How To Feel Like Yourself Again

1. wake up early

before the children

(this may not happen)

2. make a coffee

drink half

reheat

forget

3. sit down

stand up

sit down

stand up

pick up child

put down child

sit down

stand up

4. say you will write

open document

type one sentence

delete sentence

hear shouting

close document

5. feel irritated

feel guilty

feel tired

feel grateful

feel nothing

6. wait for your partner

to come home

wait

wait

wait

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

10. remember

you were a person before this

you are a person during this

you will be a person after this

11. feel like yourself

for

thirty

seconds

12. hear your name

get up