my credit so that's good too. Great way to start the day  

 

Today I need to finish a thing for my dad, go look at a couple of places, and I think my other thing will be meditation. I've got a lot of the morning left so we'll see how it goes  

[Luciana Valerosa Culming]

Hey spooky, I'm sorry you're feeling meh. I'm leaving a little motivational quote for you and hope it's at least making you smile a little. You're going your path in your pace. I'm sure you'll find your grove. And doing this important calls is a big step, too. I still have some mails on my to-do-list I seem to postpone every day.

 

 

 

 

[Gaming_Jeweler]

Hey! I haven't been on the forums in forever. It's good to see you're back as well!

[spooky]

Real update tomorrow. Depression has been bad. Working on it as best I can.

For now, cat pictures

Cat in a cabinet

Holding hands

Using the pillow like a human

Enjoying the view

Is there something on my face?

[Owlet]

Hope you feel better soon!