Bad Day box

I found an idea on this forum years ago.  Wanted to share it.

It is a box stored under the bed with coping activities for a bad day.  Something you can do to lift your mood on one of those days when you can't get out of bed.

I picked a box that could double as a lap desk.  I stuffed mine with EASY craft activities.  I'm a skilled artist and generally talented with crafty things.  But when I'm not well, the simplest task is impossible.  My bad day box has crafts at the difficulty level for children under 10 years old.  They can be completed in an hour or less.  I have an adult  coloring book (not XXX, just better pictures than the preschool ones) and some word puzzle books in there.  If you done struggle with emotional eating, a favorite treat can be nice.

oh no, I thought this was the box that I could put my bad day in! I have a good range of coping skills. Today I had to go beyond my own box of tricks and reach out to others. My pdoc has made a little change to my meds and I hope I sleep tonight because I feel like I won't be able to function in the way I need to tomorrow. I shall do my best. Anyhow, back to the bad day box which is a fabulous idea btw.

I love the idea, but I think Living Well has a good idea also, maybe Happy Bill should make a forum on here as a bad day box also and we can all come on and release our tensions whenever we are having a bad day. NOt sure how well it would work but it's an idea