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1. I‘m tired. I didn‘t get enough sleep last night and I found another leak in my shower last night. Water is leaking through the shower floor and it created a hole in the grout. My mom thinks it has something to do with the shower drain when the contractors built the shower.

2. Tagged! The teen girl in this book has depression so her mom makes her a cake for 100 days to make her feel better. I liked this book.

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#MentalHealthMonday

1. Tired & a bit overwhelmed work-wise. Having a little extra time off was helpful in some ways but put me behind in others.

2. I‘m excited to read this mental health fiction book with #RiseUpReads next month. Including the post from @Catsandbooks in case anyone wants to join in.
Catsandbooks's post on Litsy https://litsy.com/p/YUV3NTJOeWw4

#MentalHealthMonday @Kerrbearlib

1. Right now my pain level is about a four. It would be lower, but I stood in the kitchen for 20 minutes doing chores.
2. Loved how the author slowly revealed all the emotions of the characters.

1. I take an exercise class on Mondays. I‘m feeling a tiny bit sore, but I had a good chat afterwards with a couple who are taking the class together.
2. Bookriot has the tagged book on a list of must-read books about mental illness. It features a young woman who bounces around the foster system when her mother (played by Michelle Pfeiffer in the movie) goes to prison. Movie & book are both intense.
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#MentalHealthMonday check in

1. Feeling a little out of sorts. The spring time change always throws me off balance. I'll be glad when my body adjusts.
2. Bet on It by Jodie Slaughter has characters with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and complex PTSD (CPTSD). I have both conditions and I think Slaughter does a great job depicting what it's like.

#MentalHealthMonday

1. Just okay, still stuffy & wheezy so not as much sleep as I wanted to get but I have the next few days (mostly) off which makes me happy.

2. “You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” — Buddha
I find it is very easy to forget this sometimes.🪷🍵 I actively try to be kind & loving to myself🩶

#mentalhealthmonday @Kerrbearlib

1. I am feeling ok… it is almost spring break, so I have some light at the end of this tunnel
2. You can‘t fill others cups if your cup is empty!

1. I haven‘t recently lost a friend or family member, but my response to what‘s happening in this country now is a kind of grief. Which is a complicated set of emotions…
2. Last year I attended a grief seminar. I wasn‘t experiencing traditional grief at that time either, but I was “mourning” the loss of what I had thought was a close friendship. During the seminar I received a valuable insight:

YOUR FEELINGS ARE YOUR FEELINGS
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