stop the Madness

When I was working I had an ongoing philosophy pounded into me by supervisors: For every project you are working on set goals and realistic ways to measure these goals.  We would say, “If you can’t measure it you shouldn’t do it.”  My ongoing projects today include:  taking Spanish lessons, marketing volunteer work for the East End Foundation and my ongoing rehab. Here are some examples of goal setting and measurements

For Spanish I set goals with my instructor and we agreed after our next 20 sessions that I will take an exam, if I don’t pass the exam, she will comp me the next 5 lessons. If I do pass, I will continue to purchase lessons from the school

For my volunteer work, I wrote the marketing plan for an upcoming open house for the district. I need to get at least 10 partners to sign up to participate in the open house. I need to at least two articlespublished in local papers promoting the event.

For my rehab, Donna and I will finalize this week but they will include:

1.       Walking from her car to the store without using her arm or a shopping cart

2.      Walking from Donna’s car into our Gallery and once in the gallery, walking to the bathroom on my own.  (I currently rely on Bob because of all the materials around and my fear of falling.

3.      Pick any restaurant that I currently have trouble with and walk to and from unassisted.

4.      Walk from my condo to Hermann Park, using my walker.

There is a timeframe associated with each of the goals.

Over the past year, my walking has regressed. I want to stop this madness and practice, which  is the only way I know how to tackle. There is no rehab lab setting that can substitute for doing in my opinion, particularly when many of my issues are mental.   I haven’t bogged lately.  My goal is try and make sure these are relevant current and useful.  Hope this fits.