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3.2 Life Aspects
You may have had some trouble with the above exercise as there are so many different aspects of your life you may want to consider. Don’t worry – this is perfectly normal! But it is important for you to have a non-biased think about your big-picture before I give you some more advice. It’s very easy at this stage to start looking at other people’s big-picture statements and use them as your own – a trap you can’t afford to go into as your big-picture statement needs to be yours and yours alone. In any case, to help you develop your big-picture further, it is a good idea to break your ‘life’ up into several life aspects. Have a read through the following most common life aspects.
Family
Family is the emotional core of everyone’s life and is usually on the top of everyone’s list when it comes to determining what’s important in our big-picture. For you, this could be the family you grew up with or perhaps you’ve started your own with a significant other and children. The family aspect includes romance and relationships with your children and family.
Career
Whether you’re a highflying business man (or woman) or a proud stay-at-home mum or dad, your career (what you ‘do’) is probably the most time-occupying aspect of your life, and it is usually near the top of everyone’s list when it comes to determining what’s important in our big-picture. The career aspect includes career satisfaction and development, but it is important not to let it get ahead of other
important life aspects.
Finance
Unfortunately, money makes the world go round and we all need enough of it to live the life we want. This doesn’t necessarily mean we all have to be millionaires (which is just well, because I’m not!), but we all want to be comfortable and not have to worry about how we’re going to put food on the table. By necessity, this life aspect is often fairly high on the list when it comes to determining what’s important, but again, don’t let it rule your life. The finance aspect includes making the most of
what you’ve got, investing or maybe even earning a little more.
Health and Wellbeing
Diet, exercise, image, quitting bad habits – these are the ones that typically appear in the yearly round of new years resolutions because they are easy to target. But of course if they aren’t targeted correctly, little progress is made on them anyway.
Recreation
Having fun, sport, holidays, hobbies and interests – what does this one mean to you? Perhaps diversity and relaxation are more important.
Personal
Different from the health/ well-being and recreation life aspects, this one is about personal growth and development whether it is learning a new skill, being creative, self-discovery or continued learning. You are the most important person to yourself, so look after you.
Spiritual
Peace of mind, faith, resolution of the ‘meaning of life’ – whatever this means to you. Very important to some people, and not to others. You decide for yourself about spiritualness and inner harmony.
Friendship
Close friends, old friends, best friends and just general acquaintances – how important are these to you and how do you want to manage these relationships?
Community
A commitment to your community may not seem very important at first glance, but you can never underestimate the satisfaction of doing something to help the planet or other people. A well balanced life will recognize community service and environmental responsibility as an essential part of living an ‘ethical’ and fulfilling life.
Household
As your largest asset (if you own your home) and probably representing the largest slice of your budget, proudly maintaining your home and protecting this asset may be of great importance to you.
Are there any other aspects you can think of to add to this list? Pictorially, it looks like this with each slice of the pie being a part of your life.
I’m sure you can relate to most of these life aspects, and some will be a lot more important to you than others. You’ll also realize that you spend a lot more time on some aspects than others. So realize that each slice of the pie is not the same size and probably doesn’t even taste the same! What does your Life Pie look like?
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Activity 3.2…
Read through the 10 different life aspects again and give them a rating from 1 (being ‘extremely important’ – you couldn’t imagine life without this aspect!) to 5 (not important, wouldn’t miss it).
Family
Recreation
Household
Career
Personal
Spiritual
Finance
Friendship
Other……………….
Health/ Wellbeing
Community
Other……………….
What is most important to you? Can you see a fit with this and the findings from the last chapter on personal motivations and your personal characteristics?
Where are your efforts currently directed? In a typical week, on average how much time do you spend on activities associated with each of the 10 life aspects? [don’t forget to allow for sleep time!]
Family
Recreation
Household
Career
Personal
Spiritual
Finance
Friendship
Other……………….
Health/ Wellbeing
Community
Other……………….
How does this compare with your ranking of what’s most important? Where are the main differences?
Reflect on your tomb stone inscription and obituary – does this reflect what life aspects you think are most important? Are your current efforts going to help you towards this?
