well, it is sunday already. have kinda enjoyed the weird experience of having "family" visit.

there ARE a lot of issues, which my son, my father and I will attempt to address today before they go.

I will turn my mind towards finding a flatmate; now that I have got my mental health more stable, I have grieved my ex a bit, and I will have had my visitors come and go. All things that privacy is great for!

I do a mood chart each day and I'm starting to be quietly encouraged by my consistency of daily mood. I fluctuate a lot during the day but the differences between the days is starting to even out with these mood stabilisers.

the past three weeks of expressing almost each and every emotion here, has actually been good therapy for me (thanks guys), as I slowly climbed my way out of one of the deepest depressions of my life. I intend to keep that safe place in which to explore my emotions, part of my daily healing schedule. It won't need to be as intensive but I will still stay linked in. It will help smoothe out the ups and downs of daily life - and if I can do anything to help others while I'm here; all the better.

I've starting to put together some kind of loose routine (plan). I don't expect to keep to it; but will be stoked if I can. It is more a guide than anything; an objective plan of trying to bring what I most value into my life via my daily activities.

Oh, am so glad you're finding a little pleasure in the 'fam's' visit! Understand the 'ongoing issues' thing... sometimes I wish I could just find a 'normal' family and hang out in that one for a while...lol

Good job on tracking your moods! I've not been faithful with that at ALL. It's great that you're starting to see some stabilization going on with the meds. Sometimes even a LITTLE progress can be the spark that keeps us going.

And yes... make a LOOSE routine, but stay away from solid plans. Plans never seem to go as planned and us planners get unnerved when there's deviation from the list of to-do's. As long as you include at least one pleasurable thing to do each day, I definitely think you're on the right track.

Onward and upward, girlie!!!