Sometimes your excuse to keep going despite the mental illness is just that you learned a new thing and want to explore that more. That can be just enough sometimes.

That and the new shoes I ordered coming in. D&D tonight with lovely people. Wanting to paint again sometime this week.

Im at the grasping at straws stage but by god my grip strength has improved.

"I'm at the grasping at straws stage but by god my grip strength has improved" is one of those phrases that's going to live in my mind forever I'm just saying