Just One Thing (22 September 2016)

[nanila]

It's challenge time!

Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.

Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished!

Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!

Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.

Go!

Happy (Autumnal/Vernal) Equinox!

Comments

[lilysea]

Brushed teeth

Rang bank to check my credit card limit had been lowered to $1000 as I requested

Rang up and booked transport for next week x2

Did laundry x 3

Fielded !Surprise! phone call from OT from hell

Rang People with disabilities, to request an advocate for upcoming meeting with OT from hell

Made a phone call to rearrange something

Made a phone call to cancel something

Made a phone call to reschedule a specialist appt

Made a phone call to reschedule a dentist appt

Chatted to a friend on the phone

Loaded dishwasher

[nanila]

Lots of phone calls and responsible chore-doing there, well done!

[alatefeline]

I'm in awe. I manage that many Reponsible Adult Communications via phone over the course of ... maybe a month if I'm lucky. Go you!!!

[lilysea]

Thank you! ^_^

Well, if I don't phone-book transport to appts (3 business days ahead of time), I can't attend appts,

and if I don't phone-book assistance onto the train with my mobility scooter, I can't catch the train with my mobility scooter, so...

[alatefeline]

Am I allowed to be impressed anyway? Serious question. I think it might bother me if someone was being impressed at *how well I cope with* my sensory issues, but I'd like it if they were impressed at how well I *used* that insight to accomplish something. It seems like you've acquired a valuable skill I don't have (phone skills; I have phone anti-skills like panicking) even though it's been forced on you by circumstances, such as like insufficiently convenient accessible transport, and I think that's why I thought it was so cool. But. Um. Words?

[lilysea]

Am I allowed to be impressed anyway?

Yes, you are. ^_^

What I meant was:

"I still find phone calls difficult/tiring/stressful/anxiety provoking/exhausting, but I DON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE ABOUT MAKING THEM IF I WANT TO GET MY BASIC NEEDS MET."

There's no non-phone way for me to get transport, or book medical appts, or...

[alatefeline]

Thanks for clarifying. I'm sorry that you are in a situation of being forced to routinely phone for basic things. That sucks.