I am powerless to change my past.
I am powerless over my innate urges and desires as a human being.
I am grateful for a safe, warm, clean place to live.
I am grateful to have the support system I do have.
I am grateful for animals.
I am grateful for music.
I am grateful for my body and mind.
I played guitar today and it sounded good.
I did my makeup nicely and wore a cute outfit today.
I like that I can make people laugh and smile easily.
I like that I can create art.
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Powerless over:
- I’m powerless over other people.
- I’m powerless over chaos
Grateful for:
- I’m grateful for two short work weeks
- I’m grateful for a good night sleep
- I’m grateful for my house keeper
- I’m grateful for my sobriety which allows me to respond and not react
- I’m grateful for the abundance in my life
Did well:
- I made some amazing blueberry banana bread.
- I did a great job purging more items from my closet
Like about me:
- I like my eyes
- I like my sense of loyalty to those I love.
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2 things I’m powerless over
- the labour of others, and the quality of their work
- the past (the events of the past)
5 things I’m grateful for
- the universe or whatever power it is that is opening doors to the people and knowledge that’s helping me today
- competent contractors
- my cats
- healthy food
- living in a safe place
2 things I did well
- maintained calm today during worried mental time (I used some anxiety-reducing sensory strategies, the 5-4-3-2-1 strategy)
- spoke with my mother about my financial situation and she offered to meet with me about it this weekend
2 things I like about myself
- I’m empathetic
- I keep a constructive attitude and focus on solutions when talking about mistakes with others
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- I’m powerless over having bipolar disorder
- I’m powerless over changing the past
- I’m grateful for my cats
- I’m grateful for my family
- I’m grateful for my job
- I’m grateful for having a place to live
- I’m grateful for my good health
- I did well at helping a friend
- I did well at decorating the christmas tree
- I like my eyes
- I like my kind heart
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Welcome to the TS community and thank you for sharing with us.
I need some time to think about this before I post my shares.
@DanaM56 this is a brilliant way to build self-confidence and compassion for self. I like this thread!
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Thank you. It’s something my brother and I do daily with each other. I’ve gotten away from sharing here but it’s harder than you think and does allow you to share self love and compassion for oneself.
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I’m powerless over change.
I’m powerless over what people think
I am grateful for another chance at life.
I am grateful for the love I can give to those foster kids who come into my home.
I am grateful for the life lessons and growth those foster kids teach me.
I am grateful for a restoration in my ability to get healthy in a physical way.
I am grateful that Christmas and other holidays are now meaningful in a way that is so different from that of when my mom had passed and I was alone and unhealthy.
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I am powerless over stupid people
I am powerless over not feeling well.
I’m grateful for the cooler weather
I’m grateful for my sobriety
I’m grateful for the love in my life
I’m grateful for the abundance in my life
I’m grateful for my comfortable home
I did a great job on my presentation at work
I’m managing my stress better
I like my smile
I like my resilience
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2 things I’m powerless over
- whether people like me or not
- the past (the events of the past)
5 things I’m grateful for
- My Family
- My god Jehovah
- Work that doesn’t stress me out (at least yet)
- The swimming pool
- both of my parents are still alive
2 things I did well
- Planning my systems out for habit change in my life
- blocking youtube and other distractions/Going on a walk as i planned
2 things I like about myself
- I do not give up. I will fight to the end.
- I am not so stubborn that i wont change. If i dont think something works, i will change. Albeit slowly, but change nonetheless.
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What an excellent idea and practice! I’ve been struggling to journal daily and this is a great start for that- thank you!
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Thanks a lot for this post. I really need to start doing this, especially the things I like about myself. I think we should make this a daily thread.
Powerless Over
- The fact that bad days happen
- The fact that things often don’t work out on the first try, and I can’t give up or get angry or upset about it, I just have to try again
Grateful For
- God, and the beautiful things He’s doing in my life
- My guitar
- Finally starting to have a little motivation for life again
- 106 Days clean!
- Jesus dying for my sins, and new life in Him(I wouldn’t be here/clean without it)
2 Things I Did Well
- Prayed instead of using last night, even though it took me longer than it should have
- Been participating more in treatment, oh and also been tapering down my Suboxone(at 2mg/day now and feeling much better[sorry that’s 3 things])
2 Things I Like About Myself
- I am very empathetic, and I’m no longer hiding it as much
- I am a good musician, and have been putting a lot more work into practicing recently so I can use the gift God gave me for His glory
Wow the things I like about myself part was hard but I did it!
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Powerless over:
The shitty weather
Other people’s decisions and behaviours
Grateful for:
A babysitter for the foster kids 2 days of the week
An ability to still be helpful to others when I’m feeling really shitty myself
Having a job where I make my own hours and gives me the ability to have space
Forgiveness when I can’t think of two other things
Compassion for myself when I have to be forgiving towards myself for not being able to come up with 5 things
Things I did well:
Worked hard today
Kept my kids alive, fed, and gave them shelter
Things I like about myself:
Today I’m not so sure. That I’m a good therapist
That I gave it a solid effort in trying to think of things
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