∞ entries for self | ♫ entries for spouse | ✧ entries for both of us

self-improvement goals are simply to do better than last year unless otherwise specified

∞

• consume at least one good source of iron outside of my supplement daily
• develop a reasonable timeline for potentially getting back into the work field after my cbt group, dbt group, and trauma group therapy dates are established
• keep a receipt log to monitor grocery expenditure
• keep up with applying calendar stickers daily
• learn to effectively manage my comorbid innate (neurodivergence) & cultivated (abuse) extremely high discomfort/pain tolerance
  • assess my physical needs more often and actually take action to increase my wellbeing
    • eat, hydrate, & use the bathroom more than once a day
    • identify my sensory condition more often and reduce visual/auditory/tactile stimulation as needed
    • move around/stretch if i feel stiff
    • put on my arm braces/take pain meds/actually lie down and rest properly if i'm in pain
    • put on warmer clothes if i feel cold/turn on the fan if i feel hot
    • respect my bedtime
    • turn on the humidifier, shower, or change clothes if my skin feels bad
  • both ask for and receive offered help from my partners more often
• move my body more often in general and develop techniques for improving circulation, in terms of longer physical activity like exercise but also just standing up from the bed much more frequently
• start (and hopefully maintain) studying art tutorials and practice for the sake of technique improvement intentionally
• start doing voice/video calls with husband

♫

• cultivate more self-preservation and exercise more restraint regarding compulsively trying to solve every single problem for every single person that comes up at work
• only go to the hospital for non-emergencies (ie. appointments)

✧

• ask for help more often when we're struggling with executive dysfunction and would be able to eat/eat better quality food if we had assistance and the other is able to assist
• continue to try to only do major grocery shopping once a week
• eat more often
  • eat vegetables more often
• follow our meal plan to the extent of our ability
• play our board & card games together more often
• start doing physiotherapy for chronic pain at home
• stay sober (this is fairly effortless for both of us at this point but it's still a goal we both actively wish to maintain; they're 11 years strong and i'm 5 years strong baby!! we can make it 12 and 6!!)
• study dbt together on our own time