Staying On Track

This is how I'm keeping myself on track from month to month.  And yes, it makes me feel a little like a 10 year old, but whatever works, right?

I made myself this little packet.  The first page is an October calendar so I can keep track of stuff (cuz y'know, I have a really busy social life and all . . . ).  Pages 2 and 3 are my mood chart, where I keep track of taking my medicine, how my moods are every day, how I sleep, whether or not I eat fast food or go to the gym, and my weight.  Mood charting is a big thing in bipolar patients and something that my psychiatrist has encouraged me to do since I first started seeing him.  It does help.  The last page is a list of goals I set for myself for October.  The goal list is a new thing but I think it'll be helpful.  Plus I like playing with Sharpies so I had fun writing it.

I also have a little notebook where I make weekly TO DO lists, because I'm weird like that.