There are many ways to live life. One approach is to focus on the things that you and don’t want to do in your life. There are many ways to follow this approach.
One of the simplest is to do the following exercise. This invites you to explore the following themes.
My Personal Dos
What are the things you do want to do in your life? Describing these can help: a) to make a contract with yourself; b) to clarify the principles you want to follow in your life; c) to clarify the positive things you want to give to people during your time on the planet.
This approach can help to clarify your personal compass. You can then keep referring to this when making decisions in your personal and professional life. Here are some of the themes that people mention when doing this exercise.
My Personal Dos – The things
I do want to do in my life are:
To be kind … To encourage people … To continue to be grateful … To build a happy family … To be with positive people … To do satisfying work … To always do my best.
To create beautiful things … To learn from other cultures … To pass on knowledge … To help other people to succeed … To help to give people positive memories for life.
If you wish, try tackling the exercise on this theme. This invites you to complete the following sentences.
My Personal Don’ts
What are the things you do not want to do in your life? Describing these can help you to buy time to think in certain situations. You can then aim to follow your principles rather than follow another path.
Different people describe different things when exploring this theme. Here are some that they may mention.
My Personal Don’ts – The things
I do not want to do in my life are:
To hurt people … To avoid taking responsibility … To do things I don’t believe in … To be with negative people … To take things for granted … To have temper tantrums … To see myself as a victim … To be ungrateful.
Let’s return to your own life. If you wish, try tackling the exercise on this theme. This invites you to complete the following sentences.
My Personal Dos –
Translating These Into Action
Many people clarify the principles – the Dos and Don’ts – they want to follow. Some then aim to actually follow these in their daily lives. Such people aim:
To focus on the things they do want to do in their life;
To focus on translating these into action in their life;
To focus on how they can follow this approach when managing both successes and setbacks in their life.
Imagine that you want to follow elements of this approach. Looking ahead, you want: a) to focus on some of the Dos you want to follow; b) to focus on how you can translate these into action.
People who take this approach keep returning to the personal compass they can follow in their life. If you wish, try tackling the exercise on this theme. This invites you to complete the following sentences.
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