’Tis the Season for Reexamining Your Values
How will you spend your precious time in the coming year?
As one year ends and another begins, many of us won’t help but reflect on who we are and who we’d like to become.
Most people aiming to emulate their ideal selves will resort to New Year’s resolutions — but more often than not, those are doomed to fail.
Goal setting alone just isn’t an effective method for changing behavior.
However, there is another way. As we embark on a journey of introspection and self-reflection, we should instead reassess our values for the coming year.
That, in turn, will affect how we spend our most precious resources: our attention and our time.
Values are attributes of the person we want to be.
Being an honest person, a good listener, and a dedicated friend or partner, are all examples of values.
When we reexamine our values, we can better figure out how to spend our time becoming our ideal selves. And we’ll be more likely to become that person than if we rely on New Year’s resolutions alone.
Examine Your Existing Values
Make a list of your values for this past year. What values did you focus on?
