[nooron]

I started the year with knee injuries that made basic activity, let alone sports, prohibitively painful. After months of PT and exercise, they're better now. I am pretty young, so this problem was very unexpected.

The lesson is that any day I can make marginal gains is a good one. Focusing on achieving on a day-to-day basis has made working on my startup -- a big long term project -- much easier.

[decasteve]

I can relate. I broke my ankle in December 2011. It was also painful, even after recovery. My ankle was perpetually injured. I've had 3 surgeries, the latest in February 2015. Since then I've been making small gains, but no set-backs, and can finally run and jump without pain--about 90% of what I was before the brake.

As my ankle improves, so does my life along with it. Small gains and small steps forward.