Awpgirl's 2018 Goals & Progress

@Appleblossom thanks I need to have a positive focus or my depression will spital. Can I ask if you have any tips on naturally managing narcolepsy?

Personally I hate exercise. I prefer to do activities that are active such as dancing and martial arts. My severe PTSD makes it hard to get out of the house which is why I am doing the couch to 5km program.

@Appleblossom i had never noticed that I stopped at 19 !!!

In fact I have 101 things I want to achieve and might increase my list as the year goes through. That is how items I have on my bucket list.

I wish I could embrace narcolepsy. However I have cataplexy as a function of the illness and I usually breakat least one bone a year from falling .plus the sleep walking the sleep paralysis the nightmares. Missing medical appointments coz I slept too late.Urghhhh it's horrible.

@Queenie nice to meet you.
I also do my goal work with my support worker.
I have a few support workers and they will be focussing on helping me getting back on track with social activities and reinstating dancing and some other activities that I stopped when I had my setback in November

@Appleblossom yeah my bucket list has 101 items on it. I am planning on creating a visual diary to journal each item as I achieved them.

I have added a few extra goals for 2018 and some steps to achieve my goals<br><br>1. Get my narcolepsy under control.<br>... Appointment made with psychiatrist to get update from Dept. Of health<br>... Appointment made with neurologist<br>... To do : consider legal action<br>2. Manage my me:dication better.<br>... Currently collect medication every 7 days<br>3. Reduce my use of anti anxiety medication by 1 mg a day and increase use of non medication methods to manage anxiety.<br>...enrolled in self esteem group; art therapy<br>...need to find outpatient distress management/DBT<br>... Starting with trying to leave my house every third day without taking meds then every second day then every day<br>4. Start regular habit of saving money<br>...have started saving 10% less money owed to Centrelink<br>...need to maximize all income I am entitled to.<br>5. Graduate from advanced level of pole dance class<br>...restart classes after holiday<br>6. Attend weekly Lyra or Silks class.<br>...restart classes after holiday<br>7. Start and continue self defence classes<br>...find suitable cemtre<br>8. Start to learn the cello<br>...purchase cello from savings after holiday<br>9. Get my driver's licence and a car<br>10. Complete couch to 5km running program and continue running 4 times a week<br>11. Go snowboarding at least once<br>...book holiday<br>12. Do something to overcome my social anxiety eg find a group to join etc<br>...engage with phams and Neami to explore options<br>13. Learn to scuba dive<br>14. Create my bucketlist journal<br>15. Get my licence to shoot for sport<br>16. Get my citizenship<br>17. Turn my newly rented house into a home.<br>18. Don't mess things up with my boyfriend<br>19. Have someone to spend Christmas 2018 with<br>20. Do a burlesque dance course<br>21. Develop my artistic skills<br>22. Join the ADF and complete my Druid apprenticeship & perhaps dance guildship<br>... Compassionate membership has been approved<br>23. Be more active with my spiritual group<br>24. Get my motorbike licence <br><br>@appleblossom & @Queenie have added some tasks and a few more items.