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Worksheet Sheet Low mood and motivation

A Plan for a Bad Week

Decide now what a low-energy week looks like, so you are not deciding while sunk.

Purpose: Decide now what a low-energy week looks like, so you are not deciding while sunk.

When to use: Fill this in on a steadier day. Read it when the week goes sideways.

Worksheet prompts

  1. The three things that stay, no matter how bad the week gets.
    Sleep, food, one person, medicine, showing up somewhere.
  2. Three things that get dropped without guilt during a week like that.
  3. How will you know a bad week has started?
    Dishes pile up, phone goes unanswered, sleeping through the day.
  4. Who do you tell, and what do you want them to do?

A bad week handled on purpose is different from a bad week that just happens to you.