Watching after ourselves

Today was interesting, good start, strange middle, strong finish. I was having a reasonably productive day and then all of a sudden I went into doubt and slowdown. The demons were dancing in my head and I was getting sucked into it. I started to come up with excuses as to why I couldn't possibly do any more and how the rest of the day was pretty much shot. And then I realized what was happening and tried to stop the madness. I set a very small goal for myself, accomplished it to my surprise and then moved on to another task and before I knew it I forgot that "the day was shot" and moved on to bigger and better things eventually having gotten more done than I had ever anticipated. The moral for me was that I need to be ever vigilant about my own mental health. I have to pay attention to the small signs of things going south and identify them for what they are, lies. Lies that derail us from productive, healthy lives. I finished the day at the gym and that really felt good, exercise has really been helpful for my attitude.