New ideas to help with time management
Something occurred to me. I want something, that’s mine alone. That the others can’t take away. I want something that’s mine, that they can’t steal away like they do with Time.
I always have avoided feelings. My own feelings I mean. And let the others take them because I didn’t want to feel them.
But maybe if I could take some feelings. And claim them for me. And say “I, Pilgrim, feel this way”… and then… they are something I could have for me. They would be MINE, something no one else could take away. Then I could have some things for myself to hold on to. To keep me grounded on the Earth instead of always floating away.
Of course, I can’t even figure out what feelings are most of the time. I know happy, sad, ….um….disappointed. That’s about it.
Well yesterday we had a big inside meeting after I talked with ___ at _____ about the problems I’m having and she made some suggestions, I wrote them down the best I could understand them, and I’m typing up exactly what the Kids wrote in my notebook afterwards
____’s suggestions:
1. Sign in/sign out sheet: so T knows who is there at the session and doesn’t have to guess and doesn’t have to ask that embarrassing questions “Who am I talking to?”. Saves both people time. Also to know who is leaving a session and make sure there is an adult around. You have to be able to write your name to be able to leave.
2. A timer (for me) to practice timing to learn what an hour feels like I also (my idea) ordered a visual timer (timetimer.com) not just for me but also for my class, it has red on it that shows how much time is left, when the red gets littler, there is less time, it’s a way to see time passing, which is something I need to learn to develop is a sense of time. Since I can’t even tell how long 5 minutes is or 1 hour is. Like, I sat there and talked to ___ for a little bit. I couldn’t tell you if we talked for 10 minutes or if we talked for an hour or what. I didn’t look at a clock to see what time we started or ended.
3. A digital clock (half of us cant read a regular clock) so we can keep track of time ourselves
4. We can pretend ourselves that our sessions only going to be 20 or 30 minutes so we better hurry up and start talking
5. Let T know what we need in the last 10 minutes. So she doesn’t feel helpless or frustrated. Tell her with words. Use are words. Like say I need a hug or I need help calming down.
4. We need T to help us make sure there’s a grown up there BEFORE we go out the office door. T can be real firm about it because its about SAFETY. There has to be someone over 16 who is NOT upset to leave the office. T can ask for a grown up who is calm to come and one has to come. No in 30 minutes but right then. Then we can sign out and leave.
Going to share these with my Therapist this week. Hopefully they will be helpful.
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