Setting Up for Success

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Since Charlie is only doing part-time service work now, I pick and chose when it’s best for him to come based on a few important factors.

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{ 1 }

Am I having an especially bad health day?

If yes - I may bring Charlie

If no - I may not bring Charlie

But first, I have to weigh a couple other factors.

{ 2 }

Is the environment I’m going to be in something that may be triggering to me?

If yes - I may bring Charlie

If no - I may not bring Charlie

But first, I have to weigh a couple other factors.

{ 3 }

Is the environment overstimulating?

If yes - I will not bring Charlie

If no - I may bring Charlie

But first, I have to weigh a couple other factors.

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If I’m having a bad health day, and the environment isn’t triggering or overstimulating, I would likely bring Charlie with me.

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If I’m having a good health day, the environment might be triggering to me, and the environment wouldn’t be overstimulating to Charlie, I would likely bring Charlie with me as well.

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If any of the other factors that would lead me to want to bring Charlie are true, but the environment might be overstimulating to Charlie, I would not end up bringing him with me.

So for the dentist trips:

1) I was not having especially bad health days at the time

2) The environment at the dentist is very triggering to me

3) The dentist would not be overstimulating to Charlie

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By keeping as many factors as I can in mind, this is how I try to set us up for the greatest success!

Although I would ideally want to bring Charlie any time I go out to keep me safest, I want to get his retirement started, and going SUPER slow seems to be the best way to achieve that for him. It ensures the preservation of his mental health, while starting to get him used to the idea of not being with me all the time every day.

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