Hey Thinking out loud here :D
For the month of April (ok for the rest of April) I have decided to challenge myself by taking part in the selfcareathon that was created by The Blurt Foundation. This to me is a big challenge as I know how bad I am at uploading blog posts given that this one is a day late, but I know this is something I'm going to make myself do as I feel I can't, not do this challenge considering the book trilogy I'm currently writing is mostly based on a mental illness.
The challenge is to write a post each day ( I'm going to aim to write a poem or a short story or something along those lines) but it could be as simple as posting a picture with a caption from the prompts, I will post the picture below this post and will also upload it to my social media for selfcareathon. The idea is for self-care to show love to ourselves and show ourselves that we are able to do anything and anything is possible.
For me this is part of getting rid of the stigmas we put on ourselves and that other people put on us and that over the years have gone hand in hand with mental illnesses. Although I personally don't have a mental illness part of this for me is bringing awareness to a part of society that needs looking at more, that needs to be talked about more. There are more people than we realise who have a mental illness and so easily slip under a line of no one knowing because these days it seems so easy to turn away than see what is staring at us something that could so easily be stopped by there being more help and there being more talk about, and more out there about the first signs of someone having a mental illness. Another part of it for me is to let people know they are not alone, that there are people out there who care and who want to help in whatever way possible.
This awareness is something I hope to one day help bring more into the light when my books are published.
I personally think this is an amazing idea I got the idea to do the blogs from http://www.carriehopefletcher.com/ who got the challenge idea from https://www.blurtitout.org/ The Blur Foundation. If like me you want to give this ago it is in no way too late you still have a fair few days to go so feel free to join, in you can do this whatever way you want to, all you need to remember is to use #blurtselfcareathon somewhere in your post and maybe even tag @theblurtfoundation.
I'm starting with day six and today's prompt is Support.
Support
by Freya Anastasia Hatfield
Strength
Uplifting
Power
Patience
Organisation
Resilience
Together
Thank you for reading today's blog, I will be back tomorrow for day seven. I hope you're all well and having a lovely day!
love always Thinking out loud xx :D
#blurtselfcareathon
here is the picture of all the selfcareathon prompts
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| the picture is from The Blurt Foundation Instagram page all credit for the picture goes to them. @theblurtfoundation |
