I am great at remembering everything I do wrong and beating myself up for it. I know that we are hard-wired to remember our mistakes so we can learn from them, it doesn’t mean I couldn’t learn just as much from looking at my successes. If I can take just a few moments at the end of my day and look for the positive moments, it reinforces the good times and helps bring balance to my mindset.

It might be something as simple as helping my husband with his shoes or making a call to a friend. Maybe I cooked something really tasty for dinner or took care of a chore I’d been putting off. Whatever those good accomplishments were, they need to come to the forefront of my mind because the missteps are always going to be there trying to bring me down.

I don’t want to live a life of regrets and disappointments, I would much rather live with a positive mindset and a smile on my face. Life can be challenging and it can beat me down, I don’t have to help it. When I really stop to consider my role as a CarePartner, perhaps even make a list of the typical things I do in a day, it is obvious that the positives outweigh the negatives. Maybe it’s time I recognized that.