Practicing self compassion
Hello readers and thank you for reading. Today I attended a class on practicing self compassion the lesson was on a strategy using the acronym R.A.I.N. R. Recognize A. Accept I. Investigate N. Nurture. This class helped me to realize that how I was approaching my negative feelings has not been working, I had been looking for a strategy to run away. For me this manifests as watching TV, sleeping too much, eating, going to a friends house as a strategy to avoid what I need to do. What I really need to do at this point is to tidy my house, work out, draw, practice music, read books and be productive. To check in on my personal life I have been working at a job very near my house and this has been enormously helpful in putting me in a better mood over all. I enjoy my job and the people I work with. The pay isn't good but it's simple work, it gets me out of the house and I am happy to be making money. I have been attending The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Da...