We all know how crazy 2020 was and for someone like me who was already in a mental health dip, it was a very gruelling year. I know many people were in the same boat as me over the last twelve months, and now we have an enormous amount of boats surrounding us. There's almost too many to count.

So, I thought it might be useful if I shared some of the things that have helped me over the last twelve months as I've worked on my anxiety, depression and PTSD.

There are many things that I couldn’t live without, but I have picked just five to tell you about today.

My Journal.

I have written my thoughts into a notebook for many years since 1993, I started it quite sporadically although I am now on journal number 51 which I think is staggering! Some of these include notebooks from online courses though. During the latter years that I was with my ex I didn’t always write my thoughts out and there are only ten from the time I spent with him, so that's an average of one a year. Since I left him, however, I’ve filled thirty notebooks that are just my thoughts in the last eleven years! That's an average of 2.7 notebooks a year!!!