08.15.2016

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So I’ve been asking myself the same series of questions for the past four years. I do this at the beginning of the year and then I revisit my answers midway through the year. These questions don’t really fall along the lines of a “New Year’s Resolution”, but they inquire more about growth as an individual. So here they are:

1. How do you want your future self to be like in one year?
2. What are the different dreams and goals you would want to be realized by then?
3. What is your desired status of the areas of your life wheel right now?
   1. I want to ….Career/Business?
   2. I want to ….Finances?
   3. I want to ….Family?
   4. I want to ….Friends?
   5. I want to ….Love?
   6. I want to ….Health?
   7. I want to ….Spirituality?
   8. I want to ….Recreation?
   9. I want to ….Personal growth?
   10. I want to ….Contribution?
4. What hopes do you hold for yourself in the future?
5. What fears and obstacles do you currently face that you wish to overcome?
6. What internal resources do you inherently possess that will help you, now and always?
7. How will you remember what you have to offer, and how will you continue to know yourself and your presence as a contribution to this world?
8. What are ways that you can seek to love your future self no matter how much the future varies from what you expect it would be?

I ask these questions because I like to hold myself accountable. I save these questions in my cloud each year and I’ve revisited my answers from the past. Some answers have stayed true, some have not. Some answers altered due to unforeseen circumstances.

I’m posting these questions now because at this point we are halfway through the year and I’m wondering if you guys ever visit these kinds of questions. Even in your jobs, there’s an evaluation of your growth and your plan and position in the company. And even if you are self employed, there is still growth to be evaluated. Some of these questions may not have to be answered or may not have a complex answer, but I do think revisiting who you are and what you want is always a good notion.