Achieving goals after experiencing a brain injury can seem overwhelming. Seem overwhelming especially when we look at the mountains that seem to be in the way of achieving those goals.
As we look at the mountain, we may begin to experience some anxiety that is followed by depression. We may feel overwhelmed by the mountain. We may allow the size of the mountain to discourage our focus. We may find ourselves stuck in a place of fear.
We may say to ourselves, “The mountain is just too big, so what is the point of ever trying to reach the goal?”
Well, I have good news for you. You don’t have to move or deal with the mountain all at once.
Example
Say you have a goal to clean your whole house or apartment. Breathe! You don’t have to clean the whole house in one day. By managing the goal of cleaning your house you can decide to clean one of the rooms today. Once you have cleaned that room, you can celebrate the progress you have made toward the goal of cleaning the entire house. Tomorrow you can clean another room of your house or apartment.
Through making the achievement of our goals manageable, we can experience a sense of satisfaction from the gains that we make, today.
Today’s Thought
Remember you don’t have to reach achieve your goal, today.
You may have some thing very personal that you would like to achieve.
My encouragement to you would be to manage the achievement of your goal (s).
Set down with a piece of paper and pencil and write out what you would like to achieve.
Through writing the goal down, you will be able to own what you want to achieve, a little at a time.
When you make the goal personal you can relax because you no longer have to live up to anyone’s expectation.
Take the Process One Day at a Time
“Don’t judge your day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.” Robert Louis Stevenson
If you advance confidently in the direction of your dreams and endeavor to live the life that you have imagined…you will meet with success unexpected in common hours. Henry David Thoreau
“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” Zig Ziglar
Be Bold to Pursue Your Dreams
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Tom says
A great many of the soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have a primary blast injury caused by the pressure associated with the detonation of IEDs. This can be documented. A simple test can determine this. In 1990 the Army Office of the Surgeon General identified a definitive treatment for this injury. Often these injuries won’t present until 36 hours after the blast exposure. The effects accumulate are often missed or subordinated in care to other more pressing injuries. Away from the history of blast exposure these injuries are misdiagnosed as Post traumatic stress disorder or Mild traumatic brain injury.
secondchancetolive says
I agree with you Tom. I have written about living with an invisible disability. I believe invisible disabilities often present a unique set of needs that many times go unmet and even dismissed by those who minimize the impact of any type of head injury. Sadly those who could provide substantial care resign themselves from taking responsibility. I too am saddened and angered by the minimization that such irresponsibility conveys to the soldier and marine who has been injured while serving to defend and protect our freedom. Something needs to change!
Craig