On keeping a journal (and patterns of distraction and discouragement)

So about three weeks ago I got all excited about doing various things, none of them on their own very taxing, and doing them every day. The idea was to make sure there was some activity in my days at least that didn't involve watching TV or gaming. It's very easy, when suffering from Serious Depression, to do very little with one's time. (For example, I am right now far too brain-fogged to do any serious coding, and writing seems to be Quite Difficult, which is a bit of a problem seeing as I have two Christmas stories to write!)

The three things were:

* Piano practice
* Writing an entry on 750words.com
* Writing a journal entry here
* Some CBT

None of these is really difficult except for the CBT, which because it involves examining my emotions, etc, I find to be quite hard work. But they all require me to set aside a little time to get it done.

I'm pleased to say I've only missed a day or two of piano practice in the past 3 weeks. But I wanted to talk about the other stuff, because it's useful to talk about this pattern in my head.

( Patterns )