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Hey Reader, There's something I've been wanting to write about for a while, and this week I finally did. If you've ever bought a planner hoping it would be the thing that finally worked â and then watched it fall apart the moment your body had other plans â this one's for you. Because the problem was never your follow-through. It was never your discipline or your motivation or your willingness to try. It was a framework that was never built for a body like yours. And there's a real difference between those two things, even if the failure loop has been telling you otherwise for years. This week's post gets into the grief that lives underneath that loop, the invisible cognitive labor that happens before you've even sat down to plan, and what it actually looks like to stop measuring yourself against a standard that was never yours to meet. It's not a tactical post. There are no tips or templates. It's just an honest look at why this is so hard â and a reminder that you're already doing more than most planning advice will ever give you credit for. Read the full post here â Chronic Illness Makes Planning Hard â And It's Not Your Faultâ Talk soon, |
April Smith | The Thriving Spoonie
ðŠI create resources to help people adapt to living with chronic illness so they can thrive.
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