This week, I’ve been loving…
Catch-up TV
As I’ve had to spend most
of this week resting, catch-up and TV recordings have been my saviours –
keeping me relatively sane when I haven’t been able to do much else! I’m terrible
for recording programmes and letting them build up because I haven’t got enough
time to watch them. So, this week, I’ve made the most of having some enforced
rest and caught up with a few things I had recorded. I’ve finished watching
Silent Witness, tuned into The 7.39 (which I recorded over Christmas and
starred Sheridan Smith) and caught up on a few other one off programmes I had
recorded. What would we do without technology like this?!
Surprise post
There are two kinds of
surprise post. First is the dreaded brown envelope, probably containing
something like a bill or an equally bad piece of news! Then there’s the
surprise post that’s more positive – an unexpected letter from a friend or a
gift you weren’t expecting. Over the last week or so I’ve been really spoilt by
friends and family with cards, balloons, flowers and gifts and I feel truly
grateful to know such amazingly kind people. At the very last minute I also
decided to take part in a Secret Valentine with others I know from the M.E. Community
(like Secret Santa, but on Valentine’s Day), but I thought I’d applied too late
as I didn’t hear back with who I should send to. Then, the day before
Valentine’s Day an amazing parcel arrived for me – such a lovely surprise! (I
have now sent mine too – turns out there was a little mix-up!)
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| Beautifully wrapped gifts |
Texts
I guess this is kind of
similar to surprise post. I actually ended up back in hospital this week (I
know, they can’t keep me away!) with complications after my operation. I’ll be
honest – when my GP rang the Surgical Unit and they asked me to come straight in
I felt pretty tearful. But what kept me going were the lovely texts, Snapchats
and other messages from friends. It’s amazing what a difference a simple
message can make, and it’s inspired me to try and send random texts to friends
more often. After all, it probably takes no more than a couple of minutes of
your time, but can make someone else feel cared about and loved.
This also
seems like a good opportunity to mention Time to Change - although the ‘Time to Talk’ day was on the 6th February, there’s
nothing to stop us doing it all year round. The message behind the slogan is
the organisation trying to promote conversations about mental health, to show
that it is not something we should be ashamed about. For someone with a mental
illness, receiving a simple text asking how they are can make a real
difference. So, my challenge for you this week is to have a conversation with
someone – they don’t have to suffer from a mental illness, it can be anyone you
like, although if you do know someone with mental health problems it would be
great to choose them. Lets get talking more, instead of burying our heads in
the sand and pretending mental illnesses don’t exist. The more we talk about
them, the less scary they will become.
What has grabbed your attention this
week? I love hearing about people’s new discoveries and you may end up sharing
something that makes it onto my list next week!
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