Just finished up a set of printable images on DVD for a wedding client. Will hand deliver them, break for lunch, and start processing some images from a family portrait shoot this past weekend. Feels good to be busy. Who else here is busy at work or school and LOVING IT? 
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Iām just happy I did the dishes!
Iām getting to that! The kitchen is a bit of a mess. 
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Quote: āTo whom much is given, much is expectedā.
My main problem are negative symptoms (low motivation) right now especially. Good thing you have the energy to work, ckean etcā¦ It must be a good feeling not to be afflicted with Negative symptoms - you can accomplish so much more without them
So my wife tells me. 
And the mother of every bride I photograph. 
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Oh, I have them. Have to push back constantly. Today Iām an hour and a half behind the schedule I set for myself. It has been a matter of replacing one bad habit at a time for the past couple of decades. Not where I need to be, but a long way from where I used to be.
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It seems that you have some control over your Negative symptoms - good for you, more power to you
I am trying to move forward with baby steps - How you are living your life through work and family is admirable
Im not that busy. Yesterday I got out of class early. I have to finish a novel and read for other classes this weekend. I hate going to class but can do work no problem. Itās the physical part of school that I dont like. I have to drive in this damn city (Memphis, ugh, worst drivers in the USA and even worse streets) and I hate walking to class and sitting there. I handle the material no problem. This one class is pretty crap while the others are more interesting- honors literary heritage is not fun. I dont like literature. I like to read nonfiction, last time I actually voluntarily read a fictional book was A Scanner Darkly, which is related to psychosis, so that hardly counts.
But I am glad to hear that you are doing well and enjoy your job. I am studying crap like literature because colleges make you take tons of ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā classes that have nothing to do with your major. Not saying literature is ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā for everyone, some people want to major in it and make it their life. Not meā¦lol
My grandma always said, āBusy hands are happy hands.ā Lol.
Just to relate what worked for meā¦ I found that my negative symptoms affected me so harshly over such a long period of time that they made the ugly transition from symptoms to well ingrained habits. My sponsor from a 12-step program helped me with this. We would pick one thing I was really having trouble with, and he would motivate me every day to just do that one thing I needed to. It started with things like personal hygiene. Once I was in the habit of showering, shaving, and styling my hair every day, he was on my back about finding a hobby and doing that every day. And so on.
We didnāt try to fix every problem I had at the same time because thatās too big a hill for even neurotypicals to climb. But changing that one thing you need to every day and keeping it up until youāve gone from a negative symptom to a positive habit makes a HUGE difference to oneās quality of life over the long run.
Edit: I should mention that the childhood hobbies he nagged me to re-engage with ā computers and photography ā both turned into careers. I was good at computers, but didnāt enjoy it as a career. I appear to be even better with photography and am enjoying it more, since I have much more control over my exposure to others (too many people at once still makes me horribly symptomatic).
HTH
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It took a lot of time for me and my preservation team to get to the habit of just one small thing at a timeā¦ Everyone wanted to help me conquer everythingā¦ and then I could do nothing.
One step at a timeā¦ how do you eat the biggest cake in the world? One bite at a timeā¦
Thanks for sharing and posting this info @pixel - I will try to change things one at a time - yesterday I managed to do a bit of vacuuming - It was a tiny step, but at least i managed