Use this to: revise one ongoing expectation when your circumstances have changed.
Try it
- Name the change. What is different about your health, responsibilities, energy, or available support?
- Identify an outdated expectation. What are you still expecting yourself to manage as though nothing changed?
- Set a workable standard. Specify what can be simplified, reduced, postponed, or shared.
- Choose when to reassess. Your plan can change as your circumstances change.
Example
While caring for a family member, you are still expecting yourself to cook a different meal every night. For the next two weeks, you choose familiar meals and ask another household member to handle dinner twice a week.
Your next step: Write: “For now, enough looks like …. I will review this on ….”