WayAhead
Mental Health - Education, Support and Prevention
Hey @CheerBear crafting ban, oh noes!
But, yeah, I read about the letter of inspection, yuk. Want to know a trick I used to use with multiple people in the house? Gonna tell you anyway! 
1 box labelled, even contacted and decorated, for each persons' things (your own too) to be tossed placed into when they were out of place in any room. At the end of the day/ week/ chosen time period, those things were put back into neatness however you choose to have it, in their rooms.
A reward for doing without being told to do was also arranged - all timings and activities were made out in a sheet on the fridge which taught them some level of autonomy.
When one saw another get their reward when they themselves had not earned it, an explanation helped them understand for next time and things slowly but surely changed. I discovered I had a very mercenary child who would even tidy for the others if they got their reward.
I also kept a pot planter in the lounge room for a quick tidy up, toys from floor could be literally thrown into the pot and voila, tidy room. I did live in the house from hell though and tidy it had to be before he came home - I never let anyone oil the squeeky gate, thus we had about 3 minutes warning. Fun times 
@Bunniekins so sorry you're not feeling the best. Rest, it's okay to rest,Pea. I spend time drooling over some crafty goodness sometimes to give myself a bit of a lift 
sometimes that isn't enough though I do understand. 
@Bunniekins @Shaz51 @outlander the jigsaw has not progressed very far, still sorting pieces, but it has progressed. I don't want it to go too fast yet though there will be times when I spend hours sitting at it I'm sure. I really like to have multiple stations of available pass times set up for moving from one to the other and for the first time, I'm manageing to allow myself to do that.
I have a few SunsOut and Ravensburger jigsaws, I can redo jigsaws, it's one thing I can redo and still gain some pleasure from.
Craft Good Wishes to anyone who passes by.
Nice to see you here @Shaz51, I just find things I want to learn to do Shaz, then try to do it. I do get creative when it comes to finding solutions to problems I have. Unable to find a spice holder for sachets big enough or suitable in any way to my home, I made one to hang on the inside of the pantry door.
I was exposed to inventiveness when I was quite small, the husband of the lady who looked after me when ma couldn't had been a Japanese prisoner of war and I'm told I followed him around like a shadow. He made all manner of things out of practically nothing, and I think I learned the ways of such things by watching him and listening to him talk, although never of those experiences.
I'm sure you are creative too, sweetheart, you just have other things to be creative about!
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