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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Running by myself every evening either after putting DD down to bed or while my husband does it (we trade nights).

Reading. I usually read lots of literary fiction, poetry, and academic literature, but I just can't right now. So I'm reading really light fiction, romance and stuff. It's a great mental break.

10-15 minutes of DuoLingo every day. Again, just a nice break for my brain.

Limits on my social media and phone use. Sometimes I break them, but I do better when I limit how much Twitter and Instagram I expose myself to. Plus I don't feel good about it if I'm glued to my phone during time I am meant to be working or with my kid. I'm time strapped as it is -- I don't need to exacerbate the problem.

I give myself random days off. I try to make them to coincide with rainy days and then I take the day off from work and do "cozy day" with my daughter. We watch movies, wear our pajamas all day, bake, read, and relax.

Setting good boundaries with family and friends. I give myself permission to end phone calls or FaceTime calls whenever I need to. I allow myself to take time to reply to texts or emails, without guilt. I tell people if they are bringing up a subject that is upsetting to me or that I don't want to discuss right now, and I don't apologize for it.

I tell my husband when I'm starting to struggle, and we talk it out.

I try to be very forgiving of the days or weeks when my mental health struggles. It's a pandemic. It's a lot. It's normal to struggle, to feel angry or powerless, to not know how to handle it sometimes. Survival is enough. Survival is success.[/quote]

I love all of these self care ideas, especially the cozy days idea and setting good boundaries with families and friends. [/quote]

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