Good luck with your marathon and studies pola_paris!
Wishing everyone well in their path to wellness!

The last couple of years, the bigger goals were to volunteer then to attend school to get me out of the house and out bed, doing something; I started out just taking a class here and there, then more as time went on. Then the daily goals are always to eat right, exercise, get enough sleep, remember to take meds, attend appointments for docs, dentists, etc., and stay in therapy. I play and exercise with the dogs as therapy, take care of my fish, and garden as well to help keep me level.

The goal this year is the same daily but now that I graduated is to go back to work, which have not done in over a decade, but just started a few weeks ago. Also, now that Dad is getting better recovering from his surgery and stroke, my other goal in fighting the MH symptoms is to start getting involved in doing and trying to enjoy hobbies again to find balance. This seems like it would be easy but is actually harder than all of the above. Taking the time to do something pleasurable and that I feel like I deserve it, to have fun, has been harder than I thought it would be but am starting out again with this. I am trying to paint, draw, or with woodworking again. I have missed it in some respects but have still struggle with that there is so much to do and some days are so overwhelming still, can I afford to take the time to do it; then again, can I not?!

T also wants me to get out there more with more social activities. Socializing at work is overwhelming at the moment so outside of work may have to wait on the 'to do list' for the moment as a future goal to get better. Perhaps I can find a hobby that incorporates socializing with it. Who knows. It just takes so much energy, maybe.

Good luck with everyone's goals in their path to healing and balance.