Ah, the essential question about work… why are some days so tough and then the next day you can just get up and do what needs to be done?<\/p>\n
It’s simply the nature of the ilness.\u00a0 It is the main reason so many people with bipolar disorder can’t or choose not to work at a stressful job. It’s hard for us to maintain a consistent work ability day after day. The mood swings often get in the way.\u00a0 The secret is to find work that allows for mood swings. I know, this is hard. It’s very hard, but it’s possible.<\/p>\n
It also helps to be ready for the mood swings and have things in place to get your work done anyway.\u00a0 I also make sure I use the good days to my full advantage and work as much as I can. Deadlines help me a lot.\u00a0 Get it Done When You’re Depressed<\/em> is especially helpful when you absolutely have to work, or take an exam, or go to an event, etc.<\/p>\n What works for you? Going up and down in your work ability doesn’t happen because you can’t get your act together. It happens becuase it’s part of the illness.\u00a0<\/p>\n Julie<\/p>\n PS: I spoke to a wondeful audience at the Eugene Faith Center in Eugene,\u00a0 Oregon this weekend. I will post pictures soon.\u00a0 Giving the presentation was amazing- the work involved before and after was hard. Once again, that’s just how it can be with this ilness!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ah, the essential question about work… why are some days so tough and then the next day you can just get up and do what needs to be done?<\/p>\n It’s simply the nature of the ilness. It is the main reason so many people with bipolar disorder can’t or choose not to work at a stressful job. It’s hard for us to maintain a consistent work ability day after day. The mood swings often get in the way. The secret is to find work that allows for mood swings. I know, this is hard. It’s very hard, but it’s possible.<\/p>\n It also helps to be ready for the mood swings and have things in place to get your work done anyway. I also make sure I use the good days to my full advantage and work as much as I can. Deadlines help me a lot. Get it Done When You’re Depressed is especially helpful [ Read More ]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1717"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11806,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1717\/revisions\/11806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}