How To Feel Like Yourself Again

1. wake up early

before the children

(this may not happen)

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2. make a coffee

drink half

reheat

forget

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3. sit down

stand up

sit down

stand up

pick up child

put down child

sit down

stand up

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4. say you will write

open document

type one sentence

delete sentence

hear shouting

close document

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5. feel irritated

feel guilty

feel tired

feel grateful

feel nothing

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6. wait for your partner

to come home

wait

wait

wait

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7. hand over children

go to bathroom alone

lock door

.

sit

on

floor

.

8. do not scroll

do not clean

do not plan

do not fix

just sit

.

9. notice body

notice breath

notice you exist

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10. remember

.

you were a person before this

you are a person during this

you will be a person after this

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11. feel like yourself

for

thirty

seconds

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12. hear your name

get up