Share this week's goals on: Exploration.
Goals for the week of 14th - 20th September.
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This weeks theme is: Exploration!
Let us know your goal(s) and - if relevant, the reasons for your goal(s) and how you plan to achieve them.
Following that, I look forward to potentially seeing how we do together!
Need some inspiration regarding this topic? Feel free to read the content below.
The word ‘exploration can relate to many things. It could reference travel, learning about a topic, or evaluating options and possibilities. Exploring can benefit us in a multitude of ways! It can allow us to find new enjoyments in life, to re-spark or heighten existing ones, to learn of new things, increase our experience and much more.
So whether it is our wish to explore a city or the planet Mars, to further indulge into a topic of interest, or to explore what future steps we may take, or our thoughts and behaviours, relationships with others… lets get to it and start to explore!
Stuck on what kind of goals could go with this theme? Here are some goal ideas:
→ to check out a new shop that opened
→ to read about a topic of interest
→ to learn more about my condition
→ to evaluate my negative thoughts and practise positive thinking
→ to get to know someone better
→ to have a day trip somewhere
→ to explore the options available in my circumstance
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My goal: to explore my options regarding university and possible coping methods
Reason: I'm starting my university semester very soon (final one!), and worry that my migraines may disrupt my attendance greatly. Especially due to wholesomely not looking forward to one class in particular - stress!
Plan: to speak to a support worker for advice, to book an appointment with a doctor to sign for my disability support, enquire as to whether I can speak with my mentor, and to finally sign up for my classes (as I have been avoiding this!). Not sure if I'll get that all done in a week, but I'll do my best.
Sounds like a great plan, @QuickJazz! Even if you don't accomplish everything on your list, it is already enough that you took initiative. You inspire me.
Keeping my fingers for the amazing rest of the week for you ^^
I'm a bit late to the party, but this week's theme perfectly fits my life's direction. Tomorrow morning I'm going on the road trip across Europe, by car with my whole family to visit my sister.
It's really stressful for me, because I think I should do other things - lots of necessity involving my final year on the university - and I still feel very fragile. Depression makes me prone to stress and guilt, and I really prefer to stay in home, but maybe I need this. Maybe my mind needs change of surroundings, to shift focus on canals, high art and stroopwafels. And if I feel well, I could do a bit of working from there.
Goal: Enjoy family trip to Netherlands.
Plan: Try being more mindful, look up to see sky every day, write down thoughts, be more open for new experiences. Be honest with family about state of my psyche, but don't get whiny. Stay grateful for another traveling opportunity - even if I think I've already been in so many places, they are also changing with time. Let myself be surprised.
Song: Dans le Port d'Amsterdam by Jacques Brel.
Quote: by Dr. Seuss, Oh, The Places You'll Go!
Omg this is awesome!! exploration is actually a goal I have for myself for the next few days!!
Goal #1: Visit new Ice cream shop on Monday with 3 friends.
plan: to get out of the house! & explore a new place downtown! tell my friends if I am anxious. Walk to the shop too!!
Goal #2: to visit college on Friday to explore options!
plan: I really want to go to college but I have no idea what the process is and I'm scared to even start. I hope to find out one thing about the process!! ask the counsellors!
My goal: to explore my options regarding university and possible coping methods
So! I haven't had much time to put my thoughts down lately, but I have a little spare time to catch up, so...
Here's how it went!
I set up an appointment to speak with my mentor and I also took steps to sign up for my classes (and have completed this today - so, the week after).
Something came up this week that was a pressing issue - that also needed to be explored. Therefore, I went to see an advisor for that and got their support. It meant I wasn't really in the mood to do other things, but I nonetheless committed to giving myself some time and then working on it the next week! I managed to do this.
So on Monday - Wednesday (21st - 23rd of September)... I spoke to my support worker and I booked an appointment to speak with a doctor.
Therefore, all my goals were ultimately completed and then some, so I am happy with that!
@Disabledfemme and @Celaeno - How did your adventures go? I hope you had a great time!
Goal: Enjoy family trip to Netherlands.
I only returned 3 days ago, on Tuesday (29th September). I have mixed feelings about the trip. It didn't scar me mentally as much as I feared, but still, I am exhausted.
To be honest, I didn't enjoy the trip so much, because basically, during those 9 days of stay in Netherlands, I only enjoyed 2 of them. I had to write and work for 3 straight days to finish last of my university obligations in order to be able to continue my studies. Which was hard with my depression, and little space of peaceful environement. And then I got sick, which was unbereably hard. Rest of the trip I spent with a fever, alone in the flat while my family visit places, coughing out my lungs.
But still, from my improv sofa-bed, I had a view for the Dutch's sky and let me tell you, they have amazing sunrises. Every evening I spend with my family, watching their photographs and being showering with little gifts and souvenirs. I was cared for and tucked in bed, eating great food, listening to fantastic music. And I laughed a lot, spend some time with my favourite (and only) sister. I saw canals and windmills and eat freshly made stroopwafells for the first time in life.
I had some pretty bad times, but I was distracted with love and support. I haven't saw any art which i deeply regret, but then I finish writing papers which I avoid for months. And I come back, not the same, not better, but different. And that's the reason I travel.
