Zinnia, I think it is important to schedule a time to do the homework. As you learned, it helps a lot and will help you as this program builds previous sessions. I know it's hard to make yourself doing it when you are "feeling fine".
One thing I do to help with a routine is get on here first thing in the a.m. When I'm here I review the session I am on and/or do some meditation/or simply look at ablog. At first the homework is time consuming, it gets easier. I bought a calendar to track everything that I needed to do on here, as well as in my professional life and things the doctors wanted me to track. I felt like I spent most of my day writing down most of the rest of my day.
I can tell you - it helps and it works. You will be able to see the fruits (or flowers - zinnia) of your labor. I didn't have a set time to do anything initially, just on a whim. I wasn't that organized back then. As time passed and I got to completing all the homework and tracking forms, I finally found a time of day that worked best for me. Mine is early a.m. and late (lol - it's around 9:00 p.m. usually). Anyway, if you forget a day, make sure to do it the next day.
There was a post on here, when I first came here, that joked that someone needed to write a book with all these worksheets and all the other things people with depression need to monitor. lol I haven't seen one published, but bet if I do, I'll buy one.
I wonder if the Depression Center thought about a fundraiser by selling this type of book. I don't think it would be exploitation but a real asset to those working the program. lol, it would need blank pages in it so we can track thingss for the doctors too.
Anyway, I got sidetracked as usual. I think the more you do it, the easier you'll find it to fit it into your routine. That's how it worked for me anyway. It's too important to just NOT do it!
