- [personal post] when your day started off not so well and then the shittiness just rolled on and compounded throughout the day. This time of the year always invites not-so-welcoming “mind trains” with my anxiety. I call them “mind trains” to represent the thoughts that run thru my mind when anxiety hits. Sometimes thoughts are like passengers hopping on and off the train, other times they’re massive loads of useless baggage that weigh me down, and other times they’re like loud overbearing freight trains that travel relentlessly thru my mind. I was on the way to the latter today, until I called for reinforcements (my mum) to look after the kids for an hour so I could finally catch my breathe and have something to eat since my last meal at 5am (it’s almost 3pm here). I’m not new to being a mum, but I am new to being a mum of two, so it’s often hard for me to be selfish, when I’m looking after them, trying to run a thousand errands, and maintaining a sanitary place to live (I still haven’t done the dishes from two nights ago!). I’m proud of myself for recognising that I was about to hit Shitsville because in the past I’d just get there and be either a passive aggressive banshee or drowning in a pool of my own tears. 
So I’m spending it catching up on some bullet journalling, coffee and reading some pages of a newly purchased book by @langleav I always found blank pages in my bullet journal daunting but this is very inviting at the moment 😌

If you’d like to share (in the comments below or in a DM), what are your triggers, how do you get through them? Who do you call on for support? 
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