Achieve success one step at a time |
Set specific goals such as "I'll place my inhaler on the kitchen table and use it at lunch at least five times this week." or "I'll put my antibiotic in the kitchen cabinet next to the salt and pepper shakers and take it at breakfast, lunch, and supper today." |
Make goals large enough to matter, but small enough to achieve; don't set your sights too high, you may fail. |
It's better to set a series of smaller goals that you can easily achieve, then move up to slightly harder goals. |
Monitor your progress |
Write down successes as well as problems. Use a medicine record as you did before or develop your own monitoring system. |
Use small successes to motivate yourself to keep going. |
Keep an eye out for remaining problems. |
Reward your success |
Use small, frequent rewards soon after the successful activity. Don't try to wait too long or build up to a large reward. |
Use problem solving methods as necessary |
Make sure you have correctly identified the problem. |
Work on just one problem at a time. |
List as many solutions as you can think of. |
Cross out solutions you know won't work. |
Try to come up with positive and negative effects from the solutions that could work. |
Choose the solution you think will work best. |
Try it out and see if it works. If not, try another solution. |
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