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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