We all appreciated an article we saw on Facebook, originally published on Medium by Kate Scott. When she was overwhelmed and depressed, her therapist recommended she run the dishwasher twice (because with her inefficient dishwasher once wasn't enough and she had been putting off running it at all, since the dishes required a preliminary scrubbing for which she didn't have the energy.) Ms Scott decided to challenge other assumptions; she took a shower lying down, then folded her laundry and stuffed it anywhere it would fit. "There are no rules." Later, when she was doing better, she went back to the standard ways of doing things. This works best if you don't continue to compare yourself to others for whom those things are easy, or let them compare you to themselves. If you do, these well-meaning people are likely to suggest a book or course that will teach you how to do things the proper way. We already know the proper way - we're just having a hard time getting up enough energy to do it.
We all appreciated an article we saw on Facebook, originally published on Medium by Kate Scott. When she was overwhelmed and depressed, her therapist recommended she run the dishwasher twice (because with her inefficient dishwasher once wasn't enough and she had been putting off running it at all, since the dishes required a preliminary scrubbing for which she didn't have the energy.) Ms Scott decided to challenge other assumptions; she took a shower lying down, then folded her laundry and stuffed it anywhere it would fit. "There are no rules." Later, when she was doing better, she went back to the standard ways of doing things. This works best if you don't continue to compare yourself to others for whom those things are easy, or let them compare you to themselves. If you do, these well-meaning people are likely to suggest a book or course that will teach you how to do things the proper way. We already know the proper way - we're just having a hard time getting up enough energy to do it.