Day 2 consists of me taking an honest assessment of seven specific areas of
my life. The idea is that in my life (yours too!) there are some things I
appreciate and there are some things I want to change.
The two fold objective:
1. Forces me to own up to exactly which areas I'd like to improve upon
in my life.
2. Helps me build encouragement to build on the areas I feel are
great.
"OK"
The 7 areas of my life to assess are:
1. Lifestyle
2. Work
3. Education
4. Finances
5. Health
6. Family
7. Relationship
The questions answered at the end of this assessment:
1. What do I LIKE about this area of my life?
2. What do I DISLIKE about it?
LIFESTYLE: I like where I live
now, it is within walking distance of bike trails, walking trails and a
lake. However, I dislike the fact that I
no longer own my home (lost to foreclosure) and the rent for the house where I live
in now is overpriced. If this house were
located in another area like where I use to live the rent would be $600 - $800
less. As for leisure at this time I am learning how
to have and appreciate leisure activity. I will blog about this later.
WORK: I am a Correctional
Officer and for the most part I enjoy the responsibilities of my job, but I
strongly dislike the politics (supervision). I would elaborate but that would
make the intentions of this exercise pale in comparison. And, to further write about my disdain about
being a CO may lead to shooting myself in the foot. I will blog about this later.
EDUCATION: I like feeling that I
am one of the smartest people I know (and if you knew me you would
agree). However, I cannot attribute this to formal training. Don’t
get me wrong. I completed 3 years of college, 116 credit hours and at the time
of leaving my GPA had dropped from a 3.0 to a 2.5. Yes, it’s true I am stone’s throw from a BA
in Business Administration. .
However, I believe finishing would only serve to plunge me further into
debt. I believe the higher learning
education system depletes individuals of their ability to continue self
discovery, independence and humanity.
The system is designed in such a way that fosters mental slavery and the
benefits of having this education is elusive for many who leave with greater
level of debt then when
WAIT,
"I will
blog about this later".
Let me just
say that I am best qualified to determine what information I am exposed to will
prove to be of the most benefit for me. I
feel about mental nourishment the same as I do about physical nourishment. Only
in the reverse though…
For physical nourishment I try to restrict my intake to food that is good
for me and not just good to me. For mental nourishment I try to restrict
my intake to food that is good to me and not just good for me.
FINANCES: What I like about this
area of my life is hard to say. Let me
see, well I like that I am physically and mentally cable of earning an income
for myself. I know that was a stretch
right? Just that my dislikes in this
area of my life gravely outweigh the likes.
I have had no formal training (or any other kind) about money. I have a 500 something credit score, very
little in savings and investments and I am not earning my full potentials
worth. Constantly I am bithching and
moaning (did I just say bitching) (yes I did sorry!)
"I
want to quit my job, be totally independent, self employed and so forth."
However, that is never going to
happen until I get this area of my life in order. I will blog about this later
HEALTH: I like that I have an
idea for the first time in my life what I need to do to reach my goal of
obtaining optimal health. I started my spiritual health journey April
2010, physical health journey January 2011 read about it at
newleadonlife.blogspot.com and my mental health journey
February 2012. I will blog about this
more in detail later.
FAMILY: I like (LOVE) my sister
Chris and Brother Nate. What I dislike is that the relationship with my
siblings isn't as close as it once was.
I will blog about this later.
RELATIONSHIPS:
I like (LOVE) Mr. Mack. I have a relationship that is evolving gradually
into one that is mutually satisfying.
What is happening now is after 5 years into this we are truly developing
working knowledge to effectively navigate around what buttons to push and which
ones not to. What concerns me most (ok what I dislike) is we don't spend enough
meaningful time together? We need to get back to having a date night each
week.
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