Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) is a real term used in healthcare that refers to daily basic self-care activities in an individual's residence, outdoor environment or both. The ability or inability that an individual performs their ADLs is a measure of the functional status of the individual, particularly the injured, those with disabilities and the elderly. Very young children require assistance from adults to perform ADLs since they have not yet developed the skills necessary to perform ADLs on their own.
Basic ADLs (bADLs) are the things we normally do such as bathing, dressing, feeding ourselves, functional mobility, personal hygiene and grooming. Instrumental ADLs (iADLs) are things such as housework, money management, preparing meals, shopping and work.
Sometimes it is necessary to review the rules of kindergarten to remember how to be nice to others and use Good manners. And sometimes we just need to go back to the basics of the 'Activities of Daily Living' in order to take better care of ourselves and start living Life rightly.
Below you will see 7 simple activities to accomplish at some point during the day all under the motivation of the the daily mentation question below. You have 24 hours to get through this question along with the 7 activities. READY? SET? GO!
April 1, --
Have I ever sold anyone out?
April 2, --
When did I cut and run or ignore and turn away, when someone needed me the most?
April 3, --
When did I tempt, persuade, encourage or succeed in getting someone else to do my dirty work for me?
April 4, --
When did I need to experience 'emptiness' before I could finally come to grips with what was really going on?
April 5, --
Who has impacted my Life so much that if they did not exist at all my Life would clearly be different?
April 6, --
What is my selling price? What would it take for me to say something didn't happen, when it did?
April 7, --
When did I lose focus because I was so focused on myself?
April 8, --
What did it take for me to finally see the Truth?
April 9, --
What was so Good that made me say, "I can't believe it!" but yet, it was True?
April 10, --
When did I give up on a my passion or give up on myself?
April 11, --
Why is it so hard for me to acknowledge and accept that first 'sign'?
April 12, --
When did I go behind someone's back and do something I shouldn't have, just because of attention, greed, ambition or popularity?
April 13, --
If I want a better Life, what do I need to do or change about myself in order to have it?
April 14, --
Do I make things happen or do things happen to me?
April 15, --
If the Light exposes, then what would be revealed if I was put under the Light?
April 16, --
Does my character (my actions and reactions) lead me closer to the Light or closer to the dark side?
April 17, --
If I waste what I have, then why should I be given more?
April 18, --
What does the dark or darkness do to me?
April 19, --
What was so Good that made me say, "I can't believe it!" but yet, it was True?
April 20, --
When did I act as though I cared or pretend to be a friend when really I wanted something from them?
April 21, --
What feeds my soul and truly makes me a better person in all forms?
April 22, --
What staple of Life (prime importance) can I not live without?
April 23, --
Good or bad, what influences me the most, which in turn causes me to influence others?
April 24, --
What is solely under my care and responsibility, that I am supposed to tend to like no one else should?
April 25, --
Can I continue on even when support from those closest to me is lacking?
April 26, --
Have I assumed all the risk and taken ownership for my Life?
April 27, --
Am I easily led astray or do I lead others astray?
April 28, --
Who (or what) do I follow?
April 29, --
How do I keep myself 'in the dark' and what will it take for me to 'see the Light'?
April 30, --
Am I a pessimist or a realist?
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