No Excuses, Just Work

Why “my MS is different” is holding you back.

Stop making excuses. Start living.

I hear a lot of people say their situation is different — their MS is different, their modality is different. While every person’s journey is unique, many of the challenges come from the same place: the brain and compromised myelin sheaths. Saying “I can’t get better because mine is different” often becomes an excuse and a reason not to try.

That’s okay if you choose to accept it — you get to keep whatever reason gives you comfort. But if you want more, you’ll need to do the work. Nothing meaningful comes without effort. The hardest things to earn are usually the most rewarding.

I’m just a normal middle-aged woman. I don’t have a personal chef, a housekeeper, or a private physical therapist. I have the ordinary resources most people have, plus a relentless drive to live a wonderful life.

If you’re struggling emotionally, consider therapy. If you’re exhausted, try small changes like getting outside more. And if you haven’t discussed disease-modifying treatments with your neurologist, make that conversation a priority. Create a life that is worth showing up for. A wonderful, fabulous life!

The bottom line

Living with MS can be overcome — and one day, it can be in your rear view mirror. Not because the journey is easy, but because you did the work every single day. And eventually you can create ease where there once was struggle. You don’t have to do it all perfectly. You just have to keep showing up for yourself.

Because your life is worth it.

“Keep choosing yourself. One day, one step, one choice at a time.”

Share the Light.

Christi

P.S.

Some daily activities that I started with were simple and when they were impossible to do, I sat and visualized myself doing them.

Playing memory games: Card color matching games, board games, memory app games

Painting: Paint by numbers, paint your nails. (This one was frustrating, but was one of the easiest to see the eye hand coordination improvement.)

Singing: Learning the words to a new song.

Coordination: Rub tummy. Pat head at same time.

Anything that was difficult. I did it OVER and OVER again. Until it wasn’t. Exercising and strengthening your mind is the most important muscle that you can work on to rebuild the connection to your body.

I WORK HARD BECAUSE I HAVE THREE WONDERFUL REASONS:

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