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SMART Goals and Chronic Pain: What are your goals?

Chronic Pain | Last Active: Mar 23 12:44pm | Replies (100)
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@sueinmn

Hi Rachel -
I love your plan. I wasn't SMART the past 3 days - tried to overcome 3 weeks of neglect in my gardens in just 3 days. Today, I pay the price - couldn't even complete my stretches in one go tis morning! Hoping I can make it to my long-scheduled eye appointment. Otherwise it is going to be a Slowww... day - looking at trying the watercolors already on my work table - in an air conditioned room.
Sue
PS - Once recovered, maybe I'll do my inside windows 2 by 2. Will hire out the porch & outside as nearly all require a ladder - not the place for my 70+ husband, or my one-handed daughter.
Sue

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Rachel, Volunteer Mentor | @rwinney | Jul 1, 2022

@sueinmn Hi, Sue, what I like is that you recognized you push/crashed and weren't SMART. Paying the price with some down days first, but I know you'll get right back on that moderation wagon again.

I keep a daily planner to structure my days and hold myself accountable to moderate and pace. I literally schedule meals and rest breaks. I mess up too and push/crash, because I'm human, but then take a bright orange highlighter to my daily planner and highlight where I went wrong. Almost like, CAUTION!

The beauty is that we can always reset and restart and tell ourselves it's ok. Giving grace is often what we do for others, but not always so much for ourselves.

I like "hire out"! If you can afford it, I say do it. It's all about choosing our battles, right?

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