Self inventory to design an intentional life
Do a self inventory to design your intentional life:
- Step 1. Write down what you value.
- Step 2. Choose 3 activities for each one to support that value.
- Step 3. Give yourself permission to do what needs to be done.
- Why do you need permission? You may be surprised. It opens the mind to other options. Helps you think outside the box.
Perpend’s self inventory examples:
Step 1. Write down what you value.
Perpend chose one word values like “curiosity”, “peace”.
Step 2. Choose 3 activities for each one to support that value.
Perpend chose:
Curiosity –
- freedom to ask why
- supported by play
- making time to do deep work
Peace –
- quiet (free from distraction)
- connection to God
- balance
Step 3.
- Permission to be inefficient. I am always trying to tune everything to the most optimum.
- Permission to seek help in developing better skills in delegating rather than volunteering.
Scott’s self inventory examples:
Step 1.
I value Serenity.
Similar to Perpend’s “Peace” but I usually don’t get all the way to Peace. I want to have some serenity in the storm.
Step 2. Supporting activities:
Serenity –
- prayer
- a type of mindfulness with accompanying reality check – is this in my circle of influence/circle of control? (I have a tendency to stew on or try to control things outside my control).
One prayer that I have seen value recently:
Teach me to act firmly and wisely, without embittering and embarrassing others. Give me strength to bear the fatigue of the coming day with all that it shall bring.
Step 3.
- Permission to relax. (Ties into Serenity above).
- Permission to fail. Failure IS an option. And failure and permission to fail are key to our next topic – side hustles and entrepreneurship.
What are your discoveries in this self inventory? What are your answers to these questions? Put them in the Comments sections below or interact with us on the Telegram channel.
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