Shelly: Congratulations on the new digs and the volunteering.

For now you have your hands full. Decorating and organizing your new home, getting acquainted with your new neighborhood: find your local library, grocery store, post office. Get your music set up. Some nice indoor potted plants to tend to, maybe a cat or bird, if allowed. Try to see the joy in your new life, make it a beginning. Check the newspaper for upcoming community events: fairs, library or book readings, nature walks if you are up to it.

Do one girlie thing for yourself every night: nice pj's, shower or bath, moisturize, nails. My personal favorite is a foot soak and a good foot moisturizer. You may find this is much fun once you get your head into the positive. You can not change what has happened, only learn to accept it and then move forward. Know you are in my thoughts and prayers. Debbie

Shelley, welcome to the blog community. I hope you find it as supportive as I have. Look forward to getting to know you better through your blogs.

I like Debbie's suggestions about integrating into your new community. Every community is unique, it should be quite interesting to explore your new surrounds and find that "flavour" that makes it special.

There may be somewhere you can volunteer, somewhere you can learn, somewhere you can share that special interest. Look for groups who enjoy music, looking after the environment, forming caring communities. Gardening you have already found, my idea of a brilliant way to combine exercise and food!

If you can find a helping hand organisation, anywhere you work alongside other like-minded volunteers, then that might give you opportunities for forming new friendships as well.

I think a lot of depression stems from the loss of who you once were, but as you need to establish a "new normal" in a new place you can actually reinvent yourself.

Sue.

shelly:

welcome to wonderful world of blogging. please don't do the same mistake I did & suffered with depression. don't try to look too far in future looking at your present condition thinking it will remain same, since I discovered only change is permanant & things do change & improve so your life will be far different than what you will be torturing yourself with today's thoughts. So My advice to you is don't worry about future & stay in present & enjoy your present since that is our gift from God. I also believe volunteering & having routine in life helps adjust to new normal fast.

hope to get to know you more through your blogs.

Asha

Shelly: Congratulations on the new digs and the volunteering.

 

For now you have your hands full. Decorating and organizing your new home, getting acquainted with your new neighborhood: find your local library, grocery store, post office. Get your music set up. Some nice indoor potted plants to tend to, maybe a cat or bird, if allowed. Try to see the joy in your new life, make it a beginning. Check the newspaper for upcoming community events: fairs, library or book readings, nature walks if you are up to it.

 

Do one girlie thing for yourself every night: nice pj's, shower or bath, moisturize, nails. My personal favorite is a foot soak and a good foot moisturizer. You may find this is much fun once you get your head into the positive. You can not change what has happened, only learn to accept it and then move forward. Know you are in my thoughts and prayers. Debbie

Debbie, what a great idea! I like to do something each night. Thanks, shelley

Shelley, welcome to the blog community. I hope you find it as supportive as I have. Look forward to getting to know you better through your blogs.

 

I like Debbie's suggestions about integrating into your new community. Every community is unique, it should be quite interesting to explore your new surrounds and find that "flavour" that makes it special.

 

There may be somewhere you can volunteer, somewhere you can learn, somewhere you can share that special interest. Look for groups who enjoy music, looking after the environment, forming caring communities. Gardening you have already found, my idea of a brilliant way to combine exercise and food!

 

If you can find a helping hand organisation, anywhere you work alongside other like-minded volunteers, then that might give you opportunities for forming new friendships as well.

 

I think a lot of depression stems from the loss of who you once were, but as you need to establish a "new normal" in a new place you can actually reinvent yourself.

 

Sue.[/q

 

 

Sue,

 

I never really thought that Kingwood was so unique! yesterday i went to the mailboxes and the was a bulletin board up there. Maybe i should read them.

 

shelley

shelly:

 

welcome to wonderful world of blogging. please don't do the same mistake I did & suffered with depression. don't try to look too far in future looking at your present condition thinking it will remain same, since I discovered only change is permanant & things do change & improve so your life will be far different than what you will be torturing yourself with today's thoughts. So My advice to you is don't worry about future & stay in present & enjoy your present since that is our gift from God. I also believe volunteering & having routine in life helps adjust to new normal fast.

hope to get to know you more through your blogs.

 

Asha

Asha,

Thank you for your comments. I will try not too be depressed. I have to remember that God wants me to do something, bot what?

shelley

Try to maintain a positive outlook at life and try to laugh every day. If that doesn't help ask your doctor for meds.

Fred!