And finally, write a ‘vision’ statement for your 5 most important life aspects. These combine to form your ‘big-picture’ form the basis of your goal setting in following chapters.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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Take your time on the last activity – it is important to get it right before you move on. Don’t worry though, you can revisit these statements as we progress through the rest of the workbook and as things continue to become clearer.
The 5 ‘vision’ statements from this activity combine to form your big-picture goal – and it is important to keep these in mind so you don’t lose sight of the big-picture. These statements are literally a description of what your life would look life in these aspects, if your life was perfect and you achieve exactly what you set out to achieve.
To reinforce this big-picture, write the statements down on a separate piece of paper in BIG writing and stick it somewhere obvious [for example, next to your ‘key message’ list]. Read it to yourself or out aloud every day – read it with conviction, like you truly believe it. Let the power of your mind through positive thinking and idea reinforcement help you visualize your big-picture.
It’s important to realise though that while we’ve defined some different life aspects, and you’ve picked out the 5 most important ones to you, the other 5 aspects may also have some importance to you and shouldn’t be ignored. Remember eating the elephant [one bite at a time]? – it’s too much to take each life aspect on at once, so start with the important ones and then you can revisit the other 5.
So why not just do one life aspect at a time? You’ve probably realised that there are a lot of overlaps between the various life aspects. Something that is a ‘career’ need may also be a ‘personal’ need. And in establishing ‘career’ needs, it’s important to balance these against ‘family’ needs. It’s just as important to get the balance between your life aspects right as it is to set goals within each of your important life aspects, so that the end result is managing your life and not just one aspect of it.
In other words, the ‘life aspects’ are really just prompts for helping you work out what is really important to you, so use them as such.
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Chapter 3 Review:
Go back to the Chapter Outcomes at the start of this chapter. Have you achieved all of these outcomes?
Don’t get put off if the process so far hasn’t been very concrete – we’re just trying to get you to think about you and what’s important to you, so you can be sure of what you really want.
Remember, if you don’t have a good reason for setting a particular goal [in another words, if you can’t explain why a particular goal is important to you] – you won’t be motivated to achieve it and the goal setting process will break down.
Don’t forget to read your ‘Big-Picture’ List as well as your ‘Key Message’ list from previous chapters on a daily basis.
Family
Family is the emotional core of everyone’s life and is usually on the top of everyone’s list when it comes to determining what’s important in our big-picture. For you, this could be the family you grew up with or perhaps you’ve started your own with a significant other and children. The family aspect includes romance and relationships with your children and family.
Career
Whether you’re a highflying business man (or woman) or a proud stay-at-home mum or dad, your career (what you ‘do’) is probably the most time-occupying aspect of your life, and it is usually near the top of everyone’s list when it comes to determining what’s important in our big-picture. The career aspect includes career satisfaction and development, but it is important not to let it get ahead of other
important life aspects.
Finance
Unfortunately, money makes the world go round and we all need enough of it to live the life we want. This doesn’t necessarily mean we all have to be millionaires (which is just well, because I’m not!), but we all want to be comfortable and not have to worry about how we’re going to put food on the table. By necessity, this life aspect is often fairly high on the list when it comes to determining what’s important, but again, don’t let it rule your life. The finance aspect includes making the most of
what you’ve got, investing or maybe even earning a little more.
Health and Wellbeing
Diet, exercise, image, quitting bad habits – these are the ones that typically appear in the yearly round of new years resolutions because they are easy to target. But of course if they aren’t targeted correctly, little progress is made on them anyway.
Recreation
Having fun, sport, holidays, hobbies and interests – what does this one mean to you? Perhaps diversity and relaxation are more important.
Personal
Different from the health/ well-being and recreation life aspects, this one is about personal growth and development whether it is learning a new skill, being creative, self-discovery or continued learning. You are the most important person to yourself, so look after you.
Spiritual
Peace of mind, faith, resolution of the ‘meaning of life’ – whatever this means to you. Very important to some people, and not to others. You decide for yourself about spiritualness and inner harmony.
