Unfortunately, Dawson and I were up for about 3 hours in the middle of the night last night together. This is really not typical of him, but it was reminiscent of the days before he was a year old where he would do ANYTHING to stay awake, even though clearly he is tired. Of course, that made today just peachy! (I hope you sensed that sarcasm..)
Anyhow, I have a tendency to ruminate on the bad things that happened during my day and not focus so much on what did go right. When I was a little girl, my mom would ask me to tell her 3 things that went well during my day. This tool didn't really work for me as a kid, mostly because I didn't understand the purpose.
I need to be using this strategy more. I think it would help my depression to focus on the good. I know I don't do that enough. I have many things to be thankful for and even on a bad day, things can always be worse.
Three things that went well today:
1. My coffee tasted good, and I got to drink it all before it got cold (not usually the case)
2. Joe got his bonus and found out he got a raise at work.
3. I got a few hours to myself because Dawson DID nap. He hasn't been doing that lately.
I am going to try to remind myself to do this tomorrow night. It isn't hard to find three good things about my day, really!
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