No More Zero Days

[MarkJT]

So an idea was floated and i love it. It is called 'No more zero days". What does this mean? It means that to help you recover and to help keep yourself healthy, you make a practice of having no zero days.

No zero days are the days where you do absolutely nothing. Like lay in ed all day. This are obviously counter productive to recovery and self care.

If you find yourself having one of these days, do one push up, walk around the block, cook something healthy, practice some mindfulness, something, anything, just dont do nothing, i.e. have a zero day.

I am well advanced in my recovery from PTSD and i still have days where i want to do nothing but i at least have to achieve at least one thing on those days. I now have a name to apply to it...a no zero day.

Perhaps make a list of things or activities you can do if you find yourseld in danger of having a zero day so you have an easy reference point.

Good luck and lets all collectively have no zero days!

Mark.

[Quiettall]

Hi Mark

I have not spoken to you before on here, but I thank you for this...great leadership and inspirational thinking. Even if people are not suffering from depression, anxiety, PTSD or other ailments, and just feeling lost and alone, this is a great suggestion. I find when I have nothing planned for the day, I like to take time to plant a seed and watch it grow, replant a plant, pick a flower or vegetable, take a walk, go for a bike ride, or just find something positive and surprising to do for someone else. It is amazing how 1 simple thing can change the complexion of a day from nothing to positive and happy.

Thank you Mark, and I look forward to reading more posts on your suggestion

Peter

[MarkJT]

Peter, would love to take credit but can't! It was a collective idea but what I can see if that you already have a decent list of things to make sure you have no zero days.

When you really break it down, you could come up with a massive list but the object overall is to do at least one thing. The hope is that by doing that one thing, it would inspire oneself to do one more thing, then another and so one until you are doing several tasks throughout the day.

It is an interesting concept and I really like the idea.

Mark.