Just because we’re chronically ill doesn’t mean that we can’t want to make this year better than the last. We don’t have to believe that our life is over. We can just rest, relax, and be. But more than that, we can strength ourselves and set small goals that we can accomplish as the year progresses.
It can be hard to set goals for ourselves when we don’t feel well. Every day can become an uphill battle. We seem to only be surviving or doing the basics. But is this the only way we should agree to live? Or can we strive to do a bit more and be more by setting small goals for ourselves?
I sure hope that we can be a lot more than just getting through life, day by day. I believe that we can take steps to improve our lives every year. We can be better, even if it’s a little, this coming year. We just have to be intentional about it. In other words, we have to set conscious goal and plan when we’ll do them and keep stretching ourselves again the next month.
To be intentional about improving, we should decide what we’d like to do. Here are a few things to consider:
- Would you like to be more active?
- Read more?
- Write a blog or book?
- Declutter your home?
- Donate stuff that you don’t need to charities?
- Cook homemade meals more often?
- Lose weight?
Decide what you’d like to do and then decide which goal you’d like to start with and get going.
I usually try to set one goal per quarter. That gives me the possibility of setting four goal every year, 4 ways of improving every year and getting more mobile, meanly shard, and much more.
Living With Chronic Illness 