Start With a Dot Journal: A Journal for Making Your Mark | 
I‘ve been struggling with an overwhelming feeling of not being effective. It‘s probably a mashup of anxiety and depression, chronic pain, unemployment, 2 small children, and winter weather. I know I need to do something, and I‘m willing to try unusual solutions. So I got this journal to help me “make my mark.” Hopefully the creative prompts push me to feeling effective and accomplished.
rockpools Sounds like a great plan! Hope it helps 🤗. 6y
Mdargusch Good luck! 👍🏼 6y
WhatThePuck My husband as been off work for 14 months due to an injury. He struggles with this daily. You are appreciated and are effective in helping someone's life be a little easier. Whether it's your SO who doesn't have any extra worries about home stuff while they are at work or your kids just having you home. This might be a hard time for you but it'll be a favorite of theirs. Speaking from experience. Hang in there. 6y
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WhatThePuck My favorite memories of my mom are the 6 months she was unemployed. She had so much extra time for the little things. I know now she was barely holding it together but she made it the best for me. 6y
mrsmarch @WhatThePuck My mom was a SAHM & it was just us so I always had her. But I feel so pressured to perform, work full time, be super successful. 5 yr old & 2 yr old. I hope even though I‘m overwhelmed & there‘s laundry EVERYWHERE they have good memories. 6y
WhatThePuck Who doesn't have laundry everywhere? Lol. I have 3 baskets right now and my daughter just cleaned her room and filled the tall laundry basket to overflowing. I feel that it's just how we're being conditioned nowadays. You aren't successful unless you make a ton of money or your job is fulfilling. 6y
mrsmarch @WhatThePuck Ugh. 4 baskets plus a full dryer & a full washer. I‘m so torn bc my mother‘s ambition was to be a SAHM & it brought her so much happiness; but my parents wanted me to be “more” but what if I wanted to be a SAHM too? I‘m so happy to have 2 girls; I was an only child & I‘m glad each girl has a sister. Can there be success in being no more or less than a parent? 6y
WhatThePuck I used to work at a hospital 3 days a week and loved the extra time I could stay home with my kids. My house hasn't been clean since I had my son 4 years ago. 🤣 It won't be until he's at least 9 or 10 and then it'll be a different kind of dirty. I don't think our parents generation did it right. I don't think it was their fault, but in their pursuit to tell us we could be whatever we want to be they left out being content. 6y
mrsmarch @WhatThePuck My 2nd child leaves crumbs everywhere. EVERYWHERE. She‘s a crumb machine. 6y
WhatThePuck My 12 year old leaves clothes, shoes, soccer equipment and trash everywhere. My 4 year old leaves shoes and toys everywhere. He will empty his toy box, dump his blocks, and markers and crayons and walk away. 6y
BookBabe I‘ve been feeling a lot of that myself. In my case, it‘s because I, who have never really mastered “adulting”, am now in charge of everything regarding my elderly disabled mother‘s care, and settling my father‘s affairs (he recently passed away). I feel like I‘m way in over my head. I‘m not happy that you‘re going through lousy feelings too, but it is a comfort knowing one isn‘t alone. *hugs* 6y
mrsmarch @BookBabe The wonderful thing about Litsy is I‘ve learned I‘m never alone. 🥰❤️ 6y