Friendship
Close friends, old friends, best friends and just general acquaintances – how important are these to you and how do you want to manage these relationships?
Community
A commitment to your community may not seem very important at first glance, but you can never underestimate the satisfaction of doing something to help the planet or other people. A well balanced life will recognize community service and environmental responsibility as an essential part of living an ‘ethical’ and fulfilling life.
Household
As your largest asset (if you own your home) and probably representing the largest slice of your budget, proudly maintaining your home and protecting this asset may be of great importance to you.
Are there any other aspects you can think of to add to this list? Pictorially, it looks like this with each slice of the pie being a part of your life.
I’m sure you can relate to most of these life aspects, and some will be a lot more important to you than others. You’ll also realize that you spend a lot more time on some aspects than others. So realize that each slice of the pie is not the same size and probably doesn’t even taste the same! What does your Life Pie look like?
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Activity 3.2…
Read through the 10 different life aspects again and give them a rating from 1 (being ‘extremely important’ – you couldn’t imagine life without this aspect!) to 5 (not important, wouldn’t miss it).
Family
Recreation
Household
Career
Personal
Spiritual
Finance
Friendship
Other……………….
Health/ Wellbeing
Community
Other……………….
What is most important to you? Can you see a fit with this and the findings from the last chapter on personal motivations and your personal characteristics?
Where are your efforts currently directed? In a typical week, on average how much time do you spend on activities associated with each of the 10 life aspects? [don’t forget to allow for sleep time!]
Family
Recreation
Household
Career
Personal
Spiritual
Finance
Friendship
Other……………….
Health/ Wellbeing
Community
Other……………….
How does this compare with your ranking of what’s most important? Where are the main differences?
Reflect on your tomb stone inscription and obituary – does this reflect what life aspects you think are most important? Are your current efforts going to help you towards this?
And finally, write a ‘vision’ statement for your 5 most important life aspects. These combine to form your ‘big-picture’ form the basis of your goal setting in following chapters.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Take your time on the last activity – it is important to get it right before you move on. Don’t worry though, you can revisit these statements as we progress through the rest of the workbook and as things continue to become clearer.
The 5 ‘vision’ statements from this activity combine to form your big-picture goal – and it is important to keep these in mind so you don’t lose sight of the big-picture. These statements are literally a description of what your life would look life in these aspects, if your life was perfect and you achieve exactly what you set out to achieve.
To reinforce this big-picture, write the statements down on a separate piece of paper in BIG writing and stick it somewhere obvious [for example, next to your ‘key message’ list]. Read it to yourself or out aloud every day – read it with conviction, like you truly believe it. Let the power of your mind through positive thinking and idea reinforcement help you visualize your big-picture.
It’s important to realise though that while we’ve defined some different life aspects, and you’ve picked out the 5 most important ones to you, the other 5 aspects may also have some importance to you and shouldn’t be ignored. Remember eating the elephant [one bite at a time]? – it’s too much to take each life aspect on at once, so start with the important ones and then you can revisit the other 5.
So why not just do one life aspect at a time? You’ve probably realised that there are a lot of overlaps between the various life aspects. Something that is a ‘career’ need may also be a ‘personal’ need. And in establishing ‘career’ needs, it’s important to balance these against ‘family’ needs. It’s just as important to get the balance between your life aspects right as it is to set goals within each of your important life aspects, so that the end result is managing your life and not just one aspect of it.
In other words, the ‘life aspects’ are really just prompts for helping you work out what is really important to you, so use them as such.
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Chapter 3 Review:
Go back to the Chapter Outcomes at the start of this chapter. Have you achieved all of these outcomes?
Don’t get put off if the process so far hasn’t been very concrete – we’re just trying to get you to think about you and what’s important to you, so you can be sure of what you really want.
Remember, if you don’t have a good reason for setting a particular goal [in another words, if you can’t explain why a particular goal is important to you] – you won’t be motivated to achieve it and the goal setting process will break down.
Don’t forget to read your ‘Big-Picture’ List as well as your ‘Key Message’ list from previous chapters on a daily basis.
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