One Thing Today

This morning was not a good one.  I woke up feeling like I hadn't really slept which put me into a bad mood - generally speaking, this is not a good start to the day.  However, I seem to have bounced back from it and while I'm still not the happiest I've ever been I'm beginning to cope with the idea that my M.E. has become much more limiting.  By this I mean that in the past month I have noticed that I leave the house a lot less often (and sometimes, like today, I don't make it out of the bed) and struggle to do anything other than sit up and go on my laptop.  Needless to say this isn't doing my depression much good.

But, as I said, I'm beginning to cope with this and am starting to feel positive towards my life again.  This is in large part due to the website Sustainably Creative.  This site was created by Michael Nobbs who also suffers from M.E. but it offers advice on how to use the little energy we have to create to our full potential.  I am also a subscriber (for which I pay a tiny amount) so get additional emails and podcasts sent to my inbox regularly.  All of this inspires me.

Pic credit - Michael Nobbs

The podcasts are called One Thing Today and are simply Michael talking for 5 minutes over a cup of tea, about what he is going to do that day.. just one thing.  Listening this morning decided that I am going to try and implement this in my life and try to get just one thing done each day (usually using the 20 mins a day idea).  Today was writing this blog.  Tomorrow will be a little something to do with my secret project.

This means that from now on I'm going to be posting 3-4 times a week rather than every day (although check back tomorrow as I'm guest posting!) in the hope that I will be able to use a little of my energy to work towards my creative goals.  I'm hoping to keep you all posted on how it goes (though without giving away too much straight away, of course) and hope you'll find my journey useful in some way.

[Disclaimer: I have not been paid to write about this product, I have not even been asked to write about it.  I simply have written about it because it's helping me and I love to share my favourite things.]