taurean

Happy New Year to everyone.

Happy Christmas from me to all the forum members.

Have some fun and look to stay calm.

I made a commitment that any premium bond wins up to £25 I would donate to OCD-UK. 

It's been a while - I have £500 invested - but today a cheque for £25 arrived! It wouldn't have changed my life, but it will no doubt help our beloved charity  

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year everyone. Let's hope to see more people following the path  towards recovery in 2023.

Thanks as always to everyone at OCD-UK for the great work they do on our behalf.

Just noticed I joined the forums over 10 years ago 

Happy celebrating the Queen's platinum jubilee to all Britain and commonwealth citizens.

Just finished a whole week of celebrating my 72nd birthday, and a whole year free of OCD.

It's been truly wonderful. 

On my fifth day of DIY and general house maintenance projects - and I have absolutely LOVED it!!

Dear forum friends, tomorrow marks a year that I have gone without OCD causing me problems.

So I know  it can be done, if we work on not giving belief to intrusions, phasing out compulsions, and keeping up activities that take time and opportunity away from OCD.

When we work hard to achieve this, the results should come. There will be challenges along the way, it's not easy, but - as I have found- it can be done.

Must be something in the Christmas water. Both one of my nieces, and one of my male friends, got engaged yesterday   

For me, keeping really  busy and involved in beneficial, interesting, things has been so so beneficial - it left little time for any OCD thinking and behaving.

It's something we can all do, we just need to look for, and do, the right sort of things.

For some,throwing themselves into work, homelife, and some socialising  may hit that spot, or something else.

What worked for, retired, me?

A series of ten one-hour one-to-one  fitness training sessions with a brilliant  personal trainer.

An online zoom course on archaeology.

Joining Tthe local camera club, which meets every week.

Updating my IT gear, and learning how to use the new gear.

What can you do to take time away from OCD, and refocus beneficially?

Weather back to "normal" on Friday so make the most of the warm days folks. 

Started a watercolour painting by numbers picture of "Flying Scotsman" today. Very soothing. 

First day this year out working in the garden.

Heavt snow on the way.

Snowing continuously .

Tottenham play my team Brentford in Carabao Cup semifinal tonight on Sky Sports.

Another storm due to hit us tonight. Haven't we suffered enough?

It's nice to hear Xmas music and see decorations. But what a strange festive period.

More rain. Just what we needed.

Storm Francis's winds  raging here in Northampton and UK - be careful everyone. 

My rebate cheque from the tax office has arrived, and so I am donating the rebate - £57 - to our wonderful charity OCD-UK. 

 A £50 tax rebate coming so I will donate it to our wonderful charity OCD-UK. 

Just noticed we have reached 10, 000 registered users of the forums

It's a great milestone to achieve and shows just how important the offering here is to all those affected by OCD. 

Please click on blogs from the forums menu button (browse then blogs) and read my latest entry. I look forward to any comments