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The month has just begun so there is still time to set some goals or plans for the month.
I started therapy with a new psych on Friday! I’m gonna struggle to keep it up for too long financially, but hopefully can get something from it in the meantime. He thinks I have undiagnosed ADHD which tbh would explain a lot. To get an official diagnosis means going through a different, even more expensive process. So I’m gonna have to try figure that shit out.
My other small self improvement decision was to take FinnishBolshevik’s advice about reading. I used to read a lot more but in the past year or so I got out of the habit somewhat. I’ve started using spare time like waiting for the bus or at the laundromat, sitting on public transport or whatever, to get 15 minutes in here and there instead of doomscrolling. I’m finding PDFs I can read on my phone when I can so I don’t even have to carry around a book or my ereader. I’m listening to audiobooks more instead of just random podcasts/youtube at work. It’s helping me read a lot more!
That's good advice, I'm also trying to read regularly. What are you reading these days?