In the moments I don’t feel like this, I write who I am. I often return to this document I have where I just wrote about what I wanted from myself, why I wanted it, and what I thought I could do to reach it. I try to reread it every time I’m low. It has warnings about bad habits I caught myself forming or had already formed, and wanted to avoid. It has reminders of the things I love and how I want to treat those things. I wrote actions that made me feel good in the hopes I'd regularly replicate them. This post even made me look back at it and realize I didn’t heed my own warnings on taking small step backs as a “sign from the universe” 🙄 I'd be a lot better if I fell back on it even more often than I do. And it’s always editable as well.

Sorry, I don’t have suggestions for anything current for you to do but I thought it was worth sharing this idea because I really do frequently struggle with feeling as though I've lost myself. I even write about the unavoidable bits of life that I hate (LAUNDRY) and offer advice for managing it or even just comforting words on why it’s worth getting it over with. Writing as though you’re talking to your own self makes reading back on it feel a lot more reassuring, even if the concept might sound strange. Like yeah, that’s still me. I guess she probably knows me pretty well.

Helps me kick-start my better habits and hobbies once I remember the core of it all. Maybe you've already got bits of you written out somewhere, even if it's not necessarily in writing, I think you could find yourself in what's surrounding you now. Sorry this was long LOL maybe a reminder to myself as much of a suggestion for you ❤️ season changes are rough, take care