Amy builds Cloud Native Applications and has delivered talks at ServerlessConf and AWS Summit Chicago. Amy has survived acquisitions, layoffs, and balancing life with two young children.
I feel for you, as I'm having some difficult weeks now.
This isn't as detailed, but these work for me.
For bad days, I do self-care first. I make sure I eat and cleaned myself up. Then I do a productive chore outside my house such as groceries, a post-office run, or a trip to a library (mostly because one of my issues is never leaving my house). If I can maintain for a few days, then sometimes it abates itself on its own.
For bad weeks, I have friends with similar issues and a well-check program. We check in with each other if there's no contact or suspicious social media postings after a couple of weeks or so. If I don't receive a call and I believe I need one, I start cold-calling my friends. It gives me an obligation to forcibly reconnect.
I feel for you, as I'm having some difficult weeks now.
This isn't as detailed, but these work for me.
For bad days, I do self-care first. I make sure I eat and cleaned myself up. Then I do a productive chore outside my house such as groceries, a post-office run, or a trip to a library (mostly because one of my issues is never leaving my house). If I can maintain for a few days, then sometimes it abates itself on its own.
For bad weeks, I have friends with similar issues and a well-check program. We check in with each other if there's no contact or suspicious social media postings after a couple of weeks or so. If I don't receive a call and I believe I need one, I start cold-calling my friends. It gives me an obligation to forcibly reconnect.
Good luck, I hope it helps.
Thank you for sharing. Hope it' gets better for you.