Thursday, February 15, 2018

#thegoodlist


Last summer my husband and I sold our Atlanta home, packed up, and headed west to Boise ID. The reasons for this move were many, but primarily we wanted to simplify our lives and make more time for our children and for each other. Despite careful planning and thorough goodbyes, the move was extremely hard.

Somewhere between arriving in Boise and finally buying a home here, I fell into a deep depression. Depression is not uncharted territory for me and I've created a sort of tool box that includes everything from taking care of my diet and exercising regularly to seeking professional help. For months after moving, even with support, I still felt a lingering heart ache. Around that time I started posting a daily "Good List" to Instagram stories. Gratitude and paying attention to the things that made me feel good — not healed or cured or even better but just good — each day became a prayer at the end of season of sorrow.

So many people have reached out to say how much they love the lists, or even just some thing from the day's list and that helped me feel connected in a way that social media had never made me feel before. Some of you have asked if you could play along. And a few have asked what the hell #thegoodlist is even.

To answer? #thegoodlist is a tiny but mighty hashtag by Erin Loechner at Design for Mankind. Erin posts her own good list to her Instagram feed, but as she says "The practicing is the good stuff.
The publishing? Entirely optional", which is really to say that there is no wrong way to create your own good list. I post mine daily to stories where it lives for the day and then disappear because I like that the lists, like the feelings inspired by them, aren't lasting. 

And thats the point entirely, no day or season is perfect but there is always some good to be shared if you pay attention. 

You can find me @stirandscribble on instragram any time you want to see the days list or share your own. 

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  1. Meghan, I read your article on what you do not do to your cast iron skillet. It was helpful and well-written. I am not as meticulous as you are, but have taken care of the cast iron skillets I have used. The problem I am trying to solve is that recently I have gotten some cast-iron skillets that were my parents (they are early 50's or before) and my parents did not care for them as well as they should have. There is no rust but there is not a slick surface either; it is sort of lumpy. In fact I do not ever recall there being a slick surface even in my childhood (I am 64 and learned to cook on them). Perhaps you need more facts to suggest what I might do and if so please ask or if you have some suggestions please let me know. By the way, I suffer and used to suffer far worse from depression and I hope you are doing better. Take care and all the best...Bob Jungman

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