Self-care

During periods of stress like this, when I am doing things outside of my comfort zone, I need to be especially careful with my self-care, monitoring my condition and doing everything I can to stay balanced.  I seem to do pretty well with some of the standard things like enough sleep, maintaining a healthy diet, prayer, meditation and daily exercise.  The activities that I need to be careful with are my social interactions, relationships and asking for help or support.  I still have a slight tendency to isolate during times of stress and a desire to do things on my own.  Since I am normally providing service to others, they actually appreciate it when I ask for help - and it feels good to me too.