Day 2: Re-evaluating Your Life Goals
Day 2’s exercise should only take half an hour or so. It’s important to put your own needs first and focus on where your life is currently headed. You should be striving to live greater and better lives. Whether it’s having more money, better health, more friends or more love. You should never settle for what you current have.
Why? Because human beings need change and growth. We and everything around us are constantly changing and evolving. Relationships aren’t solid, they are liquid, whether it’s your relationship with your family, your friends or your dog. They change constantly.
Now get out a piece of paper and ask yourself these questions:
1. What do I love to do?
Some clues to help you answer this question:
What has given me the most satisfaction in the past?
What excites me about life?
What activities give me the most satisfaction and inner peace?
What are my hobbies?
What have I been happiest doing?
What is my secret ambition?
You can write down a list of 10 things, in the order of most loved things to do.
2. What is important to me?
Some clues to help you:
What would I commit myself to if money weren’t an object?
If I only had five years to live, what would I absolutely have to accomplish for my life to have been meaningful?
What do I stand for?
What won’t I stand for?
3. What am I good at?
Clues to help:
What have other people told me I’m good at?
What have I excelled at in the past?
What are some of my strengths?
What have I been successful at?
4. What was I born to do?
Clues to help:
What is my unique mission in life?
What can I do that will make a difference?
What specifically does God want me to do?
What can I contribute?
What is my niche?
5. What are some qualities that I love about myself?
Clues to help:
What are some moments where I thought I was brilliant?
What are some qualities other people have said they admired about me?
What are some things my friends, family or lovers loved about me?
What are some physical qualities that I love about myself?
6. Where do I see myself in 5 years?
Clues to help:
In a bigger better house?
With bigger pay cheque?
Healthier and happier?
More confident? More friends?
In love and with the best relationship of your life?
Better job? Retired?
Write your answers down and then read back through them. This will give you a perspective of where you are and where you’d like to be.
You shouldn’t mention your ex by name or refer to them specifically, just map out your life in a general way, say you’d like to be in love and happy, not necessarily in love and happy with your ex.
This applies to future jobs you’d like to have also.