What have you achieved recently??

What have you achieved lately? List whatever you like, big or small…

I haven’t achieved much sadly. I was on a bit of a downer these last few months as Snowflake, my cat, died suddenly. As she was literally my only friend losing her has hit harder than I imagined it would.

Anyway, one thing I’ve achieved is that every Saturday I’ve been going in to town and having a hot chocolate in the coffee shop. This is huge for me. I always feel anxious and part of me says ‘Are you nuts!?’ but I make myself do it and generally I feel OK when in there and enjoy it.
The coffee shop has been doing an Autistic Morning every Saturday, like our local Morrisons where they dim the lights and don’t play any music so autistic customers don’t get overwhelmed. If they hadn’t done this I wouldn’t have stopped for a hot chocolate the first time.

Definitely a big achievement for me!

Parents
  • Why do we have to acieve things? Why can't we just bumble through our days?

  • I think it depends on the person’s personality and circumstances. If a person is into mindful detachment, goal setting and achievement mightn’t be a high priority. Others might thrive by achieving multiple things throughout the day. Some people find life such a struggle that getting out of bed in the morning deserves celebration. Now that I’m retired, I like and need multiple mini goals in my day in order to keep pace with the rest of the world. 

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  • I think it depends on the person’s personality and circumstances. If a person is into mindful detachment, goal setting and achievement mightn’t be a high priority. Others might thrive by achieving multiple things throughout the day. Some people find life such a struggle that getting out of bed in the morning deserves celebration. Now that I’m retired, I like and need multiple mini goals in my day in order to keep pace with the rest of the world. 

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