{"id":10594,"date":"2023-11-27T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=10594"},"modified":"2023-11-28T22:45:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T22:45:33","slug":"health-wellbeing-positive-affirmation-cue-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=10594","title":{"rendered":"HEALTH & WELLBEiNG: Positive Affirmation Cue-Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sat in my car, Stanground Morrisons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I headed out to work too early by mistake today. So I\u2019ve wound up eating a salad-bar take out salad, from the Stanground Morrisons, in Peterborough, sat in my car. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m feeling an awful amount of anxiety at present. For numerous reasons: drank too much last night; didn\u2019t sleep properly; omnipresent financial struggles, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have a few tools and strategies, and whatnot, for such times. for starters I might call Samaritans, and get a load off my chest by telling the hapless sod on the other end o\u2019 the line all my troubles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I try and make sure that there\u2019s positivity in the mix, as if I just vent and focus on the bad stuff, it only makes things worse. Today I had a mediocre chat with a lady Samaritan, followed by a longer and better one with a Scots guy on another helpline. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I\u2019m posting this now because I\u2019m parked up in Peterborough in the cold, the dark, and the rain, all of which seem \u2018orrible apt to my baseline mood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I\u2019m determined not to let my dad chemistry\u2026 er, wow, there\u2019s a Freudian slip\u2026 bad<\/em> chemistry, that should\u2019ve been, overwhelm me! I\u2019ve decided that today, after many, many, many<\/em> false starts, re trying to control my drinking, I simply have to face the ugly truth, and concede that I\u2019ve lost control. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To re-assert it, I must simply stop drinking any booze whatsoever<\/em>. Possibly for the rest of my life. But certainly till I\u2019m happier, healthier, and back in control (or at least more control). That pledge, to myself and to Teresa, begins today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m really posting, however, as a note to myself, re these positive affirmation cue-cards I made, and keep in my wallet. I recently printed a new set, as I\u2019d given half of my old set to dad, after one of his booze-fuelled meltdowns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He and I have discussed getting a set each properly printed, for arse-elves\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On my call to the lady Samaritan, I told her about how I use these – I was looking at them at the time – and the first one I read off to her was \u2018Take Time\u2019. Then I read a bunch more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She suggested, why didn\u2019t I just focus on one card, and really meditate on it. Which is a suggestion I like. And, lo\u2019, on taking the cards out of my wallet \u2018Take Time\u2019 is not just the top card, but the top two<\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have duplicates within each set, plus I have a set and a half, due to the reprinting and giving dad some of them. So most are duplicated at least twice, and some of the same cues are yet more plentiful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So here I am, early for my work shift. Sat in the car, taking time. Hoping that doing so might allay my anxieties! And you know what, I think it\u2019s working. Only mildly perhaps. But that\u2019s still something. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another thing I do, to finish on a footnote, so to speak, is the Joe Wicks seniors workout I\u2019ve occasionally referred to before. And again, that can help lift my spirits a little. These tools, \u2018umble as they may be, are important! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I headed out to work too early by mistake today. So I\u2019ve wound up eating a salad-bar take out salad, from the Stanground Morrisons, in Peterborough, sat in my car. I\u2019m feeling an awful amount of anxiety at present. For numerous reasons: drank too much last night; didn\u2019t sleep properly; omnipresent financial struggles, etc. I … <\/p>\n

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