100 Day Challenge — Overcoming procrastination — A 30 Minute Life

This morning while I was cycling on my recumbent exercise bike I was watching some YouTube video’s. Usually I listen to a Podcast, but I wanted to do something different. Then I thought, perhaps I should also change some of my daily routines and this challenge is what I have decided to do.

Why am I doing this?

Nearly four years ago I started this blog and it has been responsible for many positive things which have happened in my life since. For example, I joined the MS Society of Ireland MS & Me blogger group. This led me to being employed as a researcher on a feasibility trial in our local university, the National University of Ireland Galway. This trial is checking to see if a new therapy to treat cognitive problems experienced by people who have multiple sclerosis, people like me. My role in this job is to be the voice of the patient, to help guide the way the trial is conducted so it is suitable for people with MS. (You can read more about the trial here.)

This job is hugely rewarding. This illness is horrible. It has reduced my mobility to the point where I need a stairlift in the house, a mobility scooter for when I leave the home, and in addition, I have Persistent Post Traumatic Headaches (this means the headaches never go away). My work turns this negative, my…