My truth in this life

1. If you had all the money in the world, how would you choose to spend your life?

2. What makes, and when do, you lose yourself … and later realise that you’d lost all track of time?

3. What lifts your spirits on grey and dreary day?

4. When you are old, and look back on your life, what sorts of things will matter most to you?

5. What are three things that you hope to achieve?

6. What kind of person do you want to be?

1. Acknowledge how you feel, and accept that this is going to be a more challenging day.

2. Commit to doing the absolute essentials but don’t push yourself to do everything.

3. Prioritize what’s important. For example, if you have a report that has to be submitted, then decide to work on that. However, if it is something that can wait, set it aside for now.

4. Work through your to-do list in small chunks of time – making sure you get plenty of breaks.

5. Tell someone who will understand. We need to get support when we’re feeling low.

6. Be wise in your use of social media. It may be good to deactivate your facebook account, or to switch off your phone to protect yourself from images and chit chat that leaves you feeling worse.

7. Make sure you leave the house and get a change of scenery.