Diaries from the Cocoon, 08/13/23

Today I appreciate where I am, who I surround myself with, and what I’ve accomplished. I’ve been working on writing three things I appreciate every morning and it’s been a super helpful exercise. I had been out of practice for a long time and I truly believe it’s brought my mindset down for a while. When I focus on all the less-than-perfect things I get stuck in negative patterns of thinking. When I take the time to remember everything I genuinely do appreciate, it’s much easier to keep accumulating those feelings and see the good even in crappy situations.

Having a neuro-divergent brain has been both a deficit and a gift in my life. Lately I’ve been seeing the good in it and that’s made it more of a super power than something I need to fight, like a dark side of me. Yes, I’m prone to paranoid and pervasive ruminative thoughts, and I’ve allowed that to do a lot of damage in my life, but my bipolar disorder has also given me creative energy and the ability to believe anything is possible. Now I look at it more like a mixed bag of nuts - some parts are like the high-end nuts you seek out as a treat, some parts are just standard filler I’d rather scoot around til I find something better, and some parts are the nuts I’d rather throw away but I’m not a huge fan of food waste. I can appreciate and even enjoy the whole mix now.

This week’s post will be a short one, I’m busy enjoying my day - something I’m relishing in these days - I hope you can find the same in your days!

Til next time!

Cheers to creating,

Jessie Britely