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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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@rwinney

@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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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | Jul 1, 2022

I am coming to love "hire out". Our gift this year , in lieu of things, to our daughter and her family is biweekly house cleaning. They are grateful.

Today, with the littles, I had them do as much food prep, helping and cleaning as we could. And after lunch, everyone rested, either napping or having quiet time. What a lovely day - no meltdowns until supper!

For the first time, we have hired out remodeling, exterior house washing and tree trimming. We feel like it is worth stretching our budget to afford it.

Tomorrow we will relax by doing low key hanging out with friends. Sunday we will rest, and dine out with my brother and sister-in-law instead of entertaining here, so no cleaning or cooking.

Sometimes, I think resetting our personal expectations is great all around, as we begin to accept others as well.
Sue

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