Projecting

Not projecting as in a projector, but projecting as in the act of completing projects.  That is my night tonight. And part of my day. Luck me, I went to a psychiatric hospital and found out that it could be therapeutic! YES! I love when things are love to do are actually more meaningful than I first thought. While I was in the hospital we had a group called "cognitive task".  It was run by an OT and we worked on projects, things that were tangible and three dimensional and usually had a specific purpose (example, grounding beads from previous post).

Today I worked on two projects that I would say are cognitive tasks.  One is repainting a piece of furniture so it more ideally matches the decor of my new place (which is oh so slowly coming together to be something lovely).

The other project is something that I am making as a gift for my co-workers who I have left/am leaving. (I quit my job. I'm still there working per diem, but not full time. In the midst of switching jobs).  I wanted to leave them with something small. I found these bowls at goodwill for $.96 and already had paint pens. It's a bowl for "oxygen moments".  That is a skill my therapist taught me to help take a break from serious moments or emotions and feel something positive.  You think of a memory, a joke, an experience that is associated with a positive emotion and focus on it, describe it- either verbally or written, or drawing. As humans, we remember things in different ways so when you start remembering this positive thing you start to feel the positive emotion.  Well, my job is extremely high stress with way too much drama. Everyone needs some optimism and a reminder of why they are there, so I made these bowls for my team members and am going to write down memories that are happy, funny or tender for them. I might decorate the bowls more too. I haven't decided if simple words is better or a little more color. Feel free to offer suggestions. 

You can also see my hammer is out on my kitchen table as I randomly decide to work on hanging decorations.  I just haven't had the vision of what I want so it's been a slow process.