Sounds great. How do we start writing our own prescription?

I have created a journal that includes a number of blank prescriptions for wellbeing templates. Each prescription asks a few simple questions:

What outcome do you want a prescription for? To feel less anxious, more focused, more confident in exams, calmer, better sleep and so on (and yes, you can have a separate prescription for each of these).
What are your symptoms? This is a short summary of how I’m feeling and the signs suggesting I need to take action. I often find that writing the symptoms helps me to redefine my outcome. For example, instead of calm the outcome I really need might be focus.
What things do you know usually work? What can I do that would help reduce the symptoms or achieve the outcome stated? What’s worked for me in the past? What do other people find helpful? What do experts suggest I could do?
What things do you know that don’t work or hinder progress being made? What do I do that might be hindering my progress? What’s hindered my progress in the past? What do other people stop doing to support the outcome?
Who can you talk to who would be able to support or help you? I don’t have to do this alone, so I could ask for help from family, friends, health practitioners, doctors, counsellors, therapists, coaches, colleagues, neighbours or the cat. Please note: I have noticed that I have different people for different prescriptions. For some prescriptions, there’s a threshold at which point I know I need to pick up the phone and say: “I’m not OK. Can we talk?”

The aim then is to do more of bullet point three and less of bullet point four, remembering over time to update the prescription so it’s continually improving as I discover new things that work.

One Good Thing: write yourself a mental wellbeing prescription