Mindfulness Daily Check-In April 29, 2018
Happy Sunday, Mindfulness Family
I like our Feed the Soul Sunday suggestion for Mental Health Month, so I want to start with this theme for our check-in. One of the questions is, Whats something that we can do to prepare ourselves for the week ahead?
1. Let go and accept whatever happened to us during previous week.
Whatever happened during the past week is done and gone; if we said something or did something that we regret, we cant take back our words or actions, but we can set an intention for the upcoming week to work on some of our weaknesses—maybe we get angry easily or bottle up our emotions rather than expressing them when we need to? Maybe we need to apologize to someone? On the other hand, if someone wronged us and hasnt apologized or worked to change their behavior, theres nothing that we can do about it other than accept that they arent in a mental position to say sorry. You dont have to forgive and forget, but accepting that the person who wronged you isnt ready or may never be ready to right their wrongs against you will give you tremendous freedom for the coming week. You relinquish their power over your thoughts, feelings, and emotions through letting go and acceptance.
2. Set intentions (goals) for the coming week.
What do you want to accomplish on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc.? Do you have appointments, dates, exams, or homework that you are responsible for? Maybe you want to practice mindfulness by doing a guided meditation per day? Taking some time to review your weeks calendar today will help you mentally prepare and wisely manage your time this week. If your schedule is crunched, divide any projects this week into chunks: say, Ill accomplish this part on Monday and tackle that part on Tuesday. Set reminders on your phone or use paper to remind yourself to do an activity at a certain time if your schedule is busy. Setting reasonable and time achievable intentions will help you successfully get stuff done. Most importantly, set positive internal intentions like, I will be kind to myself this week, starting now. I will forgive myself for any mistakes that I made this past week and not dwell on them this new week.
If you feel comfortable, share your answers to these questions with us:
What are you letting go of and accepting in order start fresh this new week?
What intentions are you setting for the coming week?
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What are you letting go of and accepting in order start fresh this new week?
I am letting go of my PCP MD and Pysc MD
What intentions are you setting for the coming week?
Finding new help, Have a cardio MD appt this week maybe he can help with something
I am just resting today. Had a dodgy week. Sleep it off today and try again tomorrow.
@Longing4peace
Rest well, Peace <3 I hope that your next week is better!
@EmunahHere thank you :) so kind
I was so mindful just now and created this for my PCP MD to help me. What do you think she will say?
The web says: Know your limits and ask for help if this is all too overwhelming. I have been asking for help and no one is giving me help.
Your Medication Treatment Plan
You have been prescribed the following medication(s) as part of your migraine treatment plan, please follow these instructions provided:
A. Acute treatment:
At the earliest warning sign of a migraine attack please take your abortive name _________________.
If you do not feel pain relief by _______ hours, then take __________________.
B. Rescue treatment:
If you do not feel relief by _________ hours since your last dose of acute medication, you can take your rescue medication named _______________.
C. Preventive treatment:
You have also been prescribed a medicine that will decrease the frequency and severity of your headaches.
a. Take prescribed prophylactic medication named ________________ for ________ days.
b. After these ______ days, you should increase the dose to ___________mgs at __________ (time) for _________ days.
c. After _______ days, you should increase the dose to _______mgs.
@DanaMH that should be very helpful.
@EmunahHere Hi Emunah! How are you doing? :) I hope you had a wonderful weekend!!! <3 This is such an amazing post, and you are so right! :D
What are you letting go of and accepting in order start fresh this new week?
I am going to try to let go of the pressure on myself to not push myself to do everything immediately, and to take my time and carry everything out at a proper pace and schedule with breaks here and there. :)
What intentions are you setting for the coming week?
I intend to complete my last week of my internship strong, work on my case for work properly, get work done with my husband, and get schoolwork and responsibilities done on time as well! There's a lot I have to do, and I plan on getting everything done successfully! :D
@SaimaK
Saima <3 my weekend was very good and I am good, thank you for asking :) I hope you are as well!
Great intentions and great goals for yourself! You got this!
@EmunahHere I am so glad that you are doing well and that your weekend went very well! <3 And thank you so much!!! I truly hope so! :D <3
@SaimaK
I admire your dedication, it sounds like a very insightful and healthy way to live in general - breaks, yes breaks are important to fill our tanks. a good reminder.
@amiablePeace77 Thank you so much, Peace! It really means a lot to me to hear that from you! :) <3
@EmunahHere
Hi there, thanks for the check-in!
What I'm letting go of right now is the illness I've been battling this week. It was terrible and I've slept through most of a couple of days. But luckily I feel much better now and I want to let go of those days of feeling misserable and all the stress I've felt over not being able to be productive.
My intention for the upcoming week is to make sure I do the things that need to be done and calmly, without judging myself or blaming myself, figure out which things of past week I couldn't do need to be done as soon as possible, and which things I can do later on or not do at all.
I want to be kind to myself while doing this and not rush myself.
@EmunahHere thanks for this post to get revved up for the week
What are you letting go of and accepting in order start fresh this new week?
I am letting go of feelings of having to solve all the world's problems.
What intentions are you setting for the coming week?
I intend to focus on changing the things I can change and accepting that there are things I cannot change and knowing the difference.
I'm letting go of the pressure I put on myself to be perfect.
I plan on getting my appoiments done and practic mindfulness twice a day!
@EmunahHere
I intend to start this week with a fresh mind and to do one step at a time and break when needed.