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Something for you, not for the person you care for
Three small things that have to prove nothing to anyone. Everything stays on your device and is stored or sent nowhere.
The little garden
For every finished thing, something grows. That is all that happens — and it is enough.
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Begin with one thing, if you like.
Breath
Three conscious breaths
Sit down. Breathe in and out consciously three times. Nothing more.
Care
Water for the plant
Water a plant and watch for a moment as it takes the water in.
Boundary
One clear boundary today
Choose one thing you will not do today. Write the sentence down and set it aside.
Thanks
A note of thanks
Write one short sentence to a person who has eased your load. Sending it is optional.
Outside
Ten minutes out of the door
No destination, no phone in hand. Ten minutes are enough.
Order
Write down one question
What you want to ask at the next appointment. One sentence is enough to keep it from getting lost.
Warmth
Five minutes of warmth
Choose something warm: a cup in both hands, sun on your face, a song that is yours. Five minutes, for no one else.
A three-minute pause
Small games with no score that anyone sees. For setting things down, not for winning.
Eight cards, four pairs. Nothing that can go wrong.
Three rounds in and out, guided by the circle. Longer out than in.
Three rounds, bringing a slider to rest.
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The first steps
What comes up in the first weeks, in the order it usually comes. You can go back at any time.
Arriving
Getting an overview without deciding straight away. What is the need today, and what in three months?
Clarifying entitlements
The helplessness allowance (Hilflosenentschädigung), supplementary benefits (Ergänzungsleistungen), municipal contributions. Much is not paid out automatically — it has to be applied for.
Who does what
Doctor, Spitex (the Swiss home-care service), relatives, neighbours. Write down who takes on which task — and what no one has taken on.
Planning in respite
Not only once nothing works any more. A fixed time in the week that belongs to you belongs in the plan like any appointment.
Setting up a folder
One place for all papers: directives, statements, contacts. Whoever has to search loses time in the wrong place.
That was the overview.
If you get stuck at any point: that is what we are here for. A first conversation costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
No account, no sign-in, no analytics. If you clear your browser history, this too is empty again.
Mountains and cosmos
The direction Up, in pictures. If you would rather look than read, this is the place.
