Game changer 1 | Be courageous. Continue pursuing things you love and dream about.
The courage not to accept normal magnifies everything else.
Game changer 2 | Reach out. Speaking to others is a pathway to thriving with T1D.
Find your tribe, share what you know, and let other people’s stories lift you.
1.1 | Dream in colour.
Once your routine is steady, go back to the dreams T1D put on hold.
1.2 | Set a big goal, then tell someone.
Tell people your goal, and you become accountable for making it happen.
1.3 | Learn from others. Eat other people’s stories for breakfast.
Feed your motivation with other people’s stories, from those who overcome adversity as much as those who’ve nailed it.
2.1 | Own it. Tell people about diabetes.
Being open about T1D keeps you safer and opens doors to understanding.
2.2 | Work as a team. Find the right doctors and support.
The best T1D care is a team effort: you, health professionals, and other people living with T1D, learning together.
2.3 | Avoid night hypos. Snakes next to the bed.
Keep a hypo treatment within reach of your pillow, especially after evening training.
3.1 | Stop the fruitless folly. Focus on what you can do.
Don’t waste energy on what might have been; put it into what you can do.
3.2 | Be kind.
When diabetes is cruel, be kind to yourself, to the people around you, and to other people’s ways of coping.
3.3 | Thinking like a pancreas is exhausting. Play the long game.
T1D is relentless and has no cure, so focus on what it has given you, not just what it takes.
4.1 | Double up to squeeze more in.
Overlap exercise with family, friends and work to fit more in.
4.2 | Do what you can, when you can.
Plan ahead, but don’t let a missed session derail you; and remember to log what you actually did. Every step counts.
4.3 | Buy shorts with zip pockets.
Keep your T1D essentials within easy reach, and zipped in so you don’t lose them.