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I believe we need to do this in all stages of our life, as we age, loss of abilities is normal.
We Assess our strengths and devise a path to follow.
Example: My injuries from a professional career, the rollover car accident, chronic pain, subsequent fusions, nerve killings, procedures and the symptoms from C-PTSD depleted my physical abilities.
70% of my endurance was gone, 50% of my strength lost.
The thought of poor me from this loss crossed my mind. Why me lingered for a week.
Being a jock prepared me for dealing with pain and loss. I assessed the strengths I had left.
Hiking uphill fulfilled my needs for exercise.
Lifting weights aggravated my spinal cord injuries, running agitated my fake knee and I never learned to swim, so hiking uphill was perfect.
I had to learne a different way of judging my daily performance.
Some days my legs were fatigued, on these days I went much slower.
I learned to judge my effort. This changed everything, I stopped judging me, personally.
Judgment was about quality and quantity of effort.
On my tired days my effort was greater to just hike. I found value where loss had ruled.
In the past my judgment would of been harsh, like failure, a sub par performance.
Life is a journey not a goal driven reality.
Assess your strengths and give all out effort without judgment.
Now, I enjoy challenging myself physically within my capabilities.
Knowing this makes life’s challenges easier.
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PTSD - A Way Out 