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How to Build and Maintain a Budget with Manic Depressive Disorders

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  Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Budgeting can be hard for anyone that has difficulties with managing their money. But it’s especially hard for people who have manic episodes. During the highs it can be easy to spend as a celebration or a treat, and during the lows spending can be used for a hit of dopamine or even as a punishment (depending on your level of self awareness). So today we’re going to break down the best ways to take average budgeting tips and make them work for you. Step One: Calculate The start of any good budget it going to be sitting down to figure out your financial situation. Grab a piece of paper and start writing down everything you have to pay on a monthly basis. Include everything: monthly household expenses, monthly subscriptions, groceries, gas, utilities, car payments, loan payments. Once you have all of these numbers on your paper, add them all together and get your estimated monthly total. Then take your average total monthly income and write that...
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9 Tips and Tools to Combat Depression

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  Photo by Anna Tarazevich Odds are if you’ve found your way to this blog, and this post. You’re either currently struggling or have known what it’s like to struggle with mental illness. Everyone’s path to handling it will be different, and no one person can say that their ideas will work to cure the problem. Falling into the pits of depression can be the worst thing in the world, and crawling back out seems near impossible. I want to start by saying that there is no cure for mental illness. Most people have heard the phrase “It’s all in your head.” It’s meant to be something that’s supposed to make you feel like you can shake it off, or you should shake it off. But for those of us faced with depression and similar disorders, it’s easier said than done. So what can you do to ease the symptoms of depression, and pull yourself out of the pit? The answer will always be different for everyone, but here’s what works for me. 1.       Write it down. Journa...
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