Now I have the meds I need, I can calmly think through life planning as a positive activity.
To do this, I never use smart goals, they confuse me. Let alone the demands of the requirements they have!
So instead, I just do very informal notes:
Learn to drive
- autonomy
- need to concentrate
- need to not dissociate
I do this via different categories, e.g. bipolar and goals, ADHD and goals. Yours may vary, if you wish to give this a try.
Following that, I review some time later – probably quite some time later, as in years. I cross off the things that no longer matter, tick off progress, throw away things that have been completely solved. It gives me such a sense of achievement!