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When chronic illness redefines what constitutes a good day

I've started to measure good days not by what I accomplished but by how little I suffered. The recalibration of what counts as success feels both necessary and heartbreaking.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The shift from achievement-based to suffering-based metrics of success requires grieving former measures of worth.

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