{"id":7784,"date":"2021-03-22T08:18:09","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T13:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/?p=7784"},"modified":"2021-03-22T08:18:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T13:18:13","slug":"monday-mental-health-check-in-a-year-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/22\/monday-mental-health-check-in-a-year-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Mental Health Check-In: A Year Later"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I did the first one of these about this time last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been a rollercoaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This past week was not one of my best.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though I got a vaccine appointment, and some other things went right, I have been having just a feeling of dread and anxiety, which puts more stress on my body. This turns into a vicious cycle that spirals me downward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am frustrated that I am unable to get things done and can\u2019t seem to step back and take a breath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is all OK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have good days and bad days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This past week was not my week so I will pick myself up and try again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is when I throw in the towel and give up, I know I am in trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am going back to what works for me to get myself moving forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means making lists so I can see that I am making progress especially when I don\u2019t think I am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means making sure I am taking proper care of myself because I can\u2019t take care of others if I can\u2019t take care of me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can do this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am grateful for what I have learned to get me through these kind of things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I did the first one of these about this time last year. It has been a rollercoaster. This past week was not one of my best.&nbsp; Even though I got a vaccine appointment, and some other things went right, I have been having just a feeling of dread and anxiety, which puts more stress on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7785,"href":"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7784\/revisions\/7785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}