How Did I Get this Way – Part 2
How did you go with last week’s questions? Did they answer some of what you’d been wondering for some time?
In case you missed the posting on The Home, you can access it by going to this link: How Did I Get This Way? – Part 1.
Let’s continue with more of the environmental influences you have had in your past and, which to varying degrees continue to follow you.
2. FRIENDSHIPS
You’ve surely heard the saying, “You can tell the kind of person someone is by the friends they keep”, or “If you want to be a millionaire, mix with them”.
That is not to say that you only have friends because you can gain from them, certainly not, but it depends on how much time you spend with different groups.
Friends and peers play a huge role in forming our values and, therefore, subsequently our beliefs. These, in turn, form our attitudes.
Has your circle of friends changed over the years?
3. FINANCES / WORK
• What sort of comments did you hear at home about money as you were growing up?
• Were they scarcity comments?
• Was money not an issue?
• Was there always enough money in your home for the things you and the family needed (not wanted)?
• What sort of comments about money did you hear from your extended family?
• Did your family go on annual holidays abroad?
• When you went to work, what were your saving and spending habits like?
• What are you habits like now?
• Has your attitude towards money changed over time?
• Do you save well?
4. HEALTH AND FITNESS
• What are your eating habits like? Do you prefer healthy foods over junk food?
• Do you live by the concept: “You are what you consume”? That is, what you eat and drink.
• Do you mainly eat to nourish your brain and body or do you eat for the sake of it, because you enjoy food?
• Do you comfort eat?
• What consistent actions do you take to keep yourself fit in all aspects, cardiovascular, weights, play sport/s?
• Do you make sure you have regular breaks to do neck stretches, shoulder and body stretches when you sit hours at the computer or at your desk?
These questions will start you thinking about where some of the values you still hold on to came from, and it’ll also make you aware of those you would like to discard – those holding you back from achieving what you want.
Not all the values you held as a child are of use to you now, so you need to make room for new ones that will benefit you and bring you closer to what you really want out of life.
It is only when we are aware of what we want and conversely, what we don’t want, that we can start the journey toward change. The “friction” that is created when we decide something that is different from our current state, is the trigger for change.
There is a saying, “Awareness is 80% towards a solution.”
Next week, we’ll look at some more.
Enjoy your week, and remember you have all the resources within you to be, to have, and to do whatever you desire to master your destiny.
