Category: Mental Health/Personality



This post is part of Just Jot it January, and the prompt word, โ€œprompt,โ€ is brought to us by Cheryl. Check out her blog here!

Despite the personal challenges of this month that this Just Jot it January has been, if not fun, at least a challenge to write something when I wanted to shut down and crawl into bed. Instead, the prompts of the day made me write a bit and started journaling subjects to handwrite ideas or emotions that needed a place to express.

Thank you, Cheryl, for the prompt. And Linda for the prompts.


This post is part of Just Jot it January, and the prompt word, โ€œlabyrinth,โ€ is brought to us by Cale. Check out her blog here!

Life feels like a labyrinth right now. So much pulling on a person. But finding my way through means there are things to do. Lately, I’ve been prioritizing my physical and mental health.

Pianoing, knitting and the other hobbies are for my mental. Stationary bike and treadmill, on meandering around the house are for the physical.

Prayers come in in my doings, in my journaling when I find myself staring into space.

I don’t know where the entrance or exit are. But taking each turn should keep the scenery changing.


Your prompt for #JusJoJan the 24th and Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: โ€œtake another look.โ€ Use it any way youโ€™d like. Enjoy!

When you are my age everything demands you take another look. Did I really put the keys in the fridge? What was the microwave instruction on this “easy” dinner? I pull them out of the trash many times, not just once.

Taking more than one look at different stages, decisions,ย  resentments in our lives occur.ย  ‘What could I have done differently or better?’

But second guessing colors the situation in today’s colors. And if you can’t remember the recipe and it’s right there on the box, and today’s business finds keys next to the butter, can we possibly second guess what happened decades ago?

We did our best then in the light of that day. That’s all we can do with today. We’re busy people with more worries than ever before. Forgive yourself so you can forgive others.


Per Linda:  Our Just Jot it January prompt today is brought to us by Rohini. Thank you, Rohini! Please be sure to visit Rohiniโ€™s blog to read their posts and say hello. And follow them while youโ€™re there if youโ€™re not already.

Your prompt for JusJoJan January 23rd, 2026 is โ€œaltruism.โ€ Use it any way youโ€™d like. Have fun!

As perfect as altruism sounds, and I do think it is a goal we should strive for caring for others above ourselves, I believe self care is equally important. Even though it seems best to help others into their oxygen masks, we are taught to put our own on first.

Our children and families do better when we take the time to keep ourselves healthy, physically and mentally.

But maybe the trick is to love others enough to start with healthy self-love.

Burn out


Ever have a day where you just stare into space? Yeah, that’s this day. I’m not fighting it. I’m old enough to know it isn’t permanent. Just time to regroup.

Thursday


This has always been me. ADD. I had the answer but forgot under pressure.

At nearly 76 I still feel like this:


Actually for everyday.

A part of Linda’s One-Liner Wednesday.

Found on Facebook.


The Inherited Mind: A Story of Family, Hope, and the Genetics of Mental IllnessThe Inherited Mind: A Story of Family, Hope, and the Genetics of Mental Illness by James Longman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I rarely give autobiographies five stars. Not because I don’t like them, but because I feel weird saying that a life in writing is the best or worst. It seems like a judgment of the person and not the writing. But in this case, the science and research make this review easy to praise. James Longman’s life was tough, but this book searches for answers about his father and how that applies not only to his own life but to all of us who have had mental illness touch our lives.

Mr. Longman’s courage to attack long-held beliefs about schizophrenia, bipolar, depression and other mental illnesses and owning his own issues in the process make this a marvelous read, worth owning. I did pick up the audible version and felt the author narrated quite well. Now I am thinking about getting the paper version so I can see charts or research more easily.

I highly recommend this book.